Donald Trump, look away now — devotees are flocking to a temple in southern India where a Hindu god is said to help grant U.S. and other visas. About 500 years old, the Chilkur Balaji temple near Hyderabad was built as a shrine to Lord Balaji, a form of the Hindu god Vishnu. Typically, worshippers perform a wish-making ceremony that includes making 11 laps around the inner temple. Sometimes they […]
It is being touted as one of the biggest yagnas ever performed in the country. The only ones that could rival the Ayuta Chandi Yagam (yagna) being planned by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao this month were previously conducted by the likes of Sringeri Peetham. Over 1,500 ritviks (priest) and 500 of their assistants from five states will perform the yagam at the chief minister’s farm house in Erravelli village […]
Dozens of policemen are being deployed in and around the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad to prevent students from organising a beef festival on December 10. This comes a day after student bodies organizing the beef festival approached the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Thursday seeking protection from BJP MLA Raja Singh, who has threatened to ‘kill or get killed’ to stop the event. The Osmania University administration has […]
Pasunoori Dayakar of ruling TRS, who won the Warangal Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday, created a record in Telangana by winning with a margin of nearly 4.6 lakh votes. Earlier, state Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao held the record having won by a margin of nearly four lakh votes (3,97,029) during the last year’s general election from Medak Lok Sabha constituency. He contested for both Parliament and Assembly constituencies […]
Hyderabad: The Taj Falaknuma here has been awarded number one position among the best palace hotels in the world category for 2015 by the world’s leading travel and tourism website – Trip Advisor. The coveted award is given to hospitality industry’s best that have attained outstanding reviews from discerning travelers across the world, according to a statement by Taj Falaknuma. After 10 years of sensitive restoration, the Taj Group of […]
From earning Rs 5 a day as a farm labourer to starting an IT services company that is worth Rs 1.5 crore (Rs 15 million), Jyothi Reddy’s story of success is nothing short of an inspiring movie plot. That night she decided to break the rules. With a few friends, whom she referred as akka, she did not return to the orphanage till way past midnight. It was Sivaratri, the […]
The bureaucrat from Telangana who has sued Outlook magazine for deeply disparaging and sexist remarks about her told NDTV, “I want Outlook to apologise to women across the country, this is an insult to women in general.” Explaining her decision to seek legal action, senior IAS office Smita Sabharwal said, “It is a matter of professional pride. I have spent 14 long years in service. The write up hurt very […]
By having a notice issued to T-News, a Telugu news channel backed by the family of Chief Minister KCR, in the dead of midnight, his bete noire and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has taken his war with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to a new low. For those who came in late, T News is the first Telugu news channel that has aired the purported audio tapes of […]
Listening to activist Sunitha Krishnan narrate tales of exploitatation of victims of human trafficking back in 2012, triggered a lot of pain and anger in Hyderabadi VJ Nagender. Two years down the line, the 31-year-old is is now gearing up to scale Mount Kilimanjaro in a bid to not only raise money, but also awareness on this social issue. “After hearing Sunitha talk about children as young as four found […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended greetings to the people of Telangana on the occasion of their Statehood Day. “My best wishes to the people of Telangana on the occasion of their Statehood Day. My best wishes for the State’s development journey,”Prime Minister Modi tweeted. Narendra Modi ✔@narendramodi My best wishes to the people of Telangana on the occasion of their Statehood Day. My best wishes […]
