Hyderabad: India’s first privately built orbital rocket moved a step closer to launch as chief minister A Revanth Reddy flagged off Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 flight hardware to Sriharikota. The company is targeting a June launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.Skyroot had already shipped the rocket’s lower three stages to Sriharikota, while avionics and the…
Hyderabad: In a ruling that underscores the balance between protecting individual liberty and safeguarding society, Telangana high court has held that while courts must remain vigilant to uphold citizens’ rights, they must be equally cautious that extraordinary writ jurisdiction is not misused to derail investigations in cases with grave social consequences.A division bench of Justices…
Hyderabad: Forty-seven Maoists of Dadakaranya Special Zone Committee (DKSZC), including divisional committee member and in charge of South Bastar divisional committee (DVC) Hemla Iythu alias Vijja, have surrendered before Telangana police, director-general of police B Shivadhar Reddy said at a press briefing on Saturday.Police said the surrender of senior leaders of the CPI (Maoist) South…
Hyderabad: As part of an ongoing clean-up exercise on campus, Osmania University has removed around 300 kg of plastic waste from the lakebed of Landscape Garden.The clean-up drive, now in its third phase, was led by the university’s Gardens, Green Belt and Sanitation (GGBS) department as part of the state govt’s ‘Prajapalana-Pragathi Pranalika’ programme. Over…
Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao alleged that the state govt has not been procuring paddy at procurement centres for the past one month, terming it a complete failure. He said the BRS would stand by farmers across the state until their paddy is purchased.KTR, who visited a paddy procurement centre in Baddenapally of…
Hyderabad: In one of the biggest bureaucratic shake-ups in recent months, the state govt on Saturday night transferred nearly 30 IAS officers across cadres, reshaping the administrative landscape. The reshuffle, which prominently included Hyderabad district collector Hari Chandana Dasari, signals a significant re-alignment of responsibilities at the top level.Special chief secretary Sanjay Kumar has been…
Hyderabad: A week after businessman Gosa Shyam Raj was killed in an accident on the Durgam Cheruvu cable bridge involving a Mercedes-Benz, Madhapur police tracked down the accused driver in Ooty on Saturday, bringing to an end a frantic manhunt that spanned multiple states.Police said initial teams were dispatched to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and…
Hyderabad: Former MP and daughter of BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao, Kalvakuntla Kavitha, on Saturday announced the launch of her party — Telangana Rashtra Sena (TRS). By reclaiming the acronym once synonymous with her father’s Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Kavitha has signalled not just defiance but a direct challenge to KCR’s legacy, setting the stage for…
Hyderabad: Residents of Telangana can now take charge of their participation in Census 2027, as self-enumeration for the national exercise begins on Sunday, April 26. This marks a notable shift towards a digital approach to household data collection and will be the first Census conducted since the formation of Telangana in 2014.Announcing the rollout on…
Hyderabad: Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Saturday cleared the long-pending nominations of former India cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin and Telangana Jana Samithi founder M Kodandaram as MLCs under the governor’s quota, ending months of uncertainty.The approval came just in time for Azharuddin, who was required to become a legislator within six months of being made…
