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Moderate traffic congestion is anticipated in and around the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor stadium from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Hyderabad Traffic Police have announced diversions and traffic restrictions in view of a large public meeting organised by the Telugu Film Industry Employees Federation and its 24 associated bodies at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda, on October 28. Moderate traffic congestion is anticipated in and around the stadium from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To
Navi Mumbai: The father of a three-day-old girl who was found abandoned in a blue basket outside Navi Mumbai's Panvel wad traced and detained on Sunday, the police said. According to them, the infant's parents were not financially stable enough to raise her. Due to this, the couple decided to give up the baby to an orphanage that could look after her, reported PTI. However, the Navi Mumbai police's crime branch traced the infant's father, Aman Iqbal Kondkar, a resident of Thane's Bhiwandi, within 24 hours, an official said. ...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 >
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 >
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday said authorities cannot go against demolition orders issued by courts and stressed that displaced residents have been provided accommodation.Her words came in the wake of the recent Madrasi Camp demolition for which the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has criticised her. AAP has targeted Gupta, and alleged that the displaced Madrasi Camp residents were provided homes in faraway Narela, and those lack basic amenities.Attending an event to mark the construction of a Jan Sewa camp at a slum cluster in the Haiderpur area, Gupta told reporters: "In 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 >
Bangalore Gold Rate Today: Shattering all hopes of retail jewellery buyers of some relief amid the ongoing Navratri festival, gold rates in Bangalore, and other Indian cities broke another record on Monday, September 29. The price of gold in Bangalore, aka Bengaluru, witnessed a sharp surge bringing 24 karat gold Rs 16,000 above the historic Rs 1 lakh mark. The gold price rally in Karnataka capital mirrored the surge in gold rate in India and across the world. The sharp rally in precious metal is on its path to beat the record-rally of 1979. Multiple factors like US Fed rate cut, trade becau ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) Homegrown Premier Energies on Monday announced securing multiple solar contract worth USD 19.95 million (around Rs 177 crore) Republic of Benin, West Africa. These projects are part of a national initiative by the Government of Benin to expand access to reliable, sustainable clean energy, Premier Energies said in a statement. Implementation will be carried out by Premier Energies in collaboration with the General Directorate of Energy Planning and Rural Electrification, under the Ministry of Energy, Water and Mines, Republic of Benin. The scope of the contracts cover ...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 >
The Congress's 'Vote Chori' campaign has drawn criticism in Jubilee Hills after 43 voters were found registered under one address in Yousufguda. Opposition parties and netizens alleged voter manipulation ahead of the by-election. Hyderabad: The Congress party's 'Vote Chori' campaign in the Bihar Assembly elections has come back to haunt it in the Jubilee Hills by-election, after 43 voters were found registered under a single address in Yousufguda. According to the latest voters' list for Krishn ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy will address a meeting of Telugu film industry employees federation and its 24 other unions at Yousufguda Police Grounds in the bypoll-bound Jubilee Hills constituency on Tuesday.This comes after Revanth held a meeting with the Telugu film industry employees federation representatives at his residence on Sept 17 and addressed many of their demands. Now, the representatives have organised a felicitation for him on Oct 28 evening at Police Grounds, where agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao will also be felicitated.There are nearly 25,000 voters, c ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 6 (PTI) The Congress on Monday hit out at the Shiv Sena (UBT) over the latter's accusation that the grand old party was using regional outfits as "crutches", and not treating them as "equal stakeholders" in the Opposition alliance. Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant criticised the editorial in the Sena (UBT) mouthpiece 'Saamana', alleging that the newspaper's executive editor, MP Sanjay Raut, appears confused on several occasions between his roles as a politician and journalist. In a strongly-worded post on X, he noted that while a journalist's duty is to point out s ...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 >
New Delhi: Traffic in central Delhi will be affected on Thursday as the traffic police has issued an advisory due to the Janmashtami and Tazia processions.According to police, the traffic movement in Paharganj is likely to be affected from 1.30pm in view of the shobha yatra for Janmashtami and the Tazia procession.The Janmashtami procession will start from Mandir Shri Banke Bihari Ji in Paharganj's Sangatrasan Bazar and pass through Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, Chuna Mandi, Main Bazar, Munja Chowk and Arakashan Road. The Tazia procession will start from Ajmeri Gate and proceed through Pul Paharganj ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Congress party is deeply engrossed in wooing Tollywood celebrities, the workers more so, to enlist their support for its candidate in the ensuing by-election to the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency. Towards this, the ruling party has called for a meeting with Telugu film industry's workers here on Tuesday. This will be chaired by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. The workers make for an overwhelming vote bank given that their strength is approximately 10,000 in the Jubilee Hills constituency. Incidentally, Congress became the first party to reach out to this voter community. ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday warned educational institutions that cases would be booked against them if drugs were found in their premises. The CM announced that the state's Anti-Narcotics Bureau would henceforth be known as Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) and was tasked with curbing the menace of narcotics in the state. Speaking at an event marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2025 at Shilpakala Vedika here, Reddy placed an onus on educational institutions to ensure their campuses were free of drugs. "It is the ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of Jammu and Kashmir Police is conducting searches at ten locations across four districts in the Valley. An official told news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a terror-crime case linked to a terrorist sleeper cell and recruitment module handled by Jaish commander Abdullah Ghazi from across the border. The searches are underway at one location in Pulwama, six in Ganderbal, one in Srinagar, and two in Budgam district -- (KNO) ...Read More >
DCA officials in coordination with local police conducting surprise inspections at 20 gyms across Hyderabad on Friday. The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has launched a drive to stop the illegal sale and misuse of steroids and cardiac stimulants in gyms. The crackdown follows the recent seizure of 66 vials of 'Termiva' and 'Termin' injections, both containing Mephentermine Sulphate (30 mg/ml), which were being stocked and sold illegally to gym-goers for bodybuilding and endurance ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 8 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday said his party is ready to come together with anyone who will work to protect the interests of Maharashtra and Marathi manoos, his statement coming amid the rapprochement buzz between the Uddhav Thackeray-led party and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Talking to reporters here, Thackeray accused the BJP of "swallowing" Mumbai and Maharashtra. He said injustice is being meted out to Maharashtra by the BJP. "We have been saying this consistently. We are ready to work with anyone, any party that is ready to ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Renowned Telugu film actor and former BJP MLA Kota Srinivasa Rao passed away at the age of 83 after a prolonged illness. He breathed his last in the early hours of Sunday at his residence in Filmnagar, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, just two days after celebrating his 83rd birthday. A Storied Career Spanning Four Decades Born in Kankipadu in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, Rao made his cinematic debut in 1978 with the film Pranam Khareedhu. Over a prolific career spanning more than four decades, he appeared in over 750 films across Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi cinema, earning ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Symbols resembling the Bharat Rashtra Samithi's (BRS) 'car' have reappeared in the Jubilee Hills assembly by-election, causing concerns to the party over voter confusion. According to the official Form 7A list of contesting candidates, at least seven symbols similar to the 'car' have been allotted: chapati roller, road roller, camera, television, ship, soap dish, and 'dolli' (palanquin).Among these, Amboju Buddaiah of the Alliance of Democratic Reforms Party received the 'chapati roller', while Chepuri Raju of the Ambedkar National Congress was allotted the 'road roller'. Praveen Ku ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Voters in the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency will go to the polls today in a high-stakes byelection that has become a prestige battle for the Congress, which hopes to wrest the seat from the BRS, while the BJP seeks to make electoral inroads in the city. Polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm, with 58 candidates in the fray, though the main contest is between the three principal parties. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, buoyed by recent welfare initiatives and MIM support, has reportedly directed ministers a ...Read More >
Mumbai: An article by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi terming the 2024 state assembly polls as 'match-fixing' stirred a political controversy in Maharashtra. Statement Of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the Congress leader was insulting the voters and Ladki Bahins of Maharashtra. He said, "Rahul Gandhi has accepted his defeat in Bihar. As long as Rahul Gandhi keeps giving himself false assurances, his party can never win". Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule's Statement Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule criticised Gandhi, saying his party w ...Read More >
Hyderabad: With law enforcement agencies in many cases found to be violating the law by illegally intercepting the mobile phones of Opposition leaders and a wide section of society, the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre has proposed to amend the law and issue guidelines for intercepting phones, sources said on Sunday. According to the proposed guidelines, state governments and its investigation agencies will be limited to intercept mobile phones in their respective states, a senior police official told Deccan Chronicle. If the investigation agencies and the state police need to intercept ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The much-awaited day has finally arrived as Tollywood star Naga Chaitanya and actress Sobhita Dhulipala are all set to embark on a new chapter of their lives. The couple will exchange vows today, December 4, at the iconic Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad, surrounded by family, close friends, and loved ones. The wedding preparations have been overseen personally by Naga Chaitanya's father, veteran actor Nagarjuna Akkineni, and his younger brother, Akhil Akkineni. Both were spotted arriving at the venue in Jubilee Hills today, making heads turn with their grand entry. Akhil was seen d ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Congress hopes to secure a second Assembly seat in Hyderabad by winning the bypolls in the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency following the death of BRS incumbent Maganti Gopinath. The Congress, which drew a blank in the state capital in the 2023 Assembly polls, opened its account from Hyderabad by winning the Secunderabad Cantonment bypoll in June 2024 after the untimely death of Lasya Nanditha in February 2024. In the 2023 Assembly polls, Maganti Gopinath secured 80,549 votes and defeated the Congress candidate Mohammad Azharuddin with a majority of over 16,000 votes. The B ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Unidentified individuals sent emails to the chief judge of the city civil courts complex in Hyderabad, the Gymkhana Club, and Raj Bhavan, alleging that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were planted on the premises on Tuesday. Anti-sabotage checks were conducted at the three locations, and the threat was declared a hoax.At 3:43 am, a person named Abdia Abdulla emailed the chief judge of the civil courts complex and the Hyderabad Gymkhana Club, claiming that four RDX-based IEDs had been placed at both sites. The message instructed judges and staff to evacuate the buildings.The send ...Read More >
A two-hour experimental one-way traffic system around the 390-acre Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) national park on Sunday offered a glimpse into how Hyderabad's ambitious Hyderabad City Innovative & Transformative Infrastructure (H-CITI) project could reshape movement in one of city's busiest corridors. Traffic police officials identified a few issues that must be addressed before a full rollout. The trial, conducted between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. across a stretch covering KBR Main Gate, Basavatarakam ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The craze for Telugu cinema and the larger-than-life aura of its heroines has always gripped fans like a fever. In an industry known for its whistles and fan wars, something very different hit the screens on but on June 4, 2010. Vedam, directed by Krish Jagarlamudi, wasn't just a film -- it was a bold new chapter in Telugu storytelling. With a stellar cast featuring Allu Arjun, Anushka Shetty, and Manchu Manoj, the film wove together five powerful stories into one unforgettable climax. It broke away from the formula and sparked a wave of anthology-style narratives that reshaped the ...Read More >