As the extensive manhunt for the killers of police constable in old city of Hyderabad over the last two days has failed to progress, in an extraordinary move, City Police commissioner A K Khan has announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for any useful information about the assailants.
The three day-old curfew in the sensitive old city of Hyderabad will be relaxed for the first time on Thursday for two hours in the morning, city police commissioner A K Khan said.
In the Cyberabad incident, all the four accused were killed at one go in an exchange of fire. Police in both the cases claimed that the suspects 'snatched' their weapons and opened fire at them forcing them to retaliatory action 'in self-defence'.
The pilot of the aircraft is safe; a Court of Inquiry will ascertain the cause of the crash.
An AK-47 rifle wielding man allegedly tried to abduct Aurobindo Pharma's Director K Nityananda Reddy from his car near a park and opened fire when Reddy and his brother resisted in the posh Banjara Hills on Wednesday morning.
The police are on the look out for Congress Member of Parliament L Rajagopal, who escaped from a city hospital where he was admitted after being brought from a hunger strike site over the Telangana issue.
With this, the police has nabbed an 18-year-old man and three children in conflict with law (juveniles) in connection with the case.
The Hyderabad police have registered 16 cases against pro-Telangana activists, including Telangana Rashtra Samithi leaders K Chandrasekhar Rao, in connection with the violence during the 'Million March' on Thursday.
Surat police commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot identified the arrested accused as Maulvi Sohel Abubakr Timol (27), who worked at a thread factory as a manager and offered private tuition on Islam to Muslim children.
Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday that the riots in Hyderabad were a result of "petty skirmishes" and asserted that all those behind the violence would have to pay a "heavy price".
To facilitate foreign athletes and dignitaries, four special immigration counters have been set up at the Hyderabad airport.
The matter came to light after the minor girl's father submitted a complaint with the police regarding the incident that took place under the Jubilee Hills police station limits on May 28.
Nearly two months after Hyderabad techie Esther Anuhya went missing and was found murdered in Mumbai, city police on Monday claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest of a proclaimed offender, who allegedly made a failed attempt to rape the victim but later burnt her body partially.
The Hyderabad police have finally confirmed that one of the most-wanted terrorist and a key operative of Pakistan and Bangladesh-based militant organisations Abdul Shahed alias Bilal had died last year.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's son and Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao said he would 'personally monitor the case'.
The latest rains since Saturday evening led to lakes and other water bodies overflowing and triggering flooding of several low-lying areas, including places affected last week, in Hyderabad and on the outskirts.
She said India was asked to waive diplomatic and consular immunity and cooperate in the investigation but refused.
A 25 year-old Hindu man was brutally killed in broad public view in Hyderabad by his Muslim brother-in law and another person in a case of suspected "honour-killing," with the incident sending shock waves after the gory murder that was caught on camera went viral.
The Andhra Pradesh police have released sketches of a bicycle used in the twin bomb blasts in Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad last month which killed 17 and had injured more than 100 people.
The Supreme Court sought an explanation from the Andhra Pradesh government on Friday asking why it had deployed the elite anti-Naxalite force 'Greyhounds' to quell the students' unrest in Osmania University, the hotbed of Telangana statehood agitation.
Five persons have been arrested in this regard in Hyderabad; search is on for 15-Chennai based people.
The police said that the charge sheet was filed on Tuesday under sections 302 and 201 of the IPC. Over 150 testimonies have been recorded, they said.
The India meteorological department (IMD) on Wednesday evening issued a red alert for Mumbai and its neighbouring districts, predicting "extremely heavy rainfall".
'As a police officer, I had gone on deputation to the prison department; on both occasions (the hanging of Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Memon), the government said that I should remain present.' 'I was not mentally prepared for these sensitive operations and had to work on myself to lead the teams.'
The police suspect that left-wing extremists may infiltrate the "Chalo Assembly" protest and spark violence during the stir called by the Telangana Joint Action Committee on June 14.
The two-storeyed Hotel City Light and Bakery, located on RP road in Secunderabad, crashed at around 6 am on Monday.
Krishna had sent fake flight tickets to his girlfriend, who wanted to go on a holiday to Mumbai and Goa, due to financial problems.
The last hearing was conducted on November 15, 2021.
According to the confession statement of Radha Kishan Rao, 'Peddayana' was very angry for not completing the work as per his expectation.
A massive data breach that has implications for national security was unearthed by the Cyberabad Police in Hyderabad, who arrested seven people of a gang allegedly involved in the theft and sale of sensitive data of the government and important organisations, including details of defence personnel as well as the personal and confidential data of about 16.8 crore citizens.
Police investigating the suspected suicide of model Tania Singh will send a notice to cricketer Abhishek Sharma as the preliminary probe revealed the duo was friends and she had sent him a message on WhatsApp chat which was not responded to, a Surat police officer said on Wednesday.
The Hyderabad police has released images of woman who was robbed at an ATM centre in Hyderabad's Yosufguda area.
Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat has thrice been honoured by the International Association of Chiefs of Police for his unusual efforts in community policing and welfare. The only Indian police officer to be honoured thus.
Ace shuttler P V Sindhu said that a lot of respect was given to women in foreign countries, but in India people do not practise what they preach.
Over 1,000 gelatin sticks were among a huge consignment of explosives seized on Tuesday from two persons here, a senior police official said.
The commissioner said the police suspected the four accused may be involved in similar such offences.
A team of South Zone Task Force on Thursday nabbed Mohammed Nasir of Bangladeshi origin (who had migrated to Pakistan) on charge of having close links with HuJI and helping a IM operative, an accused in the 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin blast.
An 11-year-old boy succumbed to burn injuries after he was set on fire in a high security military area at Mehdipatnam in Hyderabad.
This election will be remembered for being the first election where the Election Commission failed to take action on gross violations involving the ruling party that repeatedly used religion, communal slurs, lies and undocumented allegations, observes Ramesh Menon.
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