Rarely do we see benevolent police officers. And rarely do we follow their advice. This is a human tragedy and a reason for increasing malefic elements in the society. People in the Old City fondly remember the humanitarian gesture of the then DCP south zone Kantha Rao. In his days, he made it a rule [...]
The thief said that he turned to a life of crime to make enough money to educate his children. E Narsasimha Rao, himself deprived of a good education, had a great ambition — to make his son an engineer and daughter a doctor. Accordingly, he did all he could to give them the best education he [...]
AP in-charge minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is said to have trained the CM and APCC chief on how to answer questions that will be posed by Team Rahul on the affairs of the State. Have you ever heard of juniors quizzing seniors on any issue? The law of nature does not generally allow it. But in [...]
Nampally court issues order in response to a petition filed by an advocate. The Nampally Court on Wednesday issued orders to the Banjara Hills police to file cases under IPC sections 147, 148, 149, 160, 320, 427, 307 and 506 against State labour minister Danam Nagender in connection with the attack on an advocate. The [...]
The party said it will contest all the 42 Lok Sabha seats and win a considerable number to form a government at the Centre. The BJP, which has emerged as a sub-regional party in the State, has unveiled a grand plan to rewind its clock to the late 1990s when the party won seven Lok [...]
Cops warn people against going to unlicensed, unknown companies to mortgage their jewellery after a woman lost 40 tolas of gold and `9 lakh. J Krishna Veni, 32, a resident of BDL colony, Vanasthalipuram, once aspired to be a business woman. Veni, however, could not succeed and in the process lost money and gold. Veni [...]
With no heritage site from Hyderabad or Andhra Pradesh entering UNESCO’s heritage list so far, activists voice their concerns over the City losing its historic significance.On World Heritage Day, Postnoon finds out what heritage means to people today and what we, as citizens, can do to preserve it.
The City will see 830 new buses this year. Authorities tell Postnoon that the Corporation has also set out a budget for beefing up security with CCTV cameras, hand-held metal detectors.
Every year, ‘leaders’ push civic officials to engage their goods and services to make a harvest during festivals.
Commissioner of the North Zone task force team has recovered nearly 12 abandoned vehicles from the Chenoy Trade Centre complex in Secunderabad last night. This was a result of a special drive conducted after the Bangalore blasts, inspector of the task force AP Anand Kumar said. “We conducted extensive searches for abandoned vehicles in various [...]
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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