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
Section 144 imposed at Secretariat
The city police on Thursday imposed Section 144 at the Secretariat premises till November 18 following an alert issued by the intelligence department that Telangana activists may attack the Secretar-i
Ganesh immersion litter worries GHMC
The twin events of the Telangana march and Ganesh immersion, which come hours before the CoP-11 festival starts on October 1, have left the authorities a worried lot. While the state government is con
Differences persist on idol immersions
Ganesh pandal organisers in the twin cities rejected outright the state government’s suggestion to restrict the height of idols and told the government not to interfere in religious matters. The organ
TJAC plays cat and mouse with cops, shifts stir venue
The venue for the September 30 Chalo Hyderabad march has been shifted from Tank Bund to Jubilee Hills checkpost, the Telangana Joint Action Committee has said. The march will take place as planned on
Ganesha immersion without glitches
Except for an incident of stone pelting at police by members of a Hindu outfit and subsequent police lathi charge at Tondiarpet, it was another peaceful Vinayaka immersion day in the city on Sunday.
CM to ask TJAC to call off Sept. 30 stir
The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, and all ministers from Telangana region would appeal to the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) on Friday to call off its proposed ‘Chalo Hyderabad’ ra
High-tech vigil for Ganesh immersion in Mumbai
The Ganesh immersion went high-tech here on Sunday with the police using Global Positioning System (GPS) devices and video surveillence to guard against mischief as thousands of idols started inching