To add to the woes of the public, there is a severe shortage in the supply of petrol in the greater Hyderabad area. In many petrol bunks in the city, there are ‘no stock’ boards. Due to this sudden development, vehicle owners are facing problems.The problem arose after oil companies stopped credit facilities for petrol bunks. And since the owners did not have financial funds, they could not buy diesel and petrol. Also, though some bunk owners paid 100 percent amount, only 75% of the supply is being given. As of today, of the 800 bunks in greater Hyderabad, 300 bunks have been closed.In various localities in the periphery of the city, no stock boards have been put up, and bunks have been closed. If the situation continues, it is going to lead to a grave situation in the city. Also, the petrol bunk owners feel that running the bunks would turn into a problem. In places like Ibrahimpatnam and Yacharam, people suffered due to this sudden shortage.

Greater Hyderabad Faces Severe Shortage of Petrol

Little Dhruvan is barely five years old and speaks like any toddler. But he is not any toddler. He has just set a record for playing with 20 chess players at one go and winning against 19 of them. The tournament was held at My Scape Apartments’ courtyard in Nanakramguda’s financial district.To make his place among the ‘Noble World Record’ holders, Dhruvan played with 20 national-level chess players. The sports minister of state, Srinivas Goud, was present at the event and later presented the trophy, award certificate and reward. On behalf of Noble World Record, international chess arbitrator Chokkalingam Balaji supervised the event.Dhruvan happens to be the child of Kolla Swati and Kolla Srikant, and he has been practicing chess for just six months now. Ex MP Kambhampati Rammohan Rao, Roy Chess Academy director, trainer Rajasekhar Reddy and co-director Divyasri were also present at the event.

World Record At 5 By Playing With 20 Players

Fifty years and still going strong... on the busy street of Ghansi Bazaar in the Old City, one is engulfed by the aroma of freshly-fried jalebis and jhangris. The place has stood the test of time and is popular as ‘High Court jalebis.’If you ask any food-loving Hyderabadi about lip-smacking samosas and jalebis, then the ‘High Court jalebi’ shop is sure to top the list or will surely be mentioned in the top recommendations. Run by Pradeep Nath, the place offers the best samosas and jalebis.The place, a little eatery with no fancy elements, was started by Pradeep’s father in 1968. After working with a Hyderabad-based Hubli caterer for four years in Hyderabad, Pradeep’s father set up his own stall, and it was a hit from the word go.People came in huge numbers during those days, and even today, the place is bustling from 7 am to 11 pm when they shut shop. People from all corners of the city come to the place to enjoy snacks that are budget-friendly and are made with recipes passed over generations.The place has jalebis, samosas, and kachoris, and Pradeep follows his father’s recipes to the T even today. If you have jalebi cravings, you must come here and take delight in some interesting street food.

This Time, Do Try The ‘High Court Jalebi’

Gaming has become a vice of many youngsters, and in one such incident, a teenager played online games using his mother and grandfather’s money without their knowledge and lost Rs 36 lakh over a period of time.The said teenager happens to be the resident of Amberpet. He happened to download a free fire gaming app on his grandfather’s mobile phone a few months back. Since he had access to his mother’s bank account details, he used to play with small amounts initially.However, over a period of time, without the knowledge of his mother or grandfather, he started playing regularly and spent Rs 36 lakh on online games. The family finally came to know about his antics when they noticed that huge amounts had been withdrawn. The boy had withdrawn Rs 27 lakh from his mother’s account and Rs 9 lakh from his grandfather’s account.The woman then approached the Hyderabad Cyber Crime police and lodged a complaint. “We are writing to the company informing about the complaint made by the family, and we will see what can be done in the case,” says an official from the Hyderabad Cyber Crime department.

Teenager Loses Rs 36 Lakh Playing Mobile Games

It’s the digital age, and the pandemic has made the usage of money almost nil. Just about everybody has a payment app, and transfers are done through e-wallets. While the process is pretty easy, it is definitely not safe. And those bearing the brunt of spoofed sites are traders who seldom have the time to instantly check if the payment has been credited to their account.On a normal day, the traders are busy dealing with customers. So, they seldom check their account for balance details. They go by the amount transferred message, and this is where the spoofed apps come in. There are gangs and individuals who are indulging in these nefarious activities.Gangs usually create these spoof apps, and these are then circulated amongst them, and then they go about cheating the traders. Recently, Vanasthalipuram police caught two youngsters from Ibrahimpatnam who duped a mobile accessories shopkeeper of Rs 2800 after purchasing a few items. The duo incidentally tricked the trader using a spooked Paytm app.The police booked the youngsters under Sections 420 of IPC and 66C and 66D of the Information Technology Act. They say that the fraudsters were now downloading spoofed apps of e-wallets from various platforms rather easily and then installing them on their mobile phones.Usually, these people visit a store, make purchases, and take details of the trader like phone number, shop name, amount, and other details in the spoofed app to create a fake payment notification. The spoofed Paytm app also sends a notification to the shopkeeper’s account, but no money is actually transferred, shares Cybercrime ACP (Hyderabad) KVM Prasad.As the shopkeepers are usually busy dealing with other customers, they check the notification and allow them to leave. And if the shopkeepers have any doubts, they simply slip away, saying there might be a delay in updating the bank account.Now, Paytm has listed a few measures to make sure the shopkeepers don’t get duped. Merchant partners can check details of every transaction, download daily or weekly reports, and also gain access to vital business information like estimated time of bank settlement, among other things. Paytm has also stated that a Paytm soundbox can be installed to get an instant audio confirmation for payments. The soundbox supports payments on Paytm QR codes through multiple payment modes like Paytm Wallet, Debit &amp; Credit cards, Net Banking, and BHIM UPI.Merchant partners must also check for the confirmation ticker on the Paytm app, the company says.

Spoofed Apps Turn Headache For Traders

Dr. Roseline and organizers are treating patients for Rs 10 at a Hyderabad clinic to offer affordable medical care to the economically backward classes in society. The move is a sigh of relief for many amid the Covid-19 third wave.&nbsp;Dr. Roseline said she treats 15 patients per day here and also provides lab facilities at a discount of 50%. The organizers approached her with the idea of serving the needy.The clinic is located at the Ambedkar Bhavan in Neredmet.The organizer, Gopal, said that he and his friend Naresh have an organization and started this hospital with the name "10 rupees clinic."Gopal said that apart from medicines, several patients spend Rs 200 to Rs 300 on the doctors. So to help the poor people of that area, his organization decided to start this clinic and approached Dr. Roseline, to which she readily agreed.The organizers are currently planning on expansion, including providing services like dermatology, gynecology, and ENT.

Neredmet Clinic Offers Treatment for Just Rs 10

The city has still not recovered from the shock of Jubilee Hills’ gang rape incident, and now there are reports about yet another rape case. In a rather disturbing development, a minor girl of 11 years was kidnapped by a cab driver and violated under the Moghulpura police station limits.An 11-yr-old girl was walking on the road in the Sultanshahi area when a cab driver offered to give her a lift to her house. Though the girl initially refused, he sweet-talked her into getting into the cab. She was then taken to Kondurg in the Rangareddy district. He then dropped her back at Sultanshahi the next day morning.When the girl reached home, her concerned parents filed a police complaint. Based on it, the cab driver named Lukman and his two associates were arrested. The police are now trying to find out if the girl was violated, along with details of who gave accommodation to Lukman and his associates in Kondurg.Jubilee Hills’ gang rape case was another assault on a teenager who went to a pub with her friend. The 17-yr-old went to a pub along with a friend who left the place early. Later, the assaulted girl made friends with a boy and left the pub with him and his friends. Later, the group went to a pastry shop, following which the boys, all in Class 11 and 12, drove her to a posh area of Jubilee Hills and gang raped her in the car by taking turns while the others stood guard outside.The police have already arrested Sadudin Malik and three others, while one is still absconding. While there have been reports that one happens to be the son of an AIMIM MLA, the police maintain that he was not directly involved in gang rape as he ran away from the scene. West Zone DCP Joel Davis said the accused were being produced before a juvenile court for safe custody. The police have grabbed call data and CCTV footage that corroborate the victim’s version.

Right After Gangrape in Jubilee Hills, Another Minor Violated

A melodica is not a well-known instrument among the general public, though it is known in the music world. Also, it is not very popular in the Indian music scene. Yet, this hand-held free-reed instrument has been in use since it was conceptualized in 1950.Twenty-year-old NSR Sankalp took to melodica some six months back, and music lovers are taking note of this new sound. Sankalp says he started playing the keyboard 13 years back and eventually discovered the melodica.“I wanted to emulate the sound of an accordion, and since I like playing songs with varying dynamics, I found the melodica’s sound closest as it allows me to do that via breathing,” says Sankalp. He says he saw it being played on television and asked his father to buy one and has been attached to it ever since.Sankalp happens to be a student of Saraswathi Sangeetha Nritya Sikshanalayam; he learned piano from his teacher Sakshit. He learned western classical music from him and learned Carnatic vocals from Prathima Sashidar, who heads the institute and is pursuing a diploma in the same.He is also pursuing his CA and is all set to graduate next month. As far as music goes, he is in Grade 6 in piano from the Trinity College of London. He says his main passion is to play different melodies than giving performances. Sankalp adds that he plays melodica at the weekly bhajans held by the Satya Seva organization.While he idolizes Stephen Devassy when it comes to piano, he says melodica cannot be restricted to Indian or Western Jazz. He further adds that the emergence of Telugu bands could help in popularising melodica in days to come.

One Boy’s Intense Passion for Melodica

If you happen to commute in the city post 10 pm or 11 pm, then you are bound to see the blinking amber lights at traffic signals. This clearly shows a situation that can cause major traffic accidents. Ironically, the traffic police only flash amber lights at night.It is a huge threat, say commuters. One regular who goes back home after work says he is pretty scared he might get killed or handicapped if some speeding vehicle comes from the back and crashes into his vehicle. Similarly, another person who works in Jubilee Hills and goes to Kharkhana says she was almost dead three times when she missed accidents by sheer luck.Many want better rules for night traffic as it becomes doubly dangerous. According to research done by BITS, Hyderabad, a large number of major accidents happen between 9 pm, and 3 am as there is a movement of heavy vehicles in the city.They suggested that there must be ample illumination at roadway stretches and provision for a safe pedestrian crossing facility at intersections. Meanwhile, the joint commissioner of Hyderabad traffic police, AV Ranganath, says officials have been turning off signals at night. Fixed and working traffic signals might cause inconvenience to commuters during the night, he says.However, he further adds that ITMS or Intelligent Traffic Management System will resolve issues from July 31. AI-based technology will do away with manual intervention and will access traffic intensity, and the traffic lights will work on that basis. The cameras will also gauge vehicular movements and pedestrian movements, which will reduce the burden on traffic police, he says.

Ambiguous Travel Lights a Threat For Citizens

India is today a sparkling example of young women charting hitherto unwanted or untested territories. Today, we have women doing all jobs that their male counterparts do, and one such shining example is that of Sirisha. She is the assistant electrician at the Taj Krishna hotel in Banjara Hills.Life was a tough ride for Sirisha. Their family, the daughter of an auto driver, hit hard times in 2016, and from a bad situation, they went on to a worse situation. During that time, her brother started working, but that did not help much either. So, to support him, Sirisha decided to take up a course. So, she completed a diploma in electrical engineering and started looking for a job.And it was during this phase, that one of her friends told her about TATA Strive. However, getting trained was no easy task. She had to travel 70kms daily, and her relatives felt immense pressure to stop her from going ahead. But her father supported her, and she joined the AE course. Now, she is the assistant electrician at Taj Krishna.After the family’s position stabilized thanks to Sirisha’s job, they managed to buy a house of their own in Nagole. But Sirisha has bigger plans for herself. She is presently pursuing a B.Tech from Arjun College of Technology and Sciences for the past two years. Soon, Sirisha hopes to become the hotel's head of the electrical department.

An Unchartered Path Opened by a Wish

Madhapur Special Operations Team (SOT) police on Thursday arrested two software employees, including a peddler. They are importing cocaine for Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 per gram from Goa and selling it in Hyderabad for Rs 14,000. Cyberabad Commissioner Stephen Ravindra along with SOT DCP G Sandeep disclosed the details.Rameshwara Shravan Kumar (24) from Bachupally and Gorantla Charan Teja (27) from Kondapur are friends. They planned to celebrate the New Year with cocaine. The drug peddler contacted Mohammad Ashraf Baig, 37, an Arabic teacher from Tolichowki. They bought a gram of cocaine each. After receiving the information, Madhapur SOT Inspector P. Shiva Prasad and his team went to Ramky Towers Flat No. B-1305 in Gachibowli under Rayadurg PS. They were arrested and police seized cocaine from them. After interrogating them, it was revealed that they bought the cocaine from Mohammad Ashraf Baig in Tolichowki. Ashraf was also taken into custody.181 grams of cocaine powder and 44 MD ecstasy tablets were seized from Ashraf. 183 grams of cocaine powder, 44 MD ecstasy tablets, and three cellphones were seized from the three accused. Their value is Rs 26.28 lakh. This is the biggest-ever haul of drugs caught in a single case in the history of Telangana. Ashraf was questioned by police. It is learned that the main drug supplier was Jude alias Chris from Nigeria. It is learned that he was coming to Goa from Nigeria in the wake of New Year celebrations. Ashraf told police that he had been importing drugs from Goa for some time and selling them to private customers in Hyderabad. The main accused, a drug supplier, Jude is on the run.