Hyderabad: Deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Monday said the Congress govt, led by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, was committed to protecting and developing Telangana’s ancient temples.He participated in the Bhoomi Puja for the reconstruction of the Ugra Narasimha Swamy temple in Dharmapuri, along with social welfare minister Adluri Laxman Kumar and endowments commissioner…
Hyderabad: Telangana’s literacy rate stood at 74.6% in 2025, down from 76.9% in 2023-24 and well below the national average of 80.9%, keeping the state in the bottom of the charts in south India.The state’s literacy rate has fluctuated without a clear upward trend — from 71.5% in 2018-19 to 70.5% in 2019-20, 73.9% in…
Hyderabad: A 70-year-old woman was attacked by an intruder who allegedly cut her ears and snatched her gold earrings after breaking into her house in Gautam Nagar, Nizamabad, in the early hours of Monday. The accused also allegedly demanded money from her before fleeing when she raised an alarm.The incident occurred on road no. 2…
Hyderabad: The monsoon session of the Telangana assembly began on a stormy note on Monday, with BJP MLAs disrupting proceedings over the controversy surrounding the inclusion of lands in the prohibited 22-A category. Meanwhile, BRS members protesting outside the assembly in black shirts were taken into custody by police..Inside the House, speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar…
BRS working president KT Rama Rao receives medical treatment at Telangana Bhavan after alleging police high-handedness during a protest near the assembly, in Hyderabad on Monday Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao demanded that chief minister A Revanth Reddy take full responsibility for the alleged attack and high-handed behaviour by the police against women…
Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday said that Telangana’s water crisis can be attributed to the El Niño conditions as well as KCR’s failures on the irrigation front, saying an adverse global climatic phenomenon had been compounded by irrigation decisions taken during the previous BRS govt.Uttam, during an informal interaction with reporters…
A comprehensive inquiry report regarding the disciplinary measures and strict action taken against the identified erring police officials should be submitted to court, Justice T Madhavi Devi clarified Hyderabad: Taking a serious note of alleged police high-handed behaviour towards BRS MLAs, including former home minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy and former minister (in erstwhile AP)…
UoH to convert Sarojini Naidu home into cultural hub Hyderabad Central University Hyderabad: Golden Threshold — the former home of Sarojini Naidu — will soon be converted into a museum, literary and cultural hub. Renovation work on the building, an off-campus annexe of the University of Hyderabad (UoH), is almost complete, and it is expected…
Hyderabad: With the elections to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) expected to be held in the next few months, police have found a surge in active participation of politicians in the setting up of Ganesh pandals. Officials said the trend cuts across major political parties. As a result, police are expecting a greater number of…
Hyderabad: With investigators yet to crack the sensational theft of firearms from the Madras Regiment armoury in Bolarum, the probe has now climbed the chain of command, with officers responsible for supervising the facility’s security coming under scrutiny.After more than a week of sustained questioning of guards posted at the armoury failed to yield any…
