As Telangana elections are coming near, political developments are enlarging day by day in the state. Member of Legislative Council from Narayankhed, Ramulu Naik has blamed TRS Chief K Chandrashekhar Rao’s son KTR over his removal from Telangana Rashtra Samiti. Ramulu alleged that KTR was not able to face criticism[Read More…]
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Heera Gold chairman Nowhera Shaikh arrested for allegedly duping investors
Hyderabad: Hyderabad police on Tuesday arrested leading entrepreneur-politician Nowhera Shaikh on charges of allegedly cheating the investors. Nowhera, Managing Director of Heera Group of Companies, was arrested in New Delhi and brought to Hyderabad on a transit remand, said Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar. The arrest was made during the course of[Read More…]
Telangana Polls: Has KCR’s decision of early polls backfired? Congress seems to be gaining ground
Telangana assembly polls which are scheduled for December 2018, expected to witness a neck to neck competition, as Congress has geared up for the big battle and conversely Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is facing resentments over various issues. The undivided Andhra Pradesh was a stronghold of the Congress and Rahul[Read More…]
Telangana: 18-year-old kills herself, over fear of punishment
In a shocking incident on Saturday in Kukatpally area of Hyderabad, where an 18-year-old girl allegedly took her life, after she was caught speaking on a mobile and feared of punishment. The victim was identified as B Maneesha, a native of Karimnagar. She was studying CA at CMS CA academy[Read More…]
Hyderabad: Techies launch ‘no road, no vote’ campaign
Ahead of state assembly election in Telangana, techies of Ameenpur area of Hyderabad initiated a ‘no road, no vote’ campaign on Tuesday. Techies came out with placards on the dangerous potholes of Ameenpur area, requesting the administration to make the road motorable. Ameenpur area comprises of various ventures and enterprises,[Read More…]
Sexual assault of UKG student: Administration orders Hyd school to close primary wing
After two weeks of the sexual assault of a UKG student at a school in Hyderabad’s old city, had created an issue for several parents. The Telangana Education Department has ordered the school to close its pre-primary wing and stated that “School had violated the government’s guidelines, the department also[Read More…]
Two sentenced to death in view of 2007 Hyderabad twin blast case
Hyderabad: A court here on Monday awarded death sentence to two convicts in the 2007 Hyderabad twin blasts case while another was handed life sentence. Two powerful explosions had ripped through a popular eatery and an open-air theatre in Hyderabad on August 25, 2007 killing 44 people and wounding 68.
Telangana govt allocates Rs 40 cr land to Owaisi Hospital
On the request of Owaisi Hospital and Research Centre owner and MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, the state government has allocated 6,500 square yards of land worth Rs 40 crore for the expansion of Owaisi hospital at Chandrayangutta. The cabinet which met on Sunday an hour before Pragati Nivedana Sabha[Read More…]
Robbers break into Nizam’s museum, take away gold tiffin box, artefacts
A gold tiffin box weighing two kilogram, a cup, saucer, and spoon studded with rubies, diamonds and emeralds were stolen from Nizam’s Museum in Hyderabad, police said on Monday Burglars allegedly broke into the museum located in Purani Haveli in the old city of Hyderabad late on Sunday night. The museum authorities lodged a[Read More…]
Bhima Koregoan violence: Culprits walk free while government hounds activists
Dalits, every year celebrate the 1818 victory of the lower caste Mahar soldiers in the British army over Brahmin led Maratha Empire.
Modi government’s unfolding emergency through back door
On Tuesday morning, Pune police conducted a widespread raid and simultaneous arrests of activists in Ranchi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Faridabad, Goa and Mumbai. Stan Swamy in Ranchi, Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, Gautam Navlakha in New Delhi, Sudha Bharadwaj in Faridabad, Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde in Goa and Vernon Gonsalves and Arun[Read More…]
Police raids on human rights activists’ homes in Mumbai, Ranchi, Hyderabad
Pune police team raided human rights activists in Mumbai, Ranchi, Faridabad, and Hyderabad on Tuesday morning. The police called these raids a part of an investigation into a public meeting that was organised few days before a caste-related violence took place in Bhima Koregaon near Pune in January 2018. The[Read More…]
MIM looks forward to Telangana Rashtra Samithi support in Assembly elections
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) seems to be trying to strengthen relations with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) with an eye at the Assembly seats for the other parts of the Hyderabad. MIM shares a cordial relation with the TRS Party in Andhra Pradesh. It is said that the leaders of both[Read More…]
Hyderabad: IKEA store attracts 40,000 customers on first day
About 40,000 people visited IKEA’s first India store on its opening day here, a company spokesperson told IANS. The world’s leading Swedish home furnishings retailer received a huge response from customers on Thursday. “With a huge crowd from across the city thronging the store in the evening, the IKEA staff found it a bit challenging to[Read More…]
Azhar’s aspirations of the Secunderabad seat pricks Anjan Kumar Yadav
Hyderabad: Congress’ Mohammad Azharuddin’s announcement expressing his interest on contesting from the Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency in the ensuing general polls has created tremors in the party. Its meeting at Gandhi Bhavan on Monday witnessed high-decibel fireworks from the city Congress’ president M Anjan Kumar Yadav, who took serious objection to the wish[Read More…]
IPL 2018: Hyderabad beat Rajasthan to claim top spot
Jaipur: Sunrisers Hyderabad dominated with both bat and ball to defeat Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs and rise to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) table here on Sunday. Electing to bat first, Hyderabad rode on excellent batting by Kane Williamson and Alex Hales to post 151/7 in their[Read More…]
IPL 2018: Rashid, Shakib star as Hyderabad pip Punjab by 13 runs
Hyderabad: Spin twins Rashid Khan and Shakib Al Hasan shared five wickets between them to help Sunrisers Hyderabad defend a meagre 132 against Kings XI Punjab by 13 runs in a nail-biting Indian Premier League (IPL) clash as the Orange Army vaulted to the No.2 spot in the points table. Demoted[Read More…]
Girl from Hyderabad makes world’s largest painting by feet
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…]
Hyderabad: Girl set on fire by spurned lover
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…]
Two actresses held in Hyderabad on charges of prostitution
Hyderabad: A prostitution racket was busted here with the arrest of four persons, including two actresses from Mumbai, police said on Sunday. The arrests were made during raids on two five-star hotels in posh Banjara Hills area late on Saturday night, police said. Those arrested include an actress from Bollywood[Read More…]
UP municipal elections: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen bags 30 seats
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) on Friday won 30 of the 78 seats it contested in the Uttar Pradesh municipal elections. The Hyderabad-headquartered party’s candidate Hajjan Hansar was also elected as chairperson of Dasna Municipal Council. The party headed by Asaduddin Owaisi won 10 seats in Firozabad Municipal Corporation, two in[Read More…]
RSS-BJP combine intensified communal Hindutva campaign: Kerala CM
Indians are living in a climate of hate and intolerance, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says, adding that the Congress was incapable of fighting “communal forces” ideologically. Vijayan also said that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will decide whether he has to exit Kerala and play a larger national[Read More…]
Airports to go paperless: No need to carry docs, tickets soon
The aviation ministry has started work of linking airlines and airports databases with passenger IDs such as Aadhaar and passport numbers in a bid to make Airports go paperless. Soon, all you will require is just your mobile phones to board a domestic flight. Aviation secretary RN Choubey told TOI[Read More…]
Hyderabad to get India’s first one-of-a-kind Islamic Art Gallery
Salar Jung Museum authorities are working on an Islamic Art Gallery, said to be the first-of-its-kind in the nation after throwing open two new attractions in the form of a Coins Gallery and a Children’s Gallery. The activities are in progress aggressively to complete the new project. Work on the[Read More…]
Hyderabad: Amit Shah plans to defeat AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in 2019 polls
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, Amit Shah is making all effort to defeat All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi in Hyderabad. The approach to beat Owaisi is a part of Shah’s “Mission 2019”. Shah is developing a plan to win a bulk of Assembly and Lok[Read More…]