Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) vigilance wing has lodged a complaint with the police against a person for taking water connection from pipelines fraudulently. A case was registered on Friday at the Jagathgirigutta Police Station against that person. The HMWS&SB said in a press release said that persons coming across […]

Hyderabad: A major fire broke at a paper scrap warehouse at New Ganga Nagar in Amberpet on Friday morning. No casualties were reported. Officials suspect a short circuit led to the fire. Residents saw the fire and alerted the Fire Department and police, following which a fire engine was rushed to the spot. With the […]

Hyderabad: Fuel prices in the city have come down in the wake of the Union government’s move to cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 10 per litre, respectively. Accordingly, the petrol price in Hyderabad has come down by Rs 6.29 a litre while diesel prices fell by Rs 12.78 […]

Hyderabad: Two persons were killed and another critically injured in a firecracker blast at Kandikal Gate area in Chatrinaka late on Thursday night. The incident occurred when they were trying to light a firecracker dump, police said. The victims were identified as Jagannadh Mallik (26) and Bishnu Mahato (31), while the injured person was Virender […]

Hyderabad: Most toys available in the market nowadays are inspired by western stories and characters. In a quest to make Indian heritage more fun and exciting for children, a young entrepreneur Meghna Bhutoria has launched Indic Bricks — a building blocks toy that familiarises the children with Indian heritage and history. The company’s first product, […]

Hyderabad: Changing children’s lives through his miniature art is how Prashanth stands apart from others. Hailing from Kumrambheem Asifabad district, Bonagiri Prashanth Kumar seeks to make an impact on society. The young artist, who is an animation designer by profession, keeps doing miniature art and painting to run an NGO – Sri Vasavi Charitable Trust […]

Hyderabad: Buoyed by the success of earlier auctions of plots in the Uppal Bhagayath Layout, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is gearing up for the e-auction of 44 developed plots spread over 1,35,401 square yards in the same layout. The auction will be on December 2 and 3, with the e-auctioning to be held […]

Hyderabad: Four persons suffered minor injuries and a few bikes were partially damaged when a bull reportedly went out of control at the Sadar Utsav near Khairatabad junction on Friday. The incident occurred when the bull was being decorated as part of the parade. The owner quickly brought the animal under control and the situation […]

Hyderabad: A special campaign pertaining to special summary revision of electoral rolls 2022 (Revision of voter list) will be held on November 6 and 7 . As a part of the exercise, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials will be available at all polling stations located in 15 Assembly constituencies of the Hyderabad district. […]

Hyderabad: A TSRTC bus went out of control and hit a telephone pole at Mehdipatnam here on Friday afternoon. The bus was carrying about 10 passengers at the time of the mishap. None of them was hurt, but the electric pole was slightly damaged. The driver of the bus proceeding from Mehdipatnam towards Langar Houz […]

Hyderabad: Allegedly upset over not being able to find a job and weighed down by financial distress, a man died by suicide, in his house at Puppalguda in Narsingi, police said here on Friday. The man, Mohd Aziz (31) from Humayun Nagar, was trying to secure a job for a quite long time but was […]

Hyderabad: A bottle of premium scotch once every week, a daily diet of three kg of exquisite dry fruits, apples, about 25 litres of milk every day, a full body massage with costly almond oil every Saturday — this bull is living life king size. Not surprising, given his size. ‘Baahubali’, who his owner says […]

Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Friday announced the arrest of Mohd Qadeer, 48, a construction worker from Bidar in Karnataka, on charges of murdering two persons on the pavement last Sunday. According to the Commissioner, Qadeer was staying in Borabanda and was addicted to alcohol. He usually slept on the pavement at Nampally […]

Hyderabad: After light drizzle at a few places on Diwali, Hyderabad has been enjoying pleasant weather. The highest temperature recorded in the city on Thursday was 32.2 degree Celsius, whereas the lowest temperature was 21.2 degree Celsius. According to the forecast by Telangana State Development Planning Society, dry weather is likely to prevail in the […]

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police, who have intensified the crackdown on drugs, have been conducting raids on a daily basis across the commissionerate. On the eve of Diwali on Wednesday and later on Thursday as well, four persons were held for drug peddling, with 500 grams of marijuana and one live marijuana plant being seized from […]

Hyderabad: Cyberabad Police Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra held a review meeting with Cybercrime officials here on Friday. Speaking at the meeting, Raveendra said a robust mechanism was needed to monitor cybercrime and reiterated that in the coming years, most offences would have cyber space as a medium or target, requiring every police officer to be […]

Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Friday announced the arrest of Mohd Qadeer, 48, a construction worker from Bidar in Karnataka, on charges of murdering two persons on the pavement last Sunday. According to the Commissioner, Qadeer was staying in Borabanda and was addicted to alcohol. He usually slept on the pavement at Nampally […]

Hyderabad: Isn’t it a fact that only the diagnostic test reports are the most effective in nudging people to start their morning walks or attempt to change their lifestyles? But the hitch is that one needs to undergo the tests for measuring the blood sugar levels. And many of us avoid visiting doctors or the […]

Hyderabad: The Hare Krishna Golden Temple celebrated the Govardhan Puja and Annakutotsavam by making a replica of the Govardhan Hill (Annakuta) using 400 kg of pure vegetarian cake, cookies, sweets, juices, fruits and flowers. The hill had various kundas (ponds) and the programme began by offering Krishna Prasadam to cows and calfs in the morning, […]

Hyderabad: The railway police on Friday arrested a cloth businessman on charges of stealing valuables from passengers after offering them food laced with drugs. Forty-four-year-old Mukaddar Ali, a native of Kakrala village in Budaun district in Uttar Pradesh, duped passengers in three separate incidents and made away with their bags containing gold and electronic gadgets […]

Hyderabad: During the festive season, the South Central Railway will run six special trains between Secunderabad and Agartala. Train No. 07030 (from Secunderabad to Agartala) will operate on November 8, 15 and 22. It will depart from Secunderabad at 4.35 pm and reach its destination at 3 am. Train number 07029 (from Agartala to Secunderabad) […]

Hyderabad: A total of 42 individuals who had sustained different kinds of eye related injuries while bursting firecrackers during the Diwali celebrations, received treatment at State-run Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital, Mehdipatnam. Out of the 42 patients who were brought to the emergency wing of the tertiary eye-care facility between Wednesday and Friday, seven patients were […]

Hyderabad: Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), Telangana on Friday has released a notification for conducting final phase of web-based counselling for admission into Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) courses under management quota (MQ) and NRI quota (MQ2) for the academic year 2021-22 in private dental colleges in Telangana that are affiliated to […]

Hyderabad: A local court in Secunderabad on Friday sentenced a man to five years of rigourous imprisonment for abetting a woman to commit suicide in a case at Trimulgherry in 2014. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.20,000 on him. The convicted person was G.Geetha Krishna (30), from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Geeta Krishna […]