Hyderabad, or the city of pearls, has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Only a couple of weeks back, a young girl of 17 was raped in a plush locality by minors. Following that, a woman working with an UN-affiliated organization was molested at an upscale pub at 1.30 am in the morning. Her friends were beaten up badly with bottles.Then there is the rising number of honor killings. It looks like the city has become a place for aggression and sexual violence. Though the city is rated among the best cities to live in, the growing crime scenes in broad daylight and in plush areas have surely become a cause of concern.Ironically, the Telangana government has the largest number of police recruits, and it is a city that is under high surveillance beating Chennai and London, New York, and Beijing. Hyderabad apparently has 480 CCTVs per sq km and 30 for every 1000 population. However, this hasn’t stopped the criminals from going ahead with their heinous crimes.The Telangana state government is also coming up with an ultra-modern ‘Command and Control Centre’ that will centralize and codify the city’s facial recognition system on a real-time basis. While the human rights activists say it will be a grave violation of human rights and data privacy, the government does not seem to have any plans of withdrawing it. In fact, the Centre will be capable of monitoring data and imagery from 6 lakh cameras in the city.With growing surveillance, the number of crimes only seems to be increasing in Hyderabad.

Growing Crimes in Hyderabad Make People Wary

There was a time when the city’s lakes were in a deplorable condition. But times have changed, there is awareness among people, and today there is a trend of corporates joining hands with the administration to protect and revive water bodies in Hyderabad and its suburbs.Leading builders and developers like Vamsiram Builders, Jain Constructions, Green Leaves Infra, Vaishnaoi Group, and Meenakshi Infrastructures have all come forward to volunteer for the initiative as a part of their social responsibility programs.As part of the initiative, de-silting, wee cleaning, biological wetland treatment, bund strengthening and compacting, inlet sewage diversion, and setting up of floating wetlands and plantations will be taken up at 25 lakes in the city. In some places, dewatering will also be done.Simultaneously, beautification works will also be taken up. Installation of aerators to increase oxygen levels in the lake, display of hoardings to increase footfall, installation of signage to warn people against littering, and placing of benches and litter bins are also some of the other tasks on the to-do list of all stakeholders involved.The 25 lakes identified for conservation and preservation include Peeda Cheruvu in Mansoorabad, Yapral lake in Malkajgiri, Malgoud lake in Rajendranagar, and Masjid Banda lake in Kondapur and Nanakramguda lake. A standing committee will accord permission to the corporate bodies to go ahead with their part.The corporates also intend to conserve the environment around the lake by involving the community. As a part of the initiative, the agencies have been told to submit a detailed action plan for the development of lakes, draw up an agreement and sign a memorandum of understanding with GHMC superintendent engineer of Lakes Wing.

Big Building Companies Join Hands To Revive 25 Lakes in Hyderabad

An Assam native security guard murdered his wife at his house on Monday. Reportedly, a security guard working at GVK Mall killed his wife Rupa Sarkar at their house in Punjagutta and later committed suicide at Lakdikapul railway station track in the evening hours of Monday.After finding his dead body of Biswas, the railway police authorities checked his clothes and found a letter in his wallet. In the letter, which was written in the Assamese language, the overall summary is that Biswas killed his wife and kept her body in the Punjagutta house as he had a doubt about his wife's character and ended his life by suicide with depression.The railway police located Biswas' house at Prem Nagar in Punjagutta and recovered Rupa Sarkar's dead body from the rented house will the help of Punjagutta cops.A case is registered under section 302( murder) act of IPC by the Punjagutta police. On the other hand, the railway police lodged a case under section 174( suicide). Reportedly, an investigation is going on on the twin death cases.

Security Guard Murders His Wife and Commits Suicide 

The now popular conjoined twins who had earlier refused any special arrangements for writing their exams have passed their intermediate examination. Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) on Tuesday announced results for its students of inter 1st and 2nd year. Over 9 lakh students appeared for the exam that was conducted in May.Among them were Veena and Vani, conjoined twins who passed the examination with first-class marks. Satyavathi Rathod, minister for tribal welfare and child welfare, extended her greetings to them, and she also lauded the officers who helped them.Telangana education minister Sabitha Indira Reddy announced the results and over 60 percent of students passed in second class while the rest passed in first class. Veena and Vani want to continue their education and do not want their situation to cause hurdles in their further studies.Incidentally, both girls are adamant and want to become independent. It is known that though they have parents, the parents refuse to take them home as they say they cannot afford to bring them up.

Conjoined Twins from Hyd Pass Intermediate With Flying Colors

Shantamma jumped into the heritage Hussain Sagar Lake a couple of months back to fetch a body. The person's inconsolable relatives did not touch the rotten body as it smelt real bad. Finally, Shantamma was given Rs 70 for retrieving the body. But money is not why the mother of seven children does such deeds.Shantamma and her husband Shiva, who live on the footpath by the Katta Maisamma temple near Hussain Sagar, look at it as an act of charity. They have been doing this for many years and take the families' money wholeheartedly. The couple is always a call away when the need arises.Shiva, a seventh-class drop-out, started fetching bodies as a teenager. Both Shiva and Shantamma grew up together, and Shantamma has been filling for her husband since 2004. The couple grew up together, got married, and now have a brood of seven. But that does not deter them from the hazardous task. They rescue those who jump into the lake to commit suicide.It is known that Hussian Sagar is full of pretty harmful pollutants. Still, the couple takes it as their responsibility to get the bodies of people who commit suicide by jumping into the lake and searching for bodies that lie on the lake bed 30-60 feet deep. Shiva lauds his wife Shantamma for her courage and determination to help him in his endeavor.Shiva, now 37, travels to districts for search operations, and Shantamma promptly fills in. While many look at her suspiciously, she is good at her job and does it without any safety mechanisms.Ironically, there are four outposts and one police station at Hussain Sagar. But none of the staff in these places know swimming, and neither do they have the equipment or apparatus to do the needful if they see anyone jumping into the lake. They only stop some from jumping, counsel them and reunite them with their families.

The Inspiring Story of Shantamma, The Life-saver

Drugs were always an issue, but for many years it was low-key. However, for the past few years, drugs have become a common menace in the city, and the police have become highly vigilant in the city. With the increasing number of cases of drug peddlers and drug addicts being caught by police, it is an issue that is now on top priority for the police and Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (HNEW).And now, to penetrate into schools and colleges, HNEW and the city police have decided to form Anti-Drug Committees (ADCs) in every educational institution in the city very soon. The ADCs will play a key role in monitoring and curbing the consumption and peddling of drugs on the premises and hostels of the institution.The city police and HNEW will be in constant touch with ADCs, and ADCs will create awareness about the ill effects of drug abuse, shares commissioner CV Anand. On its turn, city police will create a public awareness campaign about drug abuse through social media and by visiting educational institutions, bus stops, metro rail, and railway stations.After a few high-profile parties were busted, NCB, DRI, Customs, IB, ED, HNEW, and city police are working in tandem to weed out the problem. They intend to strengthen their coordination to track down narcotics smuggling and peddling gangs to control the inflow and spread into India.The city police have also entered into an MoU with private and government institutions to help drug addicts come out of the habit permanently. A rehabilitation monitoring team has been formed by the city police, who will act as change agents and monitor the rehabilitation process.The Institute of Mental Health, Erragadda, Asha Group of Hospitals, Phoenix Rehab Services, and Amrita Foundation Society are partnering with city police.

Hyd Police to Form Anti-drug Committees in Educational Institutes

T-Hub was started as a 70,000 sq ft building when it was once started inside a building inside the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Gachibowli. Today, it has grown to a size of 3,70,000 sq ft in the middle of the technology hub in Raidurg.T-Hub 2.0 will be five times bigger in size and shape, and the first phase of T-Hub contributed immensely to the new venture. If one goes back in time, T-Hub was started after MA &amp; UD minister KT Rama Rao met with entrepreneurs working out of ISB. When he asked them about the challenges they faced, they told him about the steep prices of office spaces in Cyberabad. That’s when the thought of having a building that offers office desks at nominal rates came up, shares Jayesh Ranjan, principal secretary, IT and Industries.Over the years, T-Hub has transformed into an accelerator and incubator space for start-ups. Since 2015, T-Hub has supported 1100 start-ups that have raised Rs 10,000 crore from the funding ecosystem. Out of them, two have become unicorns, and 8-10 are in the soonicorns stage.With time, the demand for accelerator and incubator space increased, and the government has now decided to build T-Hub 2.0. From July 1, 215 start-ups will move into the new building, and 2,3 venture capitalists have already booked their seats in the building. The old T-Hub will be returned to IIIT-H, and two corporates have already signed an agreement to set up their office there.The 10-floor building will have a dedicated floor for Venture Capital companies. The space will be offered free of cost. Partner organizations like Telangana State Innovation Cell will set up full-fledged offices there. Centers of excellence like the cybersecurity CoE will take up space.

T-Hub 2.0 in Raidurg to Become Operational from July 1

An irresistible cupcake sitting on the bathtub can take you off track for a moment. But the trend of whipped cream soaps has been popular in Hyderabad for a while. And one entrepreneur who has been a pioneer in the city is Sakshee.She started her brand Skinmushh, a brand of whipped cream soaps, and has become an established name with 60-plus products and is a role model for many women. Sakshee happens to be an IIT computer science graduate who is presently in the US to upscale her business and to understand trends in international markets.Sakshee believes in combining ayurvedic and modern skin care techniques to ensure skin-friendly products. She is probably one of the first persons to introduce whipped cream soaps to Hyderabad. She explains the process crisply – one has to take plant-based ingredients, homogenizing them at suitable temperatures, and then integrating them with extracts to make a perfect blend of whipped soap.Sakshee says the idea of fancy-looking soaps attracted her a lot. She then did intensive research and realized how they could be made healthy and excellent for the skin. The bottom-line is the effective formulation, she says. Sakshee also conducts workshops in soap-making to teach the secret of making exotic and skin-friendly soaps.While regular soaps wipe the moisture off the skin, whipped cream soaps are natural and offer great benefits to the skin. They contain humectants like glycerine to keep the skin nourished, and at the same time, it does the cleansing and foaming that regular soaps do.Sakshee says rose happens to be the classiest and preferred by most of her clients, while mango and coffee are popular too.

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Not allowing a pregnant lady into the hospital lift led to the death of her unborn baby. The incident happened at Imtiyaz Hospital in the old city of Hyderabad. Reportedly, the pregnant came to the hospital with labor pains in an emergency condition. Still, she was not allowed to enter the hospital lift as the authorities kept a display saying that the lift was not for patients.Those eyewitnesses at the hospital say that after repeated requests, the hospital staff refused the woman to enter the hospital lift, due to which she lost her unborn baby. The victims have filed a case at a nearby police station against the hospital management as they lost the baby due to staff negligence.As per the reports, the pregnant woman was admitted to the hospital and given an injection and kept in observation, but later the doctors and the hospital staff turned busy with the birthday celebrations of one of the staff members. As the entire hospital staff was in celebrations mood, none of them asked whereabouts of the admitted lady.Later, as the lady got labor pains, her family tried to take her to the doctor on the top floor through the lift, but the staff had not allowed her to enter the lift, so she lost her unborn baby. Police lodged a complaint against Imtiyaz Hospital staff, and the investigation continues.

City Hospital Booked As Woman Loses Baby Due To Lift

Uttam Reddy, yes, that’s him. Uttam says he always knew he would end up doing something in the food and beverages segment. So, he confesses the seed of thought was always there. Also, his passion for serving authentic food to people made by hand-picked chefs made him open his first outlet of Rayalaseema Ruchulu.Today, it’s about two decades since Uttam Reddy has been serving authentic Rayalaseema food to his customers, and RR is a known name among the locals and those in the city for work. He owes his success to his mom, says Uttam. His mother would make and then distribute ice cream to retailers, and he picked up a few supply chain and logistics tricks at a young age.One thing that pushed him to put his thoughts into action was observing that when one spoke of Hyderabadi food, it was always about biryani and haleem. So he felt he must introduce food from Rayalaseema to people out here, and that’s how RR happened as a small home-cooked style kitchen. But even during the initial days, Uttam Reddy would deliver to nearby places, trying to popularise it among food lovers.Today, RR also serves some Andhra and Telangana dishes that Uttam added as part of the menu after talking to chefs from the respective regions. However, he was unsure if he wanted to continue with the business during the initial days. But destiny seems to have decided for him.Like all establishments in the F&amp;B industry, Rayalaseema Ruchulu, too, had its highs and lows during the pandemic. They had to shut off four restaurants and let go of staff and chefs. But, on the other hand, they expanded to Jubilee Hills, HITEC city, and Ameerpet. And now, he plans to expand to Begumpet, Secunderabad, and Kondapur.He shares on a parting note that the pandemic had taught him to be more tolerant, patient, and grounded than ever.

The Man Behind The Success of Rayalaseema Ruchulu

MA&amp;UD minister KT Rama Rao will be inaugurating the newly completed 5 Foot-over-Bridges (FoBs) soon. Once open, the bridges will help pedestrians cross roads without the hassle of facing speeding traffic, thus avoiding road accidents.Following requests from Hyderabad and Cyberabad police commissionerates, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) took up the construction of 22 FoBs at major junctions that were identified as accident-prone zones.The five completed FoBs are situated near Hyderabad Central in Punjagutta, St Ann’s High School in Secunderabad, Neredmet bus stop, Swapna theatre in Rajendra Nagar, and near NSSK High School in Ferozguda.For all the five FoBs, works on walkways, staircase erection, roof sheeting, mild steel railing, the crash barrier, and flooring were completed. Lifts and escalators were also installed, with the costs adding up to Rs 16 crore.GHMC Engineer-in-Chief Mohd Ziauddin shares that GHMC took up the project to safely help pedestrians cross the roads. The FoBs would help pedestrians circumvent the streets completely, especially in busy areas with markets and malls, he adds.The state government has opted for a public-private partnership (PPP) agreement to build these as it is against the exploitation of FoBs through advertisements. Various departments have been asked to build FoBs from their budget as advertisements would make FoBs uglier.