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Hyderabad: Heavy rain battered the city from late Thursday night through to Friday, leaving low-lying areas waterlogged, roads submerged and traffic congestion across the city.Neighbourhoods such as Alwal, Malkajgiri, Qutbullapur and Gajularamaram were severely affected, while vehicles could only inch forward through flooded streets at major junctions such as Masab Tank, Lakdikapul and Khairatabad."Our street is completely underwater. I had to wade through knee-deep water just to get my children to the school bus," said Ramesh Kumar, an Ahmed Nagar resident.Saira Begum, from Toli Chowki, added: "We have not seen such flooding in years. The water entered our homes, and we had to move our belongings upstairs."Power outages & traffic snarlsFurthermore, power outages were widely reported across the suburbs of Uppal, LB Nagar and Rangareddy, leaving thousands without electricity for several hours.Commuters faced long delays as flooding turned several main roads into virtual rivers. "I was stuck on the road for more than two hours; buses and autos were barely moving. It's total chaos," said Krishna N, who commutes daily from Mehdipatnam to Banjara Hills."We have been dealing with waterlogging for hours. The drains are overflowing and some houses have already flooded," said Sindhu Sree from Bowenpally. "The rain is relentless. Our kids couldn't even go to school today, and the roads are blocked everywhere."Traffic disruption remains widespread as emergency teams struggle to clear the waterlogged streets. Many commuters have expressed frustration over the delays. "Even walking is difficult; the water is flowing like small rivers on the roads," said Namratha V, a bank official from Banjara Hills.With more rainfall expected over the next 48 hours, residents across Hyderabad and Telangana are bracing themselves for further disruption. Those living in low-lying neighbourhoods have been advised to stay indoors, and many have moved their belongings to higher floors in anticipation of rising water levels.Meanwhile, the authorities opened the gates of the Himayatsagar and Osmansagar reservoirs to release excess water into the Musi River, prompting warnings for people living on the riverbanks.IMD FORECASTIMD has issued orange alert for Saturday, warning of continued heavy to very heavy rainfall in multiple districts.Isolated areas in Nirmal, Nizamabad, Mahabubabad, Warangal, Hanamkonda, Jangaon, Siddipet, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy, Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Narayanpet, and Jogulamba Gadwal are expected to witness intense showersHeavy rainfall is also forecast for Adilabad, Komuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Jagtial, Rajanna Sirisilla, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Rangareddy, Hyderabad, and Medchal-MalkajigiriThunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds of 40-50 kmph are expected across all districts
GURGAON: The investigation into the murder of a 25-year-old former international tennis player, allegedly by her father, has revealed a sudden deterioration in their relationship. The apparent reason was a disagreement over the academy she ran near their house, but the roots clearly run deeper. The father, who claims to have spent Rs 2 crore on his daughter's tennis career, told interrogators he was troubled by questions about her "character" that some of his associates had raised.Deepak Yadav, who shot Radhika at their house Thursday morning, had allegedly been insisting for two weeks on her ...Read More >
Hyderabad: With back-to-back spells of heavy rain battering Hyderabad and nearby districts, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday forecast more downpours over the weekend, issuing a heavy rainfall warning for 10 districts including Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Sangareddy, and Mahbubnagar. The city has been placed under an orange alert, with citizens asked to remain prepared and take precautions, especially in flood-prone areas. Officials urged commuters to avoid unnecessary travel and opt for Metro Rail services in case of heavy downpour. The sudden shift in the w ...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: Over 1 lakh lost/stolen mobile phones have been recovered in Telangana as of Thursday, October 16, through the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal, making it the best performing state in the country. The CEIR portal, was first launched as a pilot in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi and the north eastern states on September 5, 2022, and was finally brought to Telangana in April 2023. Since then, a total of 1,00,020 mobile phones have been recovered in the state. In case one loses their mobile phone, they are requested to report it on the CEIR portal using t ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Jul 18 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to cooperate in completing irrigation projects in the state as the two states share river waters. Addressing a public meeting after attending various development programmes in Nagarkurnool district, the CM said he knows how to fight to safeguard the state's rights if cooperation from Naidu is not forthcoming. Observing that some of the projects in undivided Mahabubnagar district (of which Nagarkurnool was a part) like Bhima and Nettempadu were started when Naidu ...Read More >
Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Monday evening, causing waterlogging and traffic snarls for the city's residents. According to the IMD, an orange alert has been issued for Hyderabad, with light thunderstorms and moderate rain in the forecast. The Hyderabad Meteorological Centre has predicted moderate to heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds in Hyderabad and nearby areas. Furthermore, the GHMC rainfall forecast indicates that the city is likely to experience an intense spell of ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Telangana witnessed widespread heavy rain on Saturday due to a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal. Venkatapuram in Mulugu district received the highest rainfall at 106.5 mm, while Anna pureddypally in Bhadradri Kothagudem saw 81.3 mm. Hyderabad recorded steady showers, with Quthbullapur receiving 46.3 mm. The IMD issued an orange alert for Adilabad, Nirmal, Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Mulugu, Sangareddy, and Siddipet districts for Sunday. In Hyderabad, moderate to heavy rain is forecast for 48 hours, with misty, cool mornings and nights. ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The prohibition and excise department will pick successful applicants for 2,620 'A4' category liquor shops through a draw of lots at 11 am on Monday. The draw will be conducted by the respective district collectors. According to officials, a total of 95,137 applications have been received for the shops. Following the High Court's permission to conduct the draw, prohibition and excise commissioner C. Harikiran has instructed officials to ensure that the process is carried out smoothly without any inconvenience to applicants. The court has said that the allotments would be subject to ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy met Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on Tuesday. CM Reddy urged the Union Education Minister to sanction an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Hyderabad and to set up Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya schools in identified areas of Telangana. The Chief Minister met with Minister Pradhan at the Union Minister's chambers in the Parliament. During the meeting, the CM brought to the attention of the union minister the fast-growing Hyderabad city in technolo ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Congress-backed candidates won more than 60 per cent sarpanches in the gram panchayat elections across all three phases. The opposition BRS-supported candidates won 25 per cent posts, while the BJP-backed candidates got only four per cent panchayats. Independents and others emerged as a major block by winning at least 10 per cent, playing a key role in the Panchayat elections. In the third phase, the Congress-backed candidates won in 2,120 panchayats, while BRS-backed ones won 1,100 and the BJP 225, and others 465. With the third phase polls, the gram panchayat elections have c ...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: Heavy rains occurred at some isolated places in Adilabad, Nirmal, Khammam and Suryapet districts in the state on Saturday. However, no property damage or casualties were reported in the areas hit by heavy rain.Disaster management teams evacuated people in low-lying areas in Nirmal and Khammam district in advance to prevent flood-related incidents. The alerted district Collectors had deployed disaster teams in the villages which received heavy rains in the morning to closely monitor flood levels in the rivulets and water bodies near the habitations. The IMD has predicted that light ...Read More >
ACB officials seized ₹1.31 lakh in unaccounted cash from RTA check posts across the erstwhile Adilabad district. Staff were reportedly taking bribes from drivers violating road safety norms, continuing operations despite government orders to remove the posts. Adilabad: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials conducted searches at inter-State Regional Transport Authority (RTA) check posts across the erstwhile Adilabad district on Sunday, seizing Rs.1.31 lakh in unaccounted cash from the staff. ...Read More >
NIZAMABAD: Union home and co-operation minister Amit Shah will visit Nizamabad on June 29. The official machinery and BJP leadership have made full arrangements for his arrival. He will fly in from Ahmedabad to Begumpet Airport on Sunday, then proceed by helicopter to the Integrated District Offices Complex (IDOC) in Nizamabad. At 2 pm, he will inaugurate the National Turmeric Board office in Vinayaknagar and address the board's meeting at Baswa Garden. Afterwards, he will travel to the Kanteshwar bypass road junction to unveil a statue of former Rajya Sabha member D. Srinivas. He will conclu ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heavy rain continued to pound parts of Telangana under the impact of a low-pressure area, paralysing normal life and affecting road connectivity to some villages. Rivulets, lakes and ponds were overflowing due to incessant rain, inundating low-lying areas. The low-pressure system has impacted south Telangana with heavy to very heavy rain at a few places, officials said. United Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Adilabad, Khammam and Rangareddy districts received heavy rains since last night. Maddukur in Bhadradri Kothagudem district received the highest rainfall of 1 ...Read More >
Hyderabad Traffic Advisory: Cyberabad traffic police on Thursday issued a comprehensive traffic advisory in the aftermath of road damage caused to the Nagpur Highway (NH44) due to torrential rains. The advisory outlines traffic diversions to ensure smooth vehicular movement. The affected stretch between Kamareddy, Dichpally, and Armoor sections has been closed. Meanwhile, the commuters are urged to take alternative roads to reach their respective destinations. Heavy vehicles approaching from Hyderabad towards Adilabad on the National Highway 44 will be diverted at the Medchal Checkpost. Comm ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that maximum temperatures are likely to increase by 2-3 degrees Celsius in Telangana over the next three days. According to the seven-day weather bulletin issued till April 14, dry weather conditions are expected to continue across the state. From April 10 to 12, temperatures in districts such as Adilabad, Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Jogulamba-Gadwal, Khammam, Komaram-Bheem, Mahabubnagar, Mancherial, Nagarkurnool, Narayanpet, and Wanaparthy are likely to be in the range of 41-44 degrees Celsius. In Hyderabad, the temperature is exp ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 12 (VOICE) Cold wave conditions prevailed in parts of Telangana with minimum temperature dropping to single digit in at least six districts on Thursday. The average minimum temperature in the state was 14.3 degrees Celsius, which is 2.7 degrees below normal. Among all 33 districts, Adilabad was the coldest with average temperature of 9.3 degrees Celsius and Bela in Adilabad district was the coldest place in the state with the lowest temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, said meteorologists at the Telangana Development Planning Society (TGDPS). The lowest temperature in Sirpur (U) ...Read More >
Gadwal: With the onset of continuous upstream rainfall and increased inflows into the Krishna river basin, water levels at the Priyadarshini Jurala Project (PJP) dam and Almatti Reservoir have shown significant rise, prompting dam authorities to regulate outflows carefully. PJP Dam Status as of 6 PM, July 11, 2025: According to information received from project officials, the water level at the PJP dam stands at 317.570 meters (1,041.896 feet). Against its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 318.516 meters, the gross storage is recorded at 7.778 TMC, while live storage is 4.071 TMC. The dam is cu ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sept 26 (Maxim News): It has been raining in Hyderabad city since yesterday evening. heavy rain fell from 6 am to 8 amj on Friday. Heavy rain fell again one hour later. In the wake of the heavy rains, people's lives have been disrupted. All the low lying areas have been flooded. All the roads have become rivers. The Indian meteorological Department has said that there is a possibility of heavy to very heavy rains in Hyderabad city today and tomorrow. In this context, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has alerted the authorities. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp GHMC, HYDRA, NDRF, and SDRF ...Read More >
PUNE: A few hours before the deadline for withdrawal of nominations for the bypolls, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar 'advised' the Congress party to withdraw its candidate from the Baramati seat and support NCP chief Sunetra Pawar. Earlier, Sharad Pawar had said there was nothing wrong with the Congress contesting the Baramati seat. However, on the last day for withdrawal, he appealed to his alliance partner at both the Centre and state levels to step aside. "Maharashtra lost a talented politician like Ajit Pawar. The Baramati seat got vacant due to an accident. Against that backdrop, my advice to ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Jul 18 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to cooperate in completing irrigation projects in the state as the two states share river waters. Addressing a public meeting after attending various development programmes in Nagarkurnool district, the CM said he knows how to fight to safeguard the state's rights if cooperation from Naidu is not forthcoming. Also Read | Chhattisgarh: 6 Bodies of Naxals Recovered in Ongoing Encounter With Security Forces in Narayanpur. Observing that some of the projects in und ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Torrential rains have left a person dead and four others missing in Kamareddy and Medak districts. Rescue operations are underway on a massive scale as rivers, streams, and irrigation tanks overflowed, submerging colonies, breaching roads and halting transport.A govt doctor lost his life in Kamareddy after a wall collapsed on him. Two men were swept away in Neelakatta stream at Domakonda in the same district, while two others - Bestha Sathyam and Yada Goud of Rajpet village - were carr ...Read More >
Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Sunday evening, leading to water-logging and traffic disruptions across the city. Several areas, including Boudha Nagar and Jawahar Nagar in Musheerabad, experienced significant rainfall. The IMD has issued warnings for more heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and gusty winds in multiple districts. GHMC is actively working to manage the situation and divert water. Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Sunday evening causing water-logging on the roads and traffic snarls at diff ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Heavy rain lashed several districts across the state, causing streams and lakes to overflow and damaging roads, thereby disrupting traffic movement.The Edupayala Vanadurga Temple in Medak district was closed once again by the temple authorities on Saturday after floodwaters entered the temple premises. In Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, around 100 sheep were killed after being struck by lightning on Sept 11 near Peddapapet village in Mahadevpur mandal. The incident occurred when the shepherds, returning from grazing in a nearby forest, were struck by lightning near the Godavari ri ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A leopard that had villagers from Veerannapet in Mahabubnagar district, and forest department officials on tenterhooks since July, was finally trapped on Monday. District forest officer S. Satyanarayana said the three month effort of regular monitoring of the leopard's movement, and placing four trap cages on a hillock next to the village that the leopard was mostly moving around on, finally paid off on Monday. "Our staff, on an early morning inspection of the cages, found the animal in a cage. It was immediately sent to the Nehru Zoological Park as it had some abrasion wounds on i ...Read More >
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a forecast of light to moderate rainfall with gusty winds in the state for the next five days. The officials said that there would be light to moderate rainfall in some places on October 22 and heavy rainfall on October 24 and 25 at isolated places in the state. The IMD officials have attributed this to a low pressure area forming near the south east of the Bay of Bengal is causing rains in the state. This would further strengthen into a dep ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Residents across the city, including those staying in prime localities like Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Madhapur areas are increasingly concerned about the rising mosquito menace and urging the municipal corporations to take immediate action. Moreover, the three municipal corporations - Greater Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri - have been facing much online criticism for rising mosquito menace. Hyderabad is currently facing a severe mosquito menace, causing an alarm. The situation is causing anxiety among families due to the threat of mosquito-borne illnesses and viral fevers, ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Fifteen students of Telangana Tribal Welfare Ashrama School for Girls in Tandur, Vikarabad district, were rushed to hospital after complaining of food poisoning symptoms on Tuesday morning after eating 'khichdi' in breakfast. Their condition was stable when reports last came in. Some students were admitted to local govt hospital, while the rest shifted to private hospitals. The latest incident comes close on the heels of a series of food poisoning cases reported at govt-run instituti ...Read More >
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health department has urged district administrations to issue a public advisory on JE prevention measures and to i ...Read More >