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The total cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 cases has gone up to 1,270 with Maharashtra and Delhi reporting 450 and 320 cases respectively, according to the Union health ministry.
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Kothagudem: Whether it is the great Indian temple sculptures, pyramids of Giza, or Mayan civilization, stones are the basic medium of expression. And these very stones are the medium for a group of master sculptures from across the nation gathered in the coal of town of Kothagudem to give shape to their innate feelings about […]
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Hyderabad: The year 2021, saw 85 persons being murdered in different instances across Hyderabad and a couple of hundred suspects arrested for their involvement in the killing. The previous year, 64 persons were murdered while in 2019 the number was 84. While the murders are recorded as a grave crime in the police records, higher […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: In an unfortunate turn of events, Madavi Kannibai, a promising Adivasi mountaineer from remote Bheemangondi village in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district, has been forced to take up agriculture labour at Janagama village in Ramagundam mandal of Peddapalli district. Kannibai brought recognition to the State and her community Kolam, a particularly vulnerable tribal […]
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Hyderabad: In a unique health care initiative, the Lions International has adopted Burgula village and have contributed a fully equipped 12-bedded medical ward at Primary Health Centre (PHC), Burgula for the benefit of the local people and surrounding villages and tandas. The health care initiative of Lions Enfield, UK and supported by Lions Shadnagar is […]
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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 […]
