Hyderabad

Hyderabad: With law enforcement agencies continuing the crackdown against those involved in ganja trade, prices of the contraband are reportedly soaring. A kilogram of good variety of ganja cultivated in the Vizag agency and Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) is priced anywhere around Rs.40,000 to Rs.60,000 a kilogram. Around six months ago, officials say, a kilogram […]

Hyderabad: For the first time, Municipal Administration & Urban Development (MA&UD) Special Chief Secretary and Metropolitan Commissioner Arvind Kumar levied a penalty of Rs.10,000 each on four officials from Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) for negligence while performing duties. The penalty was imposed on three assistant planning officers and a Tahsildar after the Metropolitan Commissioner […]

Hyderabad: Muslims across the city observed Shab-e-Meraj (night of ascension) on Monday night. It falls on the 27th day of the seventh Islamic month of Rajjab. To mark the occasion, special religious programmes were held at various mosques in the city. At the Mecca Masjid, a few thousand people offered prayers and attended religious discourses. […]

Hyderabad: Two persons were killed in different road accidents in the city on Monday morning. A 20-year-old man died at Saroornagar after a ready mix concrete container hit the motorcycle on which he was going. The victim, V Narsimha, a resident of NTR Nagar was going along with his friend Karthik when the truck which […]

Hyderabad: The daytime temperatures in the city are rising gradually. On Monday, an average maximum temperature of 34 degrees Celsius was recorded in the city. Yousufguda witnessed the highest maximum temperature of 36.3 degrees Celsius, followed by Secunderabad at 35.3 degrees Celsius. According to the forecast by Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS), the temperature […]

Hyderabad: Eleven more students from Telangana State, who were stuck in Ukraine, arrived in Hyderabad on Monday evening safely from Bucharest. Officials from the Protocol department and families of the students received them at the airport. On Sunday, 39 students returned home from the war-hit country. These students reached New Delhi early on Monday morning […]

Hyderabad: A woman was murdered, allegedly by her friend, at Jagadgirigutta on Sunday night. According to the police, the victim J Kavitha (35) was living with her mother Pushpa at Jagadgirigutta for the last three years and was working at a private hospital while in the evenings, she ran a food stall. She was recently […]

Hyderabad: Plantations and lake edge improvements are underway at the Langer Houz lake in Karwan constituency. The plan is to make the place a recreation facility by developing walking tracks and lush greenery around the water body. “We will deck the place by illuminating it apart from providing amenities which include seating arrangements,” a GHMC […]

Hyderabad: The Traffic Police will be offering a discount on traffic challans pending against motorists from Tuesday. The Traffic Police will be extending the benefit with a waiver of 75 per cent for two wheelers, 50 per cent for four-wheelers including cars and other heavy vehicles, 70 per cent for RTC buses and 80 per […]

Hyderabad: Instagram, in association with the Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC), on Monday announced a new edition of their flagship youth programme – the Counter Speech Fellowship – in Hyderabad. In its sixth year now, the programme will engage young people on topics that matter to them and encourage them to lead conversations about […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Superintendent of Police Suresh Kumar formally inaugurated solar street lamps in six remote hamlets of Govena village in Tiryani mandal on Monday. The lamps, worth Rs 4.50 lakh were sponsored by Arcserve, a software company of Hyderabad under corporate social responsibility. They were installed by Samaritans for the nation, a Hyderabad-based voluntary […]

Kyiv (Ukraine): Ukraine’s defense industry conglomerate says the world’s largest plane that was in regular operation was heavily damaged in fighting with Russian troops at the airport outside Kyiv where it was parked. The world’s biggest cargo aircraft Antonov An-225 made its first landing in India at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad in […]

Hyderabad: A city court sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.1,000 on him on charges of raping a minor girl. Mohammed Ali alias Iqbal Miya, an auto-rickshaw driver from Sharadanagar in Ramanthapur on May 2, 2017 kidnapped the victim from Karkhana and took her to Zaheerabad where […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Police Special Operations Team (Malkajgiri) caught one person who allegedly cheated the public on the pretext of renting out properties and vehicles. The man M Subash (30), who worked at a software company and is a resident of KPHB colony, reportedly placed advertisements on an online portal claiming he wanted to rent […]

Hyderabad: No matter where one stayed or studied, there was always a home-cooked meal in the lunch-box. It’s not just about the dishes and flavors, it’s the love and preparation that goes into every meal. And it would always be enough for everyone who shares it, including friends. And Amma would always make sure the […]

Bring a Smile Foundation is set to come up with a donation drive in the city on March 5, where people from across the city can drop any old items including clothes, accessories, toys, books, school items, utensils, footwear or any other household items. The ones interested to donate some items can pack them all […]

Hyderabad: A 19-year-old youngster was arrested by the Madhapur police on charges of burglary, with the police recovering Rs.24 lakh, 14 tolas of gold and 8,134 US dollars from him. The man, Sakali Shiva Kumar, a resident of Kavuri Hills and native of Narayanpet, allegedly broke into the house of a businessman at Kavuri Hills […]

Hyderabad: IT services company Tech Mahindra on Monday announced the launch of TechMVerse, its Metaverse practice to deliver interactive and immersive experiences in the Metaverse for its customers. The platform aims to transform customer experience and deliver real business outcomes and Tech Mahindra will leverage its network and infrastructure capabilities along with its foundational technological […]

Hyderabad: A public toilet named ‘Urban Loo’ located outside Secunderabad Railway Station was inaugurated by Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav and Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi on Monday. This pay & use facility also has a sanitary napkin dispenser and a baby changing space, with the toilets being fitted with waterless, odourless urinals and shower […]

Hyderabad: Kalasagaram celebrated the inaugural Jayanthi Utsavam of Bhakta Ramadasu on his 389th jayanthi. Speaking on the occasion and addressing the gathering, the secretary of the cultural association, R Narayanan, said that the festival would be celebrated every year. S Chandra Sekhar, a music teacher by profession, led a group vocal rendition of the ‘Navaratna […]

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Police will be putting 547 abandoned and unclaimed vehicles of various types up for public auction. The vehicles were seized in various cases and are kept at the Moinabad police ground. The particulars of these vehicles are available on www.cyberabadpolice.gov.in. Any person having any objection or ownership interest in any of the […]

Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s legislator from Dubbaka Raghunandan Rao was taken into preventive custody by the Rachakonda police on Monday. Rao was on his way to the Karmanghat temple, when the police stopped him at Ghatkesar and shifted him to the police station. He was later released. A few more persons were also taken […]

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