Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The GHMC Enforcement Vigilance and Disaster Management wing with the assistance of the Hyderabad City Police busted a synthetic fingerprint scam and took into custody a few persons. On specific inputs of some supervisors in sanitation wing of the GHMC preparing synthetic fingerprints and using it to mark their biometric attendance, a probe was […]

Hyderabad: A cup of garam garam kadak chai, a plate of piping hot crispy pakoras, or something hot and spicy, or even munching crunchy pani puris is what almost everyone craves as the sky goes grey. The impulse to indulge in hot snacks when it is pouring outside is a natural tendency. But, nutritionists believe […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad is all set to get one more tourist attraction with the Landscape Park at Osman Sagar by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) with an estimated cost of Rs 35.60 crore expected to be ready by this Dasara. Sprawled over 5.5 acre, the park apart from all regular features of a well-set up […]

Hyderabad: An IIIT-Hyderabad professor, a serial entrepreneur and a technology expert have come together to advise farmers on improving their yield and in turn, get more profits. Dr Shyamsundar Reddy, Jagan Chitiprolu and Kalyan Enjamoori in 2020 set up Samhitha Crop Care Clinics so as to bridge the gap in the agriculture industry with real-time […]

Hyderabad: Osmania University (OU) on Wednesday declared holidays for colleges under its jurisdiction and postponed all exams scheduled to be conducted from July 14 to 16. The university declared the holidays following the State government’s decision to extend holidays to all educational institutions in the State till July 16 in view of the forecast of […]

Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner CV Anand on Wednesday asked police officials to keep the honour of the uniform and to maintain professional conduct. His statement comes in the backdrop of the recent incident of Marredpally Station House Officer Nageshwara Rao being arrested on various charges including rape and kidnap. Anand termed his misconduct “as a […]

Hyderabad: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU)-Hyderabad on Wednesday postponed the BTech/BPharm IV year II semester regular and supplementary examinations and BTech/BPharm III year II semester II midterm exams scheduled for July 16. The university postponed the exams as the State government declared holidays to all educational institutions till July 16, in view of the heavy […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad woman cricketer V Pranavi Chandra set to play for the Ealing Cricket Club in the Middlesex League where Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar also plays for the men’s side. The 20-year-old started playing cricket in 2018 and made her debut in 2019 as a captain for the Hyderabad U-19 team. In the same […]

Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner CV Anand on Wednesday transferred 69 Inspectors working in the city and gave them new postings. A few of the inspectors who got transferred with their new postings are C Hari Chandra Reddy (SHO Punjagutta), Malreddy Niranjan Reddy (Central Crime Station), N Shankar (SHO Begum Bazaar), A Sudhakar ( SHO Bahadurpura) […]

Hyderabad: A video of a youngster brandishing a gun and getting down from a Hyderabad Police patrol car went viral on social media on Wednesday. In the video clip, a youngster aged about 20 years, clad in black, is seen getting down from the driver’s seat of the police vehicle and walking away in style. […]

Hyderabad: A hotel worker died after being hit by a car while he was trying to cover a deep pothole on the Malakpet road on Tuesday night. Liaqat Ali Khan alias Zahed, a resident of Ghousia Masjid in Dabeerpura, worked at Sohail hotel. On Tuesday night, Zahed went near the pothole abutting the road divider […]

Hyderabad: With the rains continuing to lash the city, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has taken up measures to make sure drinking water in the city has adequate amounts of residual chlorine i.e. 0.5 ppm (parts per million). Since the monsoon arrived, over five lakh chlorine tablets have been distributed in […]

Hyderabad: The GMR Aviation Academy (GMRAA), the training and education arm of GMR Airports Ltd, has joined hands with the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) to collaborate on educational programmes in forensics and aviation cyber security. These programmes aim at bridging the demand and supply gap of cyber security and forensic professionals in the country. […]

Hyderabad: Urban Development Special Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar on Wednesday inspected the development and beautification works taken up near Gandipet reservoir. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is developing the area near the water body by setting up a restaurant, building an amphitheater and developing infrastructure for recreational activities. The plan is to hold cultural […]

Hyderabad: In view of the forecast of heavy rainfall in the State for the next three days, the State government will take a call on the extension of holidays for schools and colleges. A decision is expected during a meeting convened by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao with Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy and […]

Hyderabad: Heavy inflows into the major irrigation projects in Godavari basin in north Telangana are keeping officials of the Irrigation department on their toes, prompting them to increase outflows and discharge water from the projects downstream. With the water levels touching 699.70ft as against 700 ft at Kadam project in Adilabad district, officials issued a […]

Hyderabad: A Nepali gang struck at the house of a businessman at Kukatpally and decamped with cash, gold and silver ornaments on Tuesday night. The house owner Damodar Rao had appointed a Nepali couple seven months ago. The couple stayed in the servant quarters in the house. On Tuesday around 8 pm, Damodar along with […]

Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the last article focusing on the Nizams and the modernisation of Hyderabad State. The second half of the 19th century was also a period of significant changes in the administrative, economic, education and socio-cultural system. Similarly, the reign of the sixth Nizam, Mir Mahaboob Ali Pasha, was also significant […]

Hyderabad: The Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP) works on one side of the Rasoolpura nala in the city have been completed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and a part of the road stretch will be opened for the traffic from Monday. However, the civic body would immediately take up the works on the […]

Hyderabad: The 16th Presidential Elections ballot boxes arrived in Hyderabad late on Tuesday night in a passenger flight in Business Class ticket. The State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vikas Raj said the Ballot Box, which is going to be used in the16th Presidential Elections was transported in a passenger flight with a distinct ticket and […]

Hyderabad: Mousami Kirtania, a PhD Scholar in the department of Public Health, School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad (UoH) will be presenting a paper at the 8th International Conference on Public Health 2022 (ICOPH 2022). According to a press release, she will be presenting a paper on ‘Covid-19 and Primary Health Care in India: […]

Hyderabad: In view of the heavy rains that have been lashing the city for last few days, the Nehru Zoological Park has announced closure of the Tiger Safari Park. In a press release issued here on Tuesday, the zoo authorities said the Tiger Safari will be closed for public as water from Mir Alam Tank […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) along with SR Nagar police caught five persons who were allegedly dealing in MDMA drugs and seized 36 grams of the drug from them. The arrested persons were P Joseph, the main supplier and a resident of Bengaluru, B Bala Manikanta of Gachibowli, Ch Samanth Rao of Kondapur, […]

Hyderabad: The volunteers of city-based voluntary organisation Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) on Tuesday provided their services to enable a resident of Kolkata conduct the last rites of his 38-year-old wife at Punjagutta crematorium. “The woman had passed away in Osmania General Hospital on Tuesday and the husband did not have any means to take up […]