How One ‘State Health Bulletin’ Can Answer To ‘Covid Criticism’ In Telangana?

After discrepancies were found and highlighted several times in the medical bulletins put out by the District Medical Health Officers (DMHO) and the state health department, Telangana has finally found a solution to this never-ending controversy: they have now instructed all DMHOs to stop issuing medical bulletins altogether! Most districts have already stopped issuing medical […]

Why Telangana Govt Failed To Handle ‘Covid-19 Muddle’ And Facing Flak?

Doctors, Epidemiologists, and researchers point out that Telangana now needs to enforce a comprehensive preventive strategy to arrest the transmission of the disease. But the sign of action from government is very blurring to see and clarification statements making noise all over. Recently, the Telangana government transferred out the Special Chief Secretary Health A Santi […]

Why ‘Covid Deaths’ Go Unreported At Osmania Hospital In Hyderabad?

It’s a legal dodge, really: If death happens when test results are awaited, it’s not officially COVID-19. Doctors at Hyderabad’s Osmania General Hospital (OGH) have confirmed to #KhabarLive that the Telangana state government is indeed under-reporting COVID-19 deaths in the state, aided by a small lag in the testing process. One senior doctor working at […]

‘Structural Health’ Of Osmania General Hospital Falls Prey To ‘Bad Political Governance’

Structural health of the heritage structure remains questionable for decades now. An existential dilemma has been plaguing the Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad for long, with the structural health of the heritage structure, constructed in the early 1900s, remaining questionable for decades now. The condition of the hospital is once again the subject of a debate on […]

Social Activist Varavara Rao – A History Of Political Incarceration

Renowned Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao, accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, was shifted to JJ Hospital for tests due to his ailing health. The move comes after reports of Rao’s deteriorating condition in Taloja jail, Navi Mumbai were met with massive outrage on social media by concerned citizens, activists and his family members. The […]

‘Covid Patients’ Forced To Share Isolation Ward With ‘Dead Patient Bodies’ At Osmania Hospital In Hyderabad

This is the bizzare and shocking incident, which is untolerable at government run Osmania General Hospital (OGH) in Hyderabad, where Covid patients designated Covid Isolation Ward has become a point of sheer negligence and apathy of authorities. Here, in Osmania General Hospital, 20 patients had to share space with two bodies for over seven hours […]

Why ‘Contradictory Statements’ Over ‘Mosque Demolition’ By TRS Spokespersons And KCR?

The contradictory statements from the Telangana chief minister’s office and the TRS leaders over the demolition of two mosques and a temple within the premises of old secretariat complex have landed CM KCR in an embarrassing position. Especially with regard to the demolition of mosques, there was a strong protest from the Muslim groups, which […]

Urdu Poetry ‘Fading Into Oblivion’ In Hyderabad

Bookshops that used to sell Urdu fiction and poetry in Old city’s Gulzar Houz area in Hyderabad have given way to garment shops and eateries, owners say business has taken a severe hit. Dressed in a spotless white kurta-pajama, Nizamuddin, 57, is a picture of despair as he dusts a few books and arranges them […]

How Pandemic Deprived ‘Urdu Literature Admirers’ Disturbed Rudely?

The Carona pandemic made the world with its impact miserably unorganized. The Discussions and debates, critiques and readings, held at haunts of Urdu books and writing around the country have been interrupted rudely. In Hyderabad – A writer recounted similar thoughts after the death of noted Urdu satirist Mujtaba Hussain in Hyderabad on May 27. […]

Telangana Govt Is ‘Trying To Kill’ Varavara Rao, Family Demands Medical Aid And Immediate Release

Telangana’s Senior activist, writer, and poet Varavara Rao’s family said that the ‘Telangana government is trying to kill’ him in detention without providing medical care. The 81-year-old is suffering from delirium due to electrolyte imbalance in his body, the worried family said. The family members are worried that Rao might suffer brain damage if immediate […]