Four persons have been killed and many others are critically injured after a newly-constructed building collapsed in Nanakramguda – an IT suburb in Hyderabad on Thursday evening. While 12 people including a woman and a child were pulled out from the debris, according to the Cyberabad Police Commissioner Sandeep Shandilya,[Read More…]
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Don’t harass anybody without solid proof: Rajnath Singh to police chiefs
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asked police officers not to arrest or harass anybody on basis of allegation of radicalisation unless solid proof was available. Singh also added that NGO’s indulged in anti-national activities would not be spared. This comment was made by Singh on the concluding day of[Read More…]
Hyderabad: Six arrested for producing fake notes of ₹ 2,000
Just weeks after Reserve Bank of India released new notes of ₹ 2,000; six people were detained by Rachakonda police for allegedly producing the fake high denomination note at Ibrahimpatnam on city suburbs. Apart for the notes of ₹ 2,000, police also seized fake notes of Rs 100, Rs 50,[Read More…]
Tragic! School principal hangs self after harassment by male colleague
A 36-year-old school principal killed herself after alleged harassment by a male colleague in Puppalguda in Ranga Reddy district on the outskirts of Hyderabad. According to reports, the victim Srilatha was being stalked for a long time by the accused R Sridhar. While Srilatha was the principal (Education), Sridhar was[Read More…]
Religion gone overboard? 13-year-old dies after fasting for 68 days
In a case of traditions taking the better of logic, a 13-year-old girl in Hyderabad died last week after fasting for 68 days in a Jain ritual observed during the holy period of ‘Chaumasa‘. Named Aradhana, the girl was a student of class 8 and was admitted to the hospital[Read More…]
Woman allegedly kills husband, rides with corpse on bike for 12 km
A young woman rode nearly 12 km with her husband’s dead body on a bike in Hyderabad, after she allegedly killed him. Pravallika Mendem, 25, was arrested over the weekend. The police said that she killed her husband allegedly by banging his head against a wall and kicking him in[Read More…]
Apple acquires Hyderabad-based start-up, Tuplejump
Apple has acquired a Hyderabad-based machine learning start-up Tuplejump. Tuplejump helps companies to store, process and visualise big data with its unique software. Rohit Rai and Satyaprakash Buddhavarapu founded Tuplejump in 2013, have now joined Apple following the acquisition. Apple which is on a machine learning company buying spree has[Read More…]
Bengal records highest dengue deaths in country
Bengal has reported the highest number of dengue deaths- 24 so far this year against 14 in 2015. As many as 5,639 cases have been reported as yet against 8,156 last year. Officials say this figure is bound to increase as at least six more weeks of ‘dengue season’ remain.[Read More…]
NIA links Hyderabad IS module explosives with Paris attacks
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that they have recovered a chemical called triacetone triperoxide (TATP) from the house of an Islamic State (IS) suspect, who was detained on Wednesday. An official said the TATP was the most preferred explosive of the IS and the chemical was also used[Read More…]