Hyderabad: News

03 Feb 2019

Suicide

'Life holds no intrigue': IIT-Hyderabad student wrote before committing suicide

It's now believed that the 21-year-old IIT-Hyderabad student, Anirudhya Mummaneni, who was found dead on campus in the wee hours of Friday, had committed suicide.

20 Jan 2019

India

Hyderabad police now sends letters to drunk driver's HR head

Drunk driving is one of the most common causes of accidents in India and the traffic police have been coming up with new tactics to prevent such mishaps.

19 Jan 2019

Telangana

Mortal remains of siblings, who died in US-fire, reach Hyderabad

The bodies of three teenage siblings from Telangana, who were among four people killed in a fire at a house in Tennessee, USA, two days before Christmas, have been brought in Hyderabad, Telangana.

13 Jan 2019

Telangana

Telangana waives toll tax on the eve of Makar Sankranti

The Telangana government has waived toll tax for commuters on national highways on January 13 and 16 in view of the Makar Sankranti festival.

12 Jan 2019

Delhi Police

Delhi: Jealous of nephew, man buries him, plants saplings

In a disturbing news, a man was arrested from Hyderabad by Delhi Police recently for murdering his nephew three years ago.

20 Dec 2018

India

After Hyderabad, IKEA eyes Noida with Rs. 5,000cr investment

A few months after opening its first Indian store in Hyderabad, Swedish furniture giant IKEA has now set its sight on Noida.

18 Dec 2018

India

Scooter-sharing platform Vogo raises $100mn from Ola

Bengaluru-based dockless scooter renting platform Vogo has raised a whopping $100mn from Indian ride-hailing giants Ola.

17 Dec 2018

Smartphones

Student commits suicide after mother scolds her over phone addiction

Heated arguments with loved ones often make one deeply upset and sometimes such arguments lead one to take extreme steps.

TISS Hyderabad students begin indefinite hunger strike: Here's why

After around a month of protests, students of the Hyderabad off-campus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) began an indefinite hunger strike on Monday morning.

08 Dec 2018

India

Doctor sues coaching-institute after failing to crack AIIMS-entrance, wins case

Every year in India, lakhs of students in India appear for various entrance exams.

27 Nov 2018

India

Hyderabad: Contract marriage menace continues, racket busted, four arrested

Four people, including two women, were arrested yesterday in Hyderabad for their involvement in a contract marriage racket.

22 Nov 2018

Andhra Pradesh

Richest member in Chandrababu's family is his four-year-old grandson

Nara Devansh, the grandson of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is the richest member of the family, having assets worth Rs. 18.71 crore.

18 Nov 2018

Indian Penal Code

Hyderabad: IIT dropouts among 9 held in MLM fraud case

Nine people, including some IIT dropouts, have been arrested in Hyderabad in connection with a Rs. 30 crore Multi Level Marketing fraud case, police said.

09 Nov 2018

Suicide

Hyderabad: Man jumps from metro station, commits suicide

In the second such incident in a week, an as yet unidentified man jumped from the top of a metro station in Hyderabad, and fell to his death on Thursday.

09 Nov 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Hyderabad might get a name change if BJP gets power

Following on the footsteps of the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, a BJP MLA from Hyderabad has now promised that the party will change the city's name to Bhagyanagar if voted to power.

07 Nov 2018

Facebook

#RIPHumanity: Puppies burnt alive in Hyderabad while their mother cried

In a gruesome and shocking incident, four puppies were burnt alive in an open plot in Kapra in Hyderabad on Sunday.

03 Nov 2018

VVS Laxman

VVS Laxman unveils cover of autobiography titled '281 And Beyond'

Veteran cricketer VVS Laxman, in association with Star Sports, has launched the cover of his much-awaited autobiography, "281 and Beyond", via Facebook live stream.

14 Oct 2018

Telangana

#TelanganaElections: Social media to be monitored for poll code violations

Social media posts of political parties and groups in poll-bound Telangana will come under the Election Commission's scanner to check for any objectionable content under the Model Code of Conduct, state Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar has said.

13 Oct 2018

Venkaiah Naidu

Vice President Naidu releases biography of late engineer Anumolu Ramakrishna

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu yesterday released a biography of late Anumolu Ramakrishna, a pioneer in the application of innovative systems and construction techniques in the Indian construction sector.

07 Oct 2018

Telangana

Qualcomm to create $400mn largest-ever foreign campus in Hyderabad

Hyderabad already hosts mega campuses of tech behemoths like Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and others in India.

07 Oct 2018

Facebook

Hyderabad: Teenager rejects married man's proposal, he kills her

In an appalling incident, a teenager died after she was set ablaze by a jilted lover for rejecting his marriage proposal.

01 Oct 2018

Goa

Goa: 24-year-old man dies of suspected drug overdose

A 24-year-old picnicker from Hyderabad, staying in a hotel at popular Anjuna beach in Goa, died in Panaji today, police said.

30 Sep 2018

Jet Airways

Jet Airways Hyderabad-Indore flight makes emergency landing following engine failure

A Jet Airways aircraft from Hyderabad to Indore with 103 people on board made an emergency landing at Indore airport today after one of its engines failed.

Triple talaq ordinance is against women, says Asaduddin Owaisi

Alleging that the NDA government's ordinance on triple talaq was "against women" and "fundamental rights" of the Constitution, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has demanded its withdrawal.

23 Sep 2018

Narendra Modi

Hyderabad: Metro services on Ameerpet-LB Nagar route from tomorrow

Hyderabad Metro Rail is all set to start services on a 16km stretch between Ameerpet to LB Nagar tomorrow, making the entire Corridor-1 phase operational.

20 Sep 2018

Honor Killing

Hyderabad: Daughter critical after father attacks her over inter-caste marriage

In yet another horrific incident, a 20-year-old woman was attacked by her father in Hyderabad on Wednesday for marrying a man against the family's wishes.

13 Sep 2018

Andhra Pradesh

#GaneshChaturthi: 580kgs laddu offered to Lord Ganesha in Hyderabad

A 'laddu' weighing about 580kgs, known as 'maha prasadam', was offered to the idol of Lord Ganesha installed at the Film Nagar Daiva Sannidhanam (Temple Complex) in Hyderabad today.

13 Sep 2018

Telangana

#GaneshChaturthi: 18,000 policemen deployed in Hyderabad

As many as 18,000 policemen have been deployed in Hyderabad for Ganesh Chaturthi and subsequent immersion after ten days, police said today.

11 Sep 2018

India

Wow! Hyderabad police crack Nizam museum robbery in a week

It took just a week for the sleuths to crack the sensational robbery that occurred on September 3 at the Nizam's Museum in Hyderabad.

11 Sep 2018

Telangana

Converting dump-yard, Telangana government builds country's first dog park

Pet lovers in Hyderabad have a reason to celebrate as the city is set to get country's first dog park near Radisson Hotel, Kondapur.

10 Sep 2018

India

#HyderabadTwinBlasts: Two terrorists sentenced to death, one gets life term

A metropolitan court in Hyderabad has sentenced two of the terrorists convicted in the 2007 twin blasts case to death and another to life imprisonment today.

04 Sep 2018

India

2007 Hyderabad blast: 2 Indian Mujahideen men convicted, 2 acquitted

On Tuesday, a Hyderabad court convicted two among the seven accused Indian Mujahideen operatives in the 2007 twin blasts case, that left 44 people dead and 68 injured.

04 Sep 2018

Rolls-Royce

Hyderabad: Diamond-studded tiffin box, ruby cup stolen from Nizam Museum

A precious gold tiffin box weighing 2 kg, a ruby-studded cup and saucer, and a spoon, were found stolen from Nizam's Museum in Hyderabad yesterday.

03 Sep 2018

IKEA

Hyderabad: Worm in biryani costs IKEA fine and Twitterati's ire

Almost a month after serpentine queues dotted its Hyderabad store, IKEA has been slammed after a customer found a worm in the vegetable biryani served to him.

01 Sep 2018

NT Rama Rao

Hospital-staff sacked for clicking selfie with ex-Andhra CM's son's body

Four staff members of Hyderabad's Kamineni Hospital were sacked for clicking a selfie with the dead body of ex-Andhra CM's son, Nandamuri Harikrishna, who passed away earlier this week.

31 Aug 2018

South Indian Cinema

Tollywood: Telugu film director B Jaya dies of heart attack

Noted Telugu film director B Jaya died of a cardiac arrest, family sources said in Hyderabad today. She was 54.

29 Aug 2018

India

Bhima-Koregaon case: Varavara Rao's arrest operation 'illegal', claims Rao's family

The arrest of Left-leaning poet and writer Varavara Rao and searches at his two daughters' residences were "illegal", claims Rao's nephew, N Venugopal.

27 Aug 2018

Gujarat Police

2007 Hyderabad blasts case judgment to be delivered on Sept-4

A local court in Hyderabad today said the judgment in the 2007 Hyderabad twin-bomb blasts case will be delivered on September 4.