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Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan Roushan.Ali Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan Hyderabad: Congress on Wednesday launched a sharp counterattack over the controversy surrounding Meenakshi Natarajan’s rejected Rajya Sabha nomination. It alleged that the BJP, acting in concert with its “secret alliance partner” BRS, orchestrated a campaign to portray Telangana Congress leaders as ‘covert operatives’ responsible for the…

Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao Hyderabad: BJP Telangana president N Ramchander Rao on Wednesday said that Telangana received more than Rs 1 lakh crore in grants-in-aid from the Centre between 2014 and 2024. He asserted that the Narendra Modi-led Union govt had extended substantial financial assistance and development support to the state without any…

Students raise concerns over delays, gaps in DBT fee reimbursement scheme Hyderabad: Confusion over the state’s newly introduced Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)-based fee reimbursement mechanism continued on Wednesday, with some student groups raising concerns about gaps in the govt order.Representatives of the Students Protection Force (SPF) at JNTU said that while they support the DBT…

DCA busts illegal sale of cardiac drug to gym-goers, seizes 38 vials in Warangal Hyderabad: In a crackdown on the misuse of prescription medicines in gyms, the Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) seized stocks of mephentermine sulphate injections that were allegedly being sold illegally to gym-goers for bodybuilding purposes in Charbouli, Warangal.The raid led to…

Hyderabad: Telangana High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition by pharma giant Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Limited challenging proceedings initiated against it by the Competition Commission of India, (CCI). The court ruled that the company was seeking to interfere in an ongoing statutory inquiry at a stage where no final decision had been taken.“Entertaining the…

One of the suspected poacher caught on camera traps in Amrabad Tiger Reserve Hyderabad: What began as a routine tiger estimation exercise in Amrabad Tiger Reserve has led forest officials to crack down on suspected poachers after camera traps captured four men allegedly moving through the protected forest with a country-made gun, ammunition and other…

Hyderabad: Hyderabad and Secunderabad have emerged as pivotal constituencies in India’s proposed delimitation exercise. The “Delimitation Working Paper 2026,” released by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, outlines a sweeping expansion of the Lok Sabha from 543 to 824 seats through 59 two-way splits and 111 three-way splits.Among those slated for three-way division are Hyderabad…

Hyderabad: Conducting surprise inspections at several skin and hair clinics in Kondapur, the Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) said it found multiple irregularities, including treatments being provided without qualified specialists and concerns over unauthorised medical practices.According to the council, Neoskin Clinic was allegedly offering skin and hair treatments without the presence of a qualified dermatologist and…

Hyderabad: Telangana’s pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) voter-mapping exercise has thrown up a major challenge. The chief electoral officer (CEO) has flagged more than 88 lakh (88,13,207) electors with anomalies across the state. The highest rate has been recorded in Quthbullapur assembly constituency, where 78.% of mapped electors have been marked for verification, far above the…

Hyderabad: As Hyderabad’s concrete footprint expands and green cover shrinks, the city has emerged as one of the world’s 30 most heat-vulnerable urban centres. A recent study by the University of Oxford shows that residents here face a significantly higher risk from extreme temperatures – even more than those in most other Indian metros.The major…