Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda police nabbed a Rajasthani trader and seized 2.6 kilograms of opium from him. Acting on a tip off, the Special Operations Teams (LB Nagar) caught Jagadish Chandra Jhat, a trader staying in LB Nagar and hailing from Chittorgarh of Rajasthan. “Jagadish during his visit to Rajasthan was purchasing opium from one Suresh, […]

Hyderabad: The Banjara Hills police on Wednesday arrested three persons and seized six kilograms of ganja from them. The arrested persons were T Narsimha (21), N. Venkanna Babu (23) and Pamidi Manikanta (23). Banjara Hills ACP M Sudarshan said the three were purchasing ganja from Rakesh of Odisha and bringing it to the city in […]

Hyderabad: Mostly dry weather is expected to continue in the city this week, though there are chances of rain by Saturday. On Wednesday, Hyderabad recorded a maximum temperature of 38.2 degree Celsius. While the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) – Hyderabad has said in its forecast that rain or thundershowers would occur in the afternoon or […]

Hyderabad: In order to clear extra rush during holidays, the South Central Railway (SCR) will run four special trains between various destinations. Accordingly, Train No. 07433 Secunderabad-Tirupati will depart at 7.05 pm on April 15 and arrive at 7.50 am the next day and Train No. 07434 Tirupati – Secunderabad holiday specials will depart at […]

Hyderabad: Police forces swung into action after an anonymous call saying that explosives were planted in a train bound from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Even as tension mounted over a couple of hours, the call was traced to a teenager, who said he was “testing the alertness of the police”. Earlier, security agencies […]

Hyderabad: Allegedly upset over his father scolding him for spending long hours with his mobile phone, a teenage boy died by suicide in his house in Nandigama on the city outskirts on Tuesday. The 17-year-old boy, an intermediate student at a private college in Shadnagar, was reportedly seen with the mobile phone in his hand […]

Hyderabad: Telangana and Andhra Sub Area (TASA) Inter-School quiz competition was organised by HQ TASA on Wednesday at MCEME auditorium, Secunderabad. The event was held to commemorate 75 years of Independence, “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”. The quiz competition will be held annually with the inaugural event being held this year. Major General Ranjeet Singh Manral, […]

Hyderabad: Paediatric surgeons at Hyderabad-based Rainbow Hospitals have given a new lease of life to a 22-month-old child Wafi from Oman, who was born without a food pipe, a rare medical condition known as Esophageal Atresia and Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula and was in a critical condition. The toddler’s parents, after getting permissions from Ministry of Health, […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Police Special Operations Team along with the Nacharam police busted a drug racket operating from agency areas in Araku of Andhra Pradesh to Hyderabad and arrested three persons here on Tuesday. One litre of hashish oil and two kilos of marijuana were seized from them. The arrested persons were M Mohan Rao […]

Hyderabad: The property prices in Hyderabad showed an annual 7 per cent increase in the first quarter of calendar year 2022, says a report by an online real estate company. It attributed the price hike to the overall economic growth that is seen improving the prospects of India’s biggest employment generating sector. According to a […]

Hyderabad: A moving car caught fire near Lakdi-ka-Pul on Wednesday. The driver and a passenger managed to escape on seeing flames from the engine. None were hurt in the incident and a short circuit in the engine is suspected to have triggered the fire, which broke out when the car was proceeding from Lakdi-ka-Pul towards […]

Hyderabad: Arkayam offers the city’s fashion aficionados the best of emerging fashion, lifestyle, jewellery, accessories, designers, fashion labels, boutique brands all under one roof from April 20 to 30 at Hotel Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills. Naveen Tummala, chief organizer, Arkayam, says, “What makes Arkayam an exhibition par excellence is the thematic, festival and season-based sound […]

Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner CV Anand on Wednesday chaired an inter-departmental coordination meeting on the Hanuman Jayanthi procession to be held on Saturday. The meeting was attended by senior officials from GHMC, R&B, Electricity, Fire department, EMRI and police officials from Cyberabad and Rachakonda Commissionerates. The commissioner stressed on strong barricading, uninterrupted power supply, debris […]

Hyderabad: Nowadays when social media is rife with influencers, we often overlook the powerful tool that we have in our hands to change lives. Amidst Ramzan season, a video is now going viral on social media where a kid is seen diligently promoting his elderly father’s roadside haleem stall in Hyderabad. In the video, the […]

Hyderabad: The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie. Prof. E. Suresh Kumar, EFLU Vice Chancellor, and Radhika Rastogi, LBSNAA Joint Director, formally signed and exchanged the MoU on Wednesday at Mussoorie. The MoU facilitates cooperation […]

By Sruthi Kuruganti Hyderabad: The rising temperatures during summer ends up in widespread dehydration and fatality among birds. And as the mercury levels continue to rise in the city in the last couple of weeks, the Greater Hyderabad Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GHSPCA) has come forwards to provide some succour to […]

Hyderabad: Absolute Barbecues (popular as AB’s) launched its 50th store at Next Galleria Mall in Moosarambagh marking a significant milestone for the wish grill buffet restaurant. This is particularly significant for the company because it takes place in the same city where it began its journey in 2013. Actor poorna who inaugurated the outlet said, […]

Hyderabad: Industries and Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao here on Wednesday said the works pertaining to installation of 125-feet height statue of Dr. B R Ambedkar near NTR Gardens would be completed by December this year. Speaking after reviewing the progress of the works along with the Social Welfare Minister Koppula Eshwar and others, […]

Hyderabad: As one of the regular educational activities, the Salar Jung Museum is organising a Summer Art Camp-2022 for school children from May 4 to 19. The museum invited applications from the students between age group 8-15 years for the camp and the selected students will be categorized according to their age as juniors (8-11 […]

Hyderabad: Police forces swung into action after an anonymous call saying that explosives were planted in a train bound from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai on Wednesday. Sources said the caller made a call to the Government Railway Police around 10.30am, after which the Railway Police along with local police carried out bomb disposal checks in trains […]

Hyderabad: Security in the older parts of the city was scaled up as a precautionary measure in view of verdict in the Akbaruddin Owaisi hate speech case. The special sessions court for trial of MPs/MLAs will pronounce the verdict in the case on Wednesday. Teams from the Commissioner’s Task Force, Telangana State Special Police and […]

Hyderabad: In a freak mishap, a TSRTC bus went out of control and crashed into a Metro Rail pillar on the Malakpet main road on Wednesday morning. The bus driver and three others reportedly suffered minor injuries in the incident. Police said the incident occurred when the bus was on its way from Dilsukhnagar to […]

Hyderabad: The State government on a mission mode is restoring stepwells in and around the city. As part of the exercise, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has restored the stepwell in Lingojigudem, Choutuppal. Garbage, silt and debris that accumulated over the years inside the water body were removed and the vegetation that covered the […]

Mumbai: NYSE-listed electric vehicle company Fisker Inc has set up its India headquarters in Hyderabad and it will focus on software and virtual vehicle development support functions. The California-based EV maker said it has already started recruitment of local talent and expects to create 200 potential jobs in India. The development comes after Industries and […]