Lack of daylight exposure leads to rise in myopia cases
Ophthalmologists attribute rise in myopia cases among children in the city to lack of exposure to daylight. They say they have noticed a tremendous rise in short-sighted people in the last two months.
Inpatient aides to get free meals
The government has launched ‘Bhojanamrita’ programme in collaboration with Iskcon, Bengaluru and MEIL to distribute free meals to attendants of in-patients in all government hospitals of the city. T
New clause to force liquor retailers lift specific quota
The excise department is planning to fix uniform license fee for retail liquor outlets to avoid unhealthy competition among bidders and introduce Minimum Guarantee Quota clause to protect its revenues
Man dies as cops wait for 108 to shift him
‘Rakshak’ cops of city police are facing allegations of leaving a man lying in a pool of blood and crying for help on the road at Chatrinaka in old city without shifting him in their vehicle. The man
1,032 violate free left rule, sent for counselling
The city traffic police has sent 1,032 people found violating the newly introduced ‘Free Left rule’ to traffic training institutes at Begumpet and Gosh-amahal for counselling. The vehicles of the vio
50k untraced Aadhaar cards returned
“Untraced addresses” plague Aadhaar card project in the state. Post offices have sent back nearly 50,000 Aadhaar cards to the UIDAI stating that they could not trace the addresses. This has led to com
Gabbar Singh maker accused of cheating
Neeli Setty Subba Rao, Telugu film distributor, on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Central Crime Station against the upcoming Telugu flick Gabbar Singh’s producer Bandla Ganesh for cheating him t
Coast sand rich in minerals: Experts
The coastal sands between Nizampatnam and Lankavanidibba near the estuary of the river Krishna contain as many as 20 heavy minerals of high commercial value. They include titanium, zirconium and rare
IPS trainees find trafficking ring
Indian Police Services probationers who worked on the city streets to trace lost children, have discovered that a big racket is operating in the city, with links to the trafficking of girls from Nepal
Army officer fakes FB identity, cheats
The ministry of defence has passed instructions to all defence personnel, especially its officers, to refrain from social networking sites. The apprehension: A non-Army person faking an identity might