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On Thursday, at Gandhi hospital, patient Sarikonda Raju (right) was forced to use a toy car instead of a wheelchair when his wife refused to pay attenders Rs 100 as a bribe. The video of the incident went viral triggering widespread outrage on Friday.

Hyderabad: Wheelchair for patient on toy car

The hospital suspended two Class IV employees on Saturday after the incident came to light via a viral video.

20 March 2017 2:59 AM IST

Hyderabad: Contractor puts paid to Hydernagar flyover plan

Flyovers had been proposed at JNTU Junction, Godrej Junction and at Hydernagar when Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy was Chief...

20 March 2017 2:53 AM IST

Constant use of car horns, besides loud music from parties and events are the biggest sources of noise pollution in the city. (Representational image)

Hyderabad: Noisy horns, silencers come under scanner

The Telangana Pollution Control Board recommends that pressure horns and fancy silencers must be banned.

20 March 2017 2:43 AM IST

Hyderabad has 1,500 ATMs of which 1,000 are on-site (located at or beside banks). (Representational image)

Hyderabad: Cash fillers-banks war causing cash shortage

The agencies are now asking banks to shell out overtime salaries.

20 March 2017 2:37 AM IST

P. Satyanarayana had worked with a Saudi firm for about two decades and was retrenched. He had called his family to say he was returning after collecting his dues. The next they heard was that he was dead.

Telangana: Days before heading for home, worker dies

His family says all formalities have been completed but the hospital dues have not been paid and his body is not being...

20 March 2017 2:26 AM IST

Hyderabad has 1,500 ATMs of which 1,000 are on-site (located at or beside banks). (Representational image)

Hyderabad: Empty ATMs levying transaction charges

This is set off against permitted number of free transactions.

20 March 2017 2:24 AM IST

Virali Modi, disability rights advocate

Bengaluru: For disabled passengers, it is a train of woes

No wheelchair access to railway platforms, bogies, can't use toilets.

20 March 2017 2:21 AM IST

APD runs a support programme where speech therapy, mobility, hearing therapy and rehabilitation are the focus.

APD, helping the disabled lead life of dignity

Education is the next key focus and mainstreaming the children into proper schools is always a challenge.

20 March 2017 2:20 AM IST

Every year vacancies arise because of some professors attaining superannuation while others quit in search of better opportunities. (Representational image)

Telangana: Teacher shortage for engineering colleges

Filling vacancies is allowed only once every year.

20 March 2017 2:19 AM IST

The ongoing student unrest at JNU and the Central University of Hyderabad (UCH) has left no one in doubt about growing political activism on campuses.

University of Hyderabad student union to stage protest

Students have been demanding withdrawal of a UGC gazette notification, which slashes admissions into M.Phil and PhD...

20 March 2017 2:13 AM IST

op: The pit dug by the Water Board near JNTU, where work is going on slowly. Bottom: The water line that is being laid below the drain pipeline.(Photo:DC)

Telangana: Water pipeline stuck between rock, drain

Work on Water Board line is literally inching ahead.

20 March 2017 2:01 AM IST

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (Photo: PTI)

Telangana government orders survey of enemy properties

The revenue department has no proper records at present on enemy properties.

20 March 2017 1:59 AM IST