State accused of aiding Lanco in Wakf cases
The CPI has accused the government of indirectly helping Lanco Infratech Limited, the power and infrastructure group, and the Dubai-based Emaar Properties in the Wakf land cases.
CPI state secretaria
Electroplating units worse than toxic idols
More than three months after the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board asked over 250 electroplating industries to shift out of Hyderabad for flushing their untreated effluents into the Hussainsagar,
Dengue, malaria cases rise in Chennai
Cases of malaria, dengue and leptospirosis are on the rise in the city with the monsoon bringing with it a spate of fevers and infections, say city doctors.
The monsoon is also the busiest time of t
ORR toll from tomorrow
Commuters will have to pay a toll from September 24 for using the Nehru Outer Ring Road on the southern stretch, connecting Pedda Amberpet to Patancheru, and the link road connecting Gachibowli. Toll
Operators to block TV news
The consortium of multi-system operators and local cable TV operators have decided to block all news channels on Monday if the Central discom officials continue to indiscriminately cut overhead cables
Pink umbrella to promote female condoms
The Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society has begun promoting a ‘Pink Umbrella’ campaign to popularise the use of female condoms and is offering it at a subsidised rate of Rs 5 per piece to give women the p
Students express views on Metro
Karishma Asoodani and Pranati Goturi of St. Joseph’s Public School, Hyderabad, were the winners of the panel discussion on Hyderabad Metro Rail project and its impact on the city. The event was organi
BBMP spends highest, but manages waste badly
Bengaluru spends the highest on solid waste management (SWM) as compared to other major cities like Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi due to the garbage contractor cartel in the BBMP. Some officials are h
Garbage clogs GHMC office plan
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, which was deaf all these years to local residents’ repeated pleas to shift the garbage transfer stations out of residential areas, is now having to look in
TBMs dig their way to Soudha
“We have to go slower between Central College and Vidhana Soudha because of hard rock formations. Along some underground stretches, it was easy to execute work as the terrain had just soil, while othe