Pro-Telangana parties to hold protest on Thursday Pro-Telangana parties and organisations would enforce a 'sadak bandh' (road blockade) on the Hyderabad-Bangalore highway on Thursday though police has denied permission for the protest. Demanding that the Centre accept the separate statehood demand immediately, they would block traffic at various places along the highway in Telangana region. ...  
05:01 PM, Mar 20, 2013

Shikhar Dhawan set to be sidelined for IPL 6 New IPL entrant SunRisers Hyderabad are likely to be without their injured opener who has been ruled out for six weeks, according to the BCCI ...  
01:21 PM, Mar 20, 2013

Shoojit Sircar: I did a sperm dance in my room! An ecstatic Shoojit Sircar did what he described as a 'sperm dance' in his room in Hyderabad after he heard his film Vicky Donor has shared the Best Popular Film for providing wholesome entertainment with Ustad Hotel (Malayalam). ...  
04:44 PM, Mar 18, 2013

Hyderabad to host 11th Metropolis World Congress next year
by IANS
The 11th Metropolis World Congress-2014, featuring about 2,000 delegates from 100 metropolitan cities from around the world, will be held Hyderabad in April 2014, said an official statement on Saturday night. ...  
02:45 AM, Mar 17, 2013

Hyderabad blasts: NIA granted 4 days' custody of 2 IM operatives A Delhi court on Saturday granted NIA four-day custody of two alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives to further interrogate them in connection with the Hyderabad twin blasts that left 16 dead. ...  
11:56 AM, Mar 16, 2013

AP: Man arrested for uploading obscene photos of woman A person was nabbed on Friday for allegedly uploading morphed obscene photos and videos of a young woman on several websites including Facebook after she refused his marriage proposal, police said. ...  
06:30 AM, Mar 16, 2013

Hyderabad blasts: NIA to further grill IM operatives Maqbool, Imran In the wake of the application moved by the National Investigation Agency, which is probing the February 21 Hyderabad twin blasts, seeking further custodial interrogation of Indian Mujahideen operatives Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan, the Tihar Jail authorities were on Friday directed by the court to produce the duo before it on Saturday. ...  
06:27 PM, Mar 15, 2013

Hyderabad twin blasts case: NIA files FIRs The Hyderabad branch of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday lodged two first information reports (FIRs) in connection with the February 21 twin blasts. The development follows Centre's direction for hand-over of the case to NIA, sources said, adding that NIA, which had already started its probe, would continue it. FIRs (one for each blast) were registered under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code and other Acts. ...  
11:37 PM, Mar 14, 2013

Hyderabad blasts: NIA detains 4 suspects from Bihar The National Investigation Agency has detained four suspects from Munger in Bihar in connection with the Hyderabad blasts of February 2013. Earlier on Wednesday, a Delhi court remanded suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Obaid-ur-Rehman in seven days of NIA custody in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad blasts case. ...  
10:52 AM, Mar 14, 2013

Jagan Mohan Reddy's judicial custody extended till March 20 The special CBI court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of Kadapa MP and YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy till March 20 in the disproportionate assets case against him. Jagan, former minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad, senior bureaucrat KV Brahmananda Reddy (all accused in Vanpic aspect of the Jagan assets case) and other accused, lodged in Chanchalguda Central Prison, were produced before the court through video-conference....  
07:43 PM, Mar 13, 2013

Hyd blasts: NIA gets custody of suspected IM operative A Delhi court on Wednesday remanded suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Obaid-ur-Rehman in seven days of NIA custody in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad twin blasts case. During an in-chamber hearing, district judge IS Mehta allowed the National Investigation Agency's plea seeking custodial interrogation of Rehman on the ground that it has to unearth the entire conspiracy which led to the bombings that claimed 16 lives, court sources said. ...  
05:54 PM, Mar 13, 2013

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The police must answer why innocent Muslims are being implicated in terror cases When in doubt about a terror investigation, blame the most readily ...
06:54 AM, Mar 13, 2013

3 Indian airports among top five in world: Report Airports of Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad are among the top five airports in the world providing international standard services. Airports Council International (ACI), a global body of airports, has adjudged Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport as second best after Seoul's Incheon airport in the category of airports handling 25-40 million passengers per annum (MPPA) for their service quality for the year 2012. ...  
10:42 PM, Mar 12, 2013

Watch: The making of the new IPL team SunRisers Hyderabad's anthem The video is composed by Swarathma The Band, and directed by Rajesh Thomas and Vidya Sharma. ...  
10:49 AM, Mar 12, 2013

Andhra Pradesh: Police releases sketches of bicycle used in twin blasts The Andhra Pradesh police has released sketches of a bicycle used in the twin bomb blasts in Dilsukhnagar in February which killed 17 and had injured more than 100 people. Cyberabad Police Commissioner Dwaraka Tirumala Rao released the sketches of a damaged bicycle on Sunday night. ...  
12:23 AM, Mar 11, 2013

CCTV cameras captured one of the suspects of Hyderabad blasts Andhra Pradesh Police on Friday said the face of one of the suspects of February 21 Dilsukh Nagar twin blasts case here was clearly captured by CCTV cameras and efforts are on to identity the person. "The face of one of the suspects with a bicycle has been clearly captured by CCTV cameras and the process is on for the identification of the suspect," Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police...  
11:59 PM, Mar 08, 2013

Sunrisers Hyderabad appoint Waqar Younis as bowling coach Sunrisers have already roped in Tom Moody as coach and Kris Srikkanth as their mentor, while VVS Laxman is their mentor-ambassador. ...  
03:42 PM, Mar 08, 2013

Hyderabad: Gangrape survivor makes a film on her trauma On International Women's Day, CNN-IBN brings a story of hope. A gangrape survivor herself, Sunita Krishnan fought back and set up Prajwala, a home for sexually exploited women and children. Sunita was CNN-IBN's Real Hero in 2008. She has now made a film on her trauma and the trauma of others like her. ...  
11:44 AM, Mar 08, 2013

Hyderabad blasts: Court warrants against Riyaz Bhatkal
by IANS
A Delhi court on Tuesday issued non-bailable warrants against banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen founder Riyaz Bhatkal and nine other alleged operatives in the Feb 21, 2013, Hyderabad twin blasts. ...  
04:53 AM, Mar 08, 2013

Points to ponder before India take the field in Mohali While the contributions of Pujara, Jadeja and Vijay proved immense, there are still some lingering worries for India ahead of the third Test at Mohali. ...  
08:23 AM, Mar 07, 2013