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Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand, on Wednesday morning paid a surprise visit to the Punjagutta police station and inspected the functioning of the police station. The Commissioner went around the police station and inspected the reception desk, the surveillance cameras control room and records maintained at there. Later interacting with the media persons, Anand […]

Nalgonda: Majority of the farmers in the district appear to have decided to go in for paddy cultivation in Yasangi despite the State government’s categorical stand that it would not procure paddy following the Centre’s refusal to buy rice. The farmers are hoping to mill the paddy and sell the rice to traders in the […]

London: One of the epicentres of the Omicron variant — has seen a drop of about 40 per cent in new cases of Covid infection, suggesting that the new variant could be less severe than Delta. The seven day rolling average for new infections plummeted by 35 per cent from an all-time high of 23,000 […]

Washington: Amazon’s Alexa told a 10-year-old child to touch a penny to the exposed prongs of a phone charger plugged into the wall. As per The Verge, the device seemingly pulled the idea for the challenge from an article describing it as dangerous, citing news reports about an alleged challenge trending on TikTok. The child’s […]

Geneva: The overall risk associated with the Omicron variant remains ‘very high’ which could cause widespread disruption to health systems and other critical services, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. In its weekly epidemiological update, the WHO said on Tuesday that “The overall risk related to the new variant of concern Omicron remains very […]

Hyderabad: Telugu star Allu Arjun, who is buoyed by the success of ‘Pushpa: The Rise’, broke down in tears at a post-release event as he expressed gratitude to the film’s director Sukumar. As the ‘Ala Vaikuntapuramlo’ actor described his early career, he said that Sukumar’s directorial ‘Arya’ marked a turning point in his filmography. “I […]

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday claimed that after Muslims, Christians were the new target of the Hindutva brigade, citing the government’s refusal to renew the FCRA registration for the Missionaries of Charity. Chidambaram, who is senior election observer of the Congress for Goa, also claimed that the mainstream media had banished […]

New Delhi: Financial intelligence teams probing the recovery of around Rs 200 crore during raids in Kanpur-Kannuj have now found that perfume and compound businessman Piyush Jain has links across 50 countries. The teams have also taken around 100 samples of compounds which will be sent to the lab for tests. “Around 100 samples of […]

Portblair: An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Southeast of Portblair in the early hours of Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed. According to NCS, the tremors of the earthquake had a depth of 100 kilometres and occurred at around 5.31 am. “Earthquake of Magnitude: 4.3, occurred on 29-12-2021, 05:31:05 […]

Hyderabad: A new tune wafts through the air at Saradanagar Colony in Hafeezpet, every morning. Morning walkers are greeted by the twittering of birds. As these chirpy little creatures hop on the trees, the modern facades cocooned in quietude as though not perturbed by the ear-splitting noise coming from the construction of high-rise structures a […]

Hyderabad: The city in recent years has undergone a major metamorphosis in terms of infrastructure with flyovers, underpasses, Road under Bridges (RuBs), and Road over Bridges (RoBs) built as part of the State government’s Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP). The Municipal Administration & Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday tweeted a list of […]

Sukma: Sahdev Dirdo, a 10-year-old boy who shot to fame after a video of him singing ‘Bachpan ka Pyaar’ song went viral on the Internet, was on Tuesday injured when the motorcycle on which he was riding pillion skidded on the road in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, police said. The accident took place at around 6:30 […]

Nirmal: Superintendent of Police Ch Praveen Kumar felicitated Dodle Anwitha, a police constable and writer of Basar police station for bagging national award, Empowering IT Police with IT, here on Tuesday. It may be mentioned that Anwitha was chosen to present the award for outstanding services to the Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems. […]

Hyderabad: Seven more international passengers who arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad have tested positive for Omicron variant on Tuesday, taking the overall number of Omicron positive infections to 62 in Telangana. Authorities also detected three Omicron positive infections from Hyderabad with no travel history or close contact with those who travelled recently. […]

New Delhi: People aged 60 years and above with co-morbidity will not be required to produce or submit any certificate from doctor at the time of administration of precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the Centre told states and union territories on Tuesday. Such persons are expected to obtain the advice of their doctor before deciding to […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday accorded permission to the Director of Prohibition and Excise department to permit license holders of bars, licensees of event permit managements and in-house licensees of Tourism Development Corporation to serve liquor up to 1 am on the intervening night of December 31 and January 1. Permission was also accorded […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Tuesday achieved an important milestone in containing the Covid pandemic by administering the first dose of Covid vaccines to 100 per cent of eligible beneficiaries. The health department on Tuesday completed administering the first dose of Covid vaccine to all the 2,77,67,000 eligible beneficiaries in Telangana. On Monday, the department had covered […]

Hyderabad: Telugu actor Sai Dharam Tej received a legal notice regarding his bike accident that took place on Durgam Cheruvu in Hyderabad earlier in September. A case under section 912 of CrPC was registered, as per Cyberabad Commissioner of Police Stephen Ravindra, while disclosing the crime report of Cyberabad on Monday. The Commissioner of Police […]

Hyderabad: In one of the largest single land deals of 2021 in India, JLL completed 10 acres of prime land sale to Hyderabad-based real estate developer Ashoka Builders India Private Limited (ASBL) at Rs 235 crore. ASBL has emerged as the highest bidder for the deal. The land is situated at Kukatpally, which is in […]

Hyderabad: Buoyed by the success of Basthi Dawakhanas in areas under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), the State government on Tuesday has decided to expand the concept and establish a total of 288 similar healthcare facilities in 141 municipalities across Telangana. The 288 Basthi Dawakhanas across other urban centres in Telangana will be established in […]

New Delhi: Domestic airlines on Monday launched attractive sales offers to lure passengers during the holiday season, even as rising Covid infections have caused apprehensions amongst the general public. However, an overwhelming number of people are expected to travel during this New Year travel period. SpiceJet and AirAsia India have launched special offers. SpiceJet launched […]

Hyderabad: Biological E. Limited plans to complete production at a rate of 75 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax per month, anticipating over 100 million doses per month from February 2022 which will enable the city-based company to deliver 300 Million doses as promised to the Centre, BE said on Tuesday. Corbevax , India’s […]

Hyderabad: Adding one more facility to address traffic issues in the old city, the three-lane uni-directional flyover built at Owaisi Junction was inaugurated here on Tuesday. The 1.36 km long and 12 m wide flyover is built with an estimated cost of Rs 63 crore under the State government’s Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP). Municipal […]

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing resurgence of new Covid-19 cases in the country, an expert panel of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has approved two new vaccines and one anti-viral drug for restricted use in emergency situation. The CDSCO has granted the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to COVOVAX, developed by the Serum Institute of […]