- Hate Crime
Video: Minaret brought down as mosque, madrasa demolished in UP’s Sambhal
Sambhal: Authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district demolished a 35-foot-high minaret of a mosque at around 1:30 pm on Friday, April 17, using bulldozers and JCBs. To bring the minaret down, a…
- Hate Crime
Uttarakhand: Man booked for selling halal chicken biryani under Hindu name
Uddham Singh Nagar: Tension prevailed in Uttarakhand‘s Udham Singh Nagar after a man was allegedly delivered chicken biryani from a Muslim-owned restaurant selling halal food, despite ordering from a restaurant with a…
- World
India invited to join UK-France conference on reopening Strait of Hormuz
The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday, April 17, said that India has been invited to the conference being hosted by the United Kingdom and France to push forward plans to reopen…
- Hyderabad
Residents alarmed over yellowish drinking water in Manikonda, Puppalaguda
Hyderabad: Residents of Manikonda and Puppalaguda regions, especially Diamond Hills, have raised caution over the yellow colour of the water supplied for drinking in the locality. Locals expressed concern over the contaminated…
- Telangana
Hyderabad police chief interacts with drug-positive rowdy-sheeters at Gandhi Hospital
Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar on Friday, April 17, visited the De-Addiction Centre at Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad, where he interacted with rowdy-sheeters who had tested positive in drug screenings conducted by…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: TRANSCO artisans call off strike after assurances from Dy CM
Hyderabad: Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited (TRANSCO) artisans on Friday, April 17, called off their indefinite strike after Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka assured that he would hold talks with the TRANSCO…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Rs 71 crore Shahstripuram Railway Over Bridge inaugurated
Hyderabad: Telangana IT Minister D Sridhar Babu inaugurated the Rs 71 crore Shastripuram Railway Over Bridge on Friday, April 17. The bridge is 490 meters long and measures 16.60 meters wide.; out…
- Hyderabad
Bomb scare at Hyderabad metro station, officials clarify
Hyderabad: Panic briefly gripped commuters at the Uppal Metro Station on Friday, April 17, after a bomb threat alert triggered a security response. However, officials later clarified that it was part of…
- Telangana
Kishan Reddy takes u-turn on Tejasvi Surya’s Telangana remarks as protests erupt
Hyderabad: Union minister G Kishan Reddy, speaking at a press meet in Delhi on Friday, April 17, said BJP MP Tejasvi Surya “had admitted his remarks on Telangana were wrong,” adding that…
- Telangana
Telangana chief secretary reviews EV charging infrastructure, calls for expansion
Hyderabad: Telangana chief secretary K Ramakrishna Rao held a review meeting on electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, directing officials to scale up facilities to support growing demand for electric mobility. The agenda…
- Hyderabad
Locals use wooden planks to cross nala in Banjara Hills
Hyderabad: Residents of Devarakonda Basti on Road No. 5 in Banjara Hills are using wooden planks as makeshift bridges to cross a nala, as reconstruction work in the area remains incomplete even…
- Telangana
Telangana HC orders implementation of Old Pension Scheme for eligible employees
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has ruled that employees selected through recruitment notifications issued before September 1, 2004, but appointed after that date, must be covered under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).…
- Telangana
Telangana urges Centre to lift 30 LMT boiled rice procurement target
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has requested the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to procure 30 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of boiled rice from the ongoing Yasangi (rabi) crop…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad accumulates over 103 MT e-waste via GHMC collection drives
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has accumulated 103.56 metric tonnes (MT) of e-waste through collection drives undertaken in various parts of the city in 2026. In these drives, the civic…
- Telangana
Telangana summer: TGPWU urges public to offer a glass of water to gig workers
Hyderabad: Amid summer temperatures ranging between 43°C and 45°C in Telangana, the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) has launched the #GlassOfWaterCampaign for gig workers. The campaign highlights the working conditions…
