Hyderabad, Dec 22 : Seven passengers who have reached Hyderabad from the UK during last 24 hours have tested negative for Covid-19, health officials said on Tuesday.

On arrival, the passengers underwent RT-PCR tests but were not found infected by the virus. However, all of them have been kept under quarantine.

The state Health Department identified 358 travellers from UK who reached Hyderabad since December 15, and officials said steps were being taken to reach out to them.

Their RT-PCR tests will be conducted. Those who will test positive will be shifted to a health care facility while passengers who test negative will be kept under institutional quarantine for a week.

The Health Department has made arrangements to conduct RT-PCR tests for passengers coming from UK at Hyderabad airport.

The department has already sounded high alert over the new strain of Covid-19 that was detected in UK.

Though India has already suspended flights to and from the UK till December 31, the health authorities have taken steps to screen all passengers who are already en route to the state from the UK.

Director of Public Health Dr G. Srinivas Rao said surveillance has been further strengthened. He said the surveillance measures will be strict like the measures taken in March-April.

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has already issued an advisory on the new strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Disclaimer: This story is auto-generated from IANS service.

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Hyderabad: With night temperature dipping in the city, Hyderabad-based Humanity First Foundation (HFF) took up an initiative to donate winter wear, including blankets and bedsheets, to mentally and physically handicapped people in the city.

HFF’ Dr. Shujath distributed 150 blankets, 250 bedsheets and 350 sweaters to the mentally and physically handicapped people, between ages 5 and 80 at ‘Home for disabled’ in Secunderabad on Sunday. 

Speaking to siasat.com, Dr. Shujath said, ” I started a dinner distribution program for homeless and needy people in 2015. It was then I saw people who did not have plain bedsheets to cover themselves. From then on, I started with the distribution of blankets.”

“Back in 2015, 500 blankets were distributed. This year, we have distributed 2000 blankets in floods, winter, slums, old age homes, orphanages, etc.”, added Shujath.

 Earlier last week, HFF installed two geysers at Orphanage Hostel Ashraf Ul Uloom Kachiguda Hyderabad and one geyser at Hostel for Orphan at Warishguda Secunderabad. They also distributed 350 jackets to kids in Chintalmet Slum.

Several other non-profit organizations too, are helping the needy amid winter chills.

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Hyderabad: Election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hyderabad will be held in the month of February as the current GHMC body has not completed its term. The term of the exiting body will end on February 10, 2021.  

According to Times of India report, the gazette containing the names of the elected members of GHMC council will be published after January 10.

State Election Commission informed that the first meeting of the council must be held within one month of the publication of the gazette. In the meeting, the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hyderabad are conducted.

Term of existing GHMC council

The term of the existing GHMC council started on February 11, 2016 and it will end on February 10, 2021.

As per the GHMC Act, the five-year term of the council cannot be curtailed.

Election of Mayor of Hyderabad

In the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hyderabad, all GHMC corporators and  ex-officio members cast their votes.

These ex-officio members are MLAs, MLCs and MPs whose jurisdiction falls within GHMC limits.

In GHMC, there are 52 ex-officio members. However, seven of them are not eligible to participate in the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hyderabad as they have already cast their votes in another corporation or council which fell under their jurisdiction.

Out of the remaining 45 members, 31, 10, 3 and 1 belongs to TRS, AIMIM, BJP and Congress respectively.

In the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hyderabad, both 150 corporators and 45 ex-officio members are eligible to cast their votes. In order to win the election, a party needs 98 votes which is also termed as the magic number.

How AIMIM can play a kingmaker’s role?

As TRS has 87 votes of 31 ex-officio members and 56 corporators who have won in the recently held GHMC election, it falls short of 11 votes to win the election.

In the given scenario, TRS has an option to form an alliance with AIMIM party that has won 44 coporator seats.

There is another possibility wherein, some of the corporators or ex-officio members of AIMIM party can abstain from voting in the election to allow TRS to prove its majority, Indian Express reported.

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Hyderabad: Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TTWREIS) invited applications from candidates belonging to ST and Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group for free NEET coaching.

According to the Telangana Today report, there are only 25 seats for the coaching that will be provided at IIT Study Centre, Rajendra Nagar.

As per the press release of TTWREIS, candidates who have secured 300 or more marks in NEET 2020 are eligible for the free coaching.

Interested and eligible candidates can submit the applications to the Principal, IIT Study Centre, Rajendra Nagar on or before December 31, 2020.

They can contact NEET coordinator at his cellphone number 9550521665.

Students are working hard to clear NEET

In recent months, it has been seen that many students from poor section of the society are also clearing the examination.

Two girls, Zubaida (23) and Humaira (22) from Nagpada, Mumbai have not only cleared the NEET exam but also secured MBBS seats. They are the daughters of a tailor.

Earlier, these girls were neglected by many because of their heights. The height of Zubaida is 3.5 feet whereas, Humaira is 3.9 feet tall.

In another such inspiring story, six students from Govandi slum in Mumbai’s eastern suburban area have cleared the exams beating all odds.

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Hyderabad: Cyberabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar reacted after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA representing Goshamahal Assembly Constituency Raja Singh made comment against Telangana cops.

After rescuing the alleged cows that were being transported in a container vehicle at Shamsabad, the MLA had leveled allegations against police and claimed that cops are not taking action against gangs behind it. He also termed the police as brokers.

Cops harassing Karyakartas: Raja Singh

He further alleged that cops are harassing karyakartas instead of taking action against persons involved in illegal transportation.

Continuing his allegations, he claimed that a sub-Inspector of Kothur Police Station is providing vehicles to these gangs.

Reacting over the allegations, Sajjanar said that these days, speaking against police department has become fashion.

Allegations baseless: Sajjanar

Terming the allegations baseless, the commissioner demanded proof.

He also assured that if any illegal activates is brought into the notice of the police, action will taken against culprits.

Meanwhile, Chairman of Waqf Board Mohammed Saleem termed the allegations baseless and said that in Telangana, no cow is slaughtered.

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Hyderabad: Telangana is expected to experience severe haze and severe cold weather for the next two to three days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. The temperature in some parts of the state is likely to drop by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius below normal.

According to the department, on Tuesday the minimum temperature was recorded at 5.7 degrees Celsius in Adilabad, 7.2 degrees Celsius in Medak and 10.4 degrees Celsius in Hyderabad.

Northeast winds have increased the risk of cold storms, which are usually higher than in winter. The people are facing difficulties due to deep haze in the morning hours.

Meanwhile, the Telangana State Development Planning Society has recorded a minimum temperature of 3.4 degrees Celsius in Kohir in Sanga Reddy district. Adilabad and Asifabad also recorded lower than normal temperatures. The society has 1044 automated stations in Telangana. The cold wave is likely to continue in the northern and western districts of Telangana.

Besides, the night temperature in Hyderabad will drop and a severe cold wave is also expected to continue in the next two days, the department said.

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Hyderabad: In a joint operation Sleuths of Commissioner’s Task force along with the State Forest officials on Wednesday nabbed a bird seller from Old city for allegedly indulging in illegal sale of Barn Owls.

The accused Kamran Ali Farooqhi aka Imran Ali is a Bird Seller since five years at Murgi Chowk, Hussaini Alam. He acquires different types of birds and animals for selling to the needy customers from known persons. Daily he used to travel Srisailam forest remote areas and surrounding villages.

He targets the dilapidated water tanks where the owls used to stay. In the early morning hours he climbs the water tanks and catches barn owls. He used to sell the owls to needy customers and making quick bucks.

The Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Task force G Chakravarthy said that the Barn Owls makes huge demand in the market, each owl sold to a price ranging from 10,000/- to 100,000/-. There is a superstitious belief like rotating the owl around the human body may leads to good luck.

On Wednesday the task force police along with the forest department officials apprehended the accused who found in possession of 15 Barn Owls at Guddi Ka Dawakhana, Teegala Kunta, Falaknuma, Hyderabad.

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Hyderabad: With an aim to protect the neighborhood from crimes, a Hyderabadi on Monday went a step ahead on Tuesday to donate Rs. 4 lakh to the city police as his contribution towards the purchase of close circuit television (CCTV) cameras.

Mohammed Asif Hussain Sohail, Chairman of Sakina Foundation, bore this idea in mind after the residents of Tolichowki and Shaikpet lodged several complaints with the police about the nuisance caused. 

Notably, police had convinced the residents to crowdfund for the installation of CCTVs for their own benefit. The residents also pooled in as much as Rs. 32 lakhs.

Asif Hussain Sohail has been awarded for his contribution to keeping the neighborhood safe.

Sohail said, “Only in Surya Nagar colony around 175 CCTVs are been installed to make a smart and safe colony. The Sakina Foundation has started a campaign ‘Know your Neighbor Know your Colony’ in which our volunteers will educate the residents about crime prevention strategies including community building and Hyderabad City Police Anjani Kumar has promised that the same campaign will be exercised in all the police stations of the city.”

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Hyderabad: In a rare case, as many as 55 stones of different sizes have been removed from the left kidney of a woman in Hyderabad’s Aware Global Hospital. The doctors performed an operation through advanced endoscopy and minimal invasive surgery successfully.

The woman was admitted into the hospital after she complained of intense abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting which were symptoms of a severe kidney problem. The patient was earlier undergoing treatment by a local doctor, but he was not tested despite the symptoms.

Dr. P. Naveen Kumar, senior consultant urologist and andrologist, Aware Global Hospitals, said, “Thorough assessment using renography and CT scan indicated the presence of small- to medium-sized stones in the left kidney with pelvi ureteric junction obstruction, prompting the team to opt for an endoscopic and minimally invasive surgical procedure to extract the stones and to treat PUJ obstruction. The procedure lasted for two and a half hours, and we were able to remove all the stones from the kidney, without any complications.”

Post-surgery, the patient was kept under observation for 48 hours before she was discharged from the hospital. Her renal health is being monitored from time to time and her recovery is on satisfactory lines.

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Hyderabad: Following the detection of alleged irregularities of officials in the collection of property tax, authorities have decided to re-assess the properties within the limits of Greater Hyderabad.

Recently, some cases came to light a bill collector at Saroornagar in which only Rs. 101 was collected from the owner of 4 flats and Rs. 1575 from the owner of 6 flats. Taxpayers have complained that bill collectors are charging them low taxes

GHMC Commissioner has decided to re-assess all the properties in the city to prevent such incidents and increase the revenue of the corporation through real assessment. He said subordinates are not only deceiving citizens but also causing losses to the corporation.

As a result of corruption, GHMC is losing up to 50 per cent of its funds. Public corruption cases came to light in Sarwar Nagar and some other areas. The Commissioner expressed regret over the situation of property tax collection and sent a proposal to the Government for re-assessment of all properties within the limits of Greater Hyderabad.

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Hyderabad: Even as Hyderabad is on par with cities like London, Paris and New York in terms of population, it is relatively safer compared to them and many other Indian cities, city police commissioner Anjani Kumar said on Tuesday.

“If we compare our crime rate to that of international cities, Hyderabad is safer than New York, Los Angles, London, Paris and Chicago. It is also safer than Indian cities like Delhi, Kolkata, and Bangalore,” he said.

Anjani Kumar said that 22,641 cases were registered this year as against 25,187 in 2019. The city witnessed the biggest drop in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) cases with a 35 per cent reduction compared to the last year, followed by a 26 percent in bodily offenses, 27 percent reduction in property crimes and 19 percent in crime against women.

CP has attributed the decline in crime rate to Hyderabad police continuous criminal tracking efforts.

As many as 109 notorious offenders were detained under the Preventive Detention PD Act by the police, and as many as 4,660 modus operandi offenders were checked 15,202 times, added CP.

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Hyderabad: DGP M. Mahender Reddy today said that they would give a befitting reply to Maoists in the state. He also said that they would thwart any acts of the Maoists to enter into the state.

He made these remarks after launching newly built fire range, parade grounds and BOAC at the district police headquarters located in Hemachandrapuram village of Laxmidevipally Mandal from Bhadadri Kothagudem district.

Speaking on the occasion he said that the Maoists had made Dndakarumyam located in Chattisgarh state and added that they would prevent any kind of advances made by the Maoists to enter into the state.

He praised the performance of police of the district and added that the district police were holding anti Naxals operations on Telangana-Chattisgarh border in order to prevent the infiltration of the Maoists into the state. He also said that each and every police of the district was on alert by collecting all kinds of intelligence about the movement of the Maoists.

He said that the police department was extending its complete support to the people and helping the state government to take its welfare programs to the doorsteps of the people. Reddy made it clear that they would provide opportunities to local youth in the recruitment of police personnel.

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Hyderabad: A 19-year-old newlywed woman reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling at her in-laws’ house in Chandrayangutta area of Old City on Tuesday night.

The victim Firdous Begum (19), who had tied the knot with Mohammed Iqbal (27) with full wedding rituals on November 5, allegedly took the extreme step after being harassed by her husband and the in-laws.

According to the victim’s father, her harassment began when she got to know that her husband was already married to another woman and had a daughter too. Firdous and her family were not aware of this, he said.

“They started beating and harassing her when she questioned the husband for cheating her,” said Syed Jahangir, victim’s father.

Firdous informed her father about the issue after continuously facing harassment. “She couldn’t bear the pain given by her husband and in-laws, and killed herself,” Jahangir said.

Jahangir further said that he got a call from his daughter’s in-laws late at night after they had shifted the body to Osmania Hospital.

He alleged that the husband and in-laws had escaped by the time victim’s family members reached the hospital. It was after this when the family approached the Chandrayangutta police station. However, they alleged that the police officials there refused to lodge the complaint.

“Around 2:30 am on Wednesday, I along with my family came to Chandrayangutta police station for lodging a complaint but the police official denied to file a complaint,” said Jahangir.

On Wednesday afternoon, the family staged a protest at the police station urging the officials to file a complaint and take immediate action against the victim’s in-laws and husband.

However, police officials said that they have registered a case for the suspicious death of the 19-year-old woman. The investigation is going on, police said.

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Hyderabad: A total of 1,200 passengers had arrived in Telangana since December 9 to date from the U.K., where a new strain of COVID-19 virus has been detected, a senior health department offidial said here on Wednesday.

“We are collecting details of flyers who returned from the UK and examining their health condition.

We have found that 1,200 passengers have returned to Telangana from the UK since December 9 till now, ” Telangana Public Health Director Dr G Srinivasa Rao said in a release.

Among the returnees who were traced, none of those tested have reported positive for the virus, he said.

Those who came directly to Telangana from the UK after December 9 or travelled via that country had been requested to call up 040-24651119 or text on WhatsApp to 9154170960 and provide details.

The Health Department staff would then visit their homes and conduct medical tests, he said.

He claimed Telangana has been successful in controlling the spread of the virus and the number of deaths due to the timely decisions and steps taken by the government, in cooperation with the people.

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Hyderabad: Acting on a tip-off, the Commissioner’s Task Force, South Zone Team, along with the Forest Department on Wednesday apprehended a resident of Falaknuma and rescued 15 barn owls from his possession here.

As per a statement, the accused, identified as Kamran Ali Farooqui, had been selling the birds for the last five years at Mugri Chowk in the Hussaini Alam area.

According to police, Farooqui used to travel to Srishylam forest and surrounding villages daily. He targeted the dilapidated water tanks there where these owls stay.

The birds were sold between Rs 10,000 and Rs 1 lakh.

The accused, along with the 15 rescued birds, have been handed over to the Forest Department for further investigation.

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Hyderabad: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has said that people are coming forward to donate for the construction of the Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Speaking to ANI, Alok Kumar, Vishwa Hindu Parishad Central working President said, “To construct the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the VHP has decided to collect funds from across the country. With the money being collected, Ram Mandir alongside the museum, archives, library, Satsang Bhawan and many other constructions will be developed.”

“To raise donations for the construction of the temple, VHP will reach out to more than four lakh villages and 11 crore families. To initiate this process to raise donations in Telangana we have visited the state. In Telangana, we would reach out to 9,000 villages and more than three crore people among 40 lakh families,” he added.

He said people have already started donating for the cause more than expected. The money collected will be used for the development of 108 acres of land.

“…and for the development of these 108 acres, we would not accept the government money. The government money can be used for the infrastructural development of Ayodhya as a whole,” he told ANI.

Bandari Ramesh, Telangana state secretary, VHP said that the collection of donation by reaching out to the people by VHP workers will commence from January 20, 2021, to February 10, 2021.

“The people are already showing their enthusiasm and are coming forward on themselves to donate for the noble cause. The whole money will only be used for the development of the temple area,” Ramesh said.

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Hyderabad: Telangana reported 574 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the state’s tally to 2,83,556, health officials said.

During the last 24 hours, two more persons succumbed to the virus, pushing the death toll to 1,524.

Fatality rate

The fatality rate remained 53 per cent against the national average of 1.4 per cent.

According to director of public health and family welfare, 44.96 per cent of the deaths occurred due to Covid while 55.04 per cent had comorbidities.

The state saw 384 recoveries during the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative numbers to 2,75,217.

The recovery rate stands at 97.05 per cent as against the national average of 95.7 per cent.

The number of active cases in the state is now 6,815 including 4,487 who are in home or institutional isolation.

Covid cases in GHMC limits

During the last 24 hours, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) reported 109 new cases.

Rangareddy district saw the second highest number of new cases at 48 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri (42), Warangal Urban (34), Karimnagar (30), Khammam (25), Nalgonda (22) and Bhadradri Kothagudem (22).

Of the 44,516 tests conducted during the last 24 hours, government-run laboratories accounted for 40,900 while the remaining 3,607 samples were tested in private labs.

Samples tested per million population ratio rose further to 1,77,622.

The daily testing target for the state is 5,600 per day as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) benchmark of 140 per million per day, officials said

Eighteen government-run laboratories, 56 private laboratories and 1,076 Rapid Antigen test centres are conducting the tests in the state.

The data shows that 63.9 per cent of those tested positive so far were aged between 21-50 years. As many as 22.91 per cent were aged above 51 years. The positive cases include 13.18 per cent who were below 20 years.

Of the total cases, 60.44 per cent were male and 39.37 per cent female.

Over 90 per cent of beds in government-run and private hospitals treating Covid-19 in the state remained vacant.

Out of 8,559 beds available in 61 government hospitals treating Covid, 7,804 beds were vacant. A total of 755 people were undergoing treatment in these hospitals.

Similarly, in 219 private hospitals treating Covid-19, only 1,373 beds were occupied. Out of 7,869 beds, 6,496 were vacant.

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Hyderabad: Night curfew in Karnataka and Maharashtra triggered anxiety among Hyderabadi residents. They are worried because of the fact that many night events that are scheduled to be held next week will be forced to close if night curfew is imposed in the city.

After the relaxation of the lockdown that was imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus, wedding ceremonies started taking place in the night with hundreds of guests.

Now, wedding hosts are also worried because if TS government decides to impose night curfew, they have to either reschedule the marriage or change its timings.

No decision over night curfew in Hyderabad

Meanwhile, the Health Department officials said that a report will be submitted to the Government after reviewing the situation. It is expected that the final decision will be taken after receiving the report.

It may be mentioned that recently, Karnataka announced the decision to impose night curfew. The decision was taken in view of a new strain of Corona virus discovered in Britain.

Night curfew in Maharashtra

Maharashtra government also allowed the district collectors to impose night curfew in their respective jurisdictions after taking prior permission from the chief secretary of the state.

“Night curfew (not more than 5 persons to assemble between 11 PM to 6 AM) will be in force from December 22 till January 5, 2021 in the limits of all municipal corporations of the state. The concerned competent authorities to issue necessary directions regarding the same in their respective jurisdictions,” according to a press release by the Department of Revenue and Forest, Disaster Management, Relief and Rehabilitation, Mantralaya, Mumbai under the Government of Maharashtra.

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New Delhi: SpiceJet said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with the GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) to ensure seamless delivery of the coronavirus vaccine from the Hyderabad airport to domestic and international markets.

Hyderabad and its surrounding districts have a number of pharmaceutical companies. The Hyderabad airport, which is managed and operated by the GMR group, is expected to be a key hub in transportation of COVID-19 vaccine domestically and globally.

In a press release, SpiceJet said as part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the GHAC will provide required space at the Hyderabad airport “on priority” for the airline’s vaccine shipments and it will also train the airline’s personnel.

“SpiceJet on its part will keep a dedicated fleet of freighters, including wide-body aircraft, at the Hyderabad airport to handle all domestic and international consignments,” the release added.

As part of this MoU, SpiceXpress the cargo arm of SpiceJet envisions to provide efficient, speedy and reliable solutions for vaccine delivery, while also creating a sustainable cold chain network, according to the release.

“SpiceXpress aims to provide the first mile pick up and last mile delivery to carry COVID 19 vaccines across the domestic and international markets in a temperature-controlled environment,” it added.

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Hyderabad: December is that time of the year we all wait for eagerly. It’s the month when people all across the world gear up for Christmas and New Year. The celebrations begin weeks ahead and people gather with their loved ones during this season.

Shopping malls, streets, churches and houses gear up in beautiful adornments while restaurants and are usually overbooked with happy faces everywhere.

However, in a first-of its kind, Christmas 2020 will be very different in every aspect this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With COVID norms like social distancing and travel restrictions in place, it is likely that one has to celebrate this Christmas on a low-key basis.

Though shopping malls, restaurants and a few streets in Hyderabad are decked up beautifully, places will not bear the same look as they always do during this time of year.The usual crowd of shoppers and passers-by will be missing.

With just a day left for Christmas, the city residents are seen gearing up for the festival and decking up their homes and Christmas trees with stars, bells, fairy lights, garlands, ribbons, Christmas mini balls, Stockings etc.

Well, this Christmas is surely going to be different, but that doesn’t mean it cannot be a merry one! With a little creativity and much happiness, see how people are celebrating the festival amid pandemic.

Malls have also evinced great creativity through decorations where young and old in masks can be seen taking pictures along with Christmas trees.

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