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Friday, January 9, 2026
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Topic: Hyderabad

8 killed in fire at a building in Hyderabad

Fire dept official says they received a call at around 6.30 am and rushed to the spot. Several people were found unconscious and shifted to various hospitals.

How Hyderabad became a city of studios. Baahubali to Jawan & Fauji came calling

Hyderabad’s studios, from Ramoji Film City to Annapurna and Ramanaidu, are pulling big projects from Chennai to Mumbai. They want Hyderabad to be crowned as the country’s filmmaking capital.

The owners of Karachi Bakery are as Hyderabadi — and Indian — as anyone else

The Indian right-wing, or anyone uncomfortable with the name Karachi Bakery, needs to understand that they are targeting a Hindu family that has already suffered the trauma of Partition.

Owners of Karachi Bakery stress its ‘Hyderabadi, Indian’ roots fearing protests, calls for name change

Karachi Bakery, founded in Hyderabad in 1953, has sought Telangana govt’s support, putting up Indian flags at outlets to assert its roots amid rising anger against Pakistan.

Hyderabad is neglecting its Art Deco buildings. Jeera colony to Bachelors’ Quarters

Unlike Mumbai, where Art Deco buildings like those on Marine Drive are protected, Hyderabad lacks such safeguards for its structures.

Hyderabad’s Annapurna Studios is India’s high-tech film hub. A 50-yr Nagarjuna family legacy

Telugu, Tamil & Bollywood dreams come true in Annapurna Studios, with its state-of-the-art VFX, virtual sets, film school. Pushpa to Katrina Kaif ad, the magic comes alive here.

What makes someone a Hyderabadi—Irani chai, biryani, Nizam nostalgia, or Dakhni?

A topic that many Hyderabadis have stopped talking about due to generational trauma is Operation Polo—the military action through which Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948.

Telangana’s top IAS officer under fire for reposting ‘Ghibli-style’ image in Kancha Gachibowli land row

Smita Sabharwal has been served notices over an AI-generated image viewed as critical of removal of green cover on the disputed land by Revanth Reddy govt, which has now been halted by SC.

The Kayasthas of Hyderabad—why they were a key part of every Nizam’s administration

In ‘The Hyderbadis’, Daneesh Majid draws from generational interviews, oral histories, literature in Urdu and English and his own personal experiences, to draft a modern history of Hyderabad.

Revanth Reddy is battling a series of PR disasters in Telangana. Gachibowli to HYDRAA

When the BRS came to power, it launched social welfare schemes and brought hope to the people of Telangana. It did not go about harping on how bad the past governments were.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.