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Oct- 2022 -29 October
Celebrate World Thrift Day with ‘Switcheroo’ in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Global Shapers is all set to hold “Switcheroo”, a thrift and swap program at Madhapur, on Sunday. Switcharoo will be conducted as part of “World Thrift Day”, which is observed On October 30. As part of the event, attendees can swap their clothes with each other. The event will be held at the Grotto Cafe in Madhapur from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. World Thrift Day World Thrift Day was established to create awareness across the world about the idea of saving money in a bank rather than keeping it under their mattress or at home. Globally, the day is celebrated on 31 October, however in India, due to the death of the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the…
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29 October
MLAs poaching case: ‘Surrender in 24 hrs’, Telangana HC to accused
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Saturday directed the three accused in the case of alleged poaching of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs, to surrender before the police in 24 hours. The court passed orders in favour of the state, and allowed the revision plea, directing the accused, Ramachandra Bharati alias Satish Sharma, Nanda Kumar, and Simhayaji Swamy to surrender before the police after they were set free on Friday. The court set aside the Anti-Corruption Bureau Court’s ruling wherein it had rejected the remand of the accused. A day earlier, the First Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases had rejected the remand application of the accused when they were presented before him late on Thursday night. The judge…
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29 October
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra enters 4th day in Telangana
Hyderabad: Joined by a film personality and some students of Osmania University, Rahul Gandhi resumed his Bharat Jodo Yatra from Dharmapuri in Mahabubnagar town in Telangana on Saturday and is expected to cover a distance of over 20 km, Congress party sources said. This is the fourth day of the party’s foot march in the state. Gandhi will address a Corner Meeting at Jadcherla X Road Junction in the evening, before halting for the day. The yatra kicked off at around 6.30 am with a number of party leaders joining Gandhi. Actress Poonam Kaur and students belonging to Osmania University joined Gandhi during the march. The Gandhi scion-led yatra completed 23.3 km on Friday, before halting for the day at Dharmapur…
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29 October
TRS MLAs ‘poaching’ case: MLA Rohit Reddy’s security increased
Hyderabad: Amid the intensifying row over the alleged failed conspiracy to poach four MLAs of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) by three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ‘agents’, the state government on Saturday increased the security of Tandur legislator Pilot Rohit Reddy. Since a case of criminal conspiracy and prevention of corruption was registered by the Moinabad police few days ago, TRS MLA Pilot Rohit Reddy turned out to be the main person in ‘exposing’ the BJP’s alleged plan to ‘destabilise’ the TRS-run state government. On October 27, the Cyberabad police registered a case on the complaint of the TRS MLA Reddy, who claimed that the three accused Ramachandra Bharati, Nandakumar, and Simhayaji Nandu came to the farmhouse as part…
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29 October
IIIT Hyderabad conducts ‘Megathon 2022’
Hyderabad: IIIT Hyderabad’s Entrepreneurship Cell conducted its annual flagship event “Megathon 2022”, that witnessed over 700 participants from 30 colleges. The event was highly successful in garnering the most entrepreneurial and technology driven youth from across the region. The staggering participation also makes Megathon ’22 IIIT Hyderabad’s largest hackathon to date. It was a 24-hour hackathon involving 4 problem statements: 2 from their Title Sponsor Stellantis, 1 from Associate Sponsor Qualcomm, and the social problem from Raj Reddy Centre for Technology and Society (RCTS). After a gruelling round of pitches, team “AlphaQueue” emerged as winners for the first problem statement by Stellantis while team “Pied Piper” won the second one. Team “Le Boys” took home the Qualcomm prize and finally “Hack…
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28 October
MLAs poaching case: Court dismisses Cyberabad Police plea seeking remand of 3 accused
Hyderabad: A city court order rejecting police petition seeking judicial remand for three persons who allegedly tried to poach four MLAs of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) came as a big blow to the ruling party. The police released Ramachandra Bharati alias Satish Sharma, Nanda Kumar and Simhayaji Swamy following the order by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Court judge. Nearly 24 hours after arresting the three persons from a farmhouse near Hyderabad, the police produced them before the judge at his residence in Saroornagar on Thursday night. Judge G. Rajagopal, however, rejected the police petition for sending the accused to judicial custody, citing lack of evidence. He observed that the Prevention of Corruption Act does not apply to the case as there is no evidence…
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28 October
Punjagutta police seize unaccounted cash of Rs. 70 lakh
Hyderabad: The Punjagutta police caught two persons carrying unaccounted cash worth Rs. 70 lakh at Dwarakapuri Colony on Thursday night. Police said the car in which the duo – P. Kishan Rao, an assistant professor, and Vemula Vamshi were traveling was stopped during a routine checking and the cash was found stacked in bags. When questioned about the source of money and other details, they did not give any satisfactory answers and failed to produce proper documents or supportive evidence. Further enquiries revealed that Kishan Rao, a native of Huzurabad and working as Assistant Professor at Nizam College as Commerce Faculty, earlier worked as ABVP Abids Zone In- charge. He confessed to having collected the unaccounted cash from one Madhu, a resident of Banjara Hills, who…
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28 October
India-COMESA trade conference held in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The first India- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) trade conference is being held in Hyderabad. It aims to build partnerships between nations and communities through mutually beneficial trade relations. The event was attended by the various diplomats, industrialists and businessmen from Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. Ambassador of Ethiopia Dr Tizita Mulugeta, Ambassador of Republic of Sudan Abdalla Omer Bashir Elhusain, High Commissioner of Malawi Leonard Senza Mengezi, Ambassador of India in Zimbabwe Vijay Khanduja and others spoke. IT and Industries Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, RESI Director General Ajay Misra attended the event. “As the trade office bridge between India and COMESA countries, I will explore strategic opportunities between the two regions. Soon our businessmen delegation will visit…
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28 October
Hyderabad: Skywalk at Uppal Junction by Jan 2023
Hyderabad: Adding to the long list of infrastructure facilities that have been reshaping Hyderabad and its suburbs beyond recognition in the recent years, one more key and innovative facility in the form of an loop type elevated walkway is getting ready at Uppal junction. Taken up with an estimated cost of Rs 25 crore, the centrally supported looped and elevated walkway at Uppal Junction will be integrated with Metro station at concourse level, bus stops, commercial/residential buildings on the other side. Stretching to 640 mts, the much awaited skywalk is expected to be completed by this year-end or by the middle of January 2023. It has typical width of 3 mt, 4 mt and bulge to 6 mt at few stretches, according…
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28 October
CoinSwitch unveils ‘Web3 for India’ initiative at T-Hub in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Crypto investing app CoinSwitch unveiled ‘Web3 for India’, an initiative to highlight how India’s startup ecosystem can create the next big opportunity using blockchain, at T-Hub in Hyderabad. IT and Industries Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, T-Hub CEO Srinivas Rao Mahankali and CoinSwithc Co-founder and CEO Ashish Singhal launched the first edition of ‘India’s Next Big Frontier: Web3’, a handbook featuring early-stage Indian startups solving real-world problems spanning agriculture, agri-finance, transport, and record management. “India is home to over 12,000 blockchain developers, one of the highest in the world. Web3 companies raised forty-nine new rounds of funding in 2021, and the momentum of deals continues to be strong this year too. In line with our vision to become India’s blockchain capital, Telangana wants to play a…
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