Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A donor heart from a brain-dead patient was transported from Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Punjagutta to Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG), Gachibowli for organ transplantation, in just 9 minutes, thanks to a special green channel that was created by Hyderabad traffic police between 10 am and 11 am on Thursday morning, officials […]

Hyderabad: A couple survived with minor injuries after a container slipped off a lorry and fell on their car at Dundigal on Wednesday night. The couple were travelling in a Swift Dzire car on the Suraram tank bridge when the lorry carrying the container tried to overtake the car. “The container suddenly slipped off the […]

Hyderabad: A woman was murdered, allegedly by her husband, at Mailardevpally early on Thursday. According to the police, the suspect Jangaiah Yadav and Meera were staying in a house near the Budvel railway station. The two are said to have been quarrelling frequently and on Thursday, Yadav hit his wife repeatedly with a stone and […]

Hyderabad: If not for Ram Ki Bandi’s dosa, Hyderabadis wake up before sunrise only for Niloufer café’s age-old and forever favourite breakfast, malai bun. Served only till about 6 am in the morning, in the Lakdikapul lane, the malai bun – as the name itself suggests, is a lip-smacking combination of malai (cream) and some […]

Hyderabad: The aroma of freshly made sweets greets wafts through the air in the lane leading to the house of Mahabub Ali in the Mahajareen camp located at Charminar. Reaching the house one notices columns of red coloured square pieces lined against the wall alongside pieces of coconut. It is ‘Nariyal ki mithai’ or ‘Khopra […]

Hyderabad: Punjab National Bank organised a MSME credit camp under Atmanirbhar Abhiyan scheme of the Central government, to create awareness along with offering of credit support to entrepreneurs coming from various business sectors of MSME. This was the second time such initiative was taken by PNB during the current financial year, a press release stated. […]

Hyderabad: The International GIS Day, celebrated on the third Wednesday of November every year, was organised at the Department of Geography, Osmania University. Jointly organised by the GeoMap Society & Department of Geography, it was attended by GeoSpatial professionals and students. Dr N Satyanarayana, Commissioner and Director Municipal Administration (CDMA), who was the chief guest, […]

Hyderabad: A small idea or inspiration or incident is all it takes for someone to plunge into action and take their passion forward. There was one such touching incident in Sudha Kesavaraju’s life too, which inspired her to take the initiative of providing free food to the needy. Visiting hospitals and seeing people in distress […]

Hyderabad: A delegation of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), led by party chief Asaduddin Owaisi, met Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Wednesday and lodged a complaint against Waseem Rizvi, former chief of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board, seeking action against him over his book which allegedly depicted Prophet Mohammed in bad light. […]

Hyderabad: The immunity against Covid gained by individuals who were administered with two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine (Covishield) is waning quickly, raising fears among public health officials here. They say that a combination of the unvaccinated population and those who were vaccinated immediately after the launch of Covid vaccines might trigger a fresh surge […]

Hyderabad: Higher education technology player upGrad has leased 1,000 seats from flexible workspace provider IndiQube in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. In Hyderabad, upGrad will operate from IndiQube Pearl situated in Gachibowli. In Bengaluru, it will work from IndiQube Lexington located at Koramangala. Both these centres have amenities like gym, gaming zone, multicuisine cafeteria, collab spaces, events […]

Hyderabad: The School Education department on Wednesday said as per the academic calendar and time-table issued by the State Council of Educational Research and Training, the syllabus for the Summative Assessment-I was up to October month as mentioned in the government textbooks. The activity-based syllabus was for classroom activities only, the department said in a […]

Hyderabad: A series of facilities for sports and fitness enthusiasts is on the cards in the city. A total of 19 facilities that include sports complexes, auditoriums, indoor stadiums and swimming pools are being developed in different parts of the city with an estimated cost of Rs 86.61 crore by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). […]

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Police Special Operations Teams from Madhapur and Balanagar arrested 11 persons on charges of drug peddling from Madhapur, Bachupally and Rajendranagar on Wednesday. Police seized 50 grams of Methylenedioxy Methamphetamine (MDMA), 45 kilos of marijuana, 11 mobile phones and three cars from them. At Madhapur, the police arrested Mohd Bin Hassan Kolani, […]

Hyderabad: A fire broke out at a mattress-making unit at Vinayak Nagar in Mailardevpally in the early hours on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. Officials suspect a short circuit could have led to the fire. The locals noticed the fire and thick smoke from the unit, which is surrounded by residential colonies, and alerted the […]

Hyderabad: The Pay Revision Commission (PRC) recommendations will be implemented for employees of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) on par with other organisations under the control of Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Department. A memo stating this was issued by Special Chief Secretary Urban Development Arvind Kumar on Wednesday. HMWS&SB […]

Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, a 13-month-old baby girl died after she fell from the fifth floor of a multi-storied building in Habeebnagar on Wednesday. The infant, Akshara, lived with her parents B Shiva Kumar and Anitha on the fourth floor of the residential building. According to the police, as both her parents were working […]

Hyderabad: A man died, allegedly of asphyxiation, after a fire broke out in a waste oil store-house at Mallapur in Nacharam on Wednesday. The cause of the fire is yet to be known. The victim, identified as P Anil Kumar Goud (33), a resident of Green Hills Colony in Mallapur, for his business had stored […]

Hyderabad: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad (JNTU-H) on Wednesday said the provisional list of selected candidates for admissions into external (part-time) PhD programmes 2020-21 in various subjects of engineering, management, science and technology disciplines was notified following merit order and rules of reservation. There was no violation of the rules of reservation in the selections. The […]

Hyderabad: A total of 791 students received their degrees during XVI convocation ceremony of the Osmania University College for Women (OUCW), Koti, held on the college campus here on Wednesday. Eight gold medals were also presented to the meritorious students on the occasion. Addressing the graduating students, Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy went down […]

Hyderabad: You thought men didn’t need help? Behind all the macho, bicep-flexing men and even the dad bods of the world, there are many who want to be heard, at least once in a while. And it is for those men that the Save Indian Family (SIF) organization has been set up. With a number […]

Hyderabad: The passing away of a 28-year-old young doctor Poorna Chander, who had just completed his senior residency in general surgery from Gandhi Medical College, has put the spotlight on the inherent challenges and stressful lives that young doctors face on a daily basis. While Dr Chander had already completed his residency and was looking […]

Hyderabad: Army Public School Bolarum, Secunderabad celebrated ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’, a grand and colourful cultural interactive programme along with Army Public School Ambala Cantonment, under the guidelines given by the CBSE. The Class V students of both the schools presented the popular dance of Bathukamma and a Haryanavi dance to showcase the cultural diversity […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based healthtech company Docturnal has been selected for Project Amplify programme, supported by Accenture and Microsoft, as part of 10 startups chosen from across India. Founded in 2016 by Arpita Singh, Rahul Pathri, and Vaishanavi Reddy, Docturnal is aimed at providing point-of-care and non-invasive screening and prognosis for pulmonary tuberculosis and pneumonia. The team […]