College cut-offs shoot up
City colleges have raised the minimum cut-off required for applying to graduation courses this academic year thanks to a significant increase in the Class XII Board results that led to an increase in
Liquor scam: ACB grills minister’s son
The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday began questioning the politicians and their relatives in connection with the liquor scam. Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao’s son Dharmana Ram Manohar Naidu, alias Ch
SCB clueless about water management
I am lucky to live in a green colony in the SCB area. In a city plagued with power shortage and facing severe water problems, I would like to share some of my thoughts on sanitation and water harvesti
DLF-SBPL dispute civil case: Gupta
The accused in the DLF case, realtors G.S. Gupta and Manoj Kumar Sharma, on Monday denied the allegations of cheating against them, stating that the dispute between their firm SBPL Infrastructure and
Change biased divorce law: dads
A group of divorced men, estranged from their children by law, celebrating Father’s Day at the Jawahar Bal Bhawan on Sunday, sought reforms in the laws pertaining to divorce and dowry. They demanded t
Monsoon drowns ‘readiness’ claims
The first rainfall of the season has drowned the tall claims of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and Central Discom on its preparedness for the monsoon. Power supply tripped in over 100 lo
‘Moonlighting’ students will lose grant
Doing a job while pursuing a degree will cost students their scholarship and fee reimbursement from this year. Many students who have enrolled for M.Tech courses in engineering colleges by claiming sc
Bypoll results revive T, new front planned
The result of the bypolls has revived the Telangana statehood issue. A section of the Congress and the Telugu Desam leaders from the Telangana region are planning to float a new front in order to save
‘Unravel wealth hidden in Pali’
Stressing on the importance of saving the great repository of information that has been recorded in Pali language, Professor C. Upendra Rao of the Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru Univers
Botsa to prepare Congress for 2014
AICC General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is expected to return from abroad on Monday, is likely to review the poor showing by the Congress with the party state leadership. Party leaders, meanwhil