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- Telangana
COVID-19: Night curfew extended till May 8 by Telangana govt
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Friday extended the ongoing night curfew till May 8, putting all speculations of an impending lockdown to rest. State chief secretary Somesh Kumar passed a GO, extending…
- Featured News
‘India teetering toward authoritarianism’: Washington Post on Modi govt’s COVID response
Hyderabad: In a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi-led central government, the US-based newspaper Washington Post on Tuesday said that the Centre is suppressing “the truth” about the ongoing devastating second wave…
- Top Stories
COVID-19: TS govt promotes school students from classes 1 to 9
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday passed an order promoting all school students studying from classes one to nine to the next academic year. This applies to all students from private, aided…
- Telangana
HRF seeks revocation of ban on Revolutionary Writers Association, 15 orgs
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has strongly condemned the declaring of 16 organisations, including the Revolutionary Writers Association (Virasam), by the Telangana government as “unlawful associations” for a period of one…
- India
Biological E to begin phase 3 trials for COVID-19 vaccine
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based vaccine and pharmaceutical company Biological E. Limited (BE) today announced that it has successfully completed the phase I/II clinical trials of its COVID-19 subunit vaccine candidate in India. The company…
- Top Stories
Telangana govt bans Revolutionary Writers Association, 15 other orgs
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Friday banned 16 organisations, including the Revolutionary Writers Association, known as Virasam, claiming that these are frontal bodies of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), and…
- Top Stories
Exclusive: Telangana college forces COVID-19 infected students to write offline exams
Hyderabad: In a shocking revelation, a medical college in Moinabad has been found conducting exams for students. What’s more problematic is that the management has reportedly called even those who are COVID-19 positive,…
- Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Three arrested for black marketing Remdesivir drug
Hyderabad: Three persons, including two employees of Hetero Healthcare, were arrested by the city police for black marketing generic versions of the Remdesivir drug (vials), which is currently in high demand to…
- Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Streets empty, fear of COVID-19 keeps people indoors
Hyderabad: In a situation almost like last year’s lockdown, streets in the city have once again started running empty as the fear of getting infected with COVID-19 is keeping citizens indoors. The…
- Hyderabad News
COVID-19: ASI shuts Charminar and Golconda fort till May 15
Hyderabad: Amid the ongoing rise of COVID-19 cases, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has shut down the historic Golconda fort and Charminar. A circular from the ASI on Thursday said that…
- Top Stories
COVID-19: Panic in Hyderabad as private hospitals short of beds
Hyderabad: With COVID-19 cases spiralling over the last 10 days, there is an acute shortage of beds in private hospitals across the city, with not even one major healthcare centre having space…
- World
Designate India as ‘Country of Particular Concern’: Indian American Muslim Council to USCIRF
Hyderabad: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has been urged by dozens of international civil rights organizations and hundreds of individuals, to recommend the US State Department and designate India…
- Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Survey reveals 80% of Old City slums affected by lockdown, floods
Hyderabad: Faced with hardships due to the COVID-19 lockdown and floods last year, more than 80% of families in the Old City areas reported loss of property, jobs, wages and health, revealed…
- Featured News
Remembering Abid Hasan Safrani, who coined ‘Jai Hind’ slogan
Hyderabad: In the years leading up to the Indian independence struggle, it was fairly common for those who could, to study in the United Kingdom (UK). India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru…
- Hyderabad News
Responding to SOS calls, Kavitha sets up 24×7 COVID-19 helpline
Hyderabad: In response to continuous SOS calls, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC and ex-MP K. Kavitha has set up a COVID-19 helpline to help citizens. The TRS leader issued instructions to her…
- Telangana
COVID-19: TS govt imposes Rs 1,000 fine for not wearing mask
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Sunday passed an order to penalize a Rs 1,000 fine for not wearing a mask in public. The heavy penalty comes in view of rising COVID-19 cases…
- Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Historic baoli in Saidanima’s tomb lies in disrepair
Hyderabad: In yet another case of state apathy, the baoli (stepwell) inside the age-old Saidanima’s tomb on the Hussain Sagar or Tank Bund road has been lying due to neglect and lack…
- Top Stories
UP govt using NSA to target Muslims on cow slaughter: Report
Lucknow: In a damning expose that perhaps vindicates what activists have been claiming from all along about the National Security Act (NSA), an investigative report by The Indian Express has found that…
- Top Stories
West Bengal polls: AIMIM announces list of seven candidates
Hyderabad: The All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will contest from seven assembly constituencies in the ongoing West Bengal elections. The party on Tuesday announced that it will be putting up candidates in…
- Hyderabad News
Controversy mars Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali’s birth anniversary
Hyderabad: Controversy marked the 54th birth anniversary of renowned Indian vocalist and Padma Bhushan awardee Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan here on Friday (April 2), when family members of the artist realised…
- Elections
West Bengal polls: After snub by ISF, AIMIM to contest 5 seats
Hyderabad: The All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is likely to contest only about five to eight seats in the ongoing West Bengal (WB) elections. Led by Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi,…
- Top Stories
No lockdown in Telangana, govt clarifies as fake GO causes panic
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Thursday night clarified that it is not considering the imposition of another lockdown in the state. Chief secretary Somesh Kumar in a statement debunked an unsigned document,…
- Hyderabad News
No repairs at Golconda fort, Naya Qila; HC raps sleeping ASI
Hyderabad: Nearly six months after parts of the historic Golconda fort were damaged due to heavy rains last year, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is yet to take up repairs. A…
- Andhra Pradesh News
TDP miffed after newspaper’s prank on April Fool’s day
Hyderabad: Thousands of people from the city woke up to read a shocking political development on Thursday: the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), led by former Andhra Pradesh (AP) chief minister, N Chandrababu…
- Hyderabad News
How Hyderabad’s ailing artist Fatima Ahmed defied patriarchy
Hyderabad: A conservative society is every woman’s nightmare, and it was no different for renowned artist Fatima Ahmed (86) who decided to leave her native city of Hyderabad about five decades ago…
- Telangana
Nagarjunasagar by-poll: BJP mulling to put up ST candidate
Hyderabad: The upcoming Nagarjunasagar by-election is going to be an acid test for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been staking claim as the main opposition and an alternative to the…
- Politics
P-Marq survey gives edge to BJP in West Bengal, Left in Kerala
Hyderabad: Going against most poll predictions, political consulting firm Politique Marquer (P-Marq) has predicted simple majority wins for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal and the Communist Party of India…
- Telangana
TS govt examining proposal to set-up Basti Dawakhanas across state
Hyderabad: The state government is examining a proposal to set up Basti Dawakhanas (area hospitals) in major cities of Telangana. This was relayed by health minister Eatala Rajender on Wednesday in response…
- Hyderabad News
GHMC to crack whip against townships which don’t treat sewage
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is all set to crack the whip against gated communities which let out drainage water without first routing it via sewerage treatment plants (STP). A…
- Crime in Hyderabad
City police arrest 2 for fabricating non-judicial stamp papers
Hyderabad: A document writer at the City Civil court and his accomplice were arrested by the city police’s task force team on Monday for procuring old non-judicial stamp papers, fabricating them to…
