HYDERABAD: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) divested part of the interest owned by it in the ETV Channels to TV18 Broadcast Limited (TV18). RIL and its group companies have invested about Rs.2,600 crores and holds interest in various ETV Channels being operated and managed by Eenadu Group. It has divested 100 per cent of its economic [...]
HYDERABAD: The Special court for the CBI on Tuesday remanded Vijaya Sai Reddy, auditor and financial advisor of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, for 14 days, up to January 17. The CBI, which arrested him on Monday in the disproportionate assets case of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, produced him before the court on Tuesday [...]
The All India Majlis Itehadul Muslimeen (AMIM) nominated candidate from Ahmednagar (Division No 72) Mohd Majid Hussain, 31, has been elected unanimously as the new mayor of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. Congress party corporator from Kavadiguda division (No 94) G Raj Kumar has been unanimously elected as the deputy mayor of the corporation. Hyderabad [...]
Man arrested for fake visa A Nigerian national Okafor Uzochukwn was arrested at the Shamshabd Airport on Monday for possessing a fake visa and travel documents while he was trying to go back to Nigeria. According to the RGI Airpot inspector R Sanjay Kumar, the Nigerian came to India on December 3 on a tourist [...]
He is alleged to be linked to the ISI and remained a fugitive for 20 years before being arrested yesterday. But people in the know say he was right here in the City all this while Mohd Shuban It speaks volumes for the police action and political chicanery. Mohd Abdul Najeeb Ahmed, 45, alleged to [...]
Hyderabad: Residents of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and adjacent areas will get their first shock of the year this month from the Metro Water Board (HMWS&SB) — the revised tariff of drinking water by the water board will come into effect from this month. Water Board authorities have already made arrangements to ensure proper [...]
HYDERABAD: Has the Congress held out a veiled threat to YS Jaganmohan Reddy through the arrest of vice-chairman of Jagathi Publications Pvt Ltd and a key aide of the YSR family? What makes one raise the eyebrows is that the prime accused — Jaganmohan Reddy himself — hasn’t been questioned even once. But, Vijaya Sai Reddy, [...]
Hyderabad is famous for having plenty of small traders who run a keen business in the City. But in the name of development, the government has under taken a massive project to give Hyderabad its own metro rail. As a result many traders are losing their shops in the government’s bid to widen roads for the [...]
SAN RAFAEL: Qatar’s defending Dakar Rally car champion Nasser Al-Attiyah rebounded from losing 10 minutes on the first stage by taking Monday’s second stage here. The 31-year-old — who had an engine problem with his Hummer in Sunday’s opener — beat Mini’s Stephane Peterhansel of France by 54 seconds in the 290km drive from Santa [...]
“Friendship is like a see-saw. You don’t mind going down to see your friend rise” — and that’s an adage that actress Asin Thottumkal seems to truly believe in. While solving a fight between two friends for an episode of UTV Stars’ Superstar Santa, Asin revealed how her close-knit gang of girls gets insecure sometimes [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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