Ram Charan shoots Orange in Hyderabad

Director Bhaskar of Bommarillu fame is now busy shooting his next Telugu project Orange, which stars actor Ram Charan Teja, Genelia D’Souza, and Shazahn Padamsee. The unit is now shooting in Hyderabad after completing the schedules in Malaysia, Australia, and Mumbai. The shooting in captial city started on 11th August. They will be shooting here More >

MIT Sloan collaborating with ISB Hyderabad

To expand its global footprint without compromising its core values, MIT Sloan is heading up for a new collaboration with Business schools in India, by entering into a partnership with Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Although MIT’s Sloan School of Management was instrumental in starting Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta fifty years back, but never More >

‘Velayudham’ starts in Hyderabad

Vijay’s latest film ‘Velayudham’ directed by ‘Jayam’ Raja started rolling yesterday. The film is currently progressing in and around locations in Hyderabad. A special set was erected at the world famous Golconda fort and the shoot started in that. ‘Jayam’ Raja is filming the climax fight. Earlier Vijay’s 2004 film ‘Thirumali’ was also shot in More >

GPL to convert Hyderabad SEZ to residential one

Godrej Group’s realty arm Godrej Properties (GPL) plans to convert its Hyderabad IT SEZ project into a residential one. GPL had bought over 34 acres of land in Hyderabad in 2006 to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) keeping in view the boom in the IT sector then. “SEZs are no more lucrative following More >

Hyderabad Metro to be ready in 5 years

The foundation stone for the prestigious Hyderabad Metro Rail Project will be laid in January 2011. Union Minister for Urban Development S Jaipal Reddy said in Hyderabad on Wednesday that for the Rs 12,312 crore (Rs 123.12 billion) infrastructure project, the central government will give Rs 1,458 crore (Rs 14.58 billion) towards viability gap funding More >

US consulate in Hyderabad silent on rape case

The USA consulate in Hyderabad is tight-lipped on the incident in which a 30-year-old US national was allegedly raped by an unidentified person at her residence. The victim has been working with Clinton Foundation as a nutritionist. When contacted the USA consulate said they are aware of the incident and cannot comment. “We are aware More >

Hyderabad added in AirAsia’s destination list

AirAsia, the low-cost airline company of Malaysia has said that it is going to start new flights for Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh. The flights will be connecting Kuala Lumpur to this place and the service will start from July 20. This makes eight different destinations in India that are now in the list of More >

Hyderabad to host eINDIA 2010 in August

The Andhra Pradesh capital will host eINDIA 2010, India’s biggest event on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), from Aug 4 with Sri Lanka as the partner country. The three-day international conference and exhibition will be held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). Hyderabad is hosting the event for the second time in a row.

Two blast accused brought to Hyderabad

Two activists of a Hindu terror group accused in the October 2007 blast in the Ajmer Sharif dargah were Thursday brought here by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the Mecca Masjid bombing in May the same year. Devender Gupta and Lokesh Sharma, both members of Hindu terror group Abhinav Bharat, were More >

A knockout musical night in Hyderabad

It was a musical night yet again in the city when Shruti Haasan and her new band performed at a popular pub in the city. Hyderabad’s hip and happening caught up with the performance which kept them on their toes. People were thrilled as they screamed and sang along with the actor-singer and were left More >