Gattipally Shivpal, who hails from Hyderabad, has become the first dwarf in the country to obtain a driver’s license. The 42-year-old man with a height of about three feet has beaten all odds and has become the first to complete his degree as a handicapped in his district Karimnagar. Shivpal finished his degree […]
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5 held in ATM fraud case in Hyderabad, 3 absconding
Hyderabad Police busted a gang from Haryana and arrested five persons involved in several cases of fraudulent transactions at ATM centres in Hussaini Alam here, officials said on Tuesday. The police said that the gang had withdrawn approximately Rs 5 lakh cash this year and three of their associates are absconding. […]
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Hyderabad: 4 held for murder of NRI businessman
Telangana Police on Friday arrested four brothers for allegedly killing an NRI businessman in Hyderabad. According to Gajarao Bhupal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South Zone (Hyderabad), the arrested accused are identified as–Rayees Jabri, Adil Jabri, Syeed Saleh Jabri and Saad Bin Saleh Jabri. All residents of the Chandrayangutta area of the […]
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Hyderabad-based company making AC helmets for industrial workers
With an aim to improve the working conditions of industrial workers, a Hyderabad-based company is building helmets with an inbuilt air-conditioner. Speaking about the innovative project, Kaustabh Kaundinya, Co-Founder and CEO of Jarsh Innovation that makes the AC helmets, said that the idea for the innovative product stuck when he and his co-founders […]
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Parliamentary Standing Committee visits BDL in Hyderabad to study Defence PSUs
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, chaired by MP Jual Oram visited Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) in Hyderabad on Friday. The committee visited to study the ‘Modernization of Defence Public Sector Undertaking’. On arrival, the committee was received by Chief Managing Director of BDL Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd) at BDL, […]
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Magnitude 4 earthquake strikes near Hyderabad
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale was reported near Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh on Monday, said the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at 5 am. The epicenter of the earthquake lay in Andhra Pradesh, 156 kilometers South of Hyderabad at a depth of 10 kilometers, said the NCS. “An […]
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Hyderabad: 45-foot idol to be set up for Ganesh Chaturthi this year
The Khairtabad Bada Ganesh in Hyderabad is already gearing up to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi and the Ganesh Utsav Committee has announced its Ganesh design for this year – ‘Shri Panchamukha Rudra Maha Ganapathy’. For the last 67 years, the Ganesh Utsav Committee has been celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi in a very […]
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66-year-old wrestler in Hyderabad trains, inspires youth
A 66-year-old wrestler is a source of inspiration to the youth near the Golconda Fort area. Mohammed Ajmer Khan, who has been practicing since the age of 16, now trains the next generation in the hope of passing along his learnings. He has been giving lessons since 1985 and has participated in […]
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Hyderabad: Two Teenage girls run mental health awareness programs at govt schools, orphanages
Two teenage girls from Hyderabad have been running a successful initiative ‘Vishwasa’ to create awareness about mental health and teach life skills to students at government schools and orphanages across the city. The 16-year-old duo, Rhea Thakkal and Ankitha Reddy, founded the NGO ‘Vishwasa’ in 2019 with an aim to create awareness […]
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Covid-19 vaccination drive with Rs 500 subsidy on jabs for Jain community launched in Hyderabad
The Jain Community under Sri Jain Shwetamber Terapanthi Sabha on Thursday launched a COVID-19 vaccination drive for the city’s Jain Community in which a subsidy of Rs 500 is being given on prices fixed by the state government on vaccine doses. This vaccination drive, which will continue till June 15, […]
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Centre books 30 cr doses of second made-in-India Covid vaccine from Hyderabad-based Biological-E
The health ministry has finalised arrangements with Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Biological-E to book 30 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, set to be manufactured and stockpiled from August to December this year. As per a health ministry statement on Thursday, an advance payment of Rs 1,500 crore will be made to Biological-E from the Centre. […]
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Hyderabad cab drivers association offering free cab service to pregnant women amid lockdown
Hyderabad-based cab driver association “Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union” (TGPWU) is offering help to pregnant women by giving them free cab service to the hospital. They have helped safely escort more than 27 pregnant women to hospitals during the last week of lockdown in Telangana. Speaking to ANI, Shaik Salauddin, the founder […]
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Hyderabad-based NGO aims to bring hope to differently-abled people
Looking at the problems faced by the differently-abled people who belong to poor communities, a Hyderabad-based NGO ‘Hope Angel Foundation’ is distributing free tricycles and wheelchairs to them. Till now around 330 tricycles and wheelchairs have been distributed to the differently able people who belong to poor and downtrodden sections of the community. Shaker Hussain, […]
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AIMIM leader stabbed to death in Hyderabad
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asad Khan was allegedly stabbed to death in Hyderabad on Thursday. The incident took place in the Rajender Nagar police station limits. According to police, they suspect that Khan’s opponents may have killed him. “An unidentified person stabbed Asad Khan to death. The deceased was previously […]
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Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates Pediatric Rare Genetic Disorders Laboratory in Hyderabad
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the ‘Pediatric Rare Genetic Disorders Laboratory’ on the Silver Jubilee of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion the Vice President said that the CDFD is a unique institution. “Abnormal increase in crime rate has been the major problem in […]