Hyderabad, August 08: When 28-year-old IT computer engineer Sudhakar clambered his way to the reception area at a private hospital in the city, doctors were shocked to discover that the young man had suffered a massive cardiac arrest due to a blockage in the artery. Minutes later, he collapsed at the hospital lobby and was wheeled in to the cardiology department, where his pulse rate registered zero. Twenty three electric shock treatments later, doctors were reportedly on the verge of giving up, as the patient’s heart was not beating.

Hyderabad, August 08: Security has been beefed up in the Twin Cities following an alert from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) about a possible terror strike on August 15.

The IB had specifically warned about a terror attack in Hyderabad, Kolkata and Delhi.

Following the alert, the Hyderabad city police has intensified patrolling and taken up frisking and checking at various points across the city. “We are sensitising commercial complexes, malls and hotels to take all necessary precautions,” Hyderabad Police Commissioner B Prasada Rao told Expresso.

Hyderabad, August 08: Depressed over not getting a house under the Indiramma housing scheme, a person set himself ablaze at his residence.

He is presently undergoing treatment.

According to police, 35-year B Krishna is a resident of Mamidipally in Saroornagar mandal.

The Government reportedly allotted 256 houses under the Indiramma scheme for distribution among the beneficiaries.

Krishna also applied for a house but failed to secure one.

Krishna is reportedly a close relative of a local leader affiliated to the TDP.

Hyderabad, August 08: In a new dimension to the ongoing harassment of women by lovelorn youngsters, an engineering student was arrested for harassing his former lecturer to marry him.

The lecturer, in fact, had to leave the college unable to bear the harassment but the youth did not relent and continued his chase, police said. The student even threatened to throw acid on the lecturer as she did not respond to his marriage proposal, police said.

Hyderabad, August 08: With this year’s monsoon turning out to be a damp squib and water levels in five major reservoirs — Krishna, Singur, Manjira, Osmansagar and Himayathsagar — receding with each passing day, the HMWS&SB would take a review on the daily water supply in November/December month-end.

The combined storage capacity of these five reservoirs is about 39.816 TMC.

Hyderabad, August 08: Four fresh cases of swine flu were reported in the City today.

Of them, three cases have a foreign travel history and the fourth case is a contact case.

With the latest cases, the total number of swine flu cases reported in the city have gone up to 72.

Hyderabad, August 08: Debate on rising prices of essential commodities in the State Assembly generated heat with both the Opposition and the Government indulging in heated arguments on the issue today.

Both the treasury and the Opposition TDP blamed each other for price rise of commodities during their respective periods. Opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu has sought more time to discuss the `burning’ issue in the House.

Hyderabad, August 08: Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu today welcomed all the former leaders who came back into the party fold again.

Speaking at a function held to admit M Satyanarayana, who had contested the Mankondur Assembly seat on PRP ticket, and his followers into the TDP, Naidu alleged that those who were joining the Congress were doing so for the sake of money. But those who wanted to serve the people were joining the TDP, he claimed.

He said the chief minister pushed the State’s economy into a mess. The TDP government had improved the State’s economy.

Hyderabad, August 08: Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy will chair a meeting at the Secretariat on August 13 to review the arrangements for the Ramzan festival. Ramzan month will begin in another 15 days.