- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Fire breaks out in Khajaguda, 14 people rescued
Hyderabad: A fire accident took place at 10:56 am in a building at Khajaguda junction on Saturday. 14 people were rescued by the fire department from the burning building. No casualties were…
- India
Of sandstorms & secrecy: India’s Pokhran II nuclear weapons test
Hyderabad: On May 11 in 1998, India, headed by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, conducted successful nuclear tests in the Pokhran range of Rajasthan. India declared itself a full-fledged nuclear state…
- India
Gujarat: ABVP members barge into MSU campus, vandalise property over ‘objectionable’ artwork
Hyderabad: Students and faculty of the fine arts department of Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) were allegedly harassed and manhandled by people affiliated with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) over artwork on display…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Outside the ‘system’, inter-state migrants make footpaths home
Hyderabad: It is looked down upon by members of Debari community when a girl is unmarried after the age of 16. However, Pooja, 17 years old, has gone against the odds to…
- Telangana
Telangana: Of 7 injured in Kakatiya power plant blast, 3 critical
Hyderabad: Seven people were injured in a blast at the 500MW Kakatiya Thermal Power Plant (KTPP) at Chelpur village in Warangal district on Monday night at 08:00 pm. Five of the victims…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Nearly half of MGNREGS workers remain unemployed
Hyderabad: 44.8 lakh people eligible under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are currently unemployed in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The team at LibTech India, an organisation that…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: GHMC’s homeless shelter serves its purpose successfully
Hyderabad: Eight months ago Ramana Reddy (50), a victim of alcoholism came to the city in search of livelihood. When the plan failed, he found himself sleeping on a footpath at Begumpet…
- Telangana
Telangana: Protests against offline exams at NIT Warangal end
Hyderabad: After continual protests for two days, BTech and MTech students of the National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW) concluded their agitation. The protests were held against offline mode of examinations keeping…
- Andhra Pradesh
A decade of litigation ends; Andhra Pradesh gets a new wetland
Hyderabad: After more than a decade of litigation, the fishermen, farmers, wildlife, and flora of Sompeta have won! Sompeta water body in Srikakulam district was declared a wetland under the Wetlands (Conservation…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: After 2 deaths, 250 affected HMWSSB replaces pipeline
Hyderabad: It took two people’s deaths, and over 250 hospitalisations, including that of infants and the elderly, before officials from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) replaced drinking water…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Drain, water lines overlap in Madhapur Basti caused contamination
Hyderabad: Ten days ago, 45-year-old Hussainamma noticed the colour of the drinking water in her house change to green. Her family of six members consumed the water as they had no other choice, even…
- Hyderabad
ABVP sets up Ram temple at UoH; students union express outrage
Hyderabad: A Ram temple was purportedly built beneath a stone edifice at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) campus on Sunday on the occasion of Ram Navami, causing anxiety among select students. A…
- Photos
Photos: Ram Navami rally in Hyderabad
(Photo: Almaas Masood/Siasat.com) People wave saffron flags during BJP MLA Raja Singh’s speech at the Ram Navami rally in Hyderabad (Photo: Almaas Masood/Siasat.com) A state deployed drone keeps track of the procession…
- Telangana
Interactive: Sex ratio in Telangana- best and worst districts
Hyderabad: In Telangana, the lowest female to male ratio is in the capital city. Hyderabad has just 959 females per 1000 males, according to a report released by the Council for Social…
