Tender delay leaves Hyderabad’s ageing streetlight network in the dark Hyderabad: Even as civic officials remain preoccupied with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the proposed Core Urban Region (Integrated Governance) Bill, Hyderabad’s streetlights are quietly going dark.A GHMC survey has found that more than 70% of the city’s LED streetlights and nearly all Centralised…
Hyderabad: Authorities have indefinitely suspended the headmaster of a zero-enrollment govt school in Suryapet district, citing poor coordination with parents. Suspension orders were served on Thursday.MA Hakeem, headmaster (FAC) of ZPHS, Bandaramaram at Thungathurthy mandal, told TOI that he was being made a scapegoat for the school’s zero enrolment. He said the school lacks teachers,…
Actor Krishna Manineni booked for cheating doctor in fake rly contracts scam Hyderabad: A city-based doctor has accused Telugu film actor Manineni Murali Krishna, known as Krishna Manineni, of duping him of ₹80 lakh by promising high returns on investments allegedly linked to railway contracts, prompting the Cyberabad economic offences wing (EOW) to register a…
Hyderabad: An undertrial prisoner who attempted suicide in Cherlapally Central Jail succumbed on Wednesday while undergoing treatment.According to jail officials, the deceased, 21-year-old Rohit Pawar, had been in judicial remand for the past 52 days in connection with an alleged kidnapping and rape case registered by the Jawaharnagar police.On Sunday, Pawar reportedly went to the…
Hyd man critically injured in targetting stabbing at Utah mall Hyderabad: A Hyderabad man was critically injured after he was allegedly attacked for his religion, and stabbed 15 times at a shoppig mall in the US on July 13. According to local media reports, Syed Sohail Uddin was attacked while working at a kiosk in…
Frog processions, forest prayers: T villages’ desperate plea for rains Women Perform Frog Ritual to Invoke Rain God: In a unique display of rural tradition and faith, women of Nednur village in kandhukur mandal of Rangareddy district performed an age-old frog-related folk ritual on Wednesday, praying for good rainfall and a prosperous farming season. As…
NMC issues notice to 4 T, 2 AP med colleges over no CCTVs NMC notice to 4 Telangana, 2 AP medical colleges over CCTV non-complianceHyderabad: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued notices to four medical colleges in Telangana and two in Andhra Pradesh for failing to comply with mandatory norms on closed-circuit television camera…
Telangana police’s special teams have succeeded in nabbing members of both Nepali gangs, involved in the robbery-cum-murder of the former IPS officer’s wife at Jubilee Hills and the dacoity at Kawkoor, in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh respectively. The teams were completing formalities to get them to the city on prisoner on transit (PT) warrants. Hyderabad:…
Hyderabad: To create awareness about various courses available at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu), ‘Visit Urdu University’ programme has been initiated.As part of the programme, students from various madrassas are invited to see the campus and learn about educational opportunities available at the varsity.“Manuu is the only university providing professional, technical and traditional education…
Artist impression of Moulvi Syed Alauddin Hyderabad: History books talk mostly of freedom fighters of north India when it comes to the First War of Independence, 1857. But two unsung heroes from Hyderabad led an armed rebellion, the first organised war against the British in south India, on July 17, 1857. This rebellion also led…
