Hyderabad: A massive security operation involving more than 800 police personnel and six IPS officers was mounted around former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s farmhouse at Erravelli on Tuesday, helping avert clashes as Congress and BRS supporters attempted to converge on the area amid rising political tensions.The elaborate bandobast, led by senior police officers under…
Hyderabad: The BRS urged governor Shiv Pratap Shukla to intervene in incidents involving its legislators and seek reports from the govt, chief secretary and director general of police (DGP).BRS leaders KT Rama Rao, T Harish Rao, Talasani Srinivas Yadav and legislators met the governor and submitted a representation.The party sought revocation of the suspension of…
Hyderabad: Strongly reacting to the suspension of BRS MLAs from the assembly for the remainder of the session, BRS deputy leader T Harish Rao said it was not suspension of the BRS, but the Congress’ attempt to suppress public issues. He alleged that instead of using the assembly session to discuss problems faced by the…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court has ordered the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to make the display of building permissions mandatory at construction sites, including exempted smaller plots. Justice B Vijaysen Reddy passed the direction recently and directed the civic body to inspect ongoing projects in the Siddamber Bazaar and Begum Bazaar circles, halt any unauthorised…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday set aside a lower court order that had directed a trainee IPS officer to undergo a potency test in connection with a rape case registered against him for allegedly sexually assaulting his colleague at SVP National Police Academy, Shivrampally.Justice J Sreenivas Rao passed the order while hearing the probationer…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday sought a responses from the state and central govts in a PIL seeking directions to initiate urgent measures to prevent road accidents. The petition alleged that poor road conditions, potholes, inadequate signage, defective engineering and weak enforcement were contributing to the rising number of fatalities. A division bench comprising…
Hyderabad: For 25-year-old Acharya (name changed), conversations with an AI chatbot often begin after midnight. Work anxiety, awkward interactions at the workplace and things that happened during the day – he types them all out and lets the bot respond.“Unlike friends, who may respond with well-meaning lines like ‘everybody goes through it’, the bot listens….
Hyderabad: Fresh questions have emerged over Hyderabad’s sewage treatment network, with the Telangana govt informing the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that several sewage treatment plants (STPs) discharging into Hussain Sagar, Musi river and a host of city lakes had exceeded prescribed pollution norms at various points during 2025.The findings are part of the state’s latest…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) officials on Wednesday suspended the licences of five establishments and ordered them to stop operations immediately over serious hygiene and safety violations.The action followed an enforcement drive in which food safety officers and police inspected 20 restaurants, bakeries, sweet shops, messes and hostels….
Hyderabad: After nearly a month of protests, the Telangana govt on Wednesday approved a major hike in stipends for house surgeons and postgraduate (PG) students at Ayush institutions, bringing their pay on a par with their allopathic counterparts.The decision, issued through GO 356, covers 798 students pursuing Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani and Naturopathy. The monthly stipend…
