Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Traffic Police branch will be intensifying its drunken driving checks across all important areas of the city today on the eve of New Year. The police will be setting up check-posts to conduct checks on motorists. Cyberabad Police took to Twitter requesting people not to drink and drive. There will be extra […]

Hyderabad: The year 2021, saw 85 persons being murdered in different instances across Hyderabad and a couple of hundred suspects arrested for their involvement in the killing. The previous year, 64 persons were murdered while in 2019 the number was 84. While the murders are recorded as a grave crime in the police records, higher […]

Hyderabad: The 10-acre land parcel in Kukatpally, which was sold for Rs 235 crore three days ago, is likely to trigger more such deals in Hyderabad, especially involving builders from other States. This is mainly due to the Central government organisations gearing up to auction their lands in different areas of the city. This apart, […]

Hyderabad: Five more international passengers who had arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad from at-risk and non at-risk countries tested positive for Omicron variant, Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao on Thursday said. With this, the total number of Omicron positive infections among international passengers and their close contacts […]

Hyderabad: As a permanent solution to ensure the problem of flooding does not recur during heavy rains in the city, the Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP) has been initiated, the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister, KT Rama Rao said. Laying the foundation stone for SNDP works on Hussain Sagar suplus nala from Kavadiguda to […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad zone of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBITC) launched 2 taxpayer facilitation centres at GST Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Medchal GST Bhavan, Lakdikapul and Customs and Air Cargo Complex, Shamshabad, according to press release. The new facilities, which are part of the Azadika Amrit Mahotsav initiative wherein CBITC has launched 75 such […]

Hyderabad: State-run tertiary teaching hospital Gandhi Medical College has been chosen by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) as Regional Clinical Trial Unit (RCTU) and be a part of the pan-India network of institutes in clinical research, which will be known as Indian Clinical Trial and Education Network (INTENT). The RCTU status for Gandhi […]

Hyderabad: To welcome the New Year-2022 with joy and also as a New Year offer, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) will allow free travel to children below 12 years of age, who are accompanied with their parents in all TSRTC buses on January 1, VC and MD, TSRTC, VC Sajjanar on Thursday said. […]

Hyderabad: In a unique health care initiative, the Lions International has adopted Burgula village and have contributed a fully equipped 12-bedded medical ward at Primary Health Centre (PHC), Burgula for the benefit of the local people and surrounding villages and tandas. The health care initiative of Lions Enfield, UK and supported by Lions Shadnagar is […]

Hyderabad: A minor girl was allegedly assaulted sexually by the principal of a private school where she is a student in Shamirpet, police said on Thursday. The incident came late to light. On December 22, the 15-year-old girl, a class 9 student, had gone to the school without wearing a mask, according to sources. On […]

Hyderabad: City-based Atal Incubation Centre (AIC)-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has invited applications from entrepreneurs and innovators with promising technologies to join its Covid-19 Technology Deployment (CoviTeD) Acceleration Program. A CSR initiative of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL), the CoviTeD program aims to provide high-impact mentoring, financial, regulatory and […]

Hyderabad: Members of the BJP Mahila Morcha staged a demonstration in front of the office of Prohibition and Excise department in Nampally here on Thursday criticizing the State government’s move to permit liquor shops beyond the permitted hours on account of New Year celebrations. The women squatted in front of the office and raised slogans […]

Hyderabad: Former Mayor of Karimnagar Sardar Ravinder Singh and other sikh community leaders have on Thursday called on the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to represent the issues pertaining to development of Karimnagar and sikh community in general. The meeting assumed significance as Ravinder Singh had earlier contested as an independent candidate in the recently […]

New Delhi: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Hyderabad has awarded seven years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a former State Bank of India (SBI) manager, in connection with a cheating case, an official said on Thursday. The Additional Judge, CBI Cases, Hyderabad, who sentenced Praveen Singh, then Branch Manager of SBI, […]

Hyderabad: The trend of rise in daily new Covid-19 infections has continued in Telangana with the health department reporting 280 new infections on Thursday compared to 235 positive cases that were reported on Wednesday. In areas under GHMC, authorities reported 167 Covid positive cases on Thursday while on Wednesday 121 positive infections were reported. Apart […]

Hyderabad: Timely intervention by Health Minister T Harish Rao saved the life of a youngster, Harshavardhan, a resident of Warangal, who was suffering from Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation of the digestive tract, causing abdominal pain, severe diarrhoea, fatigue, severe weight loss and malnutrition. A few days ago, the plight of […]

Hyderabad: The Chilkalguda police nabbed a five-member attention diversion gang and seized a car, cash of Rs 3,500 and three mobile phones from them here on Thursday. The arrested persons are Mohd. Farooq Khan (29) from Chandrayangutta, Mohd. Khaled (23) from Kanchanbagh, Syed Khaja (22) from Kanchanbagh, Salman Shareef (22) from Hafeezbaba Nagar and Shaik […]

Hyderabad: Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), Hyderabad’s 11 edition of property show will be conducted from February 11 to 13 at Hitex, Madhapur. The three-day event will present only TS-RERA approved integrated townships, apartment complexes, gated communities, villas, green buildings with special impetus on retail and commercial complexes. This year, the […]

Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), on Thursday announced that BBV152 (Covaxin), its whole-virion inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate, has proven to be safe, well-tolerated, and immunogenic in paediatric subjects in phase II/III study. Bharat Biotech had conducted phase II/III, open-label, and multicenter studies to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of Covaxin in healthy children […]

Hyderabad: This New Year eve celebrations, Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) will run more services of Metro Express buses for the convenience of party goers planning to visit hotels, restaurants, pubs, events, parties, resorts in the city and outskirts. The extra bus services are pressed into service to facilitate people participating in New Year […]

Hyderabad: City-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) on Thursday announced a collaborative project worth Rs 7.31 core with Northern Coalfields Limits (NCL), Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh (MP) to take-up research and development in the field of sustainable mining and Clean Coal Technologies (CCT), a press release said. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by […]

Hyderabad: Except for Begumpet flyover, all other flyovers in Hyderabad will be closed on the New Year eve between 10 pm on Friday up to 2 am on Saturday. The Hyderabad Traffic Police has placed certain traffic restrictions in the surroundings of Hussain Sagar also during the same time. Accordingly, traffic will not be allowed […]

Hyderabad: As the city continues to witness warmer nights, the minimum temperature in Hyderabad has soared by two to three degrees in the last one week. The average night temperature of 18.4 degree Celsius was recorded during the early hours of Wednesday. The lowest minimum temperature of 15.7 degree Celsius was recorded at Hayathnagar. However, […]

The ORR will be kept closed for Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) and passenger vehicles from 11 pm on December 31 to 5 am on January 1, 2022 in view of safety of road users.