The One Town police station here has registered a criminal case against tainted ASI B. Mohan Reddy on charges of threatening a witness in another case. Police sources said Chada Vamshidhar Reddy of Bhagathnagar locality, lodged a complaint stating that his father, Chada Narayana Reddy, took a loan by mortgaging their agricultural land with GPA … Read more
With the fortnight-long Sri Rama Navami Brahmotsavams scheduled to begin at the historic Sri Sitaramachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam on March 25, the district administration has set in motion an exercise to chalk out arrangements for the mega religious carnival. Arrangements for the ensuing annual fete were discussed elaborately at a review meeting chaired by … Read more
Veena and Vani, the conjoined twins from Nalgonda, will appear for SSC exams at the same centre but on different hall tickets. The centre would be finalised later. The SSC Board has decided to provide them two hall tickets after they expressed their desire to write the exam separately. Since the board practices a jumbling … Read more
GHMC is undertaking a survey to identify people engaged in begging for livelihood in the city, in coordination with other departments such as Police, NGOs and other agencies. Directions have been issued to the circle level officials to complete enumeration of beggars in the city by February 28, official sources informed. The survey comes on … Read more
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials seized 3,099 grams of smuggled gold worth ₹ 1.38 crore while it was being carried through Bengaluru-Hyderabad highway on Monday. The accused in the case told officials that the precious metal was being smuggled. Based on a tip-off, the DRI teams mounted surveillance at Raikal Toll Plaza, Chilakamarri located … Read more
GHMC conducted an orientation programme on online Transferable Development Rights (TDR) bank application, for all stakeholders such as builders, architects, engineers, surveyors and others here on Tuesday. At the programme, features and processes developed in the application were explained in detail to the participants by way of a presentation, and clarifications were given for queries … Read more
A National Centre for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Start-ups of the premier industry body CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) to support start-ups as well as its members will come up in Hyderabad. The facility will be supported by the Government of Telangana, by way of space at the famed T-Hub technology start-up incubator in the city, … Read more
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday condemned the violence in Delhi which led to the death of a policeman and a civilian. Addressing a public meeting here, he also said that Telangana Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali should understand process of the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register. Mr. … Read more
Enumeration of illiterate persons has begun in all circles of GHMC on Monday without much fanfare. On the first day, the enumerators recorded a total of 17,365 illiterate persons in the city, of whom, 10,642 were women. A total of 1,23,106 households from 3,640 locations has been covered in the survey, carried out by 5,597 … Read more
Dependence on technology coupled with the government’s intention for digitalisation has created the demand for cyberspace, and cyber crime has become a global challenge, said Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy. “With the proliferation of IT, life has become easier. But technology itself is a double-edged weapon and criminals misuse it for … Read more
A ‘Halfway Home’ for those who have partially or fully recovered from mental illness was supposed to be ready by March 30 this year, but it seems like a distant dream now. Construction work on the 150-bed facility has not even been initiated yet. As per recent statistics, there are 158 inmates at the Institute … Read more
“When will I be able to go out?” Confined to the dimly lit corridors and a life behind iron grills, most of the 158 inmates at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) at Erragadda who have partially or fully recovered do not leave any opportunity to pose the question to doctors, nurses and other staff. … Read more
A cook-cum-helper was killed and a student injured when a tractor allegedly rammed the government primary school building at Ramachandrapuram in Madhira mandal on Monday afternoon. Sources said a speeding tractor ploughed into the school building located on the roadside in Ramachandrapuram in the afternoon. Lakshmi, 60, the cook-cum-helper, who was cleaning utensils on the … Read more
GITAM Hyderabad Business School is organising a two-day international conference on ‘Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Management’ on campus on March 27 and 28, in association with Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation (TSTDC). In a press release on Monday, conference convenor Anand Bethapudi said the two-day events will have specific objectives such as providing an interdisciplinary … Read more
Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili of High Court on Monday passed an interim direction staying for three weeks an order of National Commission for Backward Classes that directed Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad Vice-Chancellor to appear before it on Tuesday. The judge said that, however, the JNTUH Registrar can appear before the NCBC and explain the … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded a ‘comprehensive probe’ with a dedicated team of officers into ‘illegal immigrants’ obtaining Aadhaar cards and take steps to weed them all out, including the large chunk of Rohingya in the twin cities. A delegation of BJP leaders led by party president K. Laxman, MLC N. Ramchander … Read more
City-based micro artist Mattewada Ajay Kumar, who is known for his miniature sculptures, has come up with yet another minuscule wonder. He created a wax figurine of visiting American President Donald Trump in the eye of a needle. One can see the US national flag above the figurine of the President. The height of Trump’s … Read more
A seven-year-old girl was rescued by Kacheuda police after she was physically and mentally tortured by a couple who employed her as domestic help. After getting information about the girl, police and members of Child Help went to a private house in Kacheguda and rescued the minor. A case was registered against the couple under … Read more
Malkajgiri Member of Parliament A. Revanth Reddy has alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has “deceived” the people of Palamuru, living along the railway tracks in Bhoodevinagar Basthi in the Alwal area here, by promising double-bedroom houses five years ago, and his son Minister K.T. Rama Rao went to Palamuru (Mahabubnagar) on Monday to … Read more
Former Minister and Congress leader Mohd. Ali Shabbir has strongly opposed Home Minister Md. Mahmood Ali’s statement that Telangana Government would implement the National Population Register (NPR) in the new format. Addressing a ‘mushaira’ held against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and NPR at Quli Qutub Shah Stadium here on … Read more
A police constable was booked by the Hyderabad police for allegedly securing the job by producing a fake academic certificate. The Central Crime Station received a complaint from the office of Chairman, State Level Police Recruitment Board. During the preliminary investigation, the police found that the accused constable B Sudhakar Reddy submitted a false Secondary … Read more
Alleging that several Rohingyas have secured Aadhaar cards in Telangana by producing false documents, the BJP on Monday demanded that a probe be conducted in all districts of the state with an objective to weed out all the illegal immigrants. Non-Indians securing all such cards is a matter of serious concern, but unfortunately, the state … Read more
Dressed in a white suit, leaning against a background of red roses, host-director Ohmkar gives away the twist in his new TV show iShmart Jodi , which premièred on February 23. The show on StarMaa brings 12 celebrity couples together on weekends. “It is a reality show with a difference,” smiles Ohmkar. His earlier game … Read more
A team of officials of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) led by its Chairman J. Chandrashekhar Iyer will visit the two inter-state projects Nagarjunasagar and Srisailam, including the power houses, belonging to the two Telugu States from February 25 to 27. According to official sources, the team would also comprise Member-Secretary of the board … Read more