Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Drinking water supply will be disrupted for 24 hours from 6 am on Wednesday in some parts of the city. The affected areas include Kishan Bagh, Al Jubail Colony in Falaknuma, Madannapet, Chanchalguda, Santosh Nagar, Vinay Nagar, Saidabad, Mir Alam, Yakutpura and Asmangadh. The other areas where supply will be disrupted include Aliabad, Bogulkunta, […]

Hyderabad: Even as winter is gaining strength in the city, with the minimum temperature dipping by the day, there are chances of rainfall in some areas on Wednesday and Thursday. As for the winter chill, the overall minimum temperature recorded in the city on Tuesday was 17.9 degree Celsius, with the lowest temperature of 15.6 […]

Hyderabad: There is one more attraction on Tank Bund now. The most popular hangout spot in the city now has one designated selfie spot, perhaps the first of its kind. While people most go for selfies at usual spots like the Luv Hyd installation or other scenic spots, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has […]

Hyderabad: The State government was working on bringing reforms in teaching methodologies in tune with the changing times, Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy said here on Tuesday. The Minister was speaking after launching an online English training programme for Telugu medium teachers of government schools. Stating that the government was striving to ensure quality […]

Hyderabad: A labourer was murdered, allegedly by his friend at Moinabad in Ranga Reddy on Monday night. The victim, D Satish (26), a resident of SC Colony in Moinabad, was a construction and farm labourer. On Monday night, Satish along with a person, had a quarrel and minutes later he was found injured by the […]

Hyderabad: Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi on Tuesday asked women staffers of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to report any incident of sexual harassment directly to her or to approach the Women Protection Cell of the corporation. Inappropriate behaviour towards women will not be tolerated, she said at a review meeting at the Serilingampally Zonal […]

Hyderabad: A four-member gang allegedly involved in theft of motorcycles was caught by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (Central) on Tuesday. The police recovered three motorcycles from them. The arrested persons were Cyril Joseph (18), Ashley Gills (19), Bernard Emmanuel (18) and MA Dominic Savio (19), all residents of Malkajgiri. According to the police, the […]

Hyderabad: A Home Guard from the Cyberabad Police was critically injured when a government protocol car hit him at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday. Police said the incident occurred when the home guard, J Ashok, was taking part in protocol rehearsals as part of the Vice President’s visit. The government protocol car, which […]

Hyderabad: Sports help the police personnel relieve themselves from the daily stress they undergo while performing duties and rejuvenates them, said Ravi Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home). He was speaking at the 4th Annual Sports and Games Meet-2021 of Rachakonda Commissionerate which commenced at the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium on Tuesday. The competitions will be held in […]

Hyderabad: OdinSchool, a part of GreyCampus, announced the launch of its educational initiatives to bridge the gap of skilled data science professionals in India. Focused on developing effective training solutions, the online upskill platform launched three new opportunities — scholarship for women-in-tech, a free-for-all academy and university partnerships, all aimed at helping people build their […]

Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Tuesday felicitated the officers of Langer Houz police station for ensuring the conviction of a man who raped a minor girl two years ago. A local court awarded rigorous life imprisonment to Pausula Pedda Phakirappa (38) and imposed a fine of Rs 28,000 for kidnapping and raping a […]

Hyderabad: Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Tuesday staged a protest at Osmania University (OU) administrative building demanding withdrawal of the proposed fee hike for various courses and insisted on filling teaching and non-teaching vacancies besides wanting hostel issues to be addressed. In a statement here, the student organization found fault with […]

Hyderabad: Naya Savera, the de-addiction counselling programme conducted by the Rachakonda Police to help drug addicts, is proving to be helpful, with 14 such persons attending the third counselling session here on Tuesday. The Rachakonda Police, in collaboration with counsellors of Amrita Foundation Society, have been organising de-addiction counselling sessions to drug addicts every week […]

Hyderabad: A software professional was killed in an accident at Gachibowli early on Tuesday. The man, Akasapu Srinivas (28) who works at a software company in Begumpet, was going on his motorcycle along with his friend Uday Bhaskar on the GAR Infoban road stretch at Gachibowli when a tipper lorry hit the bike. “The tipper […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Brightcom Group, an adtech company, signed a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Vuchi Media Private Limited, operating under the brand name of MediaMint, a digital marketing operations company. The acquisition will be for about Rs 566 crore in cash and stock. As per the agreement, Rs 360 crore […]

Hyderabad: T.I.M.E., a test-prep institute, is conducting the T.I.M.E. Talent Search Examination (TTSE) for CLAT/IPM/BBA & HM 2022/23 aspirants on December 19, in two slots viz., 10 am and 6 pm. Students can choose to write the test in any one slot, according to a press release. Performance-based fee waivers up to 100 per cent […]

Hyderabad: The Musheerabad police identified the person whose body was found in the overhead water tank at Risala locality on Tuesday as B Kishore (26), a painter from Chikkadpally. According to the police, Kishore, an auto driver cum painter, was addicted to liquor and lived at Ambedkar Nagar in Musheerabad. On November 19, he left […]

Dubai: In a major and bold development, the United Arab Emirates will move its weekend to Saturdays and Sundays. The decision announced on Tuesday said that its official workweek will move to Monday to Friday. The new weekend will take effect from January 1, 2022, bringing the UAE in line with the global economy. It […]

Hyderabad: Osmania University (OU) has instituted the Vice Chancellor Research Awards for excellence in research from this year. For the first time such an initiative has been taken up and three faculty members would be presented with the awards which would carry a citation, a certificate and a cash prize for the teacher awardee, the […]

Hyderabad: The South Central Railways has received four National Energy Conservation Awards from the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India. Given for the energy conservation measures being adopted in 2021, the awards will be presented during the 31st National Energy Conservation Week to be celebrated from December 14 to 21. Of […]

Hyderabad: The annual residential property registrations in three (Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Sangareddy districts) of the four districts that constitute the Hyderabad residential market stood at 21,988 units during January to November 2021 period, representing a 16 per cent growth over the January-November period in 2020. The end of the year is a typically slow period […]

Hyderabad: The provisional selection of candidates for admissions into master’s in Hospital Management course for the year 2021 at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) is scheduled to be conducted at Learning Centre, Old OPD Block, NIMS, at 10 am on December 9. Interested candidates whose names were listed in the merit list have been […]

Hyderabad: Leading global manufacturers from US, UK, France, Israel and other nations have chosen Hyderabad to establish their manufacturing, engineering, training and innovation centres in India. The repeat investments of the OEMs including Lockheed Martin is a great indicator of the reliability of Telangana’s ecosystem, which is being lauded as the true hub for “Make […]

Hyderabad: A technician working with an internet service provider, who allegedly took the video of a woman using the bathroom in her house in Banjara Hills, was arrested here on Tuesday. According to the police, the man had gone to a house to attend to a complaint over the internet service and using a ladder, […]