Hyderabad: Raja Ratna Health Care & Educational Trust, a Hyderabad based NGO, will felicitate 100 women with unique achievements. They include Bamboo Entrepreneur-Aruna Kappagunthula; Dr. Aruna Ramaiah— a Government Doctor who never had private practice nor clinic; Parody Queen Aruna Subba Rao; Auto Driver Narayanamma; Search for an eco-friendly Sofa …

Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has been selected for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration in the group ‘Other States’ for excellence in implementing ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna’. The Award will be presented by Prime Minister Narender Modi on the Civil Services Day to be held …

Hyderabad: Led by AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, a delegation of Muslim leaders called on Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan demanded re-investigation of the Mecca Masjid blast and related matters. They gave a detailed summary of Mecca Masjid bomb blast case in their 9 page memorandum and expressed shock over …

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Secretary S.K. Joshi on Thursday advised the bankers to make arrangements for opening accounts for all eligible citizens. He also asked citizens to benefit from Bank Mitra Seva scheme. Addressing a meeting of State-level Financial Inclusion Committee at the State Secretariat, Joshi said several services were being …

Hyderabad: Social activist Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi has been selected for the 27th Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award. The award is being given to Maqsusi in recognition of his dedication to uplifting the lives of people in marginalised communities by feeding the hungry, the Yudhvir Foundation announced in a press release …

Hyderabad: Senior Media Person Sardar Harpal Singh, described “purposeful journalism’’ as a channel to highlight the issues faced by the underprivileged sections of the society. “In the West, political coverage that formed the dominant part of the journalism until recently is pushed down to give more attention to reports that …

Hyderabad: The Haj Committee of India has announced that 31 more Haj Applicants, from Telangana State have been declared selected provisionally for Haj 2018. Telangana State Haj Committee chairman Mohammed Masiullah Khan, in a press release issued here today, said that the applicants under the Waiting List up to 349 …

Bhadrachalam: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao not only cheated people, but also God. Uttam Kumar Reddy and other senior leaders of Congress party, who were in temple town of Bhadrachalam on Wednesday as part of Praja Chaintanya …

Hyderabad: BJP MP and former union minister Bandaru Dattatreya has claimed that the Central Government has sanctioned as many as 2,88,204 toilets as part of Swach Bharat Abhiyan. Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, Dattatreya said that the Centre would be paying Rs. 10,000 for each toilet, State Government …

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration Minister K. Tarakarama Rao has appreciated the services rendered by Deputy Mayor Baba Fasiuddin for his visits and inspections taken up at late midnights where the ongoing road repairing works are being taken up in various parts of the GHMC limits. The GHMC is taking up Road …