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Free food melas in Hyderabad tackle bird flu panic with chicken, egg giveaways
Hyderabad: To alleviate bird flu fears in Hyderabad, several free food melas were set up to distribute chicken and egg dishes, raising awareness over the safety of consuming avian meat. Scores of…
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FIR against Farah Khan for ‘derogatory’ remarks on Holi festival
Mumbai: Bollywood filmmaker and choreographer Farah Khan has come under scrutiny after a criminal complaint was filed against her for allegedly making derogatory remarks about the Hindu festival of Holi. The complaint…
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Hyderabad student loses Rs 4.2 lakh to fake YouTuber
Hyderabad: A fraudster impersonating a famous YouTuber duped a 20-year-old degree student from Yakutpura in Hyderabad’s Old City of Rs 4.2 lakh in a span of 45 days. The fraudsters lured the…
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‘Cultural jihad’: VHP Hyderabad opposes Miss World events at Telangana temples
Hyderabad: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has opposed organising the Miss World competition at the temples and other sacred places in Telangana, and termed it a ‘cultural jihad’. The organization has demanded…
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After Taj Banjara, GHMC to crackdown on other properties in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: With the financial year nearing its end, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has ramped up efforts to collect an additional Rs 600 crore in revenue by March with notices to…
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Assam Assembly discontinues ‘namaz break’ for first time
Guwahati: During the current Budget session, the long-standing Assam Assembly custom of taking a two-hour break to allow Muslim lawmakers to offer namaz on Fridays was abandoned for the first time. The…
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Top US immigration chief removed as Trump pressures mass deportations
Washington, Feb 22 (AP) The top official in charge of carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda has been reassigned amid concerns that the deportation effort isn’t moving fast enough. Homeland…
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Four migrant workers from Odisha stranded in Oman return home
Four migrant workers from Ganjam district, Odisha, returned home safely on Friday, February 21, after being stranded in Oman without receiving their salaries. The workers, who had been working as plumbers in…
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Hyderabad: Panipuri seller’s ‘ATM heist’ fails, gets arrested
Hyderabad: Moghalpura police on Friday, February 21, arrested a man for attempted robbery of an ATM at the Shalibanda branch of State Bank of India (SBI). The accused has been identified as…
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Telangana official calls police on farmer demanding fair compensation for land
Hyderabad: A mandal revenue officer from Karimnagar called the police on a farmer who demanded fair compensation, on par with others, to alienate his land for a national highway in Karimnagar. Vengala…
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Revanth takes on KCR, BJP over Telangana’s irrigation, housing projects
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy challenged Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) to field candidates in local body polls only in the villages where his government built…
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6-yr-old falls between lift-wall at Hyderabad apartments, rescued
A six-year-old boy was rescued after getting stuck between a lift and its wall at an apartment complex in Shantinagar, Hyderabad, on Friday, February 21. The boy has been identified as Arnav,…
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Take down videos of Delhi station stampede: Indian Railways directs X
Citing “ethical concerns, the Ministry of Railways, on Friday, February 21, issued a notice to X (formerly Twitter) to take down 285 social media links containing videos depicting the casualties from the…
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Indigo launches new direct flight from Hyderabad to Madinah
Hyderabad: GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL) on Friday, February 21, announced the launch of new flight services connecting Hyderabad and Madinah in Saudi Arabia, operated by India’s low-cost airline, IndiGo. The…
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Mohammed Siraj faces online hate after sharing Umrah photos
Indian right-arm fast pacer Mohammed Siraj shared a picture of his recent sacred journey to Saudi Arabia’s Makkah to perform Umrah. The Hyderabadi bowler posted a touching photo of himself on his social…