In a peculiar incident, a bus belonging to the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) went missing from Hyderabad’s Central Bus Station (CBS) on Wednesday. The bus, a Metro Express, reportedly belonged to the Kushaiguda depot, plying the 3K route between Gowliguda and ECIL. The police visited CBS and analysed CCTV footage to identify the […]
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In Telangana, Private Medical Colleges Asks Students To Pay Complete Upfront Fees For Education
Students of private medical colleges in Telangana have raised allegations that the institutions are asking for bank guarantees and extra fees prior to admission. According to complaints by students and their parents, private colleges are asking students to pay course fees for at least three years, prior to entering their first year of MBBS. Students […]
Why ‘Political Funding’ Is At The Core Of India’s Corruption?
A democracy cannot have multiple standards of transparency. But in India that exists widely and is practiced religiously. It is difficult to even imagine that a government, which forced crores of fellow Indians to stand in long queues to prove their integrity during demonetisation, cannot prod the country’s most responsible class to come clean on […]
When The ‘Voting Ink’ Suddenly Vanishes From The Fingers Of The Voters…
The revelation could have far-reaching implications as the “indelible” ink is meant to ensure that a voter can vote only once. Many people during the first phase of polling claimed that the “indelible” ink applied to mark the index finger of the voter immediately after casting their vote could be removed just by applying some […]
Why The Cruel ‘Kafeels’ Of Saudi Arabia Targeting Gullible ‘Women’ From Hyderabad?
When Iliyaz Begum left for Saudi Arabia in 2016 to work as a khadama (housemaid), she never imagined that she would be returning home on a wheelchair. When her employer’s attempts to sexually harass her failed, she was pushed from the second floor of the building. “It was the worst decision of my life. I […]
Hyderabad-Based OMICS Fined $50 Million For ‘Deceptive Publishing Practices’
The ruling it first of its kind against one of the largest publishers of so-called ‘predatory’ journals. A US federal court has ordered Hyderabad-based OMICS International – which claims to publish over 700 peer-reviewed journals – to pay a fine of over $50 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for engaging “in unfair and […]
Rs. 425 + GST + Taxes = 500, A Day Parking Fees For Two-Wheeler At Secunderabad Railway Station
Two Wheeler parking at the Secunderabad Railway Station is turning out to be a costlier affair than the train journey you take from the station. Yes, this is true – you can experience the bomb costing of Rs. 500 to park your vehicle. With the GST regime taking effect last year, under the pretext of […]
How Hyderabad Medical Colleges Awarding MBBS Degrees Without Mandatory ‘House Surgeon Training’?
Allegations have emerged that interns are being transferred to Osmania and Gandhi hospitals in Hyderabad for their last year of MBBS and are getting degrees without undergoing the compulsory hands-on ‘house surgeon’ training. Several complaints have been raised against the administrators of Gandhi Hospital and Osmania Hospital in Hyderabad, regarding ‘illegal’ transfers of interns to […]
Why ‘Election Commission’ Is On ‘Questions Radar’ In Andhra Pradesh?
Elections to Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha, as of present, will go down in history as the dirtiest elections of the century. The country had seen many Prime Ministers including Indira Gandhi who was considered to be an iron lady. But even during her regime such a situation was never witnessed. The way the […]
Why All The ‘Farmers’ In Krishna District Of Andhra Pradesh ‘Keeping Away’ From Active Elections?
This poll season, farmers, mostly womenfolk, are forced to confine themselves to agricultural fields, keeping away from the election fever and campaign. Farmers across the Krishna district are now busy harvesting black gram, maize and post-harvesting activities of paddy that was stored in the open in the fields. Women contribute a major share of work in […]