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Hyderabad: The police busted a hi-tech prostitution racket operating from a residential colony and arrested two persons apart from rescuing a Ugandan woman at Narsingi on the city outskirts on Thursday. The racket was being operated by procuring women from across the country and abroad too. The organizer, who is yet to be nabbed, posted […]

Hyderabad: The Chaderghat police arrested two persons on charges of organizing IPL cricket betting in Kaladera and seized Rs.18,000 from them. The arrested persons were Farhan Ali Khan (26) and Mohd.Yousuf (27), both from Chanchalguda. Police said Khan procured online cricket betting apps, using which they collected money from punters. The money was transferred online […]

Hyderabad: An American Hip-Hop Collective, ‘THE INV!S!BLES’ is all set to enthrall the audience in Hyderabad from April 22 to 23. The initiative is presented by US Embassy and Consulates in India. The tour aims to explore the diversity of Hip-Hop through this collaborative endeavour featuring internationally acclaimed artists – Carl “DJ Invisible” Hollier, Richie […]

Hyderabad: In a major boost to tertiary government healthcare facilities, the Telangana government on Thursday has sanctioned an amount of Rs 2,679 crore towards construction of three super-speciality hospitals in Hyderabad at LB Nagar, Sanathnagar and Alwal, Medchal-Malkajgiri. All the three super-speciality hospitals will function as autonomous institutions and will be named as Telangana Institute […]

Hyderabad: After days of dry and hot weather, the city welcomed some sudden but light summer rains on Thursday, with weather officials saying the summer showers could continue for the next five days. The unexpected rains began late in the evening, with areas like Madhapur, Shaikpet, Mehdipatnam, Khairtabad, Ameerpet, Banjara Hills, Yousufguda, Punjagutta, Kukatpally, Charminar, […]

Hyderabad: Summer is peaking across the State with the temperature in Hyderabad also crossing the 40 degree Celsius mark, recording 41.4 degree Celsius, while Adilabad topped the heat list across the state with 43.5 degree Celsius on Thursday. Nizamabad (43.4), Medak (43.2), Nalgonda (41.5), Ramagundam (42.0), Badrachalam (41.2), Hakimpet (41.0), and Hanamkonda (41.0) have recorded […]

Hyderabad: Bringing affordable and reliable metro feeder services to the city, MetroRide, an Artificial Intelligence enabled mobility platform launched electric auto services at the Parade Ground metro station on Thursday. Targeted towards daily metro commuters, the tariff starts from Rs 10 per ride with minimal wait time. The services are presently available at two metro […]

Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, a Raj Bhavan employee who was accompanying Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to the Skandagiri temple in the city reportedly died due to a cardiac arrest on Thursday. According to the police, Raj Kumar (47) who works as an attender at the Raj Bhavan had come to the temple along with Governor […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Traffic Police have issued an advisory in view of a procession on the occasion of the death anniversary of Hazrath Ali on Friday in the old city. The procession will be taken out from Charminar and proceed towards Masjid E Imamia near Kali Kabar via Charkaman – Gulzar House – Pather Gatti […]

Hyderabad: Property worth a few lakhs was gutted down when a fire broke out in an apartment at Begumpet on Wednesday night. According to the police, the fire broke out at the third floor of a building in the Old Customs colony at Begumpet. “The flat in the residential building was converted into a warehouse […]

Hyderabad: To put a check on unnecessary honking and the resultant sound pollution, the Hyderabad Traffic Police are planning to introduce acoustic cameras to detect vehicles honking beyond permissible limits. Hyderabad Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) AV Ranganath, along with other senior officials, on Wednesday conducted a trial run of the acoustic camera to detect […]

Hyderabad: A day after the city recorded a maximum temperature of 40.6 degree Celsius, things just got hotter on Wednesday with the thermometer turning red at 41.4 degree Celsius, the highest day temperature recorded so far this year, and the second highest April temperature in the last five years. The day, obviously, was sweltering, with […]

Hyderabad: Plant protection solutions company Nichino India launched a product called Orchestra in Hyderabad on Wednesday. It will help farmers deal with brown plant hopper (BPH) in rice. BPH is one of the devastating pests that cause huge losses to farmers. Nichino India Managing Director Tomooka Naohiro said the product is developed through a joint […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Wednesday issued the GO Ms No.69, removing certain restrictions that were imposed under GO Ms 111 in 1996, to protect the catchment area of the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs, which were the main source of drinking water to Hyderabad at that time. The order said considering the fact […]

Hyderabad: The Saidabad police helped an elderly man trace his trolley bag with sarees worth Rs.1 lakh, which he lost in an auto-rickshaw on Wednesday. Officials said within two hours of the incident being reported, the bag was traced with the help of footage from surveillance cameras. According to the police, Mahender, a resident of […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Central Crime Station police arrested Saket Talwar, owner of Talwar Cars Pvt Ltd, on charges of cheating a nationalized bank of Rs.1 crore, police said on Wednesday. Earlier, a complaint was lodged by the bank management alleging that Saket Talwar along with P Srinivas Gautham and P Sailaja, both directors of Shresht […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s promising golfer Saatvic Kumar Singh bagged three titles in U-9 to 11 category of the IGU South-zone Tournament. The sixth standard student from Delhi Public School clinched the top honours in Ooty, Kodaikanal and Coimbatore events in the southern leg of the National Sub-junior Tour. Saatvic is a student player of Hyderabad Golf […]

Hyderabad: The Meerpet police busted a sex racket and arrested two persons apart from rescuing a woman during a raid on Tuesday late night. Police said P Venu (32), a realtor from Laxminagar Colony in Meerpet was operating a flesh trade from a rented premise by procuring women from various places across the country. Following […]

Hyderabad: Ankura Hospitals for Women and Children, which has 12 centres in the two-Telugu speaking states, is in the process of expansion and establishing new facilities in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Odisha. The new facilities will come up in collaboration with the hospital’s brand ambassador, popular actor and social activist Sonu Sood. Dr. Krishna Prasad, MD, […]

Hyderabad: Two persons, including a woman, were murdered in separate incidents in the city on Wednesday. In the first incident, Maheshwar Rao was hacked to death allegedly by his friend Chitti Babu at Gachibowli in the early hours. In the second incident, an unidentified woman was murdered by unidentified persons at a secluded spot in […]