- Hyderabad
HYDRAA launches rejuvenation of lakes in Hyderabad inspired by Bengaluru
Hyderabad: While the rainy season is almost winding up, the HYDRAA (Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency) swung into action, initially to rejuvenate eight lakes within the Greater Hyderabad limits. Sunnam…
- Opinions
Diwali: A shared celebration across cultures in Indian history
Artefacts preserved in Hyderabad Central Library reveal that Indian Muslims have long played a role in Diwali celebrations. However, due to the inaccessibility of historical sources written in Urdu and Persian, much…
- Featured News
Legacy of Mukarram Jah in education honoured; books on 3 Nizams released
By Syed Khaled Shahbaaz Hyderabad: Rich tributes were paid to Mukarram Jah Bahadur on his 91st birth anniversary at a grand celebration held at the historic Masarrat Mahal in Purani Haveli Palace. The…
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Meet ‘Syeda X’: The everyday woman you don’t see
India’s informal sector occupies interstate migrants working in precarious conditions for lower wages, with inadequate legal and social support mechanisms. The vulnerability was exposed during the COVID-19 lockdown when thousands of migrant…
- Telangana
Telangana: Exploited and overworked, the unjust burden of part-time lecturers
By Manasa Hyderabad: Part-time lecturers in Telangana universities are facing a growing wave of discontent as they grapple with unfair labour practices and inadequate compensation. Despite possessing qualifications on par with regular…
- Opinions
Opinion: Bulldozing homes of accused is against basic principles of criminal justice
By Shayan Bisney Hyderabad: The Bench of Justices B. R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan of the Supreme Court of India came down heavily on the Executive on Tuesday with its order in…
- India
Haryana: Sohna villagers threaten to boycott polls if a resident is not given ticket in the fray
By Mahesh Vijapurkar The 100 villagers of Haryana’s Sohna constituency have a demand. They want a resident of the constituency as their representative in the Legislative Assembly or the political parties who…
- Hyderabad
Economic uplift, financial literacy necessary among backward Muslims, says SCB AGM
By Syed Khaled Shahbaaz Hyderabad: The subject of economic empowerment of the Muslim community took center stage at the annual general body meeting of Secunderabad Cooperative Urban Bank (SCB) Limited, with a…
- Featured News
Free speech to slaughter? No; moderation is the art of the game
By V. Ramakanth Freedom of Expression or Free Speech is guaranteed by almost all democratic constitutions. As the celebrated journalist Walter Cronkite argues, “There is no such thing as a little freedom.…
- Opinions
Documentary review: Police Action 1948 and the trauma of remembrance
Hyderabad: Fugitive traces of memory from the horrors of the 1948 annexation lurk in parts of Hyderabad, obscured by time and history. When Pomegranate Turns Grey, produced by Maktoob Originals and directed…
- News
Mumbai: Trains are a lifeline to metropolitan region but they are also killers
By Mahesh Vijapurkar Mansi Gir, a 24-year-old commuter who could not get a foothold on a Mumbai train – colloquially a ‘local’ – earlier this week, slipped between the coach and the…
- India
AG Noorani: The voice of reason in India’s legal and political discourse
By Riasath Ali Asrar Abdul Ghafoor Abdul Majeed Noorani, commonly known as A G Noorani, 16 September 1930-29 August 2024, was a distinguished scholar – in its truest sense, a writer, lawyer,…
- India
Maharashtra: Mahayuti future is tense; will it break soon?
By Mahesh Vijapurkar The rift in the Mahayuti, the three-party alliance of BJP, Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and the Ajit Pawar’s NCP is seen as widening. It is reckoned that Ajit Pawar is…
- India
Fallen statue of Shivaji: Disclosures tumbling out, political heat rising
By Mahesh Vijapurkar New disclosures have emerged to add strength to the Opposition campaign against the Maharashtra government. Irregularities which may have spawned opportunities for corruption show that all is not well…
- India
The OTT Surge in India: Regulation, freedom, and future of Digital Content
By Ablaz Mohammed Schemnad and Apoorva Ramachandra Over-the-top (OTT) platforms have gained prominence among the Indian audience in recent years. According to the latest ORMAX OTT Audience report, India has 54.73 crore…
