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Hyderabad: Govt adviser and senior Congress leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Saturday strongly condemned the Narendra Modi govt’s 2016 demonetisation decision, describing it as a disastrous economic experiment that inflicted enormous hardship on ordinary citizens, destroyed livelihoods and disrupted India’s cash-dependent informal economy without delivering adequately on its stated objectives.Marking the 10th anniversary of demonetisation,…

Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader and Hyderabad District Congress Committee president Syed Khalid Saifullah on Saturday questioned Union home minister Amit Shah’s claim that three crore infiltrators had been identified during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, demanding that he produce evidence or publicly withdraw the allegation.“How did the home minister suddenly arrive at…

Hyderabad: The National Green Tribunal’s Principal Bench at Delhi took suo motu cognisance of reports that a proposed coal mine near the UNESCO-recognised Ramappa Temple and its adjoining lake in Telangana’s Mulugu district could endanger the heritage site.A bench of chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Dr Afroz Ahmad registered a case and impleaded…

Hyderabad: In a first, four persons, including a Bhu Bharati operator, involved in an alleged illegal land transaction related to a three-acre land parcel, worth over Rs 90 cr, in new realty hotspot Kollur in violation of the Bhu Bharati Act 2025, have been arrested by Crime Investigation Department (CID) officers. The accused were remanded…

CM A Revanth Reddy participates in the inauguration of Mega Rythu Mela & Industrial Expo, interacts with staff at Kodangal on Saturday Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday urged the speaker to convene a special session of the assembly for two or three days in Dec to discuss El Niño, the Kaleshwaram project…

Bride-to-be found dead in Kamareddy Hyderabad: A 19-year-old woman, whose marriage was scheduled for Nov 28, was found dead near a cellphone tower in Gandhari mandal of Kamareddy district on Saturday. Police suspect suicide, possibly over her impending marriage, but the exact reason is yet to be established.The deceased, Aarthi Kaur, was living with her…

Revanth to roll out Cheyutha pensions for 4.5L beneficiaries today Hyderabad: Telangana govt will sanction new Cheyutha pensions to 4.5 lakh eligible beneficiaries as a Diwali gift, with chief minister A Revanth Reddy launching the distribution programme in Kodangal on Sunday. Panchayati raj, rural development and women and child welfare minister D Anasuya Seethakka will…

Drunk row turns fatal, man bludgeoned to death by friend Hyderabad: A 23-year-old man was bludgeoned to death by his friend following an argument during a late-night drinking session near the Karimnagar bus stand on Friday.The accused, Mirza Ibrahim Baig, 23, attacked Maddi Sudhakar alias Siddu, a native of Zaheerabad, with a concrete block, striking…

Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Saturday alleged that successive govts had failed to complete key irrigation projects and asserted that interlinking Godavari and Krishna rivers, as advocated earlier by former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, is the only long-term solution to Nalgonda district’s water scarcity and fluoride problems.Addressing a presentation at…

Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena chief Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Saturday alleged that successive govts had failed to complete key irrigation projects and asserted that interlinking the Godavari and Krishna rivers is the only long-term solution to Nalgonda district’s water scarcity and fluoride problems.Addressing a presentation at the Dindi Reservoir in Nalgonda district, Kavitha criticised the state…