Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Senior police officer Vijay Kumar, who has been temporarily attached as Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) took charge here on Thursday. DS Chauhan, Additional Commissioner (Law and Order) Hyderabad, who was until now holding additional charge of the post, handed over the charge to Vijay Kumar. Vijay Kumar, a 1997 batch IPS officer and […]

Hyderabad: The LB Nagar constituency in the eastern part of the city is all set to come under the vigil of the line departments including the police. In the meeting attended by DGP Mahender Reddy and Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat, Musi Riverfront Development Corporation Ltd (MRDCL) Chairman and LB Nagar MLA D Sudheer Reddy […]

Hyderabad: The British Council, the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, is hosting its fourth edition of the Study UK Virtual Fair on December 4. The fair will be a one-stop platform for attendees to interact with several university representatives and gather insights on the study opportunities in the UK including courses, […]

Hyderabad: LEDChip Indus, a solid state lighting technologies enterprise, has plans to increase its workforce to about 500 from the current 200 as it is expanding its manufacturing capacity as well as strengthening its dealer network. The 30-year-old semiconductor company is a specialist producer in custom spectrum LEDs for ultraviolet (C band) disinfection, horti-grow lighting, […]

Hyderabad: A special campaign pertaining to special summary revision of electoral rolls (revision of voters list) will be held on Saturday and Sunday. On these two days, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials will be available at the polling stations located in 15 Assembly segments in Hyderabad district. They will […]

Hyderabad: ASPIRE, which houses the incubators in University of Hyderabad (UoH) in association with The Entrepreneur Zone (TEZ – a Startup Accelerator), has invited applications for its Startup Launcher Programme (SLP). The programme, which runs over three months, is in hybrid mode with master classes and one-on-one mentorship. It covers idea/market validation, customer discovery, business […]

Hyderabad: Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India’s (CREDAI) Hyderabad and Telangana units have appealed to people not to buy unapproved properties and desist from falling prey to pre-launch, undivided share (UDS) and pre-sale schemes. The CREDAI units along with Telangana Real Estate Developers’ Association (TREDA), Telangana Builders Federation (TBF) and Telangana Developers Association […]

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police intensified the search for realtor S Sreedhar Rao, who went absconding last Friday after he was booked on charges of sodomising his fitness trainer. Rao, the managing director of Sandhya Convention, had got bail on Friday from the High Court in a cheating case for which the Raidurgam police arrested him. […]

Hyderabad: Sweaters and blankets are back again, as minimum temperatures in the city are plummeting below 20 degrees Celsius after a break. In the last week, Hyderabad has seen the mercury dropping below normal on most nights. While the temperatures are soaring during the day, the lowest temperature recorded in the city during the early […]

The new variant B 1.1. 529, which was designated as a ‘Variant of Concern’ by World Health Organisation on Friday night, has been assigned the name Omicron. Reported by public health officials of South Africa, the new variant has triggered a lot of concern worldwide over a probable resurgence of Covid infections. While many new […]

Hyderabad: The South Zone Task Force along with Forest Department officials arrested a man on charges of illegal possession and selling of exotic birds on Friday. The arrested person Mirza Fareed Baig (35) was a bird shop owner and a resident of Jahanuma in Falaknuma. Police said Baig was illegally keeping birds in cages in […]

Hyderabad: South Central Railway celebrated National Constitution Day on November 26. The General Manager of SCR, Gajanan Mallya, read out the preamble of the Constitution along with officers and staff at Tandur Railway station. Whereas, Arun Kumar Jain, Additional General Manager read out the same at Rail Nilayam, SCR Headquarters. As part of the celebration, […]

Hyderabad: Since the early seventies, the Tagore Auditorium has been a venue and witness to many historic events in Hyderabad, hosting several national and international events of cultural importance. The screening of movies in the auditorium too was something that students and movie lovers on campus and from outside looked forward to in those days. […]

Hyderabad: A local court at Choutuppal on Friday sentenced an auto trolley driver for two years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a fatal accident at Pochampally in 2015. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on him. The convicted person was N Ramaswamy (45) from Naginenipally of Bommalaramaram in Yadadri-Bhongir district. In […]

Hyderabad: Towards empowering physically challenged in higher education institutions, Osmania University (OU) has taken a step forward by establishing a Centre for Disabilities Resources in the Department of Sociology, University College of Arts and Social Sciences, OU. The new centre is in tune with the UGC and Government of India mandate and direction for empowering […]

Hyderabad: To clear the extra rush of passengers, South Central Railways (SCR) will continue to operate the weekly special train connecting Secunderabad and Agartala. Train number 07030 (from Secunderabad to Agartala) will run every Monday from November 29 to January 31. While the returning train number 07029 (from Agartala to Secunderabad) will run every Friday […]

Hyderabad: The Banjara Hills police booked a minor boy on charges of killing three stray puppies near the KBR National Park on Thursday. According to police sources, the 15-year-old boy who often visited a tea stall near the park allegedly beat to death the puppies which were seen playing around the stall. It was alleged […]

Hyderabad: Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat on Friday felicitated Sheshaddrini Reddy, who secured All India Rank 401 in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams-2020. Sheshaddrini Reddy, a resident of Vanasthalipuram, was mentored for the interview by Bhagwat along with others. She was selected for the IPS. Bhagwat congratulated Reddy for her succession and wished […]

Hyderabad: The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (MoES-INCOIS) at Hyderabad observed Open Day on Friday, as a preamble for the upcoming India International Science Festival (IISF), according to a press release. Students from several high schools, colleges, teachers, parents and others have visited the INCOIS on the occasion, it said. This was the […]

Hyderabad: The West Zone Task Force arrested a five-member dacoity gang and recovered three bikes, blades, mobile phones and other material here on Friday. The gang was involved in a dacoity in Banjara Hills and an attempt to murder in Chaderghat, police said. The arrested persons were Syed Afroz Ali, the kingpin from Mallapur, Abdul […]

Hyderabad: Allegedly upset over his ill health, a septuagenarian died by suicide by jumping from the multistoried building of an old age home where he was staying in Balapur on Thursday. The victim Narasimha Reddy (75), a retired private employee was staying along with other elderly persons at an old age home at Mallapur for […]

Hyderabad: A minor boy was allegedly sodomized by a man in Chilkalguda on Thursday. According to the police, the suspect G.Sathish (23), who works as an office boy in a private company in Parsigutta, noticed the boy playing in front of his house and took him to a nearby spot. He overpowered and sexually assaulted […]

Hyderabad: While it is ringing wedding bells from all corners of Hyderabad, this groom wanted to make a different and meaningful entry to say YES! to his wife.  Dinesh Sale, the founding member of the cycling community in Hyderabad called Happy Hyderabad, and an avid cyclist and groom wanted to make a statement in his […]

Hyderabad: To combat the Covid-19 pandemic, India Exim Bank is expecting to finance $100 million to the vaccine segment this fiscal, which may include development of vaccines or intermediaries needed in the vaccine development, to cater to the growing demand from export markets. This will benefit at least two companies in Hyderabad out of seven […]