Hyderabad: The US govt’s suspension of PERM labour-certification processing for eight major technology companies is unlikely to disrupt the Indian IT sector immediately, but industry leaders say it could strengthen India’s ability to retain and attract high-end technology talent while accelerating the country’s global capability centre (GCC) expansion. PERM is a key stage in employer-sponsored…
Protestors takeout a rally against SIR at Bagh Lingampally in the city on Saturday Hyderabad: A protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was held in the city on Saturday evening, with protesters opposing the exercise and the alleged illegal detentions of those travelling to New Delhi to participate in a demonstration…
Hyderabad: An 18-year-old BTech first-year student allegedly drowned in a water body at an abandoned quarry in Malkaram near Jawahar Nagar on Friday evening. The incident occurred when 12 students of an engineering college reached the water body to click photographs. Later, Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) Disaster Response Force (DRF) teams…
An increasing number of Indians are choosing newer European destinations for job opportunities and affordable education. From Germany and Poland to Romania and Greece, a growing number are exploring newer European destinations, drawn by job opportunities and affordable educationAsk an Indian planning to move abroad where they want to go, and the traditional answers —…
Hyderabad: Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC), which secured a windfall in earlier land auctions in Raidurg Panmakta, is now gearing up for another round of land sale. Sources said govt is planning to put up two land parcels, about six to seven acres, for auction next week and conclude the sale by Nov. TGIIC…
Hyderabad: After much delay, there is a possibility of a new team of working presidents being named for Telangana Congress before or after Diwali next month so that the party prepares for elections to GHMC, Malkajgiri, Cyberabad, Warangal and Khammam municipal corporations.Congress leader C Rohin Reddy, Waqf Board chairman Syed Azmatullah Husaini, AICC secretary SA…
Hyderabad: With 123 tourist buses shifting their registration out of Telangana over five years, costing the state Rs 5.31 crore in annual motor vehicle tax, the transport department has proposed a steep reduction in quarterly tax on All India Tourist Permit (AITP) buses from Rs 4,000 to Rs 1,800 per seat.The proposal, which seeks to…
Deaths reported by district police or commissionerate Four police units in Telangana — Cyberabad, Rachakonda, Sangareddy and Warangal — have figured on the dubious list of 100 police jurisdictions in the country with the highest road-fatality burden, according to data shared by the road transport authority, sourced from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways…
Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao has alleged irregularities in the ₹3,296-crore greenfield expressway radial road-2 tender process and demanded immediate cancellation of the work and a comprehensive inquiry into it.In an open letter to chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday, KTR raised questions about the allocation of contracts, the disqualification of bidders…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao accused the Congress of spreading a “false narrative” over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that Rahul Gandhi was making baseless claims of “vote theft” to discredit Election Commission and other constitutional institutions. He called upon BJP workers, professionals, lawyers and intellectuals to counter what…
