A girl from Hyderabad has painted a surface of 140 square metres with her feet in an attempt to enter Guinness World Records. Jahnavi Maganti, 18, has claimed to have created the record of “The largest painting by feet” by an individual. A student of Britain’s University of Warwick, she[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a youth set afire a girl in full public view here on Wednesday, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred in Lalaguda area in the evening when the 23-year-old girl was returning home from work. Sandhya Rani sustained 80 per cent burns and she was rushed[Read More…]
About 1,500 delegates from 150 countries and territories are taking part in the three-day Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) here that began on Tuesday. Ivanka Trump, adviser to and daughter of US President Donald Trump, headed the US delegation to the event, co-hosted by the US and India at the Hyderabad[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of Hyderabad Metro and also took a ride from Miyapur to Kukatpally. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekar Rao, Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and other senior officials. The 30 km-long stretch from Nagole to Miyapur has[Read More…]
Telangana has bagged the best performing large state award in economy category as well as the cleanliness and environment category at the annual ‘India Today’ State of the States rankings this year. The awards were received on behalf of the state by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K.T.Rama[Read More…]
Telangana will wage a legal battle if the Centre refuses to ensure increased reservation for socially and economically backward among Muslims and Scheduled Tribes, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said on Thursday. He told the Assembly that he was confident the Centre will accept the state’s demand to include the[Read More…]
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Telangana received a jolt on Saturday as its state working president A Revanth Reddy resigned from the party. Revanth, who plans to join the main opposition Congress party, submitted his resignation to the TDP’s national president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in[Read More…]
The Congress in Telangana has invited former cricketer, Mohammed Azharuddin, to contest the next state Assembly election, that will take place in 2019. “We are inviting him (Azharuddin),” N Uttam Kumar Reddy, state Congress president, said as quoted by PTI. Reddy said he invited Azharuddin after the latter expressed his readiness[Read More…]
In a step to keeping minors away from alcohol, people will have to show their Aadhaar cards in pubs in order to justify their age in Telangana. This order comes from the prohibition and excise department of Telangana, after a murder investigation of a minor disclosed that she often used[Read More…]
Telugu has been made compulsory in all schools in Telangana. Chief minister, K Chandrasekara Rao, instructed officials in the education department to make the language, a compulsory subject from classes 1 to 12. Rao further said that only education institutions teaching Telugu as a compulsory subject should be given permission[Read More…]
Nearly 16,000 posts of teachers to be filled in 525 residential schools in Telangana, said deputy chief minister, Kadiam Srihari adding that the government is taking steps to enhance facilities at the schools to provide quality education. He also said that the teachers need not apply for the best teacher[Read More…]
If you are still having tough time buying sheep or goat for sacrifice on Bakrid, you don’t need to worry anymore. In fact, you can book your sacrificial animal on WhatsApp, with traders messaging you in English to hit a deal. They will even send you pictures of the ‘product’[Read More…]
Good news for school students, the Telangana government has put a cap on the weight of bags carried by schoolchildren to prevent adverse physical effect and anxiety disorders. The order prescribing the weight limit of school bags for students from primary to Class X was released on Tuesday by the[Read More…]
In Hyderabad, a three-year-old girl has left her parents and doctors terrified as she cries tears of blood under mysterious condition. It was 16 months ago when Ahana Afzal started bleeding from her nose and doctors termed it as high fever. But now, the young girl bleeds from her mouth,[Read More…]
Telangana government is actively considering a proposal to set-up an exclusive university for the Dalit students. A Hindustan Times report stated that the proposed University will be part of the government’s policy of providing education free of cost to students from weaker sections from kindergarten to post-graduation (KG to PG)[Read More…]
On Monday morning, a male leopard was killed after getting electrocuted on an electrical pole in Nizamabad district of Telangana. The animal is reported to be around four years old and the reason for him climbing the pole near Thanakalan forest has not been ascertained as yet. According to District[Read More…]
Ravi Teja, a 12-year old boy from Habsiguda in Telangana, is doing a task that the authorities and the government have failed to do. Aware of the dangers a potholed road holds, the young boy has taken up the task of filling up potholes and repairing the road rather than[Read More…]
In Telangana, over 30 trainee police constables in Adilabad district were hospitalised on Monday due to suspected food poisoning. The constables at the District Training Centre in Adilabad have complained of vomiting and loose motions after having diner last night in the early hours of Monday and were admitted to[Read More…]
In order to revolutionise the processed food industry in the state, the Telangana state government on Friday released a brand new policy draft on food processing. The objectives of the policy are multi-leveled, further focusing on reducing the wastage and optimising the resources. Some of the other aspects of the[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, two persons in Hyderabad were arrested with over 40KGs of marijuana. On Friday, prohibition and excise personnel and seized 42 kg of marijuana that they were ferrying concealed in bags of tamarind. As per reports, Sunil Singh (23), a resident of Gangabowli in Upper Dhoolpet and[Read More…]
Where the issue of Triple-Talaq has been a hotbed of discussion in India recently, there are NGOs in the South-West zones of Hyderabad which facilitate an instant divorce under the guise of family counselling centres. The centres collect a ‘mediation fee’ ranging from Rs 35,000 to Rs 50,000. In a[Read More…]
A new issue of food adulteration has surfaced in Hyderabad. After a hotel reportedly served ‘plastic rice’ to its customer last week, there has been several complaints on the same. The complaint, received on Tuesday stated that plastic rice was used by a hotel in Saroornagar. Since then officials have[Read More…]
Hyderabad Police has detained at least 20 people with a large amount of adulterated food manufacturing materials on Tuesday. contaminated materials that were seized includes 48 oxytocin injections, 16 syringes, 15.60 quintals of adulterated ginger and garlic paste, 60 adulterated honey mixed dry fruits bottles, 96 bottles of package water,[Read More…]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to launch the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle(GSLV) Mark-III in the first week of June. It will be India’s most powerful launch vehicle, built to lift the heaviest Indian satellites to space. The new rocket is capable of carrying two times more weight[Read More…]
On Friday, the Hyderabad police registered a case of sedition against three alleged ISIS sympathisers. The police on Thursday summoned Salman Mohiuddin, Abdullah Basith and Qureshi, who were arrested for allegedly trying to join the ISIS and later released on bail. However, a case was registered against the three on[Read More…]
