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Hyderabad: The Hussaini Alam police took an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader, Sahil Akbar, into custody for allegedly protesting during the GHMC demolition drive near Mahboob Chowk market on April 4. Akbar is in charge of the Ghansi Bazaar Division. He was forcefully bundled into a police patrol vehicle and shifted to an undisclosed place. The previous day, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) removed 798 encroachments across Hyderabad, targeting footpaths and road margins. Under the Charminar Zone, 52 encroachments were removed along the Laad Bazar-Puranapul Road stretch, with 17 permanent and 35 temporary structures. This was met with stiff resistance from the locals and MIM party leaders.
The Hyderabad Traffic Police have issued an advisory in view of the Bonalu festivities on July 20 and 21, with diversions planned across old city, Amberpet, and Chilkalguda areas to ensure public safety and smooth movement of devotees. Traffic diversions will be enforced around Mahankali Temple in Amberpet from 6 a.m. on July 20 to 6 a.m. on July 22. Vehicles from Uppal heading towards Chaderghat or MGBS will have to use Amberpet flyover. Devotees visiting the temple will be allowed to park at t ...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 >
According to sources, Mohammed Muzaffar Hussain passed away while being taken to hospital. Mohammed Muzaffar Hussain, the corporator from Santosh Nagar division, passed away on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) following a heart attack. He was 55. According to sources, Mr. Hussain had attended the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Council meeting earlier on Wednesday and returned to his house in Madannapet. He later felt unwell and contacted an associate. However, he passed away while being t ...Read More >
MUMBAI: ICICI Bank has rolled back its rule requiring new savings accounts opened after Aug 1 to maintain a monthly average balance (MAB) of Rs 50,000 and has revised the threshold to Rs 15,000. The move follows a social media backlash against the higher balance requirement, which was criticised for making banking exclusive.The bank said it has revised its schedule of charges and MAB requirements following customer feedback. The changes do not apply to salary accounts, senior citizens above 60 years, basic accounts/PM Jan Dhan Yojana accounts, or those opened before July 31, 2025.Meanwhile, HD ...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: With the expansion of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to 300 wards, the civic body is set for a major administrative overhaul. GHMC is likely to add more than 20 new circles and four additional zones to manage the expanded jurisdiction more efficiently.If finalised, GHMC will operate with 50 circles and 10 zones, up from the existing 30 circles and six zones. Sources also indicated that the structure could be scaled up further -- to 60 circles and 12 zones -- dependi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A day after AIMIM leaders allegedly obstructed Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials and injured a constable during an anti-encroachment drive, city police on Sunday arrested the son of a former corporator.Police said Sahil Akber was arrested, while his father, former corporator Ghouse, and MLC Rahmat Baig have also been named as accused in the case."Sahil Akber has been arrested and produced before the court for judicial remand. Efforts are underway to take further ...Read More >
Hyderabad: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has termed the GHMC's order for closure of meat shops and slaughterhouses on Independence Day as 'unconstitutional'.He slammed the civic body for issuing such an order, calling it a violation of the right to livelihood and nutrition.Addressing the media, Owaisi said: "Many municipal corporations in India seemed to have ordered that slaughterhouses and meat shops should be closed on Aug 15. Unfortunately, GHMC has also made a similar order. This is callous and unconstitutional. What's the connection between eating meat and celebrating ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hussaini Alam police arrested Sahil Akbar, AIMIM Ghansi Bazaar division in‑charge, for reportedly manhandling government officials during an anti‑encroachment drive at Mahbub Chowk on Saturday. After GHMC demolished several roadside shops across Mahbub Chowk and Murgi Chowk, local AIMIM leaders resisted, explaining to officers that the kiosks had been allotted several years ago, police said. AIMIM MLC Mirza Rahmath Baig and other leaders allegedly tried to prevent GHMC workers and police officials deployed during the drive, police added. A case of obstructing a government servant ...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 >
Patna: In a major political declaration, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Sunday announced his party's intention to contest all 243 seats in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Speaking at a public rally in Saran district, bordering his Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency, Paswan's announcement signals a bold shift in the state's political narrative."When I say Chirag Paswan will contest the election, I mean that I will field candidates from all 243 seats in Bihar. I will contest from all seats," he told the cheering crowd.Addressing supporters with fervour, Paswan said, "I ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A five-year-old girl from Moula Ka Chilla under the Rein Bazar division narrowly escaped injury on Thursday morning after falling into an open manhole while on her way to school. While her mother quickly grabbed her to minimise the impact, local residents and pedestrians came to her aid and rescued her.After the incident came to light, officials visited the child's residence to check on her well-being. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) said preliminary reports indicate ...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 >
Rangareddy (Telangana) [India], September 26 (ANI): Heavy rainfall caused severe waterlogging in Mithila Nagar colony, Meerpet Municipal Corporation, Rangareddy district, Telangana. Following the weather forecast of more rain in the next two days, a day earlier, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy asked the state administration to stay on high alert to manage the situation. Also Read | Ladakh Statehood Protest: Curfew Continues in Leh and Kargil To Maintain Law and Order; Home Ministry Team Meets LAB, KDA Members. According to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), officials across all dep ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 6 (ANI): The Hussainialam Police have arrested a key accused involved in a violent altercation during a GHMC anti-encroachment drive at Murgi Chowk. Khare Kiran Prabhakar DCP, Chairman Zone, Hyderabad, in a statement, said that the incident, which took place on April 4, involved the obstruction of public servants and a physical assault on a police constable who was protecting GHMC officers on duty. Also Read | Haryana: Man Dies by Suicide During Video Call With Partner in Faridabad. On April 4, at approximately 10:15 AM, GHMC officials, supported by poli ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad MP and AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has criticised the decision to close slaughterhouses and meat shops on Independence Day, August 15, calling the move by municipal corporations unconstitutional. Owaisi said that various municipal corporations across India, including the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), ordering the closure of slaughterhouses and meat shops on India's Independence Day is callous and unconstitutional. He questioned the logic behind the meat ban and celebrating Independence Day. On social media, Owaisi posted, "Many municipal corporatio ...Read More >
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA from Malakpet, Ahmed Balala, on Tuesday, December 16, alleged that the delimitation of new GHMC wards was aimed towards damaging his party. On December 9, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation issued a preliminary delimitation notification after the state government announced the decision to merge of 27 urban local bodies into the corporation. The notification doubled the number of wards from the current 150 to 300. Citizens were asked to submit their suggestions or objections at the circle/ zonal offices within a week. Howe ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Hussaini Alam police on Sunday arrested Sahil Akber, son of a former MIM corporator, for his alleged involvement in a violent altercation during a GHMC anti-encroachment drive at Murgi Chowk on Saturday. In a press note, Charminar DCP Khare Kiran Prabhakar said that at around 10.15 am on Saturday, GHMC officials, supported by police personnel, were carrying out an official drive to remove illegal encroachments from Laad Bazar to Puranapool. At Murgi Chowk, the accused, Sahil Akber, along with Ghouse, a former corporator, and Rahmath Baig, an MLC, allegedly formed an unlawful assem ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 7 (ANI): BJP leader NV Subhash on Tuesday accused leaders of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) of encroaching land in Hyderabad's Old City, alleging administrative inaction and police complicity. "AIMIM corporators, MLCs and leaders have encroached the land in the Old City with the help of local leaders. Instead of removing the encroachments, the leaders have supported those who have done encroachments with the help of the police," Subhash told ANI. He further alleged inaction on the part of civic and law enforcement authorities, stating, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Thousands of people who gathered at ashoorkhana in Dabeerpura on the 10th day of Muharram (Youm-e-Ashura) took part in the Bibi-ka-Alam procession. The procession commenced from Dabeerpura on an elephant and concluded at Chaderghat. The Shia mourners took out the procession to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Mohammad's grandson, Imam Hussain, on the 10th day of Muharram. Members of the Shia sect performed matam and participated in processions. The 10th Muharram is the day on which Imam Hussain was martyred in the battle of Karbala by Yazid and his army. The relic made of ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad traffic police have announced traffic restrictions on September 14, from 8 am to 8 pm, in view of the Milad-un-Nabi peace procession to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammed. Several processions will be taken out across the city during the day. Commuters have been advised to avoid the procession routes and take alternative roads to reach their destinations. In case of any traffic emergency, motorists can contact the traffic helpline 9010203626 for travel assistance. The main processions include the one from Falaknuma to Volta Hotel via Charminar; Yahiya Pasha Da ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Commuters in the Old City received a major relief from traffic congestion, with the launch of the parallel road overbridge (ROB) at Falaknuma on Friday. Built adjacent to the existing structure on the Secunderabad-Falaknuma broad gauge railway line, the bridge was thrown open to traffic by transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar, along with AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owasi and GHMC officials. The new structure will ease congestion and streamline traffic flow between Barkas Junction to Falaknuma depot, Charminar and other surrounding key areas. It will also provide majo ...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: Telangana BJP senior leader and former MLA N V S S Prabhakar on Tuesday accused the state Congress government of imposing a heavy financial burden on the citizens of Hyderabad following the merger of 27 local bodies into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Addressing the media, Prabhakar, who also serves as convenor of the GHMC delimitation monitor committee, alleged that the Congress government intends to raise thousands of crores of rupees in loans by projecting the GHMC's expanded population, which now exceeds 1.50 crore. He criticised the move as unilateral and ...Read More >
Union Minister of State Bandi Sanjay Kumar cast his vote at a polling booth in Karimnagar. Karimnagar MP and Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday praised the BJP's victory in the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation elections as "historic", declaring that the party will next target Hyderabad. "For the first time in Telangana, we have hoisted the saffron flag over a municipal corporation. Today, I am overwhelmed with happiness," he said while addressing his supporters after the Telangana muni ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Core Urban Region (CURE) -- comprising GHMC, Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) and Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (MMC) -- collected Rs 2,558.80 crore in property tax for 2025-26. Before the merger of 27 ULBs, the GHMC alone collected Rs 2,038 crore in 2024-25. Officials said the increase was driven largely by a 90% interest waiver on arrears under a One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme, which yielded Rs 548 crore. GHMC secured Rs 233 crore, CMC Rs 189 crore and MMC Rs 126 crore under OTS. CMC, covering Serilingampally, Kukatpally and Quthbullapur, emerged as the top contrib ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The upcoming Jubilee Hills by-election has turned into a do-or-die battle for the Bharat Rashtra Samithi. Determined to defend a seat it has held twice in a row -- in 2018 and 2023 -- the party is preparing to launch its campaign after the Dasara festival.The bypoll was necessitated by the death of sitting MLA Maganti Gopinath in June. The BRS has unofficially fielded his wife, Maganti Sunitha, who has already been participating in workers' meetings across the constituency. Party leade ...Read More >
Asaduddin Owaisi, Aaditya Thackeray and Ajit Pawar have spoken out against the meat ban ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Meat shops and slaughterhouses ordered closed on Independence Day in several Indian cities * AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi called the ban callous and unconstitutional * Deputy CM Ajit Pawar criticised the ban in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as wrong to impose Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: A huge political ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a major development during the GHMC anti-encroachment drive in Hyderabad Old City, Sahil Akbar was taken into custody by Hussaini Alam Police on April 5, 2026, near Mahboob Chowk. He was later produced before a magistrate and sent to judicial custody. The incident comes amid rising tensions over the Hyderabad Old City anti-encroachment drive, which has triggered protests and political reactions. According to police, the action was taken during the ongoing demolition drive in the Old City. Authorities stated that the action was taken to maintain law and order during the operati ...Read More >