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Birmingham: Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain on Monday alleged that her preparations for the Commonwealth Games are being hampered because of the “continuous harassment” her coaches are facing from the authorities. The Indian boxing squad reached the Games Village here on Sunday night after a training stint in Ireland but Lovlina’s personal coach Sandhya Gurung […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s environs are going green, and how! A certain commitment to Mother Nature and sustainable efforts to protect the city from the perils of pollution and to pass it on as a safe inheritance to coming generations, had the State government coming up with various concepts to increase the green cover in the city […]
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Hyderabad: Every time you shop on a popular e-commerce website, you are taking a major risk, if what the Cybercrime police here say based on recent cases is any indication. The data you enter, right from your address to bank account or payment details for net banking, is being put at the risk of being […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s Annapurna Meals scheme, which provides a wholesome meal for just Rs 5, will soon reach the milestone of dishing out 10 crore meals. So far, 9.67 crore steaming hot and tasty meals have been served to the needy under the programme. Till May this year, the Telangana government had spent about […]
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Adilabad: The third Rappelling World Cup will be held at the scenic Gayathri waterfalls near Mankapur village in Ichoda mandal from September 30 to October 4. This is the first time that Telangana will host the world cup. K Ranga Rao, the founder of the Waterfall Rappelling World Cup Organizing Committee, said Telangana will host […]
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Hyderabad: Wishes poured in from different sections of society including entrepreneurs, diplomats, actors, sportspersons and politicians to Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao on his birthday on Sunday. The Minister had announced earlier that he will not celebrate his birthday due to the flood situation in the State. He urged his followers and well-wishers […]
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Hyderabad: A middle-aged man from Kamareddy district with a recent travel history to Kuwait has developed suspected symptoms of monkeypox and has been admitted to Fever Hospital, Nallakunta on Sunday night. The alert local disease surveillance teams at Kamareddy district isolated the individual when he developed fever, headache, muscle aches, accompanied with lesions, which are […]
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Hyderabad: Light to moderate rains are expected in Telangana on Sunday evening. A bulletin issued by Indian Meteorological Department at 5.45 pm on Sunday, made a forecast of light to moderate rains in the next three hours. According to IMD, Narayanpet, Mahbubnagar, Sangareddy, Vikarabad, Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Medchal, Yadadri, Nalgonda, Hanamkonda, and Warangal districts will receive […]
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Hyderabad: After the near-deluge on Friday, the skies remained silent for most part of the day on Saturday with minimal rains in many areas of the city being reported till evening. Across the State, however, there were moderate showers in many districts, with Gadiguda in Adilabad registering 56mm of rainfall, while Vemanpally in Mancherial recording […]
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Hyderabad: IT Minister KT Rama Rao said politicians were largely to be held accountable for their inability to arrive at consensus on national priorities and devoting their energies to achieve them. The future of India would augur well if people were not distracted from economics, Rama Rao said while addressing the first convocation of the […]
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Hyderabad: Indian shuttler and two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu has a bronze and a silver from the previous two editions – Glasgow and Gold Coast respectively – at the Commonwealth Games. The 27-year-old feels this edition could be hers to grab the elusive gold when the Games kicks off in Birmingham next week. After a […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday instructed officials from the departments concerned not to leave their work centres under any circumstances in order to protect the people in difficult times. At a high level review meeting conducted by the Chief Minister at Pragathi Bhavan here on the heavy rains and floods in the […]
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Hyderabad: All wine and toddy shops including bars in restaurants will remain closed in the West and East Zones of the Hyderabad City Police limits from 6 am on Sunday to 6 am on Monday. In the South Zone, they will remain closed from 6 am on Sunday until 6 am on Tuesday in view […]
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Hyderabad: The State government has declared 13 new mandals in nine districts. The new mandals include Koukuntla in Mahbubnagar, Endapalli and Bheemaram in Jagitial, Dongli in Kamareddy, Seerole in Mahbubabad, Gattuppal in Nalgonda, Nizampet in Sangareddy, Aloor, Donkeshwar and Saloora in Nizamabad, Gundumal and Kothapalle in Narayanpet and Dudyal in Vikarabad. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao here on Saturday instructed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to ask the district Collectors to be on high alert since the State is likely to witness heavy rains over the next couple of days as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reports. Accordingly, the Chief Secretary conducted a teleconference with […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad traffic police announced traffic diversions near Mahankali temple in Amberpet from 6 am on Sunday till 6 am on Tuesday in connection with the Bonalu celebrations. All district buses, city buses and heavy vehicles coming from Uppal towards Amberpet will be diverted at Uppal crossroads via Habsiguda – Tarnaka – Adikmet – […]
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Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department-Hyderabad (IMD-H) predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in many parts of Hyderabad on Saturday. An orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall was issued for the city. The IMD uses four-colour codes for weather warnings — green (no action needed), yellow (watch and stay updated), orange (be prepared) and […]
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Hyderabad: Following copious inflows from the heavy rains on Friday, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has opened four more gates of Osman Sagar on Saturday. Presently, six gates of the reservoir are open up to 3 feet. The water level at the reservoir on Saturday stood at 1,787.20 feet against a […]
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Hyderabad: Vermilion and turmeric smeared all over the body, brandishing whips in both hands, the Pothuraju is a key attraction in every Bonalu procession. At the Lal Darwaza Simhavahini Mahankali Temple, it is from the Posani family that Pothurajus have been serving the goddess Mahankali for the last 114 years. With the temple celebrating the […]
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Hyderabad: Even as IT companies are seeing a gradual increase in employees returning to the office, work from home (WFH), the norm during the Covid pandemic, will continue for one more year. The new guidelines issued by the Department of Commerce are likely to introduce more flexibility in the workplace. A new rule (Rule 43A) […]
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Hyderabad: Intensifying its efforts to fight against the twin threats of seasonal ailments and the increasing number of daily Covid-19 infections, the Telangana government on Thursday directed the health department to be on a state of high-alert and urged people to be very cautious in the coming weeks. Incessant rains have triggered a range of […]
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Hyderabad: A two judge panel of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice S Nanda on Thursday made it clear that Ganesh idols made of PoP cannot be immersed in Hussain Sagar and other lakes across the twin cities but only in baby ponds constructed by GHMC for the said purpose. The […]
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Hyderabad: Cementing Hyderabad’s position as Vaccine Capital of the World, Biological E (BE) has announced its expansion plans with an investment of more than Rs 1,800 crore. This will lead to a creation of employment to more than 2,500 people in its three facilities in Genome Valley. The expansion is primarily targeted to ramp up […]
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Hyderabad: Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday blasted union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy for spreading falsehood about Central aid to Telangana from the National Disaster Relief Fund and sought an apology from the latter for misleading the people of the State. “The union Minister is blatantly lying by giving false statistics. Instead […]
