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Hyderabad: An intermediate student died after being run over by a lorry at Balapur on Wednesday morning. The victim Adnan(18) a resident of Pahadishareef was going on a scooter. While overtaking the lorry, his vehicle skidded and the man came under the rear wheels of the lorry and was run over, said the police. He […]

This bid was the highest in the last 28 years after it was first auctioned in 1994. The Balapur Utsav Samithi anticipated Rs.20 lakh for the laddu in the auction.

Hyderabad: A 25-year-old pregnant woman died, allegedly by suicide, in her house at Shaheen Nagar in Balapur on Tuesday night. She reportedly left a suicide note saying she ended her life due to harassment from her husband and in-laws. The woman, Firdous Ansari from Shaheen Nagar, was married to Sultan Patel, a realtor from Fateh […]

Hyderabad: A local court in LB Nagar on Thursday sentenced a man to five years rigourous imprisonment in the sexual assault and outraging modesty case of a minor girl reported at Balapur in 2017. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 on him. In February 2017, the convicted person Mohd. Amer alias Akbar (20), […]

Hyderabad: Four persons were arrested in different cases of sexually assaulting minor girls in different parts of the city. At Balapur, the police arrested two persons Sampagni Chandrasekhar, 19, an auto driver and Bollipaka Madhu, 18, a student. “Chandrasekhar and Madhu befriended two minor girls and kidnapped them from Balapur a few days ago. They […]

Hyderabad: A Class Six student died after being run over by a tipper lorry at Kanchanbagh on Monday morning. The victim, D Bheemraj, 11, a resident of Balapur, was going on a motorcycle along with his father D Venkatesh from Chandrayangutta towards Balapur when the tipper lorry hit their bike from behind near Alhamdulillah Hotel. […]

Hyderabad: In what is suspected to be a classic honey trap case, a contract employee with the Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), who allegedly shared confidential information with a suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) female handler, was arrested by the Rachakonda Police here on Friday. Acting on credible information, sleuths of Special Operations Team, LB […]

Hyderabad: Two more incidents of minor girls being raped have been reported from the city, with a minor boy being the suspect in one case. In the first incident, a minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an auto-rickshaw driver at Balapur. According to the police, the suspect, Angothu Prasad, 22, a resident of […]

Hyderabad: A local court in LB Nagar on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigourous imprisonment for the murder of his wife at Balapur in 2016. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.1,000 on him. In October 2016, the convicted person Syed Naveed (25), a labourer from Shaheen Nagar in Balapur, attacked […]

Hyderabad: The annual urs celebrations at the Dargah of Hazrath Baba Sharfuddin Suhrwardi, popularly known as the Dargah Pahadishareef located about 12 km from Charminar, commenced on Sunday and with a series of programmes lined up, will continue till Saturday. The celebrations are being held on a grand scale after two years as they were […]

Hyderabad: A 20-year-old woman who allegedly consumed a poisonous substance due to harassment by her in-laws and husband 10 days ago died on Thursday. According to the police, S Surekha (20) was married to Vijay in August 2020 and they were living at Balapur crossroads under the Meerpet police station limits. On March 5, there […]

Hyderabad: Nine persons were arrested by Balapur police for allegedly selling a minor girl to a Mumbai man for Rs. 3 lakh. The arrested persons are identified as Syed Altaf Ali, Akhil Ahmed, Zareena Begum, Shabana Begum, Shameem Sulthana, Nasreen Begum, Zahaida Begum, Arshia Begum and Chand Sultana. According to the police, Altaf Ali, who […]

Hyderabad: A local court on Tuesday awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment to a man who killed the landlord over a petty issue at Balapur five years ago. Ahmed Bin Sadiq (25), a resident of Balapur attacked the owner of the house, Ghouse Khan, following a petty quarrel. “Sadiq was not vacating the house and […]

Hyderabad: Allegedly upset over his ill health, a septuagenarian died by suicide by jumping from the multistoried building of an old age home where he was staying in Balapur on Thursday. The victim Narasimha Reddy (75), a retired private employee was staying along with other elderly persons at an old age home at Mallapur for […]

Hyderabad: The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Rachakonda Police busted a human trafficking case and arrested one woman who was organising online prostitution. The police rescued two victims including a minor. On a tip off, the team laid a trap and caught the woman, Raziya Sultana alias Arshiya, a resident of Al Jubail colony in […]

Hyderabad: The famous Balapur Ganesh laddu has fetched a staggering Rs.18.90 lakh in the auction which was held here on Sunday. The 21-kg laddu was successful bid for by two partners, Andhra Pradesh MLC Ramesh Yadav and Abacus Overseas Education Private Limited COO Marri Shashank Reddy. Last year, the Balapur Ganesh Utsav Samithi had not […]

Hyderabad: The 21-kg Balapur Ganesh laddu is all set to be auctioned in Balapur here on Sunday. While those who had successfully bid for the laddu in the earlier auctions are eligible to take part again, four new persons enrolled themselves till the last count on Saturday. After early morning prayers followed by a procession […]

Hyderabad: The Balapur Ganesh idol will be taken for immersion via the new Road under Bridge (RuB) at Falaknuma. The GHMC authorities along with the railways had taken up remodeling works on the old bridge in the last six months. “The works on the old bridge are nearly completed. The organisers sought permission for using […]

Hyderabad: Better civic amenities are in store for those living in the various areas falling under the Jalpally municipality jurisdiction, located at a distance of 4 km from Chandrayangutta, on the southern outskirts of the city. To encompass the outskirts with the city’s growth and ensure uniform development in these areas, the State government has […]

Acting on a tip off, the Commissioner’s Task Force (South) caught Mohammed Saleem alias Sunil Shetty (46) of Nawab Saheb Kunta under the Falaknuma police station limits