CMO stalls revenue dept’s move to allow registrations in Paigah lands Hyderabad: A proposal by revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy to allow registrations in disputed Paigah lands has run into resistance from the chief minister’s office (CMO).The disagreement centres on Paigah lands covered under civic suits (CS) 14 and CS 7 of 1958, spread across…
Armoury heist: Burglars broke into two rooms Hyderabad: Not one, but two armoury rooms were broken into at the Madras Regiment campus in Bolarum, with security guards stationed a mere 20 metres away.Sources told TOI that firearms and ammunition were stored in different facilities 40 metres apart. The burglars broke the locks of both and…
TNNHyderabad: The Telangana high court recently came to the aid of a woman seeking access to her railway compensation without unnecessary litigation by modifying an order passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal in Secunderabad.The tribunal, in March 2026, awarded ₹8 lakh as compensation to the woman for her son’s death. It ordered that ₹80,000, along…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday appealed to teachers to give the Congress govt two years to address their concerns, including the implementation of the Pay Revision Commission (PRC), job security and other demands. He assured them that their issues would be resolved based on financial feasibility.Speaking at a Teachers’ Day programme at…
Hyderabad: The groundwater situation may have shown some improvement with the monsoon, but the recovery remains far from sufficient to reverse the sharp deterioration recorded over the past year amid the impact of El Niño-induced rainfall variability. The latest assessment by the ground water department puts the average groundwater depth in Hyderabad at 11.20 metres…
Hyderabad: When a company told IIT Hyderabad professor Kirti Chandra Sahu that the Raindrops Research Facility he had spent years designing was impossible to build, he was devastated. For nearly a week, his PhD students watched their usually interactive mentor retreat into his office and return home quietly. Then they walked in and asked what…
Hyderabad: With the first phase of NEET-UG MBBS counselling for 2026-27 underway in Telangana, Gandhi Medical College (GMC) has emerged as the top choice among high-ranking candidates, with the state topper (All India Rank (AIR) 83) and the second topper (AIR 158) both opting for the institution in Secunderabad.According to the list released by Kaloji…
Hyderabad: Telangana irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel project would prove to be a panacea for the water-related problems of southern Telangana, particularly the erstwhile Nalgonda district, where generations of people had suffered the devastating consequences of fluoride contamination.Addressing a public meeting at Nakrekal after chief minister…
Fever & flu cases surge across Hyd this year as rains persist HYDERABAD: The recent news from Nepal of a principal saving 900 students before their school building was washed away in flash floods brought back memories of a similar act of courage by a Telangana headmaster when parts of the state were hit by…
Hyderabad: Deeptech startup Leanwatts has raised around $2 million (a little over ₹18 crore) in seed funding across two tranches to deepen research and development and scale its indigenous platforms.The round was led by Trivest Partners, with participation from angel investors Abraham George and Alok Rungta. The investor group includes investment professionals and alumni of…
