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Crime

Hyderabad: Teacher Shaik Aisha Parveen terminated for giving ‘Kalma & Surah Fatiha’ homework to class 2 Hindu student

OpIndia Staff - 16 July, 2026

A private school in Hyderabad has permanently terminated teacher Shaik Aisha Parveen after a controversy erupted over a Class 2 Hindu student being assigned Islamic prayers as homework.

News Reports

Hyderabad ACB raid: Survey and Land Records officer caught with crores in cash, gold, and premium properties estimated at ₹150 crore

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2026

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) uncovered massive disproportionate assets during raids on Land Records Deputy Director Sunkari Narahari Rao.

CBSE to penalise vendor Coempt Edu Teck over OSM controversy, issues over class 12 answer sheet evaluation: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2026

CBSE is penalising its digital evaluation vendor, Coempt Edu Teck, following a critical cloud security vulnerability exposed by an ethical hacker.

Crime

Hyderabad POCSO case: Auto driver Abdul Rehman sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexual assault of an 11-year-old boy

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2026

A Hyderabad POCSO court has sentenced Abdul Rehman to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy in 2019.

Government and Policy

Telangana: PM Modi launches development projects worth ₹9,400 crore in Hyderabad, gives massive push to textile sector

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched projects worth ₹9,400 crore in Telangana

News Reports

PM Modi unveils India’s first private orbital Rocket ‘Vikram-I’, inaugurates Skyroot’s new ‘Infinity Campus’

OpIndia Staff - 27 November, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Skyroot Aerospace's Infinity Campus in Hyderabad and unveiled Vikram-I, India’s first private orbital rocket. Capable of carrying 300 kg payloads, the all-carbon-fibre rocket can be assembled and launched within 24 hours, marking a major milestone for India's space sector.

Opinions

Hyderabad Liberation Day, Partition Horrors Remembrance Day: Why India needs to scrape away the whitewashing and look at the dark realities of its past

Sanghamitra - 13 March, 2024

By commemorating the 'Hyderabad Liberation Day', and Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, the GOI is ensuring that the present generation of Indians knows how hard it was to secure a fragmented nation, how difficult it was to protect a wounded, bleeding country from enemies outside and inside, and how hard our predecessors fought for our sovereignty to build today's India.

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