A 5-year-old girl died with a head injury when she got stuck in the collapsible elevator door at a women’s hostel in Gachibowli on Wednesday. Police booked a negligence case against the building owner and the hostel operator. Hyderabad: A 20-year-old BTech student of the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H) was found dead…
Six held for illegal sale of steroids, cardiac stimulant injections Hyderabad: The Task Force, along with Musheerabad police, arrested six persons for illegally procuring and selling cardiac stimulant injections, steroids and supplements used for rapid muscle growth.According to Task Force DCP Vaibhav Gaikwad, the main accused have been identified as B Shiva (32), a gym…
Fake WhatsApp messages from ‘MD’ cost realty firm over ₹4 crore Hyderabad: Fraudsters impersonating the managing director (MD) of a real estate firm on WhatsApp tricked a senior executive of the company into transferring ₹4.7 crore to their bank accounts through fraudulent means.In his complaint to the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB), an assistant general…
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Saturday cleared an encroachment on land earmarked for a park in a residential layout in Medchal and fenced the site to prevent further attempts to occupy it.The park land is located in Sai Sri Nilaya Layout in Medchal mandal of Medchal–Malkajgiri district. The layout,…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TGBIE) will organise an apprenticeship-cum-job mela across five govt junior colleges in the state from July 6 to 14, offering apprenticeship and placement opportunities to vocational students, freshers and job seekers, the board said in a release on Saturday.The drive, being conducted in collaboration with the Regional Directorate…
Chief minister A Revanth Reddy greets women at a public meeting in Midjil mandal on Saturday. Pic: TOI Hyderabad: Launching a sharp attack on the BRS leadership, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday alleged that former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and senior party leaders KT Rama Rao and T Harish Rao amassed enormous…
H-FAST books 185 food adulteration cases in 100 days Hyderabad: In its first 100 days, the Hyderabad Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST) registered 185 cases and seized nearly 122 tonnes of adulterated food across the city, the Hyderabad city police said in a release on Saturday.Launched on March 19, the 36-member team has been conducting…
Hyderabad: A sociological study by the Centre for Sustainable Development at IIT Hyderabad has highlighted growing concerns among Hyderabad residents over water quality, revealing widespread scepticism about state-supplied water, rising dependence on purification systems, and increasing anxiety over environmental degradation.The study, ‘Filtering for Purity: Middle Class Attitudes to Water in Urban India’, examined how residents…
Hyderabad: Cyberbad Municipal Corporation (CMC) commissioner G Srijana has said top priority is being given to resolve public grievances with officials now required to provide a written response to every complaint within a week.The commissioner said a dedicated tracking system has been introduced to closely monitor the grievance redressal process and ensure timely action on…
Vietnam emerges as Hyderabad travellers’ most preferred foreign destination Hyderabad: Vietnam has overtaken traditional international holiday destinations such as Bangkok, Indonesia and the Maldives to emerge as the preferred overseas destination for travellers from Hyderabad, with the number of visitors nearly tripling over the past year following the introduction of direct flight connectivity.According to Rajiv…
