Hyderabad

Telangan's Capital, Hyderabad secured 'World Green City" title at the International Association of Horticulture Producers (AIPH) World Green City Awards 2022 held in Jeju, South Korea. As per sources, Hyderabad is the only Indian city to make it to the list of World's Green City and win the award. With this, Hyderabad beat cities like Paris, Mexico City, Montreal, Fortaleza and Bogota to be adjudged the grand winner.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made another arrest in the case of Delhi excise policy. A man has been arrested for allegedly lobbying for a South India-based businessman, on October 10. The accused, Abhishek Boinpally, a resident of Hyderabad, was arrested after he failed to cooperate with the central agency. The CBI stated that he will now be produced before a court.

In Hyderabad, a 13-year-old minor girl was gang-raped after being drugged. Kidnapped from home on September 13, the girl was taken to a OYO Hotel, where she was gang-raped, following which on September 15, the two accused identified as Niyamat and Rishabh, left her at Chandarghat. The parents of the victim filed a complaint, following which the police launched an investigation and arrested the two accused. 

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, while addressing Hyderabad house, expressed her willingness towards resolving the Teesta water-sharing issue soon. She then stated that India is Bangladesh’s most important and closest neighbour. The Teesta water-sharing issue can be traced back to 2011, when both the nations signed an agreement to share surface waters at the Farakka Barrage near their mutual border.

In the ongoing investigation of BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat’s death case, Hyderabad police informed that all the drug peddlers involved were from Goa, although the main accused has not been arrested yet. Hyderabad Commissioner of Police CV Anand stated that of the two drug peddlers that were suspects to the case, one was arrested. He further stated that the Goa police did not cooperate with them.