Hyderabad: Union coal minister G. Kishan Reddy on Friday accused Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi of misleading people on the legal distinction between passports and citizenship, saying the AIMIM chief was either ignorant of the law or deliberately creating confusion for political gain.Responding to Owaisi’s criticism of the Centre, Kishan Reddy said the ministry of external…
Hyderabad: Telangana govt on Friday appointed senior IAS officer Sanjay Jaju as the new chief secretary of the state. A 1992-batch officer, Jaju will succeed incumbent K Ramakrishna Rao, who retires on June 30.Jaju, currently serving as secretary in the Union ministry of development of the north eastern region, was repatriated to his parent Telangana…
Vijayawada: A 94-year-old woman, who gave up her Indian citizenship over two decades ago after becoming a US citizen, has now appealed to the Centre to restore her citizenship so that she can spend her final years in her native village in Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh.In an emotional plea to Bapatla district collector V…
Deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, minister Ponnam Prabhakar during the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking organised by the Telangana Eagle Dorce, at Shilpakala Vedika Hyderabad: “With a catchphrase YOLO (You Only Live Once), there are people who try to influence you into trying drugs at least once. Beware of such people and outright…
SIR Telangana BLO Staff reaching out to residents, in Secunderabad on Friday. Hyderabad: Nearly 35 lakh electors across Telangana have received enumeration forms in the first two days of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), though the exercise was briefly slowed in some areas due to Muharram.Chief electoral officer C Sudharshan Reddy said distribution resumed on…
Hyderabad: As the debate over 33% reservation for women returns to centre stage, a new NITI Aayog working paper has highlighted another persistent gender imbalance: Women remain overwhelmingly underrepresented in India’s core engineering trades.The report — Girls and Women at the Centre: Advancing Non-Traditional Livelihoods in India — shows that while women account for 93%…
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday directed officials to set up a “Musi Project Experience Centre” on Necklace road to showcase works, development, beautification and night economy plans under the Musi rejuvenation and riverfront development project.He said it should be opened to the public and officials must invite citizen…
U.Sudhakarreddy@timesofindia.comHyderabad: Skeletal remains recovered from a cave in Ladakh have yielded the first ancient DNA evidence of the varied populations that moved through the high-altitude region during the Middle Ages, revealing maternal genetic links to East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia.Scientists from city-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Birbal Sahni Institute of…
Hyderabad: Health minister Damodar Raja Narasimha on Friday reviewed preparations for the statewide Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme scheduled to be held on June 28, directing officials to ensure that every child aged below five years receives two drops of the oral polio vaccine. At a review meeting with senior health department officials at the Rajiv…
Hyderabad: In a push to diversify its revenue streams beyond passenger fares, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) has decided to lease out 694 vacant commercial spaces across the state.The initiative marks one of the corporation’s biggest commercial monetisation exercises in recent years, with vacant shops and commercial complexes located at bus stations, depots…
