-The Hindu Over the past week, floods in Hyderabad have killed 33 people and destroyed property. Swathi Vadlamudi and Syed Mohammed report on how a burgeoning population and rapid infrastructural development have put tremendous pressure on the water bodies of the city, reducing their area, quantity and quality Mohammed Abdul Quddus Qureshi’s body was found at the Nagole sewage treatment plant along the Musi river, 13 km from his home in Alinagar,...
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Sushant Singh Rajput death case: HC raises questions over Republic TV’s reportage -Omkar Gokhale
-The Indian Express Advocate Malvika Trivedi for Republic TV refuted claims of petitioner that the channel had tried to malign the name of Mumbai Police by accusing it of not carrying out an investigation in the case. The Bombay High Court Wednesday sought to know from Republic TV if asking viewers who should be arrested in a case in which a probe is going on, and infringing upon a person’s rights qualified...
More »Still awaiting Police reform -MP Nathanael
-The Hindu It is time for the judiciary to step in and enforce the diktats it had passed in 2006 Police brutality in recent months has turned quotidian. The thrashing of a Dalit Ahirwar couple by the Police in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh on July 14 was very distressing. But for the media coverage, the incident would have gone unnoticed. The District Collector and the Superintendent of Police have been transferred...
More »9 killed as heavy rains batter Hyderabad; water enters homes, vehicles washed away -Rahul V Pisharody
-The Indian Express Record heavy rains lashed the city as well as the rest of the state under the influence of a deep depression in Bay of Bengal that weakened into a depression as it entered Telangana after covering Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad: Nine persons, including a two-month-old, died and two others sustained injuries late Tuesday night when a boulder crashed over two houses in Hyderabad’s Bandlaguda area, said Police. Record heavy rains...
More »16 killed after overnight rain wreaks havoc in Hyderabad -Syed Mohammed, Swathi Vadlamudi and Serish Nanisetti
-The Hindu City marooned after road to airport gets washed away HYDERABAD: As many as 16 people lost their lives due to the rains pounding Hyderabad on Wednesday. With the latest deaths, the toll till Wednesday night rose to 24 including eight members of two families, who lost their lives after a large boundary wall collapsed on their houses in Chandrayangutta area late on Tuesday. Night-long rain has laid siege to Hyderabad city,...
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