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Hyderabad: A minor girl was allegedly assaulted sexually by the principal of a private school where she is a student in Shamirpet, police said on Thursday. The incident came late to light. On December 22, the 15-year-old girl, a class 9 student, had gone to the school without wearing a mask, according to sources. On […]
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Hyderabad: BJP MLA M Raghunandan Rao evoked sharp criticism from netizens for posting a tweet seeking to ridicule Industries Minister K T Rama Rao for Amul’s entry into Telangana with a Rs 500 crore investment. “Who are Gujarat ‘gulams’ now. Can anyone clarify?” he tweeted, tagging Rama Rao. The Twiterrati reacted swiftly and sharply, coming […]
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Hyderabad: The trend of rise in daily new Covid-19 infections has continued in Telangana with the health department reporting 280 new infections on Thursday compared to 235 positive cases that were reported on Wednesday. In areas under GHMC, authorities reported 167 Covid positive cases on Thursday while on Wednesday 121 positive infections were reported. Apart […]
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Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), on Thursday announced that BBV152 (Covaxin), its whole-virion inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate, has proven to be safe, well-tolerated, and immunogenic in paediatric subjects in phase II/III study. Bharat Biotech had conducted phase II/III, open-label, and multicenter studies to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of Covaxin in healthy children […]
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Hyderabad: This New Year eve celebrations, Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) will run more services of Metro Express buses for the convenience of party goers planning to visit hotels, restaurants, pubs, events, parties, resorts in the city and outskirts. The extra bus services are pressed into service to facilitate people participating in New Year […]
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Hyderabad: Except for Begumpet flyover, all other flyovers in Hyderabad will be closed on the New Year eve between 10 pm on Friday up to 2 am on Saturday. The Hyderabad Traffic Police has placed certain traffic restrictions in the surroundings of Hussain Sagar also during the same time. Accordingly, traffic will not be allowed […]
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Guntur: Several BJP leaders have demanded renaming the Jinnah Tower Centre in Guntur city. BJP state president Somu Veerraju on Thursday felt that the names of traitors should be removed all over the country while BJP national secretary Satya Kumar wondered how the name of Jinnah who was responsible for partition of India, could be […]
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Hyderabad: As the city continues to witness warmer nights, the minimum temperature in Hyderabad has soared by two to three degrees in the last one week. The average night temperature of 18.4 degree Celsius was recorded during the early hours of Wednesday. The lowest minimum temperature of 15.7 degree Celsius was recorded at Hayathnagar. However, […]
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Dehradun: Uttarakhand Raksha Abhiyan founder Darshan Bharti has submitted a complaint to Dehradun SSP Janmejay Khanduri against AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi for allegedly instigating people against the Hindu religion and issuing an open threat to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, endangering his life. In a letter handed over to the senior superintendent of police […]
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Hyderabad: Another year has almost passed in the pandemic and Hyderabadis are feeling optimistic about stepping into 2022. Hoping this is the last year they hear of Covid-19 and its new variants, youngsters are planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve with close friends and family at home, fearful of catching Omicron. Although the State government […]
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The Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 20 languages on Thursday.
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Hyderabad: Director-General of Police M Mahendar Reddy said that public meetings and rallies were banned in the State till January 2 in the wake of outbreak of Omicron variant of Covid-19. In a video message released here on Thursday, he asked Police Commissioners and Superintendents of Police (SPs) to inform the people about the ban […]
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In a short speech delivered over phone from New Delhi during a national workshop on ‘Agriculture as focus area of regional approaches for national development agenda,’
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Accordingly, the Nehru Outer Ring Road will be closed for light motor vehicles except those bound towards the airport from 10 pm to 5 am.
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Hyderabad: The steady rise in daily Covid positive infections not only in Telangana but across the country in the last few days is a clear indication that the third Covid wave driven by the Omicron variant has started and was in the initial phases, Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao here on […]
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Hyderabad: Globally, Omicron cases are seeing an upsurge. As we learn more about the highly transmissible variant, the information through different studies project different results making risk of the virus more and more confusing. Here is what a doctor, Afshine Emrani MD FACC from USA said, 1. Omicron is nothing more than a seasonal cold […]
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New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday declared the entire Nagaland as a “disturbed area” for six more months with effect from December 30 under the AFSPA while terming the state’s condition “disturbed and dangerous”. The move came days after the Union government constituted a high-level committee to examine the possibility of the withdrawal of the […]
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Kanpur: Kanpur-based businessman Piyush Jain has asked the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) to return the huge stash of cash seized from his premises after deducting tax and penalty. Jain was arrested on charges of tax evasion and is presently in 14-day judicial custody. Special Public Prosecutor Amrish Tandon, who represents DGGI, informed a […]
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that the more transmissible Omicron together with the currently circulating Delta variants might lead to “a tsunami of cases,” putting immense pressure on national health systems. Recapping WHO’s response since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said at a […]
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Kingdom of Kids, India’s largest photo studio for kids is now open in Shamirpet, Hyderabad. It is an exclusive photo studio designed for kids photography with both indoor and outdoor sets. The studio has lavish sets, 40+ backdrops and numerous props to create those perfect shots. It also includes large green spaces with plants and […]
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Hyderabad: Chhota Bheem, the laddu-loving, dhoti-clad comic character created by Hyderabad-based Greengold Animation was launched in 2008. Since then, the nine-year-old Bheem is loved by many in India for his heroics and benevolence. And now, Mighty Little Bheem merchandise will soon make its way to the world markets. A French licensee has secured the international […]
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Hyderabad: IT employee Deepak Reddy was prepared to go back to his workplace after a gap of almost 20 months. From finding temporary accommodation to even buying new pair of clothes, he has been making different arrangements. However, he had to put all his plans on hold soon after Omicron, the new Covid variant, played […]
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Hyderabad: A farmer’s main concern before taking up cultivation is investment and the Rythu Bandhu scheme provides the much-needed support for farmers in Telangana State in this aspect, P Chengal Reddy, chief advisor of Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) and honorary chairman of Federation of Farmers Associations (FFA) said. He described the Rythu Bandhu […]
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Hyderabad: The Corbevax vaccine for Covid-19, which recently received Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) from Indian drug regulators and is being manufactured by Hyderabad-based pharma giant Biological E Limited, has a direct link to top vaccine researchers of United States, who had created, engineered and technology-transferred the vaccine without any patents or strings attached. Led by […]