Heavy rains accompanied with thunder lashed several parts of Hyderabad on Monday evening, bringing down the temperatures and inundating low-lying areas and busy thoroughfares. The torrential rain impacted the commuter traffic, as roads at vital junctions in Hyderabad came under sheets of rainwater.
The southern and central parts of Hyderabad reported massive thunderstorms that remained active for nearly an hour. Areas that reported widespread thundershowers include Uppal, Nagole, LB Nagar, Tarnaka, Boduppal, Amberpet, OU, Nampally, Abids, Mehdipatnam, Malakpet . Several parts of Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Ameerpet, Punjagutta and Malkajgiri also received widespread showers.
Traffic Jams, Flooded Roads In Many Areas After Heavy Rain In Hyderabad
New Delhi: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday (September 24, 2022) reacted to “Pakistan Zindabad” and “Allahu Akbar” slogans that were allegedly raised at a protest march of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Pune and said that such “anti-national slogans” will not be tolerated. Calling for an end to “these anti-national activities” on an urgent basis, Thackeray asked people who raised such slogans to take their religion and go to Pakistan.
This kind of drama is not going to be allowed in our country,” he said in a statement.
“I earnestly request the central and state home ministers to take the sternest action against such outfits that even the phonetic sound of ‘PA’ will not be uttered from them. If not, then our country’s Hindus will not take it lying down. I don’t wish to go into the details of what may happen,” he added.
“If the Hindus of Hindustan and our Marathis Hindus decide to take the matter in their hands, then what these scoundrel will face? Don’t make me say it here! If this happens, there will be an unrest during the festive times. So it’s better to put an end to these anti-national activities on an urgent basis,” Thackeray warned.
While the HMRL encouraged commuters to use the Metro Rail on Sept 22 in order to give their cars a day’s break, outraged Metro Rail users asked that the HMRL increase coaches.
HYDERABAD: The World Car Free Day is observed annually on September 22 and promotes car-free days in cities all around the world. This year, the Hyderabad Metro Rail also jumped on board, promoting the use of metro trains as an alternative to driving cars around, entirely oblivious to the reality that most metro trains run at capacity and are constantly crowded with people squabbling for space.
The Hyderabad Metro Rail tweeted, “Hiya Hyderabad, Let’s give your automobiles a day’s relaxation on the event of World Automotive Free Day” and shared a picture inviting the town commuters to make use of the metro, which sparked backlash from the commuters.
Whereas the Hyderabad Metro Rail Restricted (HMRL) inspired commuters to make use of the Metro Rail on September 22 so as to give their automobiles a day’s break, outraged Metro Rail customers requested that the HMRL improve coaches, no less than throughout peak hours, as the vast majority of metro trains are already full of passengers.
Sharada, a daily Metro Rail consumer who works for an MNC in Raidurgam, said, “All of the coaches, together with two to 3 coaches allotted for ladies, are already working at most occupancy throughout peak hours. If the Metro Rail authorities are asking us to take the metro on particular dates equivalent to ‘World Automotive Free Day’, they need to achieve this solely after growing the variety of coaches.”
Sudershan senior citizen who travels by Metro to office daily complains that senior citizens coach is of no use as it is totally occupied by young girls and boys forcing the aged and sick people to stand
Many commuters complained inadequate security arrangements in the station which is serious security treat
Hyderabad: In a major decision that could bring in relief for students and parents, the Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC) slashed the fee for several private engineering colleges in the State by revising its earlier fee structure that was fixed in July.
This year, the TAFRC has fixed a fee of Rs.1.60 lakh per annum for the MGIT, which is highest among all private engineering colleges. This college has retained its fee structure as fixed in July. Similarly, the CBIT which earlier got the highest fee structure i.e., Rs.1.73 lakh per annum has now got a fee of Rs.1.12 lakh per annum.
On the other hand, the minimum fee has gone up from Rs.35,000 per annum in 2019 to Rs.45,000 per annum now. Around 12 engineering colleges received fees over Rs.1 lakh per annum and majority colleges have a fee more than the minimum fee. This new fee structure will be applicable for the next three-year block period starting academic year 2022-23.
As fee revision was due for the next three-year block period this year, the TAFRC had invited applications from private colleges. A fee of Rs.1.73 lakh per annum for the CBIT was fixed in July this year. Likewise, close to 30 colleges got their revised over Rs.1 lakh per annum.
However, this revised fee was not notified and the Committee had decided to retain the existing fee for the present academic year given the hardships faced by students and parents due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
As the Committee decided on retaining the earlier fee structure, 79 private engineering colleges approached theHigh Court which passed an interim order allowing them to collect the enhanced fee. However, it asked the colleges to refund the differential amount if the fee notified by the TAFRC was less than the amount collected from students.
With some colleges approaching the Committee seeking a review on the fee fixed, the TAFRC, while reviewing audit reports submitted by managements, has found several discrepancies. Following which the Committee had called around 90 colleges for personal hearings in which the fee for several colleges was reduced compared to the fee fixed in July, while for some earlier fee was retained.
“The new fee structure will be placed before the TAFRC committee meeting which is scheduled for Saturday and later it will be sent to the State government for issuance of order,” an official said.
Bhutan has re-opened its borders for international tourists after over two and half years following the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening has come with a revised tourism levy called the Sustainable Development Fee (SDF).
The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan Friday finally opened its borders to international tourists, including those from India, after being closed for two and a half years due to Covid-19 pandemic. Bhutan’s Ambassador to India, Major General Vetsop Namgyel said fully-vaccinated travellers are now welcome and tourists would no longer be required to be quarantined upon arrival. Namgyel said the strict measures adopted by the Bhutanese government during the pandemic helped the country save lives. We took two and a half years to open our international borders, as our priority during the pandemic was to prevent the loss of lives. So we took very stringent measures. This was very effective as Bhutan hardly had any fatalities from Covid-19,” the Bhutanese Ambassador stated.
As of today, there will be no more quarantine for people coming to Bhutan. There will be no test on arrival. Only vaccine certificate needs to be shown,” he added. The envoy said there will be a daily fee for tourists to enter Bhutan. Namgyel said the Bhutanese government’s tourism council has fixed a fee of Rs 1,200 per day for Indians. For other international tourists, the fee is USD 200 per day. “The tourism council did a review of policies to find out if we have to keep Bhutan as a high or low volume tourist destination. For Indian tourists, Rs 1,200 per day will be charged by the Bhutanese government as Sustainable Development Fee (SDF),” the ambassador said.
Hyderabad: India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that Telangana is likely to have light to moderate rain in one or two places for the next four to five days.
Meanwhile, parts of the city received light to moderate rainfall on Thursday. Heavy rainfall also occurred at isolated places in Telangana
The IMD has predicted rain for Sunday, which may play a spoilsport in the much-awaited India vs Australia match to be held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Uppal. Rainfall is likely to occur in LB Nagar zone, where the stadium is located.
IMD has also predicted light to moderate rain at isolated places in other districts as well, until September 26. On Thursday, heavy rainfall occurred at isolated places in the districts of Bhadradri Kothagudem , Khammam, Nalgonda, Suryapet, and Mahabubabad. The rain led to waterlogging in some parts of the city .
Russian President Vladimir Putin has survived another assassination, according to media reports. Putin’s limousine was allegedly attacked by a “loud bang” on its left front wheel which was followed by “heavy smoke”,
Vladimir Putin’s limousine was allegedly attacked in a possible assassination attempt as the war in Ukraine rages on, Kremlin insiders claim.
The Russian tyrant’s car was hit by a “loud bang” on its left front wheel which was followed by “heavy smoke”, sources close to the leader allege.
According to reports that Putin’s limo was driven to safety with the president unharmed – but there have been multiple arrests from his security service, it is claimed.
Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airportis all set to undergo an overhaul. It’s one of the busiest airports in the country and soon more domestic and international flights will take off from here! Read more!
Touted as one of the fastest growing Indian airports, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport(RGIA) presently caters to about 21 million passengers per year. And, plans are in place to expand the connectivity and be equipped to tackle more passenger traffic.
Once revamped and fully operational, the passenger handling capacity of the airport is likely to be more than 34 million people per year.
The total cost of the expansion project of RGIA is estimated to be around Rs 6000 crores.
GHIAL presently handles a lot of international traffic with newer routes being introduced one after the other.
At present the international airport is spread across three levels covering an area of 15,742 square metres. The expanded part of the terminal is integrated and it has six domestic arrival bus gates. There are also three aerobridges that are presently operational.
The plan for expansion comprises construction of additional built-up area, 149 check-in counters, 26 security screening machines, 44 immigration counters, 44 contact gates, 28 remote departure gates and nine remote arrival gates, too. This will take the total area of the integrated passenger terminal to 379,370 square metres.
It is suspected that either an e-bike or a generator placed in the Ruby Motors showroom exploded, leading to the fire. The flames leapt up the staircase and soon engulfed the hotel on the floor above
According to the police, there were about 25 occupants in the lodge, an
Telangana Minister for Urban and Municipal Administration Development, K T Rama Rao has announced that the state government would provide an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh to the families of the deceased, who lost their lives in a major fire accident in Secunderabad on Monday night. A lodge, Ruby Pride, located near Monda market in Secunderabad caught fire at around 9.35 pm on September 12. In the fire accident, eight people have lost their lives, while 11 people were injured, according to the latest update. The bodies of the deceased were taken to the Gandhi hospital mortuary.
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It is reported that a foreign power’s nuclear secrets were among classified documents found by the FBI at former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence.
Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe said the revelation showed federal agents “absolutely had to go in” to retrieve the intelligence, while Shawn Turner, former director of communications for US national intelligence, said knowledge Trump was hoarding classified nuclear documents was a “gamechanger with regard to the risk it poses to our national security”.
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and residence in Palm Beach, Florida, is a magnet for foreign spies, former intelligence officials have warned.
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.
Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday.
The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change.
With her death, her eldest son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, will lead the country in mourning as the new King and head of state for 14 Commonwealth realms.
In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
“The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”
All the Queen’s children travelled to Balmoral, near Aberdeen, after doctors placed the Queen under medical supervision.
Her grandson, Prince William, is also there, with his brother, Prince Harry, on his way.
Queen Elizabeth II’s tenure as head of state spanned post-war austerity, the transition from empire to Commonwealth, the end of the Cold War and the UK’s entry into – and withdrawal from – the European Union.
Her reign spanned 15 prime ministers starting with Winston Churchill, born in 1874, and including Liz Truss, born 101 years later in 1975, and appointed by the Queen earlier this week.
She held weekly audiences with her prime minister throughout her reign.
At Buckingham Palace in London, crowds awaiting updates on the Queen’s condition began crying as they heard of her death. The Union flag on top of the palace was lowered to half-mast at 18:30 BST.
The Queen was born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, in Mayfair, London, on 21 April 1926.
Few could have foreseen she would become monarch but in December 1936 her uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated from the throne to marry the twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson.
Elizabeth’s father became King George VI and, at age 10, Lilibet, as she was known in the family, became heir to the throne.
Within three years, Britain was at war with Nazi Germany. Elizabeth and her younger sister, Princess Margaret, spent much of wartime at Windsor Castle after their parents rejected suggestions they be evacuated to Canada.
After turning 18, Elizabeth spent five months with the Auxiliary Territorial Service and learned basic motor mechanic and driving skills. “I began to understand the esprit de corps that flourishes in the face of adversity,” she recalled later.
Through the war, she exchanged letters with her third cousin, Philip, Prince of Greece, who was serving in the Royal Navy. Their romance blossomed and the couple married at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947, with the prince taking the title of Duke of Edinburgh.
She would later describe him as “my strength and stay” through 74 years of marriage, before his death in 2021, aged 99.
An emotional Pragnya broke into tears of joy as she hugged her family members upon arriving in the city. “I was overcome with emotions after seeing my family after such a long time. They gave me warm, tight hugs and flowers… it was so much love, and I’m so grateful and blessed. I just hope I’ve made my family proud; this is a moment I will cherish forever,” said Pragnya.
In a heartwarming gesture, Pragnya placed her crown on her mother’s head and dedicated her success to her parents. “To see my parents, grandparents, teachers, and friends swell with pride after seeing me at the airport is a feeling that will stay with me for the rest of my life. I feel blessed to be able to experience all of this,” she added.
In an interview, Pragnya talked about her mother and shared that her mother didn’t want Pragnya to pursue a career in modelling; however, after seeing Pragnya’s success, she was supportive of Pragnya’s modelling career.
Soon after completing her school education, she pursued fashion design at the International Institute of Fashion Design, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad.
According to Pragnya, she likes playing chess and has represented her school in inter-school chess tournaments. She also likes to binge-watch K-dramas in her leisure time.
Pragnya Ayaagiri is a fitness enthusiast, and she often posts her workout pictures on Instagram.
After winning the title of LIVA Miss Diva Supranational in August 2022, she gave an interview to a media house in which she said that she wanted to establish a sustainable fashion brand startup to influence people towards conserving natural resources. In 2021, Pragnya’s project Sustainable Fashion was shortlisted for the title of Miss Golden Heart. Pragnya Ayyagari’s project, Sustainable fashion, aimed at creating awareness about the importance of sustainable fashion and encouraging everyone to make sustainable choices. In an interview, she talked about this and said,
China earthquake: Over 30 people have already been confirmed dead from the natural calamity with fears that the toll could further increase.
The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 12:25 pm local time, was monitored at 29.59 degrees north latitude and 102.08 degrees east longitude at a depth of 16-km, China Earthquake Networks Centre was quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency.
The epicentre is 39-km away from the county seat of Luding and there are several villages within the 5-km range around the epicentre.
The quake is the strongest to hit the region since 2017, with the shaking felt hundreds of miles away in the cities of Xian and Changsha.
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The epicentre was at the town of Luding at a focal depth of 10 miles, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. Four of those killed were in Luding.
Posts on Monday from Chinese social media website Weibo showed lampshades swinging in provincial capital Chengdu, a city of about 21 million people, approximately 140 miles from the epicentre.
A total of 39,000 people live within 12 miles of the epicentre and 1.55 million within 62 miles, according to state television.
As Bengaluru remains inundated in floodwater on Day 3, desperate families are left scrambling for hotel rooms amid soaring prices. The rooms which cost at around Rs 10,000-20,000 a day on average are now costing Rs 30,000-40,000 as luxury houses in the city were flooded after heavy rains on September 5.
Meena Girisaballa, CEO and founder of PurpleFront Technologies said her family spend Rs 42,000 to spend a night at a hotel on Old Airport Road as their luxurious house in Yemalur was flooded.
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The hotels in Whitefield, Outer Ring Road, Old Airport Road and Koramangala were fully booked till Friday. Meanwhile, people were unable to get rooms despite sky-rocketing prices.
The resident said that they thought that they could stay in the first floor of their villas until the floodwaters receded, but the power backup ran out and there were no choices left except to move to hotels.
People associated with the hospitality sectors said that guests were booking rooms for 10-15 days as they expect that it will take more time for their homes to get cleaned and refurbished after the water seeps away.
Billionaires in Boats
Epsilon, home to Bengaluru’s corporate and business elite, gone from being a utopia of the rich to a mess. The city’s most exclusive gated community, home to billionaires like Rishad Premji, Byju Raveendran and Varun Berry got flooded after torrential rains on Sunday night.
Most of the people had to be rescued in boats while the neighbourhood looked like a ghost town as the residents shifted to hotels. Visuals from the area showed houses submerged while expensive furniture floating in water.
Luxurious Cars Washed Away
Among the billionaires who were affected by the floods include Unacademy’s Gaurav Munjal, who posted a video of his evacuation in a tractor. Ishaan Mittal, a managing director at venture capital fund said that 300 families from his society were evacuated while there was no electricity at the apartment.
Visuals of the elite society also showed submerged and some floating German and Italian cars, which were once prized possession of their owners.
Some vent their Anger
Amid the flooding and rain havoc, many industry leaders and corporate heads took to Twitter to vent their anger at the problems faced by the people in Bengaluru.
Biotechnology industry veteran Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has termed the rain havoc as “devastating” and said the city has never faced flooding at such a scale. Both the government and developers need to take collective responsibility to address water-logging, the Executive Chairperson of Bengaluru-headquartered biopharmaceuticals company, Biocon, said.
Information technology industry veteran T V Mohandas Pai said the havoc was due to heavy rains was a result of multiple factors, including bad governance, high corruption and lack of urban reforms. Both political leaders and bureaucrats have failed the citizens, the former Chief Financial Officer of IT major Infosys Ltd said on the floods in parts of Bengaluru following two days of torrential rains.
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Liz Truss Is New UK Prime Minister, Defeats Rishi Sunak by over 20,000 Votes
Britain’s Conservative Party has announced its new leader is Liz Truss, who has served as foreign minister for the past 12 months. She will be formally appointed as the next prime minister by Queen Elizabeth, likely on Tuesday afternoon.
“I will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy,” Truss said in her victory speech, adding that she will also take on challenges from high energy bills to the National Health Service.
The result follows a nationwide vote by the party’s grassroots members that lasted several weeks this summer. Truss will become the country’s fourth leader in a politically turbulent six-year period
Prince Jackson and Paris Jackson paid tribute to their late father, Michael Jackson, on what would have been his 64th birthday Monday.
Happy birthday to the greatest!” Prince wrote in a birthday post on Aug. 29. “Miss you more and more but I love your more and more with each day. Thank you for everything.”
Fans also honored the singer, who died in 2009, with one user writing, “Thinking of you and your siblings today. He was the greatest entertainer and an amazing father. We love him forever.”
Southern cinema megastar Chiranjeevi owns many properties. During his long journey as a top star in Tollywood, Chiranjeevi bought lots of land in different places. These properties also include 3000 square yards of land on the main road of Film Nagar. Sources said he bought it in the early 1990s for Rs 30 lakh (Chiranjeevi Property worth). Now insiders say he has sold his prime property.
According to media reports, the owner of a daily newspaper had been showing interest in the land for a long time. Sources say, he is now the owner of this land. Grapevine says the deal is around Rs 70 crore.
South superstar Chiranjeevi, who has acted in more than 132 films in his career, owns Rs 1300 crores. He owns a Rs 38 crore bungalow in the prime location of Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, where he lives with his entire family. Chiranjeevi’s bungalow is equipped with all facilities. The interior of the house is done in a very luxurious manner.
A zoonotic virus Langya has been reported in China, with 35 people infected so far. The new type of Henipavirus has been found in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces, Taipei Times reported. The Virus is causing liver, kidney failure. Know the symptoms about this new virus.
Langya virus patients developed symptoms like fever, fatigue, a cough, loss of appetite, muscle pain, nausea, headache and vomiting. The virus was likely transmitted from animals to human quoting scientists in Taiwan. A correspondence about the new virus by scientists from China, Singapore and Australia has been published in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang said that 26 of the affected patients developed symptoms like fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite, muscle pain, nausea, headache and vomiting. They also showed a decrease in white blood cells, low platelet count, liver failure and kidney failure. The authors of the study have underlined that the sample size of their investigation is too small to determine human-to-human transmission. However, they point out that among the 35 patients infected by LayV, there was “no close contact or common exposure history”, which suggests that the “infection in the human population may be sporadic”.The spread of germs from animals to humans, called zoonosis, is common, accounting for more than six of out of every 10 known infectious diseases in people, according to the CDC. Most of the time they cause limited disease, dying out without having a major impact.
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