Hyderabad


HYDERABAD
Hyderabad is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With more than 6 million people (60 lakh), it is India's 5th largest metropolis and the 36th largest metropolitan area in the world. It is known for its rich history, culture and architecture representing its unique characteristic of a meeting point for north and south India, and its multi lingual culture, both geographically and culturally. Hyderabad is a place where Hindus and Muslims have been co-existing for centuries. It is also one of the most developed cities in the country and is the emerging IT and biotech hub of India. Hyderabad and Secunderabad are twin cities, separated by Husain Sagar (also known as Tank Bund), an artificial lake constructed during the time of Ibrahim Qutb Shah in 1562. The Charminar (Urdu: "Four Minars") monument, built in the center of Hyderabad by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 as a commemoration of the eradication of a plague.
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Mumbai | 8 hours ago
'Love Sex aur Dhokha' team to distribute cards on V-Day
Mumbai, Feb 14, - The team of National Award winning director Dibakar Banerjee's forthcoming film 'Love Sex Aur Dhokha' that portrays a life of love, sex and betrayal, will distribute 'Dhokha' cards across seven cities on Valentine's Day to promote the film.These free cards symbolising 'Dhokha' - will be available in select coffee shops, cinema halls, restaurants, saloons, spas and tattoo parlours ... read more

Hyderabad | 8 hours ago
JAC asks all Telangana legislators to quit
Hyderabad, Feb 14 - The all-party Joint Action Committee - Saturday night unanimously asked all legislators from the Telangana region to quit to protest the terms of reference of the Srikrishna committee that will study the demand for a seperate state.After a marathon meeting of the JAC, its convenor M. Kodandaram told reporters that the process of submitting resignations would start Sunday. He sa ... read more

Hyderabad | 10 hours ago
Six Telangana Congress legislators to quit
Hyderabad, Feb 13 - Andhra Pradesh is again heading for a political crisis with six legislators of the ruling Congress from the Telangana region Saturday deciding to resign in protest against the terms of reference of the Srikrishna panel that will examine the demand for a seperate state.Terming the terms of reference unfavourable to the demand for formation of separate Telangana state, four membe ... read more

Hyderabad | 13 hours ago
IPL matches shifted out of Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, Feb 13 - Indian Premier League - supremo Lalit Modi tweeted Saturday that all Deccan Chargers' games have been moved out of Andhra Pradesh due to political unrest over the Telangana issue.Modi posted on the Twitter that all the seven matches, including the opening game, have been shifted out of Hyderabad and Vishakhapatnam. State capital Hyderabad was scheduled to host five matches and ... read more

Chennai | 13 hours ago
Third win for Karnataka, TN in South Zone One-dayers
Chennai, Feb 13 - Tamil Nadu and defending champions Karnataka swept to their consecutive victories in the South Zone Subbaiah Pillai One-day cricket tournament here Saturday.Karnataka, thanks to an unbeaten 121 - by Ganesh Satish, overwhelmed Kerala by seven wickets while Tamil Nadu cruised to an eight-wicket win against Hyderabad. Kerala, weakened by the departure of S.Sreesanth, who left for Ko ... read more

New Delhi | 14 hours ago
All IPL matches shifted out of Andhra Pradesh
New Delhi, Feb 13 - Indian Premier League - supremo Lalit Modi tweeted Saturday that all Deccan Chargers' games have been moved out of Andhra Pradesh due to political unrest over the Telangana issue.Modi posted on Twitter that all the seven matches, including the opening game, have been shifted out of Hyderabad and Vishakhapatnam. State capital Hyderabad was scheduled to host five matches and Vish ... read more

19 hours ago
Partial response to Telangana shutdown call
Hyderarabad, Feb 13 - The day-long shutdown call by the Joint Action Committee - of students to protest the terms of reference of the Srikrishna panel, formed on the issue of carving Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, evoked partial response Saturday.Normal life remain unaffected in most parts of Hyderabad and three of nine districts of Telangana region with the state-owned Andhra Pradesh Stat ... read more

Hyderabad | 19 hours ago
TRS defers decision on resignations over Telangana tussle
Hyderabad, Feb 13 - The Telangana Rashtra Samiti -, which is heading the agitation for a separate state to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh, Saturday decided to postpone its decision to submit resignations of all its elected representatives, following an appeal by the all-party Joint Action Committee -.TRS parliamentarians, all its 10 members of the Andhra Pradesh assembly and lone member of legisl ... read more

Hyderabad | 23 hours ago
Telangana shuts down to protest Srikrishna panel guidelines
Hyderabad, Feb 13 - A day-long shutdown began in Hyderabad and nine other districts of Telangana region Saturday in response to a call by the Joint Action Committee - of students to protest the terms of reference of the Srikrishna panel on the issue of carving out a state of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.Shops and business establishments remained closed while state-owned Andhra Pradesh State Road ... read more

Kolkata | 23 hours ago
Will Laxman be India's answer to Steyn at Eden?
Kolkata, Feb 13 - With their middle order collapsing like a pack of cards in the first cricket Test against South Africa, the Indian team management seems to be pinning a lot of hope on the fit-again V.V.S.Laxman to deliver at his favourite Eden Gardens in the second Test here starting Sunday.The stylish right hander from Hyderabad suffered a split webbing on his left hand while going for a catch ... read more