Immersions spill on to Sunday
Contrary to the claims of police, the Ganesh idols immersion process in Hussainsagar could not be completed by midnight. By the time the last two idols from Chilkalguda and Ziaguda were immersed, it w
Rain, water cannon swamp T party
A couple of thousand activists headed by Prof. Kodandaram, who sat down for an Egypt-style protest, were driven back by pouring rain close to midnight on Sunday, after the heady success of the ‘Sagara
New CoP scraps old zonal intelligence apparatus
City’s new CoP, S. George, has decided to scrap the zonal intelligence set-up and merge it with the existing centralised system under one joint commissioner. This is part of his effort to strengthen t
OU battle leaves people in panic
Clashes between the police and students of Osmania University continued at the campus through the day on Sunday, leading to a near curfew situation in the surrounding areas of Vidyanagar, DD Colony, N
T splits Congress open
Sunday’s Telangana march has once again brought to the fore the clear-cut division among the T-Congress leaders on how to approach the separate state issue. While many Congress MLAs and ministers fro
Row over Metro implementation
Even as doubts persist over the ‘consultant’ Delhi Metro Rail Corporation taking up the Kochi Metro main works, top DMRC officials said the agency was carrying out the project on a turnkey basis and t
India to buy 22 Apaches
The Indian Air Force is all set to get more wings. The IAF had floated a global tender for 22 combat helicopters aimed at substituting its old Russian-made Mi-35 helicopters. US-based Boeing has emer
T-men go after eateries now
City streets surrounding the Hussainsagar turned into battlefields while Eat Street, Jalavihar, Ohri’s restaurant, including tourist spots of Necklace Road were damaged in the stone-pelting by angry T
Elders starving for love, not shelter
A few years ago, E.A. Abraham (now 81), wanted to enrol in a local college in Mumbai to learn Sanskrit. He was denied admission everywhere due to his age. He therefore took to working for a Ph.D degre
CM: Can’t go against SC on Cauvery
Chief minister Jagadish Shettar on Sunday said that the decision to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu was “unavoidable” as the Supreme Court had directed the state to adhere to the order of