According to reliable sources, the person who tested positive was working as personal secretary to a senior bureaucrat in the Chief Minister’s Office in Hyderabad. An entire floor has been sealed off and sanitisation measures are underway at the Hyderabad Metro Rail Bhavan in the city’s Rasoolpura area after a staff member working in the […]
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‘Corporate School’ Teachers Strugglling To Do ‘Anything’ To ‘Save The Job’ In Andhra Pradesh
Vexed with the attitude of private school managements through the COVID-19 lockdown, private school teachers have sought help from the government to save and secure thier jobs in Andhra Pradesh. Private school chains in Andhra Pradesh, often colloquially called “corporate schools”, have allegedly failed to pay full salaries to their teaching and non-teaching staff during […]
The ‘Dirty Politics’ Behind ‘Auction Of Properties’ Donated To ‘Tirupati Temple’ In Andhra Pradesh
The fracas around the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam’s (TTD) auction lays bare the contradictions between the ritual renunciation of wealth by shrine’s devotees and the staggering wealth and hardball political intrigue behind one of India’s most famous temple trusts. As the topic gets more Focussed with the stance of a devotee. One day in December in […]
Post Lockdown Worsened The ‘Plight’ Of ‘Brick Kiln Workers’ In Telangana
As one leaves behind the bustling city of Hyderabad in the midst of the lockdown and heads towards Ismailkhanpet in Sangareddy, going past the massive Hanuman statue that oversees the town, one cannot miss the expanse of brick kilns on either side of the road. Barely a tree stands on the route to take cover […]
How Covid Pandemic Affected India’s Overcrowded Prisons?
Three remand prisoners in Kerala’s sub-jails tested positive for coronavirus. Their test results have jolted the state’s law enforcement machinery, which has shut down three police stations, sent 150 persons into quarantine, and is now scrambling to test new entrants to its correctional centers. A state government that was otherwise successful in tackling the pandemic, […]
Muslim Man Buried In Hindu Cemetery After Denial In Muslim Graveyards In Hyderabad
A Muslim man who recently died in Hyderabad was finally laid to rest in a Hindu cemetery after being turned away at several graveyards in the city, on the suspicion that he died of the coronavirus. The man has been identified as 55-year-old Khaja and was finally buried after the intervention of a local leader […]
Post Lockdown, Employees Allege Companies ‘Forcing To Resign’ The Job In Hyderabad
Coronavirus has hit all companies across industries with most seeing meager or zero inflow of revenue. From India’s largest business conglomerate Reliance Industries to smaller startups, there have been pay cuts and layoffs across the board. Several companies, especially startups have had to let go employees, thousands in some cases. However, while many of them […]
Many Tolichowki Colonies Are Ready To ‘Protest With Arms’ Against ‘Official Apathy’ In Hyderabad
Residents of the various colonies in Tolichowki and Shaikpet have decided to wage a campaign against the official apathy towards resolving civic issues. According to residents, they have been facing a lot of problems like mosquito menace even during the peak of summer. They cited Balkapur nala as the breeding ground for the mosquitoes. Mahatma […]
Why The ‘Justice Delayed’ In Hyderabad’s ‘Mecca Masjid Blast Case’ Over 13 Years?
Thirteen years after the Mecca Masjid blast and several rounds of probes later, country’s top investigating agencies have failed in bringing the guilty to book. After the verdict of Special NIA court in 2018, the question that glaringly stares at the investigative agencies is who after all was responsible for the Mecca Masjid blast? The […]
Has ‘Lockdown’ Failed On ‘All Fronts’ In India?
With 16.50 lakh crores wiped out from the economy and all mercantile activity at a standstill, the government would find it difficult to meet its projected revenue targets. The lockdown has failed. There is no other way of saying it. No amount of statistical jugglery, clever by half graphics and downright sophistry, if not whataboutery, […]