Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Traffic Police have announced diversions on Road No.12 in Banjara Hills to NTR Bhavan road stretch on Thursday from 7 am to 8 am in view of the Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu Freedom Run.  The run will commence from the Integrated Command and Control Centre. Accordingly traffic from NTR Bhavan towards Apollo Hospital […]

Hyderabad: Four persons who conned the ICICI bank to the tune of Rs.1.33 crore were arrested by the Rachakonda police on Wednesday. The police seized 93 debit cards, three credit cards, a car, 28 PAN cards, 54 Aadhar cards, 24 identity cards of a company and 17 mobile phones. The arrested persons were Boda Srikanth […]

Hyderabad: After several days of intermittent rains, Hyderabad could breathe easy on Wednesday. Though clouds kept hovering in the sky, not allowing denizens an opportunity to bask in the sun, the day remained free of rains that otherwise had kept intermittently lashing the city through day and night over the last couple of weeks. The […]

Hyderabad: Mahatma Gandhi was just not an Indian freedom fighter, but also an inspiration and motivation to the entire world, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat said here on Wednesday. He was speaking at a free screening for school children of Oscar winning film ‘Gandhi’ was held at BVK Multiplex in LB Nagar, in view of […]

Hyderabad: A man died, allegedly of a cardiac arrest, while playing cricket at Bandlaguda Jagir in Gandipet here on Tuesday. The MAN, Thushar Aamra Bedwa (32), a software employee working for a firm in Hitec City, was staying with his parents and wife Pooja Bedwa in Royal Enclave at Bandlaguda Jagir in Gandipet. He was […]

World Biofuel Day is an annual event that is held every year on August 10 to spread awareness about the usage of unconventional sources of fuels over fossil fuels. The Government of India has been celebrating the event since 2015. History It is celebrated to honor the inventor of the diesel engine – Sir Rudolf […]

Hyderabad: Furniture and other articles were damaged when a fire broke out following a LPG cylinder explosion in a hotel at Mehdipatnam on Wednesday afternoon. According to fire officials, the LPG cylinder exploded in Kings Hotel in the afternoon resulting in a fire. All the workers and customers ran away from the premises. Fire officials […]

Hyderabad: A homemaker died, allegedly after falling from a multistoried residential building at Kompally on Wednesday. The woman, Rinitha Reddy, 34, lived at Bobbili Empire apartments in Kompally under Petbasheerabad police station limits along with her family. Police suspect she could have jumped from the fifth floor of the building. Family members told the police […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda police raided a drug manufacturing unit at Uppal and nabbed two persons who were preparing and supplying narcotic substances. The police seized 53 grams of synthetic drug, 3.6 kg of narcotic substance liquids, one LSD blot and a cocaine capsule along with other articles. The arrested persons were Pulicherla Srinivas Reddy (52), […]

Hyderabad: A BTech dropout who intended to go to the United States using fake certificates was arrested by the Rachakonda police on Wednesday. The police seized five educational certificates and other documents from him. Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat said Janga Dayakar Reddy, 25, of Nacharam had dropped out of B.Tech from an engineering […]

Hyderabad: First Master, Ohara Ikebana, Rekha Reddy, has been honoured with the prestigious Foreign Minister’s Commendation Award announced by the Government of Japan, for her dedication to Ikebana and for contributing to the cultural exchange and friendship between India and Japan. Gavva Rekha Reddy has been practicing and teaching Ikebana for the last two and […]

Hyderabad: Fire broke out at a mattress manufacturing unit at Kishanbagh on Wednesday morning. According to the fire officials, the fire started at the unit where mattresses were manufactured in large scale and a huge quantity of cotton bags stored. Local residents noticed smoke coming out of the premises and alerted the fire department. Initially […]

Hyderabad: Amid a nation-wide debate on freebies, MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday declared that the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) was categorically opposed to the Centre’s move to stall the welfare schemes, terming them as freebies. She accused the Centre of putting pressure on the State governments to stop the welfare schemes. “The welfare of […]

Hyderabad: Following an attack on a Sub-inspector last week at Marredpally, City Police Commissioner CV Anand has asked all police officials to carry their service weapons with them. The SI, A Vinay Kumar of Marredpally police station, was stabbed with a sharp weapon by two persons while on patrol duty last Tuesday. After the incident, […]

Hyderabad: Mourning and solemnity marked ‘Youm-e-Ashoora’, the 10th day of Moharram on Tuesday. Several religious programmes were organized across the city to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the battle of Karbala centuries ago. Feeding camps were organized while many distributed milk sherbet and soft drinks to the public. […]

Hyderabad: Patriotic fervour is gradually gripping the State, as various activities as part of the ‘Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavam’ being organised by the State government to celebrate 75 years of Independence were conducted across Telangana on Tuesday. These included distribution of the tricolour, pasting Vajrotsavam stickers and screening of the 1982 Richard Attenborough classic ‘Gandhi’ for […]

Hyderabad: A chemist died after an auto trolley mowed him down at Uppal on Tuesday. The victim, Vivek Kishore Solanki (26), a chemist from a firm in IDA Uppal and a resident of the same area, was returning home after shopping at Ramanthapur along with his friend Shubham when the incident occurred. He was rushed […]

Hyderabad: Legacy brand Kankatala Sarees, known as the ‘Queen of Sarees’ brings handpicked saris of India Exhibition & Sale exclusively for Hyderabad from August 12-14 at Jubilee Hills outlet, Hyderabad. The brand will showcase the signature Banarasi Marvels including Kora Banarasi, Jamdani Banarasi, Kadwa Banarasi, Phekwa Banarasi, Bandhani Banarasi, Georgette Banarsai, Tissue Banarasi, Banarasi Katan […]

Hyderabad: MaxiVision Eye Hospitals’ Madhapur facility has received accreditation from National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH). The CEO of MaxiVision Group of Eye Hospitals, VS Sudheer said that the accreditation will enable the eye care facility to adhere to quality processes. “Our plan is to get NABH for all our tertiary care […]

Hyderabad: Ahead of Raksha Bandhan, markets in the city are flooded with women scouting for glittering rakhis and packets of sweets for their brothers. Areas like Begum Bazar, Old City, and Koti are decked up with makeshift stalls selling different varieties of handmade and designer rakhis. According to stall owners, rakhis featuring different messages are […]

Hyderabad: A chain snatcher targeting women pedestrians was arrested by the Gopalapuram police, who recovered a gold chain worth Rs.1 lakh from him at the Rathifile bus-stop on Tuesday. B.Kavali Ramesh, 35, a painter from Hamal Basthi in Chilkalguda, identified women walking alone in secluded colonies and targeted them. He approached them from behind and […]

Hyderabad: Union Minister of External Affairs Dr. S Jaishankar on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reshaped India’s foreign policy that has national interest at its core, but in a manner that was harmonized with global good. He said India’s foreign policy was the world outlook of a new India Participating in a discussion […]

Hyderabad: Three-year-old Sakina Fatima, who was brutally beaten up, allegedly by her father, in Saifabad on Saturday, died in hospital on Tuesday. Sakina, who lived with her parents Sana Fathima and Basith Khan, at AC Guards under the Saifabad police station limits, had gone to the washroom on Saturday evening. Khan, noticing that she hadn’t come […]

Hyderabad: The Gopalapuram police arrested a 23-year-old animation student from Andhra Pradesh and seized one kilo of marijuana from him near the Chilkalguda Railway Bridge on Tuesday. The arrested person was B.Sandeep Reddy (23), from Vijayawada, while two suspects, Akhil Sai and Akhil Vinay, both from Vijayawada, were absconding. Police said Reddy and the other […]