HYDERABAD: Fire crackers busted on the occasion of a marriage function sparked off a major fire in a hotel at L B Nagar on Sunday night. Though hundreds of people were reportedly present in the hotel at that time, no casualties were reported. The fire broke out in Sitara hotel near LB Nagar ring road. Though the hotel was covered with a glass facade, the management put up a massive...
08:59 AM, Feb 13, 2012
London: The UK police on Sunday charged three Indians in connection with the stabbing of an Indian student from Hyderabad, Praveen Reddy, who was a student of MBA at the London Business School. Reddy was stabbed several times at a party he went for, in the Newham borough of London, on Friday. He is still said to be in a critical condition and is currently recuperating at the London Royal...
08:54 AM, Feb 13, 2012
London: Three Indians have been charged with the attempted murder of Praveen Reddy, an MBA student at the London Business School, who was critically stabbed on Friday night in the Newham borough of London. The Metropolitan Police told PTI on Sunday that the three are: Amareshwar Arava, 25, Sai Kishore Balguri, 25 and Nishanth Puttapaka, 23. "We are not treating the incident as racially motivated at this time," a police...
03:22 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: The family of stabbed Indian student from Hyderabad, Praveen Reddy, was granted visa to visit the UK on Sunday. Praveen Reddy, doing an MBA at the London Business School was stabbed on Friday in the London borough of Newham. Eleven people have been arrested by the Scotland Yard in connection with the case. The UK High Commission issued a statement on Saturday saying, "We are establishing the facts...
12:52 PM, Feb 12, 2012
As questions of safety arise for Indians, the British High Commissioner said that UK is a safe country. ...
09:31 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Junior Doctors' Association will be boycotting emergency services in 10 government medical colleges and hospitals across Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. This includes big government hospitals like Gandhi and Osmania in Hyderabad. The junior doctors have been on a protest for over 40 days now, demanding a hike in stipend and reduction in the number of years of compulsory rural service. Despite several rounds of talks, the government...
06:55 AM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI chargesheet in the Emaar - MGF scam in Andhra Pradesh could spell more trouble for Jagan Mohan Reddy. The chargesheet accessed by CNN-IBN says Emaar-MGF had misappropriated funds in excess of Rs 100 crore in the deal. A close aide of Jagan Reddy, Sunil Reddy, has already been arrested in the scam. The CBI chargesheet says that investigations are still on to find out who was...
06:23 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Hyderabad: The state government issued a go on Wednesday for withdrawing cases filed against students for taking part in the agitation for and against bifurcation of the state. The government issued the go in pursuance of a decision taken at the recent cabinet meeting. It may be noted that the government had already withdrew cases registered against 499 persons earlier. Now cases against 167 more persons would be dropped on...
10:53 AM, Feb 02, 2012
HYDERABAD: Warangal district stands first and Hyderabad fourth in the number of cases registered in the last five years relating to tarnsport and sale of narcotics. The total number of cases registered stands at 1,029. According to the records of the Crime Investigation Department, 242 cases have been registered in Warangal, 231 in Kurnool, 224 in Visakhapatnam, 167 in Hyderabad and 165 in Medak for offences committed under the Narcotic...
11:08 AM, Jan 31, 2012
HYDERABAD: The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, a brainchild of industry stalwarts, has once again been placed in the top twenty B-Schools in the world for its Postgraduate Programme, as per the latest rankings released by The Financial Times. Stanford Graduate School of Business topped the rankings, while the only other Indian management school, IIM-A, is ranked 11th. The rankings are based on a B-Schools performance three years prior to...
08:53 AM, Jan 31, 2012
HYDERABAD: It was a dish synonymous with the common Hyderabadis palate for the last two centuries -- soft baked maida with an earthen smell of the tandoor, best accompanied with gracious servings of lamb chops and rich gravy. Any wonder then that 150 years on, the makers of Mughal Naan continue to do brisk business. Their new age patrons who make this possible come from all walks of life -...
08:44 AM, Jan 31, 2012
Hyderabad: The state government on Sunday claimed that for the first time the the state power sector had attracted a lion's share of investments of around Rs 2.93 lakh crore and stood number two in attracting investments. Enthused with the success of CII Partnership Summit- 2012 in attracting substantial investments, the government directed all power utilities to fully gear up and re-double the efforts to meet the power requirements of...
09:24 AM, Jan 30, 2012
HYDERABAD: After the recent 108-hour-long Akhanda Sahasra Sankeerthana for Annamayyas 602nd birth anniversary and Srikanth Gouds make-up of 103 classical dancers in 100 minutes, here is another cultural effort to record yet another Guinness entry at the Ravindra Bharati. Christined after one of the most inspiring poets, Rabindranath Tagore, the theatre is celebrating a two-day Rabindra Nrityotsav, a unique dancing Guinness record feat, marking his 150th birth anniversary celebrations and...
08:27 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Secunderabad: Unable to cope with financial problems, four members of a family committed suicide here, police said on Saturday. The bodies of K. Balaji, his wife and parents were found on Saturday morning at their house in R.K. Nagar neighborhood of Malkajgiri area of Secunderabad. Balaji, 32, was found hanging in one room while the bodies of his wife K. Prasanna (24), father A. Nageswara Rao (60) and mother Vijayalakshmi...
02:16 PM, Jan 28, 2012
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Development Project, with aid from the World Bank and grants from the 13th Finance Commission, will ensure planned growth of urban areas, including Hyderabad city, in the next five years. Addressing the Republic Day Parade held at Parade Grounds in Secunderabad here on Thursday, governor ESL Narasimhan said that for overall development of Greater Hyderabad, Phase-II of the 100-Day Action Plan was being implemented by spending...
09:38 AM, Jan 27, 2012
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