Hyderabad

Telangana Polo Club defeated Delhi Daredevils 10-9 in the MSN Realty Arena Polo Championship at Hyderabad Polo and Riding Club, Aziznagar. Rajeev Reddy scored five goals, supported by Kaushik Kumar and Arun Jupally, while Daredevils fought hard through Nayeemuddin and Quadri

GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM P Harikrishna drew their Round 5 matches at the FIDE World Cup in Panaji. Arjun missed chances against Levon Aronian, while Harikrishna held Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara. Two Indians remain in contention

KPHB defeated SBI 78-49 in the Annual Basketball League Championship for the GM Sampath Kumar Trophy at YMCA Secunderabad. Police edged Young Men Guild 78-75, while G9 beat Loyola Academy 57-34 in other matches

Maisram Stars FC defeated Deccan Sporting FC 3-0 in the TFA B-Division Shivkumarlal Football League Championship at Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad. Pratik Hemat, Sohail and Ali Bin Syed Bahdela scored to secure a convincing victory for Maisram Stars

Osmania University announced its inter-college sports championships in Hyderabad. The weightlifting event will be held on November 17, basketball on November 25–26, and boxing on November 26–27. Selections for the OU team will also be conducted

Hyderabad’s young golfer Saatvic Kumar Singh finished second runner-up at the IGU Jharkhand event in Tatanagar. A ninth standard student of DPS Hyderabad, he has multiple South Zone titles, ranked fifth in IGU Order of Merit 2024, and played in Golconda Masters 2025

M Mamatha will captain Hyderabad in the BCCI Women’s Under-23 T20 Championship beginning November 24 in Nagpur. The squad includes G Trisha as vice-captain, with K Nidhi as wicketkeeper. Six players have been named as stand-byes

The IIT Hyderabad Half Marathon 2025 will be held on November 30, featuring 21K, 10K and 5K runs. Hosted by the IIT Hyderabad Runners Club, the event promotes fitness, camaraderie and resilience, with Timing Technologies and iFinish as partners

Telangana finished runner-up in the Sub-junior Boys National Football Championship, losing 1-2 to Tamil Nadu in the final at Narainpur, Chhattisgarh. The Telangana Football Association felicitated the team and announced Rs 50,000 prize money for their achievement

Justice B Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court strongly criticised HYDRAA and its Commissioner AV Ranganath for repeated violations of judicial directions under the guise of lake restoration. Hearing contempt petitions, the judge warned that authority must serve the public, not display power, and questioned HYDRAA’s statutory basis for unilateral actions.

BJP state president N Ramchander Rao has alleged that the Congress victory in the Jubilee Hills by-poll was possible only with AIMIM’s support, noting that candidate V Naveen Yadav had earlier contested on an AIMIM ticket. Addressing a press conference, Rao accused the Congress of misusing government resources and relying on money and muscle power.

Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh has accused senior BJP leaders of deliberately weakening the party in Telangana following its poor performance in the Jubilee Hills by-election. Alleging booth capturing and money distribution by the Congress, Singh criticised the state leadership for failing to counter such tactics.

Harish Rao paid tributes to irrigation expert and Telangana movement leader Vidyasagar Rao on his birth anniversary, praising his role in exposing discriminatory water policies and educating people about Telangana’s rights over its water resources

Telangana is set to announce a new fee structure for private engineering colleges for 2025-26. The TAFRC recommendations were held back during the Jubilee Hills bypoll. Top colleges in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal may see fee hike

Commuters in Hyderabad faced severe traffic congestion on the Yousufguda–Venkatagiri stretch after political party supporters thronged Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium during vote counting. Police enforced Section 144 and restricted entry without valid passes.

Telangana experiences a cold snap with night temperatures dropping below normal in several districts. Sangareddy recorded 7.8 degrees Celsius. IMD-Hyderabad forecasts cold wave conditions in isolated pockets, while Hyderabad is expected to have partly cloudy skies with misty mornings and nights

The EBG Group marked Children’s Day by launching ‘Children of Life,’ a flagship social-impact mission under the EBG Foundation. Former India women’s cricket captain Mithali Raj unveiled the initiative in Hyderabad, with ten student ambassadors symbolically representing young voices.

The Congress party clinched the Jubilee Hills by-poll with candidate V Naveen Yadav emphasising unity and development over vendetta politics. Yadav accused the BRS of running a malicious campaign but credited voters for delivering a decisive verdict.

Area 9 of Round Table India and Ladies Circle India celebrated Children’s Day by organising ‘Taare Zameen Par,’ a painting competition for differently-abled children at Swayamkrushi NGO in Secunderabad. Around 300 children participated locally, while the event was simultaneously held across 200 cities, engaging over 10,000 special children.

A 21-year-old man was arrested by Jagadgirigutta Police along with Special Operations Team and Central Crime Station officials for allegedly murdering his acquaintance in Venkateshwara Nagar. Police said Reddy strangled her, stole jewellery and cash, and staged the death as an accident to cover his tracks.

NOTA secured 922 votes in the Jubilee Hills bypoll, as per results announced on Friday. Counting was held under tight security, and officials said NOTA votes were included from the first round. Returning Officer P Sairam confirmed the final NOTA count.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has termed the Jubilee Hills bypoll outcome as an endorsement of Congress governance, urging BRS and BJP to cooperate in Hyderabad’s development. He criticised Union Minister G Kishan Reddy for obstructing growth and thanked AIMIM, CPI and CPI(M) for their support.

A seven-year-old boy was crushed to death when an unsecured iron gate fell on him at a construction site in Bowrampet. Dundigal police booked two builders for negligence after the family lodged a complaint. The child was playing with his younger brother

NCP candidate Mohammed Anwar, contesting the Jubilee Hills assembly bye-election, died of a suspected heart attack at his residence in Erragadda before results were declared. He secured 24 votes posthumously. The bypoll also saw 58 independent candidates, with Amboju Buddiah winning the highest tally of 231 votes.