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Hyderabad: In line with the Centre’s DigiYatra programme, the GMR Hyderabad International Airport, which operates the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here, will roll out digital processing of passengers as proof of concept through the DigiYatra platform from Aug 18 for three months. DigiYatra will facilitate paperless travel and avoid multiple identity checks at the airport […]
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Hyderabad: On the occasion of India’s Independence Day, Twitter is rife with videos and images of people celebrating the special day. With every scroll on the micro-blogging site, you will find a bunch of patriotic videos. One among those is a video of an elderly man singing the national anthem in his faint voice while […]
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Hyderabad: Panic prevailed in the surroundings after a car was found parked on the roadside beside State BJP office at Nampally on Tuesday afternoon. The Tata Nano car bearing Maharashtra registration number had a travelling suitcase in the back seat. The locals who noticed the car parked since the last two days, alerted the police […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao participated in the mass recitation of the national anthem at former Abids GPO Circle on Tuesday as part of the Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu programmes. As part of the 75 years of Indian Independence celebrations, Telangana Government had appealed to people to participate in the mass recitation of the National […]
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Hyderabad: The city resonated with the energy and patriotism triggered by the national anthem on Tuesday, as thousands came out on the streets for the Telangana Rashtra Samoohika Jateeya Geeta Alapana (mass singing of the national anthem) organised by the State government. As part of Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu celebrations, the programme was held at 11.30 […]
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Hyderabad: The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU)-Hyderabad is all set to commence the Fact Finding Committee (FFC) inspections of private colleges for granting affiliation for the academic year 2022-23 on August 18. A total of 226 private colleges including 148 engineering, 69 pharmacy and 9 standalone MBA/MCA colleges have applied seeking the university’s affiliation for […]
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Hyderabad: A growing number of motorists in the city are switching to budget-friendly and environmentally sustainable electric vehicles (EVs). Catering to this surge in demand, Maaz Ahmed Khan, a 22-year-old Hyderabadi, is converting two-wheelers into EVs. It all started when he attended the launch of Tata Nexon, an electric car. “I was fascinated by the […]
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Hyderabad: A simple, yet captivating painting of Hussain Sagar by famous European artist T Schmidtina, probably dating back to 1879, is doing the rounds on Twitter for a question posed by city-based architect and historian Asif Ali Khan. His question was, “Guess the probable location where the artist sat to paint?” This has made the […]
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Hyderabad: Patriotic fervour gripped Hyderabad on Monday, as government departments, academic institutions, voluntary organisations and families celebrated the 75th Independence Day by hoisting the tricolour, organising sporting events, holding parades, blood donation camps, felicitation programmes and recalling the history of the Indian freedom struggle. South Central Railway celebrated Independence Day, which also marked the culmination […]
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Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, five persons were killed and four others sustained critical injuries, all from the city, in a road accident at Bidar on Monday. The family of G Giridhar, who worked with the Hyderabad City Cybercrime wing, was on the way from the city to visit the Dattatreya Temple at Kalaburagi district […]
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Hyderabad: Marking the Independence Day celebrations, Telangana government on Monday formally launched the issuance of 10 lakh new pensions under Aasara scheme from Monday in addition to 36 lakh pensions being offered under the scheme. Apart from increasing the pension amount, the State Government had also increased the number of beneficiaries under the scheme, Chief […]
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Hyderabad: A 56-year-old man named Uppala Suresh collapsed and died while giving an Independence Day speech at Laxmi Villas in Kapra on Monday. Uppala Suresh, who used to manage a pharmaceutical agency in Bagh Amberpet, was holding a mike and addressing the people who participated in the Independence day, when he reportedly suffered a heart […]
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Hyderabad: The Traffic police have issued an advisory in connection with the mass singing of the National Anthem at Abids GPO circle where Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will participate. The traffic restrictions will be in place from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. Accordingly, traffic from Liberty and Basheerbagh towards BJR Circle will not be […]
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Hyderabad: Angry after an argument with his wife over going to his parents’ house for celebrating Bonalu, a man died, allegedly by suicide, even as he was on a video call with his wife at Maheshwaram in Pahadishareef on the city outskirts. The man, Sai Karthik Goud (33), along with his wife Ravali had gone […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will participate in the mass recital of the national anthem to be held at the statue of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru near Abids GPO Circle as part of the two-week Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu programme on Tuesday. The mass recital is being organised at 11.30 am across the State […]
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Hyderabad: A teenage boy is feared to have died in the Pedda Cheruvu at Ibrahimpatnam on the city outskirts on Monday. The boy, Vishnuvardhan Reddy (19), a degree student, was reportedly last seen by villagers walking near the lake. Police quoted his family saying Reddy was upset over loan app harassment and was suspected to […]
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Sangareddy: The 75 years of Indian Independence celebrations turned tragic in Sangareddy District after two persons got electrocuted and one seriously injured when they came in touch with live electric wires while hoisting the national flag at Anand Nagar Colony of Indresham Village under Patancheru Police Station Limits on Monday. To mark the Independence Day […]
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Hyderabad: Independence Day was celebrated with fervour at the offices of the Director-General of Police and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here on Monday. Additional Director-General of Police (Personnel) B Shivadhar Reddy hoisted the national flag at the DGP office while ACB Director-General Anjani Kumar hoisted the national flag at the ACB office. He later presented medals […]
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Hyderabad: Upset over not being able to find a suitable job and weighed down by financial distress, a man died, allegedly by suicide on the railway tracks at Secunderabad. According to the police, KG Maheshwar Reddy (30), an engineering student from Kadapa of Andhra Pradesh came to the city a few months ago and was […]
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Hyderabad: As part of the Telangana government’s temporary traffic stoppage and mass national anthem singing program on the occasion of 75th Independence Day celebrations, the Hyderabad metro trains will be stopped for a minute at 11.30 am on Tuesday on as is where is basis and national anthem will be played in the trains and […]
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Hyderabad: Stating that Central Government was working against the federal spirit, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao accused that the BJP government of conspiring to economically weaken the States, besides burdening the people with indiscriminate taxes. He strongly condemned the Central government describing welfare schemes as freebies. “Pursuing divisive politics, leaders at the Centre are trying […]
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Hyderabad: Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, a man with Hyderabad roots, greeted the people of the country by posting a photo of the Indian national flag at the International Space Station (ISS). He recently returned home after a six-month mission at the ISS. The photograph also shows Earth in the background. “On Indian Independence eve I’m […]
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Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leaders Asaduddin Owaisi and Akbaruddin Owaisi on Monday hoisted the Tricolour in the old city of Hyderabad on the occasion of the country’s 75th Independence Day. Like every year, Asaduddin Owaisi hoisted the Tricolour at Madina Circle near historic Charminar. The Hyderabad MP was accompanied by local leaders of […]
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Hyderabad: Holding umbrellas and braving the Sunday drizzle, green activists and members of Nature Lovers of Hyderabad (NLH) attended a programme on the Hyderabad-Chevella road, aimed at spreading awareness on preserving banyan trees and the inherent challenges in translocation. Over 40 nature lovers including children turned up at the awareness programme, which began with putting […]
