23-year-old Telangana man hacked to death in front of pregnant wife months after inter-caste marriage

A Dalit man who was hacked to death in a case of honour killing on Friday in Telangana's Miryalguda town was cremated on Sunday.

A large number of people, including leaders of Dalit organisations, attended the funeral of Pranay Kumar, who was brutally murdered by his father-in-law, who belonged to another caste.

Pranay's wife Amrutha Varshini, his parents and other family members participated in the funeral held at a church in Miryalguda in Nalgonda district, about 150 km from Hyderabad.

The funeral procession began after Pranay's brother arrived from Ukraine.

The 23-year-old man was hacked to death by a hired killer when he was coming out of hospital with Amrutha after a regular pregnancy check-up.

The couple had married six months ago despite strong opposition from Amrutha's parents.

The murder has evoked public outrage. The town on Saturday observed shutdown on a call by Dalit groups.

Telangana's IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Sunday condemned Pranay's murder. He said the murder came as a rude shock. "Dismayed and anguished on how deep rooted casteism is," he tweeted.

Rama Rao, who is son of Chief Minister K. Chandrahekhar Rao, promised that the perpetrators of this heinous crime will be punished.

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Hyderabad: Plastic bottle crushers installed at select railway stations

In a bid to protect the environment, South Central Railways has installed machines for crushing and recycling plastic bottles at select stations in Hyderabad.

The installations have been made at Kachiguda, Secunderabad and Nizamabad stations along with Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.

These crusher machines are of the size of a refrigerator and have the capacity to crush around 5000 bottles per day.

The crushed bottles come out as fine plastic pieces, ready to be sold as scrap in the market or to be reused to make bags and T-shirts.

"The aim to install these machines is to protect the environment. If any passenger wants to throw the plastic water bottle they can put into this machine, which will crush the water bottle," Chief Public Relations Officer of South Central Railways, Uma Shankar told ANI.

Not only are initiatives being taken to prevent littering, but measures are being implemented to discourage the use of plastic itself.

Earlier this month, the Telangana government instructed municipal bodies across the state to stop the usage of plastic.

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And the winner of 'Indian Idol 9' is L.V. Revanth

Hyderabad-based playback singer L.V. Revanth was on Sunday night declared to be the winner of the season of the singing reality show 'Indian Idol'.

26-year-old Revanth, has won a prize money of Rs. 25 lakh and a contract with Universal Music.

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar handed over the trophy to Revanth with other judges Anu Malik, Farah Khan and Sonu Nigam in attendance.

The season finale witnessed three contestants - L.V. Revanth, Khuda Baksh and PVNS Rohit - battle it out to win the title of Indian Idol.

The first runners-up was Khuda Baksh, the second runners-up was PVNS Rohit.

Revanth had a terrific journey on the show by singing songs like 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage' from 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' for the semi-finals.

He hails from Vishakhapatanam and is not a new comer to the world of singing as he had lent his voice to one of the biggest projects including the regional version of 'Baahubali'.

His song 'Manohari' also made him win the IIFA Utsavam award.

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Md Siraj asks father to stop driving autos after bagging Rs 2.6 cr IPL deal

He also wants to buy a house for his family

IPL Auction 2017 : The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 auction spread smiles in a Hyderabad neighbourhood. There was a good reason too. Mohammed Siraj, the younger son of auto driver Mohammed Ghaus was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad for a staggering Rs 2.6 crore.

As reporters made a beeline outside the cricketer's modest rented family house, he explained how he plans to use his money now."My father drove auto all these years but never let financial pressure of the family affect me or my elder brother. A bowling spikes costs a lot and he would just get the best for me. I want to buy a house for them now in a good locality," Siraj told The Quint.

While Siraj wants his father to stop driving autos, his father wishes otherwise. "I will drive the auto as long as I have the strength. Why should I depend on sons?" Ghaus was quoted as saying by Mumbai Mirror.

Interestingly, Siraj was often admonished by his mother Shabana Begum who worked as a house maid for showing lack of interest in studies. He discontinued studying while in intermediate, whereas, his brother went ahead to become an IT professional.

"He brought many mementos and sometimes cash prizes as well. However, I never knew he would become so big. It's all God's blessings," the proud mother told Mumbai Mirror after the auction.

Although his family did not keep a track on his career properly, Siraj slowly earned the reputation of a pacer in Hyderabad cricket circle. Read more

Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers to win IPL 2016

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lost out to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by eight runs in a dramatic final of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2016) Season Nine on Sunday at the Chinnaswami Stadium.

Requiring 209 runs in 20 overs with an asking rate of 12.54, Royal Challengers could only manage 200/7, though it got off to a flying start helped by a pounding Chris Gayle and a stable Virat Kohli.

Chris Gayle spearheaded the chase for Royal Challengers Bangalore with a superb 38-ball-76. Dominating with the bat, he rarely gave chance to Kohli, so much so that he accounted for 74 of the first 100 runs score by RCB by the end of nine overs.

Smashing eight sixes and four fours, Gayle looked like interested in only hitting sixes as long as he was on the crease.

The capacity crowd in Chinnaswami Stadium was on the edge of the seat as long as Gayle was firing one six after the other, he looked unstoppable.

However, the Gayle show got over to a top edge catch held by Bipul Sharma off Ben Cutting.

Everything looked fine as Kohli was on strike to be followed by other reliable batsmen.

But that was not to be, Kohli also departed soon after Gayle, castled by Barinder Sran, he scored a 35-ball-54, with two sixes and four fours. But what followed later was an utter disappointment and heartbreak for the Royal Challengers. (Read More

Next Education acquires firm for computer education

Hyderabad-based Next Education has acquired Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B)-incubated start-up InOpen Technologies for its K-12 computer science product Computer Masti, in an all-cash deal. 

Computer Masti was created jointly by IIT-B and InOpen and has a series of e-books to teach computer science in schools.

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Dalit student suicide: FTII students sit on hunger strike

Expressing "solidarity" with students protesting over alleged suicide by a dalit scholar in Hyderabad, the students of Film and

Television Institute of India (FTII) on Tuesday sat on a day-long hunger strike outside the institute's gate here.

"We are in solidarity with students protesting the death of Rohit Vemula, and as many as eight students sat on hunger strike for a

day," FTII Students' Association president Harishankar Nachimuthu said.

The hunger strike started with eight students and slowly other students too are joining the protest, he said.