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First flight lands at Manohar International Airport in Goa from Hyderabad

The first passenger flight arrived at the Manohar International Airport in Goa from Hyderabad on Thursday, marking the commencement of operations at the new facility in the coastal state. The IndiGo flight from Hyderabad landed at 9 am at the new airport located at Mopa in North Goa district, airport officials said. Union Minister Shripad Naik and Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte were present to welcome the passengers at the terminal building of the airport. Naik and Khaunte also presented symbolic dummy boarding passes to passengers scheduled to travel to Hyderabad in another IndiGo flight, the first one to take off from the new airport in Goa on Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the first phase of the new airport on December 11, 2022. The airport has been named after late Manohar Parrikar, the former defence minister who had also served as the chief minister of Goa. With Mopa, Goa has got another international airport which is located 50 km apart from the

Hyderabad to host first-ever Formula E World Championship race on Feb 11

The countdown to the first-ever ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race in India to be held in Hyderabad on February 11 kicked off on Wednesday with the sale of tickets for the prestigious event getting underway. Telangana Special Chief Secretary (Municipal Administration) Arvind Kumar booked the first ticket at an event here. Akbar Ebrahim, president Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India, and other dignitaries were present. Speaking on the occasion, Kumar said Hyderabad has been witnessing tremendous growth and Hyderabad has also won the 'world green city award' recently. State Municipal Administration K T Rama Rao has been emphasising that Hyderabad should aim to be among the top 25 cities in the world, he said. The government thought that hosting Formula E would put Hyderabad in the league with some of the top cities in the world and it is a matter of prestige that Hyderabad got to host the prestigious event. It would would place Hyderabad as a global destination for ...

Income Tax searches on premises of Exel Group of companies in Hyderabad

The Income Tax department on Wednesday conducted searches on premises of Exel Group of companies in Hyderabad and neighbouring Sangareddy district for alleged irregularities in income tax payment

Hyderabad to be 1st city with 100% sewerage facilities by next Apr-May: KTR

Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, IT and Industries of Telangana, K. T. Rama Rao that Hyderabad will be the first city in India to have hundred per cent sewerage facilities

Five consortiums qualify Hyderabad Airport Metro bid, to submit by Jan 20

Five engineering consortiums have qualified for Hyderabad Airport Metro General Consultant (GC) bids, it was announced on Wednesday.

DRI seizes mephedrone worth Rs 50 crore during raids on labs in Hyderabad

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday said it has busted two clandestine drug manufacturing labs here and seized around 25 kg of mephedrone worth around Rs 50 crore. The agency, in a release, said it neutralised the entire network by arresting seven persons besides the mastermind and financier. Acting on the basis of specific intelligence inputs, DRI began a well-coordinated operation on December 21, and busted the two clandestine labs, it said. A total of 24.885 kg of mephedrone in finished form, valued at Rs 49.77 crore in the grey market, along with in-process materials, sale proceeds of Rs 18.90 lakh, key raw materials, machinery and vehicles used for trafficking, was seized during raids on the two labs, it said. Seven persons carrying out the manufacturing in these two locations were arrested and remanded to judicial custody. The DRI further said the mastermind and main financier of this activity was caught hold in Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), as he was attemp

President Murmu to arrive in Hyderabad for first southern sojourn

President Droupadi Murmu will be arriving here on Monday for a five-day southern sojourn.

First batch of Agniveers report at Artillery Centre in Hyderabad

The first batch of the Agniveers reported at Artillery Centre, Hyderabad on Sunday after undergoing four phases of gruelling, testing, and filtering process

Homeless daily wager attacked, pushed under truck for Rs 400 in Hyderabad

A daily wager was murdered following a row with a co-worker over Rs 400 in Hyderabad on Sunday, police said

Bosch Global Software Technologies inaugurates smart campus in Hyderabad

Bosch Global Software Technologies(BGSW) on Wednesday inaugurated its new smart campus here to strengthen its software-centric product innovations. The Centre of Excellence is a technology and innovation R&D hub focused on automotive engineering and digital enterprise, BGSW said in a statement. BGSW has two facilities already operational with a professional workforce of about 1,500 associates in Hyderabad. To consolidate their operations, they will be moving into the new state-of-the-art 1.5 lakh square feet facility, and plan to build the workforce talent in automotive engineering and digital enterprise, it said. The company aims to raise the workforce at the centre to 3,000 professionals by 2025, it said. In the automotive engineering domain, the facility will work on classical powertrain, automotive steering, e-mobility, cross domain computing (ADAS, autonomous driving), active and passive safety, and digital cockpit systems. On the digital enterprise front, it will focus on ..

GMR Hyderabad International Airport raises Rs 1,150 cr through NCDs

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) which manages Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Wednesday said it has raised funds through the issuance of 10 year Listed, Rated, Redeemable, Secured Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) amounting to Rs 1,150 crore on private placement basis. A press release form the company said the NCDs which were raised on Tuesday will be listed on BSE Limited. The NCDs have been priced at an interest rate of 8.805 per cent per annum payable quarterly for an initial period of five years and thereafter the interest rate will be reset for next five years. The issue has been subscribed by eligible investors (Qualified Institutional Buyers, registered under SEBI). The proceeds from the NCDs will be utilised for partial refinancing of about USD 140 Million of the existing ( External Commercial Borrowings) ECB Bonds of 2024 and 2026, for which tendering has been completed, along with accrued interest and other issue expenses. Commenting on

Social lifestyle club The Quorum enters Hyderabad with largest facility

Spread across two floors and 70,000 sq ft, Hyderabad Club will become operational by mid-2023

Delhi excise policy case: CBI to question KCR's daughter in H'bad tomorrow

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will question Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Kalvakuntla Kavitha in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case on Sunday in Hyderabad

Gold worth Rs 1.37 crore seized by customs officials at Hyderabad airport

The Customs on Saturday seized gold biscuits and jewellery, totalling 2.9 kilograms valued at Rs 1.37 crore, from a passenger at the international airport here, an official said. Hyderabad Airport Customs intercepted the passenger who arrived by a flight from Dubai, according to an official release. In his baggage, 24-karat gold weighing 1,547 grams and 18-karat jewellery weighing 1,414 grams at a combined value of Rs 1.37 crore was seized, said Dulip Abraham, Deputy Commissioner of Customs (RGIA-Hyderabad), in a release. Further investigation is under progress, the official said.

Hide your pin number as ATM in Hyderabad now dispenses gold coins

Set up in the south Indian city of Hyderabad, the gold ATM is the brainchild of GoldSikka and dispenses gold coins that weigh anywhere between 0.5 and 100 grams

Hyderabad well placed to become hub for 3D printing industry: K T Rama Rao

Hyderabad is uniquely positioned to emerge as a hub for the 3D printing industry with the presence of the relevant ecosystem and the state government's push to emerging technologies, Telangana Industries Minister K T Rama Rao said on Friday. He was speaking at the inauguration of AMTECH Expo, which is said to be the largest additive manufacturing expo in the country. Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is a process that is used to create a physical object by layering materials one by one based on a digital model. Unlike subtractive manufacturing that creates its final product by cutting away from a block of material, additive manufacturing adds parts to form a product. Rama Rao spoke about the presence of aerospace, defence ecosystem and the medical devices industry in the state. It's time that the country occupies the larger share of the 3D printing industry that is expected to grow to almost USD 65 billion by 2026, he said. "With NCAM (National Centre for Additive

AWS upbeat on India, sees massive headroom for growth in cloud adoption

Within days of announcing mega investments for building in Hyderabad its second data centre cluster in India, Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday said it is excited about the India market, where cloud adoption offers massive headroom for growth. Pledging its long-term commitment to the India market, AWS, Amazon's cloud computing unit, said it expects global uncertainties to accelerate the decisions by companies to opt for flexible, on-demand cloud infrastructure to pare costs, gain efficiencies and drive business innovation. "Cloud reacts well to uncertainty," Puneet Chandok, President Commercial Business, AWS India and South Asia, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL) told PTI. Chandok, while speaking on the sidelines of AWS' annual flagship event 're:Invent 2022' explained that in times of slowdown, cloud technology offers flexibility as compared to conventional models where businesses own their entire IT infrastructure. "That is the reason we see demand like never before for

KCR to lay foundation stone for Hyderabad Airport Express Metro on Dec 9

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will lay foundation stone for Hyderabad Airport Express Metro next month

AWS to invest $4.4 bn in India by 2030 through new Hyderabad region service

Google Cloud has two Cloud regions in India, one of which was opened in Mumbai in July last year

Indian warehousing needs $3.8 bn to meet 223 mn sq ft demand in next 3 yrs

Top-3 sectors, namely, 3PL, e-commerce, and manufacturing & automotive, account for a 78 per cent share of warehouse leasing space across seven cities