Headmaster held for ‘sexual assaulting’ girl students

Prakasam Police arrested the headmaster of a government-run school on charge of sexually assaulting girl students at Epurupalem, near Chirala, on Tuesday. Police made the arrest after enraged parents of the girl students thrashed the accused headmaster, identified as Jaganatham Nagabhushan, and entered into an argument with school authorities. Acting on a complaint lodged by … Read more

GST outreach held for Telugu film industry

An interactive session was held with the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce here on Saturday under the ‘Central GST in Every District for You’, a GST outreach programme. D. Purushotham, Principal Commissioner, Hyderabad GST Commissionerate and his team of officers gave presentations on New Returns System, e-invoicing at the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce, Jubilee … Read more

Hotel worker held for sexual assault on minor girl

The Nuzvid police arrested a hotel worker, A. Venkateswara Rao, 35, who allegedly sexually assaulted a minor girl in Nuzvid town on February 26 night. The suspect, a resident of Gandhi Nagar in the town, took the girl, aged about 10 years, on his bicycle when she was waiting for her father in front of … Read more

Asia Cup to be held in Dubai, both India and Pakistan will play: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday said the next Asia Cup will be held in Dubai, paving the way for both India and Pakistan to participate in the continental tournament. Pakistan was the designated host for the tournament scheduled for September, but with the BCCI making it clear that the Indian team would not be … Read more

Three held for smuggling of sand boas in Chittoor

The police on Tuesday night nabbed three youth of Pudupattu village in Karvetinagaram mandal and seized a sand boa snake from their possession. According to the police, acting on a tip-off, a special party raided an isolated location near Pudupattu, where the trio was waiting for a client. On seeing the police approaching them, the … Read more

Nigerian among three held for online fraud

Prakasam police have achieved a breakthrough in a major cybercrime with the arrest of a Nigerian national and his accomplices from New Delhi. Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal told a media conference here on Tuesday that the Nigerian, Onyech Hyginus(43), created a fake page on social media and befriended one Achaiah from Prakasam district who … Read more

Orientation programme on TDR bank application held

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

5 held for Tirumala darshan ticket fraud

The Tirumala police on Monday unearthed a gang of five men involved in the black marketing of darshan tickets. Briefing the media, Tirumala One Town inspector Jaganmohan Reddy said that all the five arrested were involved in the illegal business for the past eight years. The modus operandi of the accused was to secure recommendation … Read more

Two held for bid to sell fake tiger skin

Two held for bid to sell fake tiger skin

Two persons from Old City who dressed up a goat skin and tried to pass it off as tiger skin for selling it with fake nails and teeth were apprehended by Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (South) on Saturday. The accused were identified as Shaik Mohammed Mustaq (25) from Bahadurpura and Mohammed Abdul Kadeer (37) from … Read more