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Excitement was palpable at several polling booths in twin cities as the first-time voters waited to exercise their franchise

The shops were closed from 6 pm on November 29 to 6 pm on December 1 in connection with the GHMC elections

Alleging that the TRS connived with the SEC to bring down the voter turnout to work to its advantage, the saffron party also demanded action against the commission and the State police.

CP gave first aid to a woman voter who was injured after she accidentally slipped and fell at a polling station and also ensured she was given further treatment in hospital

Cyberabad CP Sajjanar visited polling locations in Jagadgirigutta in Balanagar zone, KPHB colony in Madhapur zone and Mailardevpally in Shamshabad zone

Makthala said that to address the issue of low turnout in polling, techies should be given the option of casting their vote online or through a postal ballot which will ensure a higher turnout of voters

To showcase the science festival’s importance, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) on Tuesday organised a curtain raiser event.

Hyderabad: Cardiologists from Apollo Hospitals, led by Dr A Sreenivas Kumar, conducted a minimally invasive heart procedure on 83-year-old male Covid survivor, who had multiple health complications. Hailing from West Godavari, the patient has hypertension, mild coronary artery disease, COPD, severe degenerative aortic valve disease and also developed lung fibrosis after recovering from Covid. Due […]

Instead of putting training programmes on hold, the Institute offered them through virtual mode during lockdown, said Harpreet Singh, director general (FAC), MCR HRD

The test is based on technology that employs exhaled Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) found in human breath as biomarkers of the coronavirus

Accordingly, Train No. 07064 Secunderabad – Manmad daily special train will depart Secunderabad at 6.50 pm daily and arrive Manmad at 8.05 am the next day.

Hyderabad: There was a slight surge in voting percentage in the city post lunch hours, from 1 pm to 3 pm, with some areas that were sleepy in the morning finding some enthusiastic voting. Overall, however, the scene remained dull with the polling percentage across the GHMC limits being pegged at a lethargic 29.76. Areas […]

Several old timers were amused over the poor turnout at polling stations and lack of enthusiasm, given that the older parts of the city usually record high percentages.

Hyderabad: The State Election Commission (SEC) will conduct fresh poll in all the polling stations of Ward 26-Old Malakpet on December 3 from 7 am to 6 pm. The decision comes in the wake of polling officials noticing that the ballot paper for the ward was wrongly printed with the symbol of the CPI candidate […]

The incident took place when AIMIM workers objected to the MBT election agents checking the identity of the voters resulting in arguments at some polling stations.

Just 10 out of 150 divisions recorded percentages of 40 or above, while there were several that recorded below four and even below one.

Hyderabad: Member of Legislative Council K Kavitha on Tuesday cast her vote at the polling station in DAV Public School in Banjara Hills. She later tweeted, saying she had cast her vote and urged other voters to come out and vote. “I cast my vote. Hyderabad, do come out and vote!” she tweeted. Participative democracy […]

Local AIMIM leaders protested her move as she was neither a local voter nor an agent of the candidate.

Till 9.30 am, the poll percentage recorded was 3.30 percent. This is even after political parties and celebrities appealed to people to turn out in large numbers to cast their vote.

Hyderabad: Director-General of Police M. Mahendar Reddy on Tuesday requested the people to exercise their franchise during the GHMC elections. Speaking to the media after casting his vote at Chinmaya High School at Kundanbagh here, he said the police department had made elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of elections. Now you can get handpicked […]

Hyderabad: A group of women who arrived in six auto-rickshaws to cast their vote were detained by the Chaderghat police on Tuesday morning. According to reports, the women had arrived in the vehicles from different GHMC divisions to cast their vote at a polling station in Azampura when they were detained by the police and […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Commissioner of Police Anjani Kumar along with his family members cast their votes at the GHMC sports complex polling station in Amberpet on Tuesday. Speaking to media, he said the voting procedure was very simple and people should come forward and participate in the election process. For a healthy democracy, active public participation […]

The Commissioner urged all citizens to come out and to exercise their democratic right.

He along with his wife Konidela Surekha arrived at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills club around 8 am to cast their votes.