'Been living in fear': Fire in Hyd pharma unit, residents demand closure
Residents of Subhash Nagar staged a dharna and demanded that the authorities close down all the factories in the locality as fire-related incidents have become a regular occurrence.Balakrishna Ganeshan...
View ArticleUniversity in Hyd denies entrance exam admit card to 'politically active'...
EducationA senior official from the university said that the admit cards had been withheld because of “irregularities”.Haripriya SureshWikimedia Commons/ShahnawazeflAbdul Jaffar, a PhD aspirant at the...
View Article'Bouncers' hired by Hyd college for discipline assault students, police...
CrimeThe college said that they have a ‘discipline team’ on campus, but denied hiring bouncers. TNM StaffThe Pochampally police in Hyderabad registered a case against St Mary’s College, Deshmukhi, on...
View ArticleHyd Muslim group says cartoon on diapers resembles 'Mohammed' in Urdu, files...
Controversy"Even with (the) bare eye it is identified that the name of Prophet can be seen printed on it in Urdu/Arabic," the police complaint states.TNM StaffImage: Facebook/The Munsif DailySeveral...
View ArticleTelangana groom set ablaze, police arrest bride and boyfriend
CrimeAfter earlier attempts to break off the wedding failed, the bride and her boyfriend conspired to allegedly attack the groom.TNM StaffImage for representation30-year-old Yakaiah succumbed to his...
View ArticleMono-crops, agrarian crisis and more: Telangana farmers take the stage to...
Theatre'Doolam Ekkina Moodu Koyyalu', a play organised by Kudali, gives farmers a platform to communicate their issues and provide their insight.Balakrishna GaneshanFarmers from the marginalized...
View ArticleAfter protests, fruit vendors around Charminar relocated for pedestrian project
ControversyThe ongoing Charminar Pedestrianisation Project (CPP) has hit the business of several hawkers around the historic monument in Hyderabad.TNM StaffImage: Facebook/Syed Ahmed Pasha QuadriDays...
View Article'Open Secunderabad cantonment roads': Local school starts online petition
ConflictA road through the cantonment was closed, which meant an 800-m ride has now become an 8-km ride. Nitin B.With the number of admissions dropping steeply, a school in Secunderabad's cantonment...
View ArticleOld cannon found while digging plot in Hyderabad, believed to be Nizam-era relic
HeritageThe Archaeological dept could not ascertain the history of the cannon and confirm if it was made during the Nizam period.TNM StaffConstruction workers on Sunday stumbled upon what looks like a...
View ArticleTISS Hyd students demand financial autonomy, threaten to go on hunger strike
EducationStudents said that the campus faces other issues such as sexual harassment, poor infrastructure and lack of security, which can be resolved with partial decentralisation.Balakrishna...
View ArticleVery disappointed with PM Modi for neglecting farmers, says Telangana CM KCR
PoliticsThere is no difference between the Congress and BJP. Both are anti-farmer,” KCR said.TNM StaffImage: Facebook/KCRTelangana Chief Minister and TRS party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao lashed out at...
View ArticleTelangana BJP MLA Kishan Reddy’s website hacked, files police complaint
Cyber CrimeA message on the hacked website said, "Free Kashmir, because it is ours! Pakistan Zindabad." TNM StaffImage: Facebook/Kishan ReddyTelangana BJP MLA G Kishan Reddy on Monday lodged a...
View ArticleTelangana father ties minor son to pole for skipping school, activists demand...
Child rightsActivists say that the reasons for the child not wanting to go to school must be probed.TNM StaffA minor boy in Telangana was tied to an electric pole near his house by his own father,...
View ArticleFirst humiliated, now ostracised: Dalit families in Telangana roll beedis to...
Caste“It’s been five months now, and there are no means for us to survive. Nobody is giving us work,” laments Rajeshwar.Balakrishna GaneshanRajeshwar and Lakshman are two Dalit men from Abhangapatnam...
View ArticleFire scare onboard Telangana CM KCR's chopper, security throws out smoking bag
PoliticsThe incident took place minutes before Chief Minister KCR was to leave for Adilabad district from Karimnagar.TNM StaffFile photoA fire scare on the helicopter of Telangana Chief Minister K....
View ArticleTISS Hyderabad students intensify protests, go on hunger strike
EducationThe students are demanding that the administration revoke the 2015 notice discontinuing financial aid to SC/ST and OBC students.Balakrishna GaneshanStudents of TISS Hyderabad have started...
View ArticleTelangana urges Centre to sanction defence corridor, KTR writes to Nirmala...
DevelopmentThe Minister said that the state has trained manpower and the proposed corridor would generate much needed jobs for local youth. TNM StaffThe government of Telangana has urged the Centre to...
View ArticleHyderabad woman staged her own 'kidnap' to avoid forced marriage, say police
CrimeThe police said that she was in love with one person, but her mother was trying to get her married to another.TNM StaffImage for representationA day after news reports that a 20-year-old woman was...
View ArticleOsmania University bans entry of private vehicles to prevent accidents,...
NewsThe main road that cuts across the university is used by thousands of people everyday.TNM StaffIn a move that could affect the daily commute of thousands of residents in Hyderabad, the Osmania...
View ArticleAfter torture in Pakistan, 45-year-old Hyd woman all set to return home
CrimeMohammadia Begum’s had been stuck in Pakistan and was allegedly being tortured by her husband and in-laws.TNM StaffAfter being allegedly tortured in Pakistan by her husband, 45-year-old Mohammadia...
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