- India
55 dead in five months: India’s manual scavenging crisis persists
Hyderabad/New Delhi: In March 2014, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in Safai Karamchari Andolan vs Union of India, a landmark ruling meant to protect the lives of India’s sewer and septic tank…
- Hyderabad
Wasim Jaffer named HCA mentor, district academies planned
Hyderabad: Veteran cricketer Wasim Jaffer is set to be appointed as mentor for all cricketing activities of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), starting July 2026 on a two-year contract. Jaffer will mentor players…
- Telangana
Beyond enforcement: What Hyderabad’s drug crisis really needs
Hyderabad: This June 26 arrives with an unusual convergence. The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking falls this year on the same date as Muharram ends, a time associated with both…
- Hyderabad
Hell or jail: Rohingya Muslims live in fear without identity
Hyderabad: A 76-year-old Rohingya Muslim fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar was arrested while entering West Bengal. He was sentenced to two years in prison. His family members in Hyderabad knocked on…
- Hyderabad
Decades of service, but retired TGSRTC staff still await dues
Hyderabad: Hundreds of elderly retired employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) staged a flash protest outside Bus Bhavan at RTC X Roads in Hyderabad on Thursday, June 18, demanding payment…
- Hyderabad
Only 13 pc of Hyderabad slum children go to government schools
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s children are falling through the cracks of its public school system, and the people who work in its slums every day have the numbers to prove it. At a meeting held…
- Telangana
Bandi Sanjay won’t be asked to resign despite son’s POCSO case: BJP insiders
Hyderabad: Speculation has been rife in political circles and the media for the past few days that Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay may be asked to step down from…
- Telangana
Lorries, millers, protesting farmers: Inside Telangana’s paddy procurement mess
Hyderabad: The Rohini Karthe – the traditional marker for when farmers begin preparing their fields for the Kharif season – falls on May 24. But across Telangana, thousands of farmers are still waiting at Paddy…
- Hyderabad
We want trees, not flyovers: Gen Z leads Save KBR protest
Hyderabad: The dichotomy between the older and younger generations with respect to environmental protection was exposed during a silent and peaceful protest led by the Gen Z, who made an attempt to…
- Telangana
Historic Shiva temple razed for building Young India School in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is set to spend hundreds of crores of public funds to renovate and expand the Omkareshwara temple on the banks of the Musi River in Manchirevula. The irony,…
- Delhi
Ramoji Rao’s death no shield for Margadarshi Financiers: Supreme Court
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Margadarshi Financiers over the alleged misappropriation of public deposits, making clear that the death…
- Telangana
4 out of 10 Minority Gurukul toppers in Telangana SSC 2026 exams are non-Muslims
Hyderabad: The Telangana Minorities Welfare Residential Institutions Society (TGMREIS) has recorded a 98.08 per cent total pass percentage in the SSC 2026 exams, a significant improvement from 96.57 per cent last year.…
- Hyderabad
HYDRAA removes signages after SC order on Bathukamma encroachment in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 27, dismissed the Telangana government’s appeal in the Bathukamma Kunta land dispute, leaving intact the Telangana High Court’s order directing the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset…
- Hyderabad
Explained: Why is Hyderabad facing a fuel shortage again?
Hyderabad: Long queues formed outside petrol pumps across Hyderabad on Monday, April 27, with several stations running dry. But according to the Telangana Civil Supplies Department, the state has no actual fuel shortage.…
- Hyderabad
Migrant workers brave the summer heat in Hyderabad in pursuit of livelihood
Hyderabad: Ramesh Mishra was among the first generation of migrant workers who had come in search of a livelihood to Hyderabad 40 years ago. He worked at a factory in Ramanthapur, which…
