Hyderabad: Telangana panchayat raj minister Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka) on Friday urged the 16th Finance Commission (16th FC) to provide special relaxations for tribal, Scheduled Area and backward village panchayats in the proposed performance-based grant system, saying they should not be disadvantaged because of their limited revenue-generating capacity.Participating in a national workshop on rural local body…
Hyderabad: Irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday appealed to farmers to remain cautious about the possible challenges posed by the El Nino effect and plan their crops carefully by using water judiciously during the current kharif season. Addressing farmers at a series of official programmes during his tour of Suryapet…
Hyderabad: Accusing the Congress govt of spreading misinformation on state govt’s borrowings during the BRS rule, former finance minister Harish Rao said the BRS govt borrowed only Rs 4.17 lakh crore including govt -guaranteed loans repayable by the state during its nine and half year’s rule and affirmed that he would stand by those figures….
Cops can be seen outside the V Grand Hotel. (AI-generated image used for representational purpose) HYDERABAD: A 26-year-old woman was found dead by hanging at a hotel under the Langer Houz police station limits in Hyderabad on Thursday night, police said.The deceased, identified as Renuka, had checked into the hotel on Thursday evening with her…
Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday conducted raids at 16 locations linked to deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Sankireddy Bheem Reddy and unearthed disproportionate assets (DA) worth over Rs 150 crore. According to the bureau, Bheem Reddy has not been arrested.Bheem Reddy, currently serving as DSP of police computer services (PCS), Telangana, had previously…
Hyderabad: A 29-year-old information professional from Borabanda has lost Rs 13.4 lakh to a gang of fraudsters operating a fake escort service portal. Based on his complaint, Cyberabad cyber crime police have booked a cheating case.The victim searched online for escort services in April and came across a website – https://ma*****repu****.com. He contacted the mobile…
After internal documents surface in court, HC seeks info on safeguards in revenue dept Hyderabad: Telangana high court has raised serious concerns over the functioning of the revenue department after finding that an internal confidential report, which was not approved or formally communicated, was accessed by a litigant and produced before the court.The court observed…
Test drive route by TRAI in Hyderabad Hyderabad: State-run BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) has emerged as the worst performer across multiple parameters when it comes to network quality in Hyderabad, reveal the findings of an independent drive test released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).The exercise, conducted in May 2026, measured network…
Cyclists launch initiative for safer roads in Hyderabad Hyderabad: The city’s cycling community has launched Street Audit India, a civic awareness initiative aimed at promoting road safety, civic sense and the better use of public spaces through active citizen participation.As part of the initiative, cyclists will volunteer alongside traffic and law-and-order police personnel to raise…
Across the city, footpaths remained either inaccessible or heavily encroached, forcing pedestrians to walk amid moving traffic risking life and limb Hyderabad: Despite the Telangana high court pulling up civic authorities over widespread footpath encroachments across Hyderabad, a TOI visit to several major locations found little change on the ground..From Secunderabad to Gachibowli, footpaths meant…
