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Hyderabad: GravityZip, said to be the country’s first indoor skydiving arena, was unveiled at Kokapet on Saturday with Principal Secretary (IT) Jayesh Ranjan as chief guest and Cyberabad Police Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra as the guest of honour. The arena is an initiative by GravityZip Sports Private Limited, started by Ramana Meda and Sushil Meda, […]
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By V Thiagarajan Most marriages in an Indian family or mergers in Indian corporate groups normally evolve in three phases — Early Hesitancy, Intermediate Exuberance and Final Realisation. The merger of HDFC-HDFC Bank, which hogged the headlines last week, has followed the script of the first two phases so far. In the first Hesitancy Phase, […]
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Pune: Mumbai Indians’ season of woes just got a tad worse after the five-time champions followed another high-profile team Chennai Super Kings to lose their fourth match on the bounce as Royal Challengers Bangalore cantered to an easy seven-wicket win in an IPL match on Saturday. It was Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten 68 that gave Mumbai […]
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BACKGROUND The government had created a Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes via a resolution in 1987. It was given constitutional status by passing Constitution (65th amendment) Act, 1990, leading to creation of National Commission of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (NCSCST) in 1992. Via the Constitution (89th Amendment) Act, 2003; the NCSCST was […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the last article on the recommendations of the States Re-Organisation Commission. Recommendations of Hyderabad Andhra (Chapter 5 – Section 369 to 374): Section 369– – This chapter considers the future of Telugu speaking areas of the existing state of Hyderabad with particular reference to the demand for creation […]
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Hyderabad: The State government has announced around 16, 587 openings for different cadres in the Police department. Of the total, about 558 posts are for the Sub Inspector level. Aspirants aiming at the SI level must have understood the overall pattern of the upcoming examinations through the article yesterday. However, many aspirants should keep in […]
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Hyderabad: As and when they prepare for competitive exams, many students opt for group preparations. The idea is to be able to share information, compare notes and be able to create an apt environment for the preparations. Dr Vasavi Samyukta Sunki, an Educational psychologist at Apollo hospital, gives us her insight regarding the benefits and […]
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Kolkata: Viral pictures on social media of a horse enjoying a ride in a packed local train has landed its owner in trouble with the RPF arresting him for offences under the Railway Act, an official said here on Saturday. Gafoor Ali Mollah, a 40-year-old man, had decided to give his horse a train ride […]
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Hyderabad: Riding on P Priyanka’s 33-point show, Telangana women’s basketball team held their nerves to defeat Kerala 81-78 in a thrilling semifinal contest to make it to their first ever final at the 71st Senior National Basketball Championship in Chennai on Saturday. In a contest that went down the wire, TS hoopsters came out with […]
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Every question has an answer. And ‘Destination USA’ will strive to provide the right answer to all those youngsters who dream of studying in the US. Mail your questions and doubts to ‘city.telanganatoday@gmail.com’ to have subject matter experts answer them, right from the degree and programme of study you can pursue to what the application […]
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Hyderabad: A day before Covid vaccine booster shots become available to all adult population, prices of Covaxin and Covidshield have been reduced to Rs 225 per dose for private hospitals. Suchitra Ella, Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director of Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech announced the decision on the micro-blogging platform Twitter. “We welcome the decision to […]
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New Delhi: The ongoing heat wave spell is likely to continue over northwest India, Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha during next five days with temporary decrease in area and intensity during April 11 to 13, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) said on Saturday. Hissar AMFU station in Haryana recorded the highest maximum temperature of 45.3 degrees […]
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Chennai: Actress Kajal Aggarwal, who is in the family way, says that preparing for motherhood can be beautiful but messy. Taking to Instagram, the popular actress, who has earmarked a space for herself in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industries, wrote, “Let’s face it, preparing for motherhood can be beautiful, but messy. One moment […]
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Mumbai: If their performance is any indication, Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals could make for a blockbuster Indian Premier League contest on a Sunday evening, an iconic venue adding to its charm. IPL debutants Lucknow Super Giants got off to an excellent start in their first season and are placed third in the points […]
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New Delhi: Stating that petrol and diesel-dominated vehicular fuel policy has not only been environmentally damaging but also economically taxing on the common man, the Indian Auto LPG Coalition on Saturday demanded a vehicular fuel policy that would take cognisance of and give due importance and weightage to alternative fuel options such as auto LPG. […]
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Chennai: After A.R. Rahman, multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj has responded strongly to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent remarks that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English. Quoting a media report that had Shah’s statement — “People from different states should speak in Hindi, not English” — as its headline, Raj said on […]
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New Delhi: The India Metrological Department’s (IMD) Twitter handle was hacked on Saturday evening and efforts were on to restore it, officials said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the hacking. This comes at a time when the IMD handle has been attracting a lot of traffic due to the ongoing intense heatwave […]
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Mumbai: Skipper Rishabh Pant will face a big test when Delhi Capitals lock horns with table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders, led by their former captain Shreyas Iyer, in a much-anticipated IPL clash here on Sunday. Iyer, one of the architects of the Delhi franchise”s resurgence in the IPL, having taken them to their maiden final in […]
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Hyderabad: Mystery continues in the case of G.Srinivas, a tempo lorry driver who went missing in Goa and reappeared with suspicious sutures on his body. The Goa police team that came to the city as part of investigation on Friday too are learned to have returned with many unanswered questions. The police team from the […]
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Mumbai: It’s official. The first case of coronavirus variant Omicron XE has been detected in Mumbai, and confirmed by the NCDC, Delhi, officials said on Saturday. The infectee is a 67-year-old male who had travelled from Mumbai to Gujarat’s Vadodara, where he suffered from mild fever on March 12. His samples were sent for genome […]
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Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, a two-year-old boy died, allegedly after he fell into a bucket full of water at Kothapet in LB Nagar on Friday. The boy, Arun, was staying with his grandparents since a few months, after his mother Lavanya left her in-laws’ house over a dispute with her husband Sai Kumar. Police […]
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Hyderabad: A total of 25,194 fresh candidates have registered themselves in the One Time Registration (OTR) of the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) till last count on Saturday. Likewise, 72,692 candidates have edited their OTR form. So far, over 25 lakh candidates have registered in the OTR. In view of the new Presidential Order […]
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Navi Mumbai: Indian Premier League”s sentimental favourites Chennai Super Kings slumped to their fourth successive defeat with young Abhishek Sharma”s 50-ball-75 guiding Sunrisers Hyderabad to their maiden eight-wicket win in this edition of the tournament. The 21-year-old Sharma took the attack to the opposition with a blistering first IPL half-century which was studded with five […]
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Suryapet: Expressing anger over the fall in paddy price, a group of farmers on Saturday damaged three weighing machines and set fire to dumps of paddy in in Agricultural market yard at Suryapet and laid a seige on the market yard office. With the paddy price falling to Rs 1200 per quintal from yesterday’s price […]
