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…
Rare centuries-old murals found at Kolanupaka Someswara temple Hyderabad: Members of the Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam have identified rare and colourful temple murals on the ceiling above the mantapa entrance of the historic Someswara Temple at Kolanupaka, revealing a little-known facet of Telangana’s artistic heritage.The paintings, located on the left side of the ceiling above…
Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS), launched by Kalvakuntla Kavitha, is facing competition for the title. A day before the party name was published in newspapers inviting objections from the public, as mandated by the Election Commission of India (ECI), another party with same acronym, Telangana Rastrasamajika Senna (TRS), sought recognition under the same title. Interestingly,…
MoHA norms stipulate one fire station for every 10 sq km. Hyderabad, however, has only around 40 stations despite being spread across 2,000 sq km Hyderabad: Fire accidents in the city have risen by an alarming 50% in the past three years – from 1,711 in 2023 to 2,633 in 2025 — yet Hyderabad has…
Hyderabad: To improve waste management, G Srijana, commissioner, Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC), ordered the effective implementation of four-way waste segregation, covering dry waste, wet waste, sanitary waste and special care waste. She also ordered the strict enforcement of the ‘No bin – no trade’ policy and called for greater accountability in waste disposal practices.During the…
Hyderabad: Ten days after a 36-year-old woman was brutally murdered in IDA Bollaram, police arrested her husband and one of the hired killers, uncovering what they described as a carefully planned conspiracy involving a gang from Bihar.According to IDA Bollaram police, the prime accused, Anil Kumar, allegedly orchestrated the murder of his wife, Mina Devi,…
Hyderabad: In a case of trading a 12-day-old infant, Kulsumpura police on Wednesday registered a case against five persons, including the baby’s parents. The baby boy was rescued from a couple who bought the infant.Kulsumpura police said that on May 29, an infant boy was born to a couple Mohan and Sandhya. The infant was…
Hyderabad: Telangana High Court on Wednesday sought responses to a petition filed against Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) for allegedly setting up commercial stalls under and near the metro stations, encroaching on public property, roads and footpaths. The petitioner, B Akhil, a regular metro commuter, alleged that authorities have been active in removing footpath encroachment…
Hyderabad: Two private workers from the city have approached Hyderabad Central Crime Station (CCS) police alleging that fraudsters operating a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) racket made them transfer over ₹60,000 each in the name of an investment scheme. After the investment, the victims realised that it was an MLM fraud and since the fraudsters refused to…
