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A Fly91 flight from Hyderabad to Hubballi was diverted to Bengaluru due to adverse weather conditions, with airport officials maintaining that all passengers were safe. The incident caused panic among the passengers as the aircraft remained airborne for three hours on Sunday. Some of the scared passengers were in tears and started praying for their safety. The flight, which departed Hyderabad at around 3.30 pm, was scheduled to land in Hubballi at about 4.30 pm but was unable to do so due to unfavourable weather, sources said. "Due to bad weather, the flight from Hyderabad to Hubballi was diverted to Bengaluru," an airport official said, adding that such diversions are a standard safety measure. According to the official, the aircraft hovered over Hubballi for about an hour in anticipation of improvement in weather conditions before being diverted. "This is general practice. Aircraft circle in the air for some time waiting for the weather to improve. It is the pilot's decision,"
Netflix on Thursday launched its premier visual effects and virtual production hub, Eyeline Studios, in Hyderabad, marking a significant strategic push in the country's fast growing animation, VFX, gaming, and comics sector. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, state IT minister Sridhar Babu, information & broadcasting ministry secretary Sanjay Jaju, and actor-producer Rana Daggubati, alongside Jeff Shapiro, CEO of Eyeline Studios. Eyeline Studios is Netflix's premier innovation hub for visual effects and virtual production, where practical filmmaking and next-generation technology converge. Founded in 2019, the studio unified with Scanline VFX - a visual effects powerhouse established in 1989 - in 2025 to form a single, comprehensive creative force operating across three divisions: Studios, VFX, and Labs. Its proprietary capabilities include the Light Dome volumetric lighting system, LED volume stages, 4D capture systems, and ...
As many as 13 flights from Middle East countries to Hyderabad were cancelled on Tuesday following the ongoing conflict there, airport sources said. The sources further said 12 flights scheduled for leave to various countries in the Middle East were also cancelled. "Thirteen flights from the Middle East to Hyderabad were cancelled today. Similarly, 12 flights that should have left for the Middle East were also cancelled," sources told PTI. Social media is flooded with confused travellers seeking updates on the status of their flights. "I have a flight from Hyderabad to Kuwait and Kuwait to New York. Booking reference: AI6CP4. Can you please confirm if the flights will be running-on 13th March. In the app it's still showing confirmed," Rohit Chalumuri, a travellor posted on 'X'. Over 360 flights at Hyderabad Airport have been cancelled from February 28 till March 10, sources added.
In yet another incident of stray dog killings, nearly 100 canines were allegedly "poisoned to death" in Yacharam village near here following which a case was registered against a sarpanch and two others for their alleged involvement in the act, police said on Wednesday. The fresh incident follows killing of nearly 500 stray dogs in different districts of Telangana since January 6. An animal welfare activist, associated with Stray Animal Foundation of India, in a complaint filed with Yacharam Police Station alleged that the dogs were injected with some poisonous substances on January 19. A case was registered under relevant sections of BNS and Prevention of Cruelty of Animals Act against the sarpanch, secretary and ward member of Yacharam gram panchayat on Tuesday, a police official said. As per the complainant, 100 dogs were killed, but based on preliminary investigation and after verifying with villagers around 50 dogs were found to be killed, though further probe is on in this ..
French multinational personal care corporation L'Oral is expected to inaugurate its Global Capability Centre (GCC) in November this year, official sources said on Wednesday. The beauty tech company will be investing Rs 3500 crore ( 350 million Euros) by 2030 and will create 2,000 highly skilled advanced tech jobs, including AI specialists, tech engineers, and data scientists and will accelerate the delivery of state-of-the-art, AI-powered beauty solutions at scale, an official release said. The decision was announced by Nicolas Hieronimus, Chief Executive Officer, L'Oral, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum being held at Davos, Switzerland, it said. The L'Oreal facility would be the world's first GCC in the beauty-tech niche in Telangana. The facility is expected to create jobs for 2000 beauty tech engineers, a government official said. "This first-of-its-kind Beauty Tech hub will serve as a flagship for crafting the next generation of AI-powered beauty innovation and ...
Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday said it has bagged a "significant" order for the Hyderabad Greenfield Radial Road project. The contract, awarded to L&T's transportation infrastructure business vertical, covers the second phase of the project in Ranga Reddy district. L&T classifies an order amount ranging between Rs 1,000 cr to Rs 2,500 cr as 'significant'. It involves the construction of a "22.3 km 3+3 lane access-controlled radial road" to boost connectivity in the region, L&T said in a filing to BSE. The Hyderabad Greenfield Radial Road phase-2 holds strategic importance as the first radial connector linking Hyderabad's outer ring road to the proposed 340-km regional ring road , enhancing regional connectivity. It will improve access to key growth hubs like IT corridors and electronic city, driving economic development in Telangana's Ranga Reddy district. Under the contract, the infrastructure firm will construct a 3.6 km long viaduct, minor .
The death toll in the helium cylinder blast that occurred near the Mysuru Palace has risen to three, police said on Saturday. Lakshmi (29), a resident of Kamakshipalya in Bengaluru, succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment in KR Hospital, taking the toll to three, late on Friday, police officials said. She had suffered grievous injuries in the blast, including severe abdominal trauma, and despite intensive treatment, she could not be saved," a senior police officer said. Lakshmi was the wife of Rajesh, an auto-rickshaw driver in Bengaluru. Rajesh is originally a resident of Hosahalli village in Mandya district. Police said the couple had come to Mysuru on Thursday and were staying at their relatives' house in Belavadi when the incident took place. Earlier, Saleem, the helium balloon seller, was killed on the spot on December 25. On Friday, another injured woman, identified as Manjula, also died while undergoing treatment at KR Hospital. Police said Saleem was a native
Sajid Akram, the slain suspect in the recent mass shooting in Australia, visited Hyderabad six times over a span of 27 years after leaving India in 1998, Telangana TGP Shivadhar Reddy said on Friday. He said the Telangana police initiated an inquiry after the address mentioned in Sajid Akram's Indian passport was traced to Hyderabad. During the inquiry, police found that Akram was born in Hyderabad and visited the city for the first time in October 2000 after migrating abroad in 1998 for education and employment. He was accompanied by his European wife during that visit. He later visited Hyderabad in 2004 and again in February 2009, following his father's death, though the visit was not for attending the funeral, the DGP said. Akram subsequently visited the city in July 2012 and March 2016 to settle property-related matters with his family members. "His last visit was in July 2022, ostensibly to meet his mother and sister. This is all the information we have regarding his links t
Godrej Properties has sold housing properties worth Rs 2,600 crore in the first year of operation in Hyderabad and it is looking to expand business in the city that offers huge growth opportunities, a top company official said. In January this year, Godrej Properties announced entry into the Hyderabad housing market with the launch of its first project at Kokapet. In an interview with PTI, Godrej Properties Executive Chairperson Pirojsha Godrej highlighted that the company has performed exceedingly well in the Hyderabad market. "We launched our first project in Hyderabad during January-March quarter. We launched our second project in July-September quarter. Between these two projects, we have achieved sales bookings of more than Rs 2,600 crore of in our first calendar year of operation in the city," said Pirojsha. Noting that the Hyderabad market has a "huge growth potential", he said the company would like to expand business in this city to tap strong demand for premium and luxury