New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Security arrangements in various parts of the country has been beefed up for Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations as worshippers gathered for prayers on the last day of Ramzan, ahead of the festival.Clerics in India announced that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Saturday after the crescent moon was not sighted on Thursday evening. However, Kerala celebrated the festival on Friday itself.In Uttarakhand, Hardoi’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashok Kumar Meena said that elaborate …
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Hyderabad, March 19 (IANS) Hyderabad police have imposed traffic restrictions around historic Mecca Masjid on the occasion of Jummat-ul-Vida (last Friday of Ramzan) prayers. The roads around Charminar will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday (March 20).The main roads from Charminar towards Madina, Murgi Chowk, and Shalibanda will be closed to all vehicular traffic.Joint Commissioner of Police has announced that traffic will be diverted at various points in the Char…
Hyderabad, March 8 (IANS) Bam Rukn-ud-Daula, a historic lake in Hyderabad, was on Sunday, reopened to the people after its revival under lake rejuvenation initiative of the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA). The restored water body, said to be more than 250-years-old, near Sardar Vallabhbhai Paten National Police Academy in Shivarampally, was inaugurated by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday night in the presence of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Revenue Min…
Hyderabad, Feb 19 (IANS) Cyberabad police have arrested a youth and a minor boy for the sexual assault of a minor girl.Police were also on the lookout for another minor boy involved in the case.The 16-year-old girl, who was reported missing on February 17, was rescued by Narsing police from Chanicherla double-bed rooms the next day.According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Sherilingampally zone, a complaint was received on February 17 from the victim’s mother stating that her daughter, w…
Hyderabad, Feb 11 (IANS) The Telangana government has divided the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) into three separate corporations. It has created two new corporations, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri, while retaining six out of 12 zones under GHMC.A Government Order (GO) was issued on Wednesday, constituting three municipal corporations — Cyberabad Municipal Corporation, Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.The government also appointed Jayesh Ra…
Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi unfurled the national flag at various places in Hyderabad on the 77th Republic Day on Monday.Like in the past, Owaisi also unfurled the national flag at Madina Circle near historic Charminar.He also participated in the Republic Day event held at Madarsa Jamiatul Mominat, an Islamic seminary for girls.The MP also participated Republic Day events organised by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in different areas in the city.Owai…