Hyderabad

The gang was involved in seven cases registered in Shankarpally, Vikarabad, Bhanoor, Kondapur and Mominpet police station limits.

Special Friends, a free school for specially-abled kids, assists its students in decorating earthen lamps this festive season

Hyderabad: Every year during Diwali, several animals – pets and stray – are traumatised due to the noise, light as well as the pollution from fireworks. On a few unfortunate occasions, it has been observed that people also throw or tie firecrackers to the tail of the animal leaving them grievously injured. While many citizens […]

Hyderabad: The drinking water supply will be disrupted for 24 hours from 6 am on October 29 in some parts of the city. The affected areas include, Nizampet, Bachupally, Mallampet, Pragati Nagar, Hydernagar, Rajendranagar, KPHB, Bhagyanagar, Vasanthnagar and SP Nagar. The water supply will also be halted in Vijaypuri, Deeptinagar, Srinagar, Laxminagar and Chandanagar. The […]

Hyderabad: As part of the Vigilance Awareness Week (VAW) from October 26 to November 1, South Central Railway (SCR) General Manager, Gajanan Mallya, launched a signature campaign in support of eradication of corruption in all spheres of public life, on Thursday, at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. All the senior officials of Railways took part in the […]

Hyderabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar on Thursday reviewed the status of various ongoing housing programmes, including Rajiv Swagruha, with the Housing and Revenue department officials at BRKR Bhavan here.The Chief Secretary directed the officials to come out with a detailed action plan on various long pending issues to be resolved in the housing programmes in […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is helping the women especially the ones from economically weaker sections by making them self-reliant. As a part of the exercise, the civic body is facilitating the Self Help Group (SHG) women get financial support through banks for a lesser rate of interest. This year, 98.15 crore loan […]

City Police Commissioner says it is important to check all gadgets carried by criminals, especially drug cartels, before or after committing any offence

Hyderabad: With an aim to provide teachers a hands-on experience about how to teach STEM courses, Departments of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology at St Francis College for Women, is organising an international workshop. Being conducted in association with American Corner, the workshop on Effective Teaching of STEM Courses Online is being held from October 27 […]

Hyderabad: Five persons who allegedly attacked a businessman at Langer Houz and robbed his gold chain and mobile phone on Tuesday were arrested by the police. The arrested persons were Mohammed Khaja Pasha (24), Mohammed Aslam (23), Mohd Asif (26), Mohammed Habeeb (22) and Shaik Qasim (26), all residents of MM Pahad in Attapur. “They […]

Hyderabad: Two persons were arrested and 70 kilos of ganja seized from them by the Commissioner’s Task Force (West) on Thursday. The arrested persons were Narsing Singh (23) of SR Nagar and Ramavath Ramesh (37) of Bapu Nagar. City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar said both the arrested persons were previously involved in criminal cases and […]

Hyderabad: Justice Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the government and civic authorities in a writ plea challenging the conduct of the Sunday-Funday programme near Charminar. The writ petition was filed by Syed Tarak Quadri, a practising advocate. He complained that people meeting in such large numbers and the […]

Hyderabad: In order to clear the extra rush of passengers during Diwali festival, South Central Railway will run special trains between Secunderabad and Agartala. Accordingly, Secunderabad – Agartala – Secunderabad Diwali Special Train will depart at 4.35 pm on Monday (November 1) and arrive at 3 am on Thursday. The Agartala – Secunderabad will depart […]

Hyderabad: A local court sentenced a man to 10 years of rigourous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh for raping a minor girl at his house in Jawaharnagar. The court also awarded a compensation of Rs. 3 lakh to the victim. The victim, aged around 15 years, had got acquainted with the man […]

Hyderabad: The doctors at the first skin bank in Osmania General Hospital (OGH) have successfully conducted the first retrieval of skin from a brain dead donor. Senior doctors from the Department of Plastic Surgery and other trained technicians retrieved the outer layer of the skin from the legs of a 53-year-old-brain dead woman at Apollo […]

Hyderabad: The Rajendranagar police on Thursday said they had foiled a murder plan by arresting six persons who were allegedly on the way to Sangareddy to carry out a ‘supari’ killing. Police seized sickles, a car and cash from them. The arrested persons were Mohd Jaber (38) of Chandrayangutta, Mohd Rahmath (24) of Hashamabad, B […]

Hyderabad: Felicity IVF and Fertility Center, a modern state-of-the-art fertility and reproductive healthcare facility to resolve fertility complications, was inaugurated by Mayor, Gadwal Vijayalaxmi at Hitec City on Thursday. The new facility comes with modern technology and treatment protocols to assist the patients with personal care, Medical Director, Dr Akhila Reddy said during the inauguration. […]

Hyderabad: Are you looking for perfect running shoes that suit your gait? Newly opened shoe retail outlet on Road no 10  in Jubilee Hills, Rapport can help you with that. It will do a free gait analysis to suggest the best fit of shoes. Gait analysis involves understanding how the foot strikes and leaves the […]

Hyderabad: Chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, representatives from retailers’ association, global and local experts have appealed to the Government of India to strengthen the national tobacco control law in order to protect the youth from taking up tobacco use. The experts urged the government that increasing legal age of sale of […]

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police have on Thursday launched an NDPS Enforcement Cell headed by Inspector R Srinivas, to deal with drug cases. “The Narcotics Control Cell will focus on having preventive strategies, identification of hotspots where ganja and other drugs are being sold or peddled from and initiate action,” Cyberabad Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra said, […]

Hyderabad: After a heat-wave-like condition in the last week, the temperatures in the city are finally starting to dip. On Thursday, the highest maximum temperature recorded in the city was 30.3 degree Celsius, whereas the lowest minimum temperature was 18.8 degree Celsius. With the complete withdrawal of southwest monsoon from most parts of Telangana, the […]

Hyderabad: The Commissioner’s Task Force (South) caught three medical store owners on charges of illegally selling Nitravet and Alpracad tablets. The arrests were made after raids on their shops in the old city on Thursday, during which the police seized 405 tablets. Acting on a tip off, the Task Force nabbed Syed Masood Ali (40), […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that its passengers travel comfortably. On Thursday, the Managing Director of TSRTC, V C Sajjanar tweeted that a breast feeding kiosk has been opened at the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) for the female commuters traveling with their infants. The kiosk […]

Hyderabad: The lifestyle exhibition Hi Life Brides is back in town being held from October 28 to 30 at HICC-Novotel, Hitech City. Miss India Earth-2019 Tejaswini Manogna, actors Varshini Sounderajan, Kamakshi Bhaskarla and many top models, fashion lovers graced the grand launch of exhibition. Speaking on the occasion, Aby P Dominic, MD and CEO Hi […]