Hyderabad: Two people were killed and two others seriously injured when the car they were travelling in rammed into a truck on a national highway near the 10th Battalion at Erravalli in Jogulamba Gadwal on Sunday. Police suspect the driver may have dozed off at the wheel, leading to the collision.The four were travelling from…
Hyderabad: A lab assistant working on an outsourcing basis at Siddipet govt hospital died on Sunday at the hospital, with police probing the circumstances surrounding his death.The deceased was identified as Aaku Bathini Pawan, a resident of Rajagopalpet village in Nangunur mandal. He had been working as a lab assistant at the govt hospital for…
Hyderabad: Taking serious note of the recent rape and murder of a nurse at a private hospital in Tukkuguda on the outskirts of Hyderabad, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday ordered a comprehensive magisterial inquiry into the incident.He directed authorities to examine all aspects of the case, including the circumstances leading to the crime,…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Pollution Control Board (TGPCB) has ordered the immediate closure of a galvanising unit in Medchal after an inspection found chemical effluent being discharged into a manhole, coolant oil dumped into open drains, and inadequate systems to control emissions from galvanising operations.The Board issued separate closure orders under the Air and Water Acts…
Hyderabad: Telangana chief electoral officer C Sudarshan Reddy has sought a two-to-three-week extension of the special intensive revision (SIR) deadline from Election Commission, with nearly 40 lakh notices still awaiting delivery and hearings completed in only a fraction of the cases where notices have been served.“We are waiting for EC’s response,” Sudarshan Reddy said. Sources…
Hyderabad: Residents of Panjagutta Officers’ Colony have been battling overflowing drainage for months, with the lane near Al Quboor Masjid turning into a daily struggle for pedestrians. Residents say the problem persists regardless of whether the city experiences heavy rainfall or a dry spell, with water accumulating on the streets almost every day.Pedestrians navigating the…
Hyderabad: The monsoon session of the Telangana legislative assembly commencing on Monday is likely to be stormy with the Congress raising the issue of leader of the opposition K Chandrasekhar Rao’s resignation and the opposition BRS and the BJP preparing to corner the state govt on its failures on various fronts.Key issues ex[ected to come…
Rain deficit hits Telangana farmers hard, 11 mandals down 60% Hyderabad: A drop of rain is no longer just a drop in parts of Telangana — it is a precious commodity that farmers are desperately waiting for. As fields dry and seeds fail to germinate, Waddepalle in Jogulamba Gadwal and Kethepalle in Nalgonda have emerged…
BTech student dies during Ganesh procession, family blames loud music Hyderabad: A 19-year-old engineering student participating in a Ganesh Agaman procession died after allegedly suffering a heart attack on Saturday evening. Family members of the teenager, S Badrinath, alleged that the loud music played by a DJ led to his death, even as police suspect…
Hyderabad: Telangana’s rainfall picture remained uneven as of Sept 1, with 17 of 33 districts recording deficient rainfall and 16 in the normal category, according to IMD data..Despite severe shortfalls in several mandals, no district was classified as largely deficient. The sharper rainfall stress was visible at the mandal level, with 11 mandals receiving 60%…
