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All measures in place for Ganesh Festival: Telangana DGP

City police are all geared up to ensure smooth Ganesh festival in twin cities of Hyderabad and Secundrabad in Telangana State. About 20,000 police personnel and men have been deployed to ensure Ganesh Immersion proceeds without hassle tomorrow, according the DGP office. “All measures are in place to ensure a smooth conclusion of the Ganesh […]

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Rain Forecast: Telangana CM puts administration on alert

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has put the entire administration on alert in view of forecast of heavy rainfall in the next two days. KCR spoke to Chief Secretary Dr. Rajiv Sharma and Revenue Department Special Chief Secretary Pradeep Chandra and directed them to keep the entire official machinery in Hyderabad and all […]

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‘Hyderabad is Kashmir-friendly’: Interview with Tajamul Islam, President, MANUU Student Union

Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) student union president, Tajamul Islam talks about new vice chancellor, issues he fought for in the election, life of Kashmiri students in the campus and gender disparity, among host of others things in an interview with Fasiullah SM. 1. What’s your reflection on being the first Kashmiri president of […]

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Haj pilgrim from Hyderabad dies in Arafat

Hyderabad: A Haj pilgrim from Hyderabad, Aterwale Mujeeb Ur Rehman, passed away in Arafat on Sunday. He was 70. According to Telangana State Haj Committee Special Officer Prof. S.A. Shukoor, Mujeeb Ur Rehman was a resident of Nawab Sahab Kunta in the Old City of Hyderabad. He was accompanied by his daughter and son in […]

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INCOIS conducts mock drill on Tsunami warnings

Hyderabad: Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (ESSO-INCOIS) conducted a Mock Drill on Tsunami Warnings in a grand manner at its office in Pragati nagar in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference later, INCOIS Director Satheesh Shenai said that the Mock Drill exercise organized under auspices of UNESCO’s Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission is called […]

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Cab operators threaten stir over Ola, Uber ‘share cabs’

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Cabs and Bus Operators Association (TSCBOA) has threatened to go on strike if the State Government fails to ban ‘Share Cabs’ being operated by Mobile App-based aggregators Uber and Ola. In a representation made to Transport Commissioner Sandeep Kumar Sultania on Wednesday, the TSCBOA accused the authorities of ignoring open violation […]

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GHMC constitutes expert committee for quality construction in city

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has constituted an expert committee to examine the entire gambit of construction of buildings in a comprehensive manner and to work out a strategy to prevent incidents of building collapse and suggest suitable measures. In the recent past, several incidents of collapse of building/arch/canopy have occurred resulting in loss […]

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Cyber crimes pose the biggest challenge to security agencies: Rajnath Singh

Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that cyber crimes today pose the biggest challenge to the security and law enforcement forces. Addressing the Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers and other officers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad on Friday, he said the role of police is changing with […]

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Heavy rains disrupt normal life in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Heavy rains disrupted the normal life in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad on Wednesday. At least eight persons were killed in separate rain-related incidents. While several low-lying areas got submerged in the rains that lashed the twin cities in the early hours, the movement of vehicular traffic was badly on almost all […]

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Use simple sentences to communicate with readers, Mir Ayoob Ali Khan to young essayists

Use simple sentences to communicate with readers coherently, advised Mir Ayoob Ali Khan, Special Affairs Editor, Times of India, Hyderabad Edition in a Prize Distribution ceremony organized by Hyderabad Youth Mirror to felicitate students who topped in Essay Competition 2016. Below is the transcript of the talk. Good evening. I am very pleased and feel […]