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Hyderabad: The GHMC’s Early Bird scheme, which offers a five per cent rebate on property tax to property owners, will end on April 30. The civic body in a press release issued on Tuesday appealed property owners to avail the offer. Under this offer, rebate is given only on the current year’s tax and not […]

Hyderabad: With monsoon just about a month away, a series of measures to make sure low-lying areas are not inundated during the rains are being implemented in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits and its vicinity. Some of the measures are already underway and the remaining tasks will be taken up as the monsoon […]

Hyderabad: A two judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili on Monday directed the GHMC to file fresh status report in a PIL filed complaining inaction of the civic authorities in repairing road leading from the High Court of Telangana to National Police Academy. […]

Hyderabad: Recent times have seen Hyderabad not only gaining more green hues but also ensuring a sharp rise in lung spaces with sprawling parks based on wide and varied themes coming up in different parts of the city. Driven by the State government’s desire to increase green cover and improve key environmental parameters, and at […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavilli on Thursday directed the state government to file all the related documents relating to the open place adjacent to the Kollapur Palace in Kollapur Town of Nagarkurnool District. The panel was dealing with a PIL […]

Hyderabad: Justice Radha Rani of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday took on file a writ plea pertaining to fake Aadhar Card. Usha Devi and her children filed the case stating that an Aadhar was issued in the name of her mother-in-law named Prem Kumari who expired in the year 2017. On bringing the same […]

Hyderabad: The ball has been set rollingon Tuesday for a series of developmental works that will scale up infrastructure in the Old City, preserve the city’s old-world charm and ensure better living conditions for people in the Hyderabad Parliament segment. The GHMC officials said that developmental works worth Rs 580 crore have been taken up […]

Hyderabad: A series of infrastructure developmental works worth Rs.495.75 crore have been lined up in Hyderabad, out of which some will be inaugurated while foundation stones will be laid for others by Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday. Developed at a cost of Rs.108 crore, the six-lane bi-directional flyover at […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leadership has commenced making arrangements for the party plenary session to be held at HICC in Hyderabad on April 27, marking the party’s 21st foundation day celebrations. Chief Minister and TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao will kick-start the day-long plenary by hoisting the party flag and pay floral tributes […]

Hyderabad: The hope of light rains bringing some respite from the sweltering heat continues to burn bright in Telangana, with weather officials issuing a forecast on Saturday saying light to moderate rain or thundershowers were ‘very likely’ in Telangana till April 20. In fact, the cloudy sky on Friday appears to have had a slight […]

Hyderabad: Mostly dry weather is expected to continue in the city this week, though there are chances of rain by Saturday. On Wednesday, Hyderabad recorded a maximum temperature of 38.2 degree Celsius. While the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) – Hyderabad has said in its forecast that rain or thundershowers would occur in the afternoon or […]

Hyderabad: The GHMC’s annual budget of Rs 6,150 crore for the financial year 2022-23 was approved by the GHMC Council on Tuesday. Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi said the budget gave priority to the city’s development and infrastructure. Meanwhile, GHMC Commissioner DS Lokesh Kumar said that in 2021-22, spending on maintenance works was Rs.1,806 crore with […]

Hyderabad: A major face-off unfolded between the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Council meeting here on Tuesday. The house was adjourned and things were brought under control by Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi, who called in marshals to make sure the clash did not escalate further. […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal (GHMC) Council meeting was adjourned following a verbal duel between corporators of the TRS and the BJP. The Mayor had to adjourn the house after Champapet corporator Madhusudan Reddy from the BJP allegedly insulted the TRS party stole and also criticised TRS corporators for wearing them. Ironically, it was when […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will employ bio-mining and bioremediation techniques to ensure suitable and sustainable disposal of solid wastes at the Jawaharnagar legacy dumpsite. Biomining of legacy dump sites is typically aided by bioremediation, a unique process that involves microbe-mediated degradation of organic waste carried out by adding bio-organisms that enable composting. […]

Hyderabad: There was a time when people living on the outskirts of the capital city fought with civic authorities and struggled to ensure drinking water for their homes on a daily basis. Things have changed for the better, and are all set to get even better with the State government developing infrastructure to boost drinking […]

Hyderabad: High and higher is how Hyderabad’s real estate is growing, if the number of high-rises that are coming up in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits is any indication.This trend, which is continuing even when there is no shortage of land, has seen 83 high-rise structures being granted building permissions in the 2020-2021 financial […]

Hyderabad: Gearing up for monsoons, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has initiated a series of measures to safeguard the lives of people and property. As part of these, the civic body has identified 618 dilapidated structures of which, 201 were demolished and 129 others have either been repaired or sealed. This year, with regard […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao wished the people of Telangana to lead a healthy and happy life on the eve of World Health Day on Thursday. He said the State government was taking all measures with special care to safeguard the people’s health. Telangana was making qualitative progress in the fields of public health […]

Hyderabad: An exercise that involved teams drawn from multiple units and was spread over a month to fish out tons of garbage, has finally started to yield desired results for Safilguda lake. Also known as Nadimi Cheruvu and Mini Tank Bund, the water body which once was a victim of apathy with hyacinth and dirt […]