Hyderabad: The Telangana govt will release the second instalment of Rythu Bharosa, the farm investment support scheme, on April 20. According to officials, chief minister A Revanth Reddy will release the funds at a public meeting in Kataram in Bhupalpally district. In the second instalment, 45,11,947 farmers will receive Rythu Bharosa assistance, with Rs 5,653…
Hyderabad: Police are overwhelmed with multiple responsibilities and are called for everything, making it difficult for them to focus exclusively on tracking trafficking networks, said Parimala Hana Nutan, DIG (CID), while stressing the need for stronger, specialised systems to tackle the crime.She added that Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) must be given the powers of a…
Hyderabad: ISRO chairman V Narayanan on Saturday outlined an ambitious roadmap for India’s space programme, saying the country is preparing for a decisive expansion in launch capability, human spaceflight and lunar exploration while stressing that safety and institutional trust remain central to every mission.Addressing scientists from ISRO, DRDO and the Aeronautical Society of India at…
Hyderabad: BRS said the party’s victory march will begin from Jagtial (which was earlier part of Karimnagar district) again after the public meeting to be held on April 20. Former Congress leader T Jeevan Reddy will join BRS in the presence of BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao at the meeting. BRS working president KT Rama…
Hyderabad: A constable was arrested for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman colleague with a false promise of marriage and forcing her to undergo abortion multiple times. Due to the trauma, the woman attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills. She survived the bid and is recuperating at hospital.The woman constable, who has a four-year-old son, has…
HYDERABAD: A five-year-old boy was allegedly smothered and beaten to death by his mother’s live-in partner in a brutal assault at their rented house in Kamareddy town on Friday. Police arrested the accused and the boy’s mother. Shravan was allegedly killed around 4.30 pm at their house in Sriramnagar Colony while his mother Laxmi was…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court granted the state govt a final opportunity to file its counters in a batch of petitions challenging the merger of panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations located within the Outer Ring Road limits into the GHMC.“By way of last indulgence, one week time is allowed to the respondents (state) to file a…
Hyderabad: Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said the state govt is accelerating plans to develop airports in Warangal, Adilabad and Kothagudem districts. He said an action plan had been prepared for the proposed projects and efforts were being fast-tracked for early execution, including land acquisition, technical clearances and infrastructure development. The minister reviewed the proposals…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court has dismissed an appeal seeking to declare a Hanuman temple and its adjoining land at Shaikpet as private property, holding that such disputes must be decided by the endowments tribunal and not civil courts. The court also upheld the stand that the land belongs to the endowments department.The appeal, pending since…
Hyderabad: Minister for women and child welfare D Anasuya (Seethakka) on Saturday said, “Human trafficking is not just a social issue; it is modern-day slavery that destroys dignity and freedom.” She stressed, “If we fail to act, we become part of the problem,” at a state-level convergence workshop on bonded labour and trafficking.The workshop, organised…
