The Pigeon Express
The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc in India, more so in rural districts and villages. A serious problem of lack of space to isolate has supposedly fuelled the surge. Shiva, an 18-year-old teenager in the southern state of Telangana built himself a makeshift isolation ward, a bed rather on top of […]
Eight Asiatic lions at an Indian zoo contracted the coronavirus, zoo officials said, adding that there was no evidence that animals could transmit the disease to humans. Zoo authorities in the southern city of Hyderabad shared samples with a government research laboratory on March 24 after the lions showed signs of respiratory distress. The test […]
A knife tied to the leg of the bird accidentally cut into the groin of Thanugulla Satish. The incident occurred at Lothunur village on February 22 when the man brought the rooster for an illegal cockfight. Satish, 45, was injured when the ‘kodi kathi’, the knife tied to a rooster’s leg for cockfight is called, […]
In a horrendous incident, a man killed his mother because she refused to fund his alcohol addiction. The shocking crime took place in India’s state of Telangana on Saturday. The man, 45-year-old Ramul reached home in a drunken state and began fighting with his mother Putta Chandramma demanding money to buy more liquor. When Chandramma […]
A farmer who “spent sleepless nights, starving and praying” for US President Donald Trump’s recovery from COVID-19, died of cardiac arrest on Sunday. Bussa Krishna Raju was shocked after Trump tested positive for coronavirus, according to his friends. “He had installed a six-feet statue of Trump last year and used to worship him,” a close […]
A 21-year-old died after her hair got caught in the wheel of a go-kart she was driving, police in the city of Meerpet, Telangana state, India. The accident took place in the Gurram Guda area of Meerpet, while the victim was out with her family, Mahender Reddy, Police Inspector at Meerpet Station said. Reddy said […]
At least nine people were killed after a fire broke out at a hydroelectric plant in India’s Telangana state late on Thursday night. Search and rescue teams have been able to recover six bodies so far. Nineteen people were on shift when the fire started around 10.30pm on Thursday. While 10 managed to escape, nine […]
A tiger was seen near a mine in Telangana’s Komaram Bheem 306 km from state capital Hyderabad, on Wednesday. Workers at the open cast mine who spotted the tiger near a village ran for cover. A 46-second video shot by one of the persons who saw the tiger shows the big cat standing on a […]
A senior Telangana cop has tested positive for novel coronavirus, a day after he was booked for not informing health authorities about the arrival of his son from London. His son had earlier tested positive for coronavirus after his arrival from London. A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) from Bhadradri Kothagudem district tested positive on […]
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuessday said his government would be compelled to impose total curfew and “shoot-at-sight” orders if people violated lockdown to fight the spread of coronavirus. “In US, army had to be called in to enforce lockdown. If people don’t follow the coronavirus lockdown, a situation may arise where we’ll […]
Telangana authorities on Sunday nabbed a youth for travelling despite being stamped to stay in home quarantine on Sunday. The youth was caught from the Secunderabad railway station. The stamp on his hand had been made by Mumbai authorities. In Mumbai, he was asked to be in home isolation for 14 days, and stamped on […]
A grand wedding took place in Warangal town of Telangana on Thursday amid growing fear over the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country. The wedding was held seven days after the groom returned from France, when he was supposed to be on a two-week quarantine. Over 1,000 people had attended the wedding, a source close […]