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Hyderabad: Three persons were washed away and reported missing in separate incidents a cloudburst wreaked havoc in several areas of the city on Sunday night. Authorities said they had launched a search for two persons, identified only as Ramu and Arjun, who were reportedly swept away in the Mangarubasti nala in Afzalsagar, Asifnagar. Near Musheerabad, which witnessed over 12 cm of rainfall, a person identified as Dinesh went missing in the nala at Vinobhanagar Colony in Parsigutta of Secunderaba
Bhubaneswar: Sainik School Bhubaneswar is set to host the prestigious "All India Sainik Schools Inter Group (National Level) Football Tournament-2025" from June 7 to June 15, 2025, at its school campus in the State Capital. The tournament, organized under the aegis of Sainik Schools Society, Ministry of Defence, and Government of Odisha, will feature teams that have emerged victorious in the eight Intra Group competitions. The tournament will be conducted in three categories: Sub Junior Boys (Under 15), Junior Boys (Under 17), and Junior Girls (Under 17). The winners of this tournament will ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Heavy rains on Friday lashed the city and has thrown life out of gear for many people as they were left stranded. After a long period of occasional light rains, heavy rains lashed the city resulting in waterlogging at many areas. City experienced slow-moving traffic due to knee-deep waterlogging after the rain in various areas. The houses in the low-lying areas have been flooded due to sudden downpour. Water quickly accumulated on the streets, creating knee-deep flooding in some neighbourhoods. The motorists had to struggle to wade through the water at places up to four feet. Vehic ...Read More >
PATNA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is all set to embark on 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' from Bihar's Rohtas district on August 17 to register a protest against how the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls was being conducted in the state. This comes at a time when the Opposition is ratcheting up its protest against the SIR and casting aspersions on the integrity of elections. AICC general secretary (organisation) and MP KC Venugopal held a meeting with the INDIA bloc leaders at Sasaram in Rohtas district on Wednesday and reviewed preparations for Rahul Gandhi's visit to Bi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Severalparts of the city witnessed heavy rainfall on Sunday, disrupting normal life and resulting in huge traffic jams at many places. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Hyderabad issued an orange alert and predicted moderate to heavy rain for two days, with misty, cool mornings and nights. City and its outskirts received heavy downpour, resulting in huge traffic gridlocks in Gachibowli, Hitec City, Miyapur, Sanathnagar, Kondapur and other places. Roads and low-lying areas were inundated with flood water, leaving people stranded. Two people were reported to be missing in a ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Jubilee Hills BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath was hospitalised due to several health issues on Thursday. A three-time legislator, Gopinath was rushed to a private hospital in Gachibowli earlier in the day, where is currently undergoing treatment. Former minister T Harish Rao and other s visited the hospital. Speaking to reporters later, Harish Rao said that Gopinath's health condition was stable. Gopinath was first elected as an MLA on TDP ticket in 2014. Later, he was elected on BRS ticket in 2018 and 2023. Gopinath started his political career with TDP in 1983 and worked as president ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Maganti Gopinath, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA from Jubilee Hills, passed away early Sunday morning at the age of 63. The veteran politician succumbed to a massive heart attack after being in critical condition for three days at AIG Hospitals, Gachibowli. According to the hospital bulletin, Gopinath was admitted on June 5 following a severe heart attack. Despite being on ventilator support, his condition deteriorated and he was declared dead around 5:45 a.m. He had also been suffering from a kidney-related ailment, having undergone surgery a few months ago. Maganti Gopinat ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will inaugurate Shilpa layout stage-II flyover named after the senior Congress leader late P Janardhan Reddy (PJR), connecting Outer Ring Road (ORR) and Kondapur on Saturday. The flyover was built under the Strategic Road Development Programme (SRDP) at a cost of Rs 182.72 crore. It is 1.2 km long and 24 meters wide with six lanes. Its specialty is that it is a third-level structure built on two existing flyovers. Below is the Gachibowli Junction flyover, above it is the Shilpa layout phase one flyover and now the phase two flyover, is being built on ...Read More >
Hyderabad: With heavy rains lashing in parts of the city, normal life was thrown out of gear even on Saturday, the commuters returning to their destination during the evening hours had a tough time owing to waterlogging, casting traffic snarls in most locations, including IT corridor. Following nala-retaining wall collapses in Padmarao Nagar and Nallakunta, the authorities remained on high alert and shifted locals to safe locations. Many localities, including Kapra, Malkajgiri and Uppal, witnessed heavy rainfall on Saturday. The GHMC office at Kapra recorded the highest rainfall with 77.8 mm, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) has suggested prioritising women in allocation of deceased donor organs.In a letter to the states/UTs, the apex authority for regulating organ donations and transplants in the country, has said a provision should be made to mark additional points for women recipients of donor organs, to address gender disparity. Studies have shown that while women make up a large percentage of donors, they receive fewer organs than men. "Women are equally vulnerable when it comes to end-stage organ failure due to illness, and it is import ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana high court on Friday directed the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) and the Jubilee Hills Cooperative Housing Building Society to file detailed counter-affidavits in response to a petition filed by a businessman.The petitioner, P. Satya Narayana, challenged his alleged eviction from a 2,000 square yard govt land worth over ₹100 crore, located at a prime spot on Road No. 1, Jubilee Hills. HYDRAA had evicted the petitioner on the grounds that he encroached on govt land, constructed a shed, and operated a nursery at the site for several year ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday provided a roadmap to ministers, TPCC president, various corporations chairmen and others in charge of the bypoll-bound Jubilee constituency, instructing them to work towards securing a huge majority in the by-election, as it would impact the GHMC elections scheduled for December/January.A review meeting was held at his residence with ministers G Vivek, Ponnam Prabhakar, Ponguleti, Tummala Nageswara Rao, TPCC chief B Mahesh Goud and others, where the tone was set for the Jubilee Hills by-poll. Party leaders were directed to approach voters wi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The city police conducted a one-way traffic trial run around KBR National Park on Sunday, as part of the Hyderabad City Innovative & Transformative Infrastructure (H-CITI) project. Under the H-CITI project, a steel flyover and underpass are being constructed in the Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills area to reduce traffic congestion. The observations will be shared with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to help in the easy flow of vehicular movement. Hyderabad City Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar inspected the trial run and also visited KBR Park Main Gate to Basavata ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Maganti Gopinath, the sitting MLA from Jubilee Hills and a prominent leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), passed away early Sunday morning, June 8. The 62 year old had been undergoing treatment at AIG Hospital, Gachibowli, after suffering a heart attack on Thursday, June 5th. According to doctors, Gopinath suffered a cardiac arrest while at home. His family members rushed him to AIG Hospital, where he was revived through CPR and placed on a ventilator in the ICU. Despite ongoing treatment, he breathed his last at 5:45 am on Sunday. Doctors confirmed his passing. Gopinath h ...Read More >
Hyderabad, June 8 (UNI) Maganti Gopinath, the sitting BRS MLA from Jubilee Hills constituency, passed away in the early hours of Sunday after battling a serious illness. He was 62. He is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter. Gopinath was admitted to AIG Hospital in Gachibowli on June 5 after complaining of severe chest pain. He suffered a cardiac arrest and, despite being revived with CPR and receiving intensive treatment, remained unconscious and passed away at 0545 hours today. Gopinath's political journey began with his tenure as Telugu Youth President from 1985 to 1992. He entere ...Read More >
Once the flyover is thrown open for the public, the traffic woes to enter ORR from Kondapur would be resolved and it will be helpful for those travelling to the IT corridor also. The traffic congestion at Gachibowli junction will be significantly reduced and travel time of motorists will also be saved to a large extent. The flyover was built under the Strategic Road Development Programme (SRDP) at a cost of Rs. 182.72 crore. It is 1.2 km long and 24 meters wide with six lanes. Its specialty is t ...Read More >
Medak: Telangana State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Friday appealed to the people to give the committed party an opportunity to meet the aspirations of the poor and downtrodden. Addressing a large gathering of party workers in Medak, the BJP chief remarked that citizens have experienced the rule of the BRS and the Congress party and have had bitter experiences with the deceitful practices of both. He urged people to support the BJP wholeheartedly in the upcoming local body elections as a way to teach the ruling Congress party a lesson for its unfulfilled promises. Rao emphasized that t ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Emphasising the importance of voter convenience and accessibility during the upcoming Jubilee Hills byelection, Hyderabad District Election Officer and GHMC Commissioner RV Karnan has instructed officials to ensure all Assured Minimum Facilities (AMF) are in place at all the polling stations in the constituency. Karnan inspected the Distribution, Reception and Counting (DRC) Centre at Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy Stadium and several polling stations on Thursday. He reviewed the arrangem ...Read More >
Just ahead of the Hyderabad by-elections, fake voter ID cards featuring top Telugu film stars have surfaced online, sparking concern and curiosity. All three IDs bizarrely share the same Jubilee Hills address -- a clear sign of forgery, say officials. Just days before the crucial by-elections in Hyderabad, a strange and unsettling discovery has caught the attention of both voters and authorities. Fake voter ID cards featuring the names and photographs of well-known Telugu film stars including S ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former head of Air India and chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani is the new Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) director. The official order for his appointment was issued on Wednesday. A 1980-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Lohani is known for turning around various organisations during his illustrious career. Following his retirement from IRSME service, he joined the GMR Group as the CEO. According to the order dated June 4, his appointment to the post of director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library in the rank and pa ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA from Jubilee Hills constituency in Hyderabad, Maganti Gopinath, passed away on Sunday following a massive heart attack three days ago. He was 63. He breathed his last at AIG Hospitals, Gachibowli, where he was admitted on June 5 following a massive heart attack. He was in critical condition and was on a ventilator. According to a hospital bulletin, he was declared dead around 5.45 a.m. Gopinath, who has been representing the Jubilee Hills constituency since 2014, was also suffering from a kidney-related ailment, after undergoing surgery a coup ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The decomposed body of an unidentified man, believed to be in his late 30s, was found in the Pochammakunta in Gachibowli, on Thursday morning. The body was first spotted by the security staff of a company during a routine patrol around 8.30 am. Pentala Anil Kumar, a senior executive at the company, was informed by security officer Goreta Suresh Babu and alerted the Gachibowli police. Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Shanker K. and his team visited the spot, retrieved the body from the lake, and began a preliminary investigation. According to ASI Shanker, the man is suspected to have ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court was not inclined to restrain HYDRAA from exercising its duties over the Rs 100- crore worth open space measuring 2,000 square yards situated in Road No. 1, Jubilee Hills, which was claimed as the space for public amenities according to the Jubilee Hills Cooperative Housing Society. Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy was dealing with a petition filed by P. Satyanarayana contesting HYDRAA Order No. 1393/COMM/HYDRAA dated August 19, 2025, for evicting him from the said land. He alleges the order is illegal, arbitrary, and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitu ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad continues to be battered by torrential rains as a depression over the Bay of Bengal intensifies, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue an orange alert for very heavy rainfall until Sunday. The downpour has brought the city to a standstill, with widespread flooding and traffic gridlock paralysing daily life. In response, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has evacuated 55 residents from vulnerable localities, relocating them to safer shelters. The heavy rains, which have been lashing the city since Thursday night, have caused signific ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the Jubilee Hills Assembly Constituency bye-election. Nominations close on October 21. Polling will be held on November 11, with vote counting on November 14. Strict adherence to the Model Code of Conduct is mandated. Enforcement teams are actively monitoring for violations. The Election Commission of India on Sunday officially announced the schedule for the bye-election to the 61-Jubilee Hills Assembly Constituency in Hyderabad Dis ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Emphasising the importance of voter convenience and accessibility during the upcoming Jubilee Hills byelection, Hyderabad District Election Officer and GHMC Commissioner RV Karnan has instructed officials to ensure all Assured Minimum Facilities (AMF) are in place at all the polling stations in the constituency. Karnan inspected the Distribution, Reception and Counting (DRC) Centre at Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy Stadium and several polling stations on Thursday. He reviewed the arrangements and facilities at the field level. He instructed the election and GHMC staff to ensure the pro ...Read More >
Hyderabad, May 21 (Maxim News): Heavy rain is lashing in many parts of the Hyderabad city. heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning is falling in many places. Low-lying areas have been flooded due to the rain. People are facing severe difficulties due to the rain. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Heavy rain is falling in the old city as well as in the suburbs. Traffic has come to a standstill in many areas due to the heavy rain. Heavy rain is falling in Malakpet, Dilsukhnagar, Saroornagar, Kothapet, Secunderabad, Boinpally, Marredpally, Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills, Panjagutta, Lakdikapoo ...Read More >
Hyderabad, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA from Jubilee Hills constituency in Hyderabad, Maganti Gopinath, passed away on Sunday following a massive heart attack three days ago. He was 63. He breathed his last at AIG Hospitals, Gachibowli, where he was admitted on June 5 following a massive heart attack. He was in critical condition and was on a ventilator. According to a hospital bulletin, he was declared dead around 5.45 a.m. Gopinath, who has been representing the Jubilee Hills constituency since 2014, was also suffering from a kidney-related ailment, after u ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being silent on it since the accused monk had been reportedly close to the saffron party. The woman accusin ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar Gangwar, a teacher at MGM Inter College in the district. According to Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh, Gangwar's complaint says that ever since his recitation of the poem 'Tum Kanwad Lene Mat Jana, Gyaan Ka Deepak Jalaana' (You don't go get Kavad, light the lamp of knowledge inste ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The upcoming by-election to Jubilee Hills assembly seat in Hyderabad has become a matter of prestige for all the major political parties in Telangana -Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as it is the first major electoral battle after the last year's general elections and is also crucial for its potential impact on the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, scheduled to be held in December. The by-poll for the Jubilee Hills assembly seat was necessitated following the death of sitting BRS lawmaker Maganti Gopinath on June 8 th ...Read More >