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Photos: Descendants of those who served Nizam left homeless in Hyderabad

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The holy month of Ramzan has begun, but for 35 Muslim families in Hyderabad’s Bistiwada area, it’s a month of hardships and struggles. These families, who are descendants of those who served the Nizam, are spending their days and nights on the streets, observing the Ramzan fast on the road.
Last month, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) pulled down their dwellings, leaving them homeless. The families, including children and senior citizens, are living with their belongings spread out on the streets.
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April 1, 2023
Ramzan fast on Hyderabad road: Descendants of those who served Nizam left homeless

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The holy month of Ramzan has begun, but for 35 Muslim families in Hyderabad’s Bistiwada area, it’s a month of hardships and struggles. These families, who are descendants of those who served the Nizam, are spending their days and nights on the streets, observing the Ramzan fast on the road.
Last month, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) pulled down their dwellings, leaving them homeless. The families, including children and senior citizens, are living with their belongings spread out on the streets.
Did not get time to seek legal remedy
These families have been living in the Bistiwada area for six generations, and they have power bills, water bills, and property tax receipts. Fouzia Sultan, a member of one of the affected families, stated that the land was allotted to her grandfather, an ex-serviceman, in 1951. The property was registered in 1981, and the problem started in 1996 when it was claimed that the land belonged to the government.
In 1996, a stay order was obtained, but on February 5 of this year, claimants to the property were asked to visit the GHMC office at Khairatabad. Upon reaching there, officials informed them that they had to leave the property along with their belongings by February 17.

Though, the families started the process to seek legal remedy, on February 13, they were asked to leave the premises along with their belongings as the GHMC would pull down their dwellings on February 14. As informed, GHMC officials pulled down their dwellings on February 14, leaving them homeless.
Families observing Ramzan fast on Hyderabad road
Now, in the holy month of Ramzan, these families are facing immense difficulties. They have nowhere to go and are spending their days and nights on the street, observing the Ramzan fast on the road.
As it is a heartbreaking situation, the government should take swift action to provide them with a roof over their heads.

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April 1, 2023
Hyderabad: Case booked after 2 youth allegedly attacked in Old City

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Hyderabad: The Charminar police booked a case against a group of Muslim youngsters for allegedly attacking two persons belonging to another community on Thursday night. The incident took place when the Sri Ram Navami Shobha Yatra was held by right-wing groups in a grand way, and passed-off relatively peacefully.
Sources said the two youngsters who were part of the Sri Ram Navami festival rallies stopped near a mosque closr to the Shehran Market and raised slogans when prayers were going on. An argument happened between the local Namazis and the two youngsters after which the duo were attacked and reportedly chased away.
The police late in the night booked a case under sections 341, 323 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and investigation is ongoing.
While the Ram Navami procession in Hyderabad passed-off peacefully otherwise for this incident, a portrait of Godse appeared at the suspended Goshamahal BJP MLA Raja Singh’s rally, which joined during the procession at Mangalhat. People who joined Singh’s fringe rally waved photos of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, now a beloved Hindutva figure.
The annual Sri Ram Navami Shobha Yatra here has become a show of strength for Hindutva groups to flex. The procession has also become a launchpad for Hindutva mascot and suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh to release new inflammatory ‘songs’ every year. In 2022, he sang a song degenerating Muslims and threatened to “kick” them out of India if they “don’t chant Ram’s name”. This year was no different.
Raja Singh as a practice has been singing songs and releasing them during the Sri Rama Navami festival each year. One of latest songs, ‘Baap Tu Baap Rahega’, was clearly a dig at the ruling government (or even the cops) for arresting him last year and putting him in the jail under the PD Act after he released a video passing derogatory comments against Prophet Muhammad. He did that in retaliation against the state got allowing comic Munawar Faurqui to hold a show.
The lyrics also make mention his PD Act detention following registration of a series of cases for making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed in a video and also old cases booked against him for delivering hate speeches. The lyrics goes ‘Jail Ka Taala Tuth Gaya, Baap Tumhara Choot Gaya’. The song is of 5:10 minutes duration.

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April 1, 2023
Hyderabad Public School now has an Olympic-sized swimming pool

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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet on Friday inaugurated its world-class Olympic-size swimming pool. The goal of the school is also to provide international training on artistic swimming and aquatic acrobatics to its students along with producing ace swimmers in all disciplines.
With this, The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet became the first and only school in the country to not only join the select set of institutions in the country to have an Olympic-sized swimming pool but also offer artistic and acrobatic swimming training, the school said in a press release.
To mark the occasion, globally renowned ‘Kazakh Synchro Stars’ an artistic swimming troupe comprising world and Olympic-level champions were invited to the Hyderabad Public School. The pool was inaugurated today by chief guest Vakati Karuna, IAS, Secretary to Government of Telangana, Department of Education, Chairperson, Board of Governors of HPS, Begumpet.
Other dignitaries present at the event included Guest of Honour, Monal Chokshi, Secretary General, Swimming Federation of India.
The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet has earmarked an investment upwards of Rs. 25 Crore towards creating a sporting ecosystem that includes modern infrastructure, the right coaches and trainers, and the knowhow in these areas to mould their students into world-class sportspersons capable of winning at the Olympics. The School will focus on cycling, swimming, badminton, table tennis, hockey, and shooting as part of this objective.
Speaking on the occasion, Gusti J. Noria – President, of The Hyderabad Public School Society said, “In tune with our objective of creating excellence in academics and extra-curricular activities, HPS has embarked on an ambitious mission to produce world-class sportspersons. The inauguration of the Olympic-size swimming pool and introduction of the artistic and aquatic training programs today is another step towards realizing our vision.”
The Olympic-size pool is housed in the HPS swimming complex and is 50 meters by 21 meters, with a deck area of 16,000 square feet with 8 lanes. The complex has the capacity to seat around 1,000. A significant portion of the investment has been made by the alumni community. HPS has a strong Office of Alumni Relations that has a large network of alumni globally linked to the school. Contributions/Donations made to HPS for infrastructure development or scholarships are eligible for tax exemption under 80G of the Income Tax Act.
Adding further Mr. Noria said “It is a matter of immense pride that our HPS alumni have been actively supporting the development of the institution. I thank all those who have generously contributed towards the swimming pool.”

Kazakh Synchro Stars enthralled the audience with their artistic and acrobatic moves. The members of the national Kazakh team comprising of Yrenchenko Valentina; Bronze medalists in Team Technical Routine – Aida Meimantay and Yekaterina Simonova; Asian champion in artistic synchronized swimming in free solo (women) Akhbasheva Adelyem. Other notable swimmers such as Aliya Karimova, Alexandra Nemich, Yekaterina Nemich, and Arna Toktagan, who had stellar Olympic duet appearances, also joined in the display of yet another stellar performance for the school.
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March 31, 2023
Private agencies to remove animal remains from roads in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad: Taking cognisance of the inconvenience caused to citizens by the foul smell that comes out of animal carcasses, frequently seen lying on roadsides, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to direct private agencies to remove dead animals in all six GHMC zones.
GHMC has asked the agencies to remove the animal carcasses within 24 hours of receiving a complaint, failing which a penalty of Rs 5,000 per day will be imposed.
Stray dogs, cats, and other animals often get crushed by speeding vehicles on the roadsides, and dead birds, mostly pigeons, are left unattended for hours until stray dogs consume their leftovers. Presently, all the dead animals from GHMC limits are brought to the Carcass Utilisation Centre at Autonagar and disposed of through deep burial methods to prevent pollution and the spread of communicable diseases.
The work of lifting dead animals and their safe disposal at Autonagar will be assigned to the agencies at the zonal level.
To bring this move to effect, tenders have been invited by the corporation for all the zones, including Charminar, L B Nagar, Serilingampally, Kukatpally, Secunderabad, and Khairatabad.
An agency that gets selected will use covered four-wheeler vehicles, each fitted with a GPS for lifting the dead animals.
It was further directed by GHMC officials that the agencies should bury the carcasses deep in trenches and sprinkle lime over them before covering them with soil.
The contractor is not permitted to extract oil from the carcasses.

The contractor should possess a high-configuration mobile for receiving complaints round-the-clock and will be responsible for lifting all types of dead animals in the city area, including cattle, horses, cats, dogs, and dead animals from Animal Care Centres.
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March 31, 2023
Hyderabad: Abids Sub Inspector gets 2 years in jail for bribery

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Hyderabad: The Principle Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases convicted and sentenced a police sub-inspector to two years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 in a graft case.
The convicted police officer Avula Prasad, while working as a sub-inspector of Abids police station demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs. 20,000 from one person.
He was trapped red-handed while accepting the bribe on 21 April 2013.
After trial, the court convicted and sentenced him to imprisonment on Friday.
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March 31, 2023
Hyderabad: Sharmila attempts to lay siege to TSPSC office; detained

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Hyderabad: YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) chief YS Sharmila attempted to besiege the TSPSC office to protest against the TSPSC paper leak case. However, she was detained by the police, on her way before she reached the TSPSC office.
Sharmila alongside YSRTP activists staged a protest on the road in front of the office gate.
Following a ruckus, the police arrested Sharmila to avoid any possibility of tension due to the agitation.
Women police personnel bodily lifted Sharmila and shifted her to a waiting police vehicle. Other protesters were also detained by the police. She was later taken to a police station.
Earlier, the YSRTP leader alleged that only small fish were arrested in the paper leak case while the powerful ones were roaming freely. She demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Sharmila slammed the state government for not allowing her to stage a protest in a peaceful and democratic manner. She said whenever she is trying to protest, police are placing her under house arrest.
She alleged that hundreds of policemen were deployed around her house. “They have also issued a lookout notice for me. Am I a criminal,” she asked.
While protesting, Sharmila asked if arrests and filing cases would solve the fair demands of the students. Tensions prevailed after the YSR leader entered into arguments with the police.

The TSPSC conducted examinations on March 5 for 833 vacancies of Assistant Engineer, Municipal Assistant Engineer, Technical Officer, and Junior Technical Officer in various engineering departments.
A total of 55,000 candidates attempted the written exam.
However, the Commission suspected leakage of the question paper and complained to the police.
On March 13, the police arrested nine people, including two employees of the TSPSC.
Following the arrest of the accused, the Commission cancelled the exam and also postponed other exams scheduled to be held later this month.
Hyderabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand handed over the investigation to SIT.
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March 31, 2023
Gold rates in Hyderabad reach near all-time high

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Hyderabad: Gold rates in Hyderabad and other cities in India on Friday climbed to a near all-time high. The rates of 24-carat and 22-carat gold reached Rs. 60, 0000, and Rs. 55, 0000 respectively.
In the current month, the rates of the yellow metal saw nearly a seven percent jump.
In the international market, gold rates reached nearly USD 2000 per ounce. There are speculations that it may breach the all-time high of USD 2072 per ounce.
Reasons for rise in gold rates in Hyderabad
Market experts attribute the rise in gold rates in Hyderabad and other Indian cities to the softening of the US dollar rate and the slipping of the dollar index below 102 levels.
Additionally, the collapse of two regional banks in the US and the crisis in a Swiss bank have also contributed to the increase in gold rates in the international market.
The Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates has also played a key role in the fluctuation of gold rates.
Rates depend on demand and supply
As gold is also a commodity, its rates depend on demand and supply. During times of uncertainty, the rates of the yellow metal increase drastically as investors consider it a safe haven.
However, during market boom periods, its rates return to normal as investors start exploring options that can give them higher returns when compared to gold.

Gold is not only seen as an investment option as many people purchase the yellow for weddings, festivals, and other occasions.
With the rise in gold rates in Hyderabad and other Indian cities, it is likely that the demand for yellow may decrease in the short term.
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March 31, 2023
Hyderabad techie kills self due to work pressure

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Hyderabad: A software engineer died by suicide in Hyderabad due to work pressure and fear of losing job.
Vinod Kumar (32), working for a software company in Hyderabad, hanged himself at his brother’s house in Alkapur township, police said.
Hailing from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, the techie was finding it difficult to cope with the pressure due to some new work tools introduced by the company. He was also worried over lack of job security and shared with his brother the fear of losing the job.
Vinod Kumar was till recently working from home in Guntur but after the company directed him to start working from office, he had moved to Hyderabad and was staying with his brother.
The techie took the extreme step on Thursday. His brother and his wife had gone out and he was alone at home. Police said he hanged himself to the ceiling fan with a bedsheet.
When Vinod Kumar’s brother returned home, he found him hanging. He rushed him to a hospital but doctors declared him dead. He is survived by wife and three daughters.
Narsingi police registered a case and took up investigation.
(Conversations over suicides can be triggering. However, suicides can be avoided. If you are in distress or know someone who is, call Roshni, suicide prevention helpline, 040–66202000)

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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March 31, 2023
Shopping mall in Hyderabad fined for collecting parking fees
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Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs.50 thousand against a popular shopping mall in Hyderabad for collecting parking fees illegally.
The shopping mall, ‘My Home Tycoon,’ located in the city, had charged a parking fee of Rs. 10 from a resident of Secunderabad, Jeetender Surana, on March 28, which prompted him to raise a complaint on Twitter.
GHMC’s swift action
Surana shared the parking fee bill and tweeted, ‘2dy paid for parking at My home tycoon lifestyle building begumpet illegally collecting parking fee initiate action.’
Please submit a complaint letter along with the Parking ticket & Shopping bill to this Whatsapp No. 9154114998, so as to take further necessary action.
— Central Enforcement Cell, GHMC (@CEC_EVDM) March 29, 2023
Following the complaint, the Central Enforcement Cell of GHMC responded promptly and instructed Surana to submit a complaint letter along with the parking ticket and shopping bill to a designated WhatsApp number. The cell then took necessary action and imposed a fine of Rs. 50,000 against the shopping mall for violating the rules.
The GHMC’s swift action against the shopping mall sets an example for others and sends a message that the authorities will not tolerate any violation of rules and regulations.
Rules for parking fees at shopping malls in Hyderabad
In order to regulate parking fees in shopping malls and other commercial establishments in Hyderabad, the government has issued the following rules:
No fee should be collected if the duration of the parking is less than 30 minutes.
A fee can be collected if the duration of parking is more than 30 minutes. However, if the vehicle owner produces a bill of any amount as proof of having done shopping in the commercial establishment, no fee must be collected for the first hour.
If the bill or movie ticket of an amount more than the parking fee is produced, no fee must be collected for any duration of the parking.
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March 31, 2023