I have been working as a crime reporter in Hyderabad for the past 17 years. I was encouraged to be a journalist by my late father. As a journalist I try to do something unique for society, especially the poor who suffer the most.
Investigation by the State police has reached fever pitch with police fanning out to various places searching for clues. Though NIA is entrusted with the blast probe, State police have a high stake in the matter.
Belatedly though, police have begun to make themselves people-friendly in an aftermath of the twin blasts. How long it lasts remains to be seen.
The police are comparing the findings at the Dilsukhnagar blasts to those at other blasts across the country to determine the terror organisation responsible.
The City police arrested a woman accused of duping job applicants of crores of rupees. But some victims suspect that the cops helped the cheat as not a single rupee was recovered from her. The Mahankali police have arrested a City-based woman accused of cheating people of crores of rupees on the pretext of guaranteeing [...]
Ever since home minister Sushilkumar Shinde told the media that all metros had been alerted about a possible terror attack, the public wants to know why the police department failed to take any precautionary measures. While this sent out a feeling that the police failed in fulfilling its duty, police commissioner Anurag Sharma denied receiving [...]
The 35-year-old is said to be friends with IM operative Syed Maqbool and has worked with him in the past.
Parents of students studying in the City have appealed to the Cyberabad police commissioner to ensure innocent students are not harassed by the SOT.
Despite being promised pukka houses by the government after they lost their sons in the 2007 blasts
The police rushed to the spots with sniffer dogs and bomb disposal squads only to find the tip-offs were fake. Two bomb hoaxes were reported in different places of Old City on Tuesday morning. Both were separate instances. According to the police, some unidentified person called the police control room on Tuesday morning and said that [...]
Learning from the errors that led to the twin blasts last week, the City police have announced several security measures such as guards at all markets and CCTV cameras in RTC buses.
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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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
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 [...]
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