Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi inspecting the open space allotted for a park in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad on Monday (January 20, 2025). | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi expressed severe anger at the illegal occupation of an open space allocated for park in Road No. … Read more
Mamata Banerjee. | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is on a three-day visit to the Darjeeling hills. In a public address on Wednesday (November 13, 2024), she called for the unity of people of the hills and the plains amidst slogans of “Jay Gorkha, Jay Bangla” and called for people of … Read more
A file photo of Nandi Hills in Chickballapur district. A city-based NGO, Universal Human Rights Service Foundation, has demanded that the Nandi Hills be declared as a biodiversity hub. Founder-president C.D. Kiran on Thursday said the footfall to Nandi Hills has already reached its maximum capacity and is now posing a safety risk. He said … Read more
Landslip on Lebong Cart Road, in Darjeeling, on September 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Due to incessant rains in northern West Bengal, multiple landslips occurred in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts and damaged many houses. The toy train services from Siliguri to Darjeeling were also disrupted due to these landslides that were triggered by heavy … Read more
Neelakurinji plants have started to regrow in the areas on Chokramudi hills, near Munnar, in Idukki, where vast stretches of land were cleared. | Photo Credit: JOMON PAMPAVALLEY Chokramudi Hills, which transformed into a breathtaking blue carpet as Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) bloomed in 2014, is facing a serious threat of encroachment ahead of the next … Read more
Amid the series of accidents reported on Thursday morning, the Jubilee Hills police arrested five NRIs, including a German national, after they rammed their car into an electrical transformer in the wee hours on Thursday in a drunken state. Ethan Venkat, who was driving the car along with 24-year-old Avinash Chalasani, 25-year-old Sai Pritham … Read more
B. Veerakumar of Tiruppur, who died after a fall from the Vellingiri hills near Coimbatore while on a trek for a pilgrimage | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 31-year-old man from Tiruppur, who suffered injuries after falling from a steep portion of the Vellingiri hills near Coimbatore on April 19, died on Monday, April 22. … Read more
The Jubilee Hills police have reopened the accident case of March 2022, involving the former Bodhan MLA Shakeel Aamir’s son Raheel Aamir, in which a two-month-old boy was killed at the Jubilee Hills check post. Officials from the Jubilee Hills police said that they were re-examining the case and would be making further progress based … Read more
Three pilgrims died while trekking on the Vellingiri Hills near Coimbatore, on Sunday and Monday (March 25 and 25, 2024). With these deaths, the total number of pilgrims who have died while trekking these hills during the ongoing pilgrimage season (which began in February), has risen to five. Two young pilgrims had previously died, … Read more
The festival concludes on October 24 with Vijayadashami or Dasara procession and a torch light parade at Bannimantap grounds. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram Music Director Hamsalekha inaugurated this year’s Dasara festival atop Chamundi Hills on Sunday. Accompanied by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his ministerial colleagues, Hamsalekha lit the traditional lamp and showered flower petals … Read more