Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief Kalvakuntla Kavitha criticised the state govt over its “cruel and indifferent” attitude toward the farming community. Speaking at a protest demonstration in front of the secretariat on Friday, she said distressed farmers were dying directly on their harvested grain heaps due to procurement delays. She demanded the govt to…
Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Friday demanded the state govt to release a white paper with detailed statistics on Paddy procurement. Denying the claims by chief minister A Revanth Reddy that 80% of the Paddy procurement was completed, he said if the CM prove his claims, he was ready to face any…
A distressed doctor reviews a smartphone and financial documents in a clinic office after falling victim to a cybercrime scam involving a ₹1 crore online fraud. Hyderabad: A 50-year-old doctor from Bazar Ghat lost ₹1.76 crore after investing in stocks through a fake application on the advice of fraudsters posing as stock market investment advisers.The…
The activists were detained by the police on May 13 while participating in protests opposing the removal of trees in areas around the national park Hyderabad: Just days after the Supreme Court halted further tree felling near KBR Park, the National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the media reports related to…
HYDERABAD: The city recorded its highest temperature of the season on Thursday, with several parts of the city crossing the 43 degrees Celsius mark for the first time this summer.The highest temperature in the city was recorded at 43.4 degrees Celsius in Karwan, followed by Chandrayangutta at 43.2 degrees Celsius and Amberpet at 43 degrees…
Fake e-way bills were generated for outward supplies of significant value, resulting in tax evasion to the tune of Rs 17 crore Hyderabad: The economic offences court on Thursday remanded Dasari Srikanth, accused in a ₹17-crore GST evasion case linked to the granite trade, to judicial custody for two weeks. He was sent to Chanchalguda…
HYDERABAD: A day after Hyderabad police arrested 66 persons for allegedly facilitating SIM cards illegally to cyber fraudsters, Union minister of state for rural development and communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani on Thursday held a review meeting with Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar.“Chaired a meeting with officers from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Hyderabad police…
Hyderabad: Irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy rejected the claims and allegations made by BRS working president KT Rama Rao. He said that the BRS is spreading a false and politically motivated campaign over the ongoing paddy procurement operations in Telangana.In a statement, the minister said KTR’s remarks were “a bundle of…
Hyderabad: Working as a bureaucrat in a state govt can never be easy for an army officer who has spent a lifetime in fatigues, traversing the peaks and valleys of the Himalayas. But Colonel Parikshit Mehra loves a challenge. Give him a puzzle or a tough situation, and he will find a way out.The officer,…
Hyderabad: Two persons were arrested by Dundigal police for allegedly raping a minor girl in two separate instances.Local police said that both offences occurred last year. Recently, when the girl’s parents learned of the incidents, they approached the police.After speaking to the survivor, officials found that she had been abused in two different incidents by…
