Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B Mahesh Kumar Goud, along with ministers, MPs, MLCs, senior MLAs and other key party leaders, left for New Delhi in a special aircraft from Shamshabad airport on Sunday evening to participate in the AICC-organised protest programmes on Monday.Chief minister A Revanth Reddy, who visited Goa on Sunday…
Hyderabad: Crossing St John’s Road between Secunderabad Railway Station and Sangeet Junction has become a daunting task for pedestrians, particularly schoolchildren. Continuous traffic movement and inadequate pedestrian facilities have made the stretch beneath the Secunderabad East Metro station a major safety concern.One of the busiest roads in Secunderabad, St John’s Road is narrow and crowded…
Hyderabad: About 100 protesters gathered at Dharna Chowk on Sunday in solidarity with students and activists protesting in Delhi against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanding the resignation or arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Among those present were two of the four Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) members from Telangana —…
Hyderabad: Telangana’s kharif crop losses are estimated at ₹20,000 crore, mainly in paddy and cotton, while rabi cultivation could shrink to 70 lakh acres from the normal 1.3 crore acres amid continuing rainfall deficit, according to Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agriculture University (PJTAU).The university estimated kharif losses after factoring in a 25% decline in cropped area,…
Hyderabad: Hundreds of foreign medical graduates (FMGs) in Telangana have withdrawn from duties over disparity in internship stipends, disrupting outpatient and emergency services at govt hospitals across the state.FMGs are doctors who complete their MBBS abroad and clear the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE). They must then complete a mandatory internship to qualify for registration…
Revanth dubs BJP as ‘Ravan’, Cong ‘Ram’ for electoral battle in Goa Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday dubbed BJP as ‘Ravan’ and Congress as ‘Ram’, and appealed to the people to join hands with Ram (Congress) to defeat Ravan (BJP) in Goa.Addressing a public meeting after participating in a padayatra organised by…
Sacked guard kidnaps, kills 5-yr-old; demands Rs 20 lakh ransom Hyderabad: In an incident that sent shockwaves through a gated community in Kowkoor, Bollarum, a five-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by a former security guard, just a day after he was removed from the job for poor conduct. Cops said that the accused,…
Hyderabad: Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday accused Congress govt of curbing BJP’s right to protest, contrasting the restrictions he alleged in Telangana with the freedom enjoyed by Congress leaders to stage demonstrations in Delhi under the BJP-led govt at the Centre.Reacting to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s description of India as…
Actor and politician Nandamuri Balakrishna Hyderabad: Construction of a 4.3-km-long, six-lane elevated corridor connecting Muffakham Jah College with Jubilee Hills checkpost is progressing rapidly, with actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, voluntarily parting with over 800 square yards of land at his residence to facilitate expansion of Road no 45 junction.The expansion is part of a ₹1,090-crore project…
Syed Shafee Hashmi, a mechanical engineer turned mentor in Hyderabad Hyderabad: From working on a lunar rover for an ISRO robotics competition and developing a 3D-printed bionic arm to designing the legs of a quadruped robot, Hyderabad-based Syed Shafee Hashmi has spent his early career turning mechanical concepts into working machines.Now, the systems engineer in…
