Hyderabad: A BMW car caught fire while in motion near the Begumpet metro station on Tuesday night, briefly disrupting traffic in the area.According to officials, the vehicle was travelling from Warangal to Manikonda when smoke began emanating from the engine. Acting swiftly, the driver pulled over to the roadside, allowing all three occupants to exit…
Hyderabad: The death toll in the Abdullapurmet ORR road accident rose to four after two more members of the same family succumbed to injuries late on Tuesday night while undergoing treatment at a private hospital.The accident occurred around 3.30 pm on Tuesday when a Volkswagen Polo, driven by Bengaluru-based software engineer Veda Prakash Reddy, 37,…
HYDERABAD: The Banjara Hills police have booked an All India Services (AIS) officer on charges of sexual harassment after a woman AIS officer, living in his neighbourhood, accused him of using lewd language and gestures during a recent altercation. While the squabble, the complainant claimed, started over dog poop in the common area, it soon…
Hyderabad: The state govt told Telangana high court that large-scale financial diversion by rice millers cannot be brushed aside as a mere contractual dispute, and opposed attempts by over 360 millers to quash criminal cases against them.The cases relate to the alleged diversion of paddy supplied for milling and non-payment of dues amounting to Rs…
Hyderabad: Upping the ante against land acquisition for the Parigi industrial corridor, Telangana Jagruthi leader Kalvakuntla Kavitha said agricultural land was being acquired from marginal and small farmers in villages such as Kallapur, Rapole and Bhatla Chandaram, leaving them in distress.Kavitha, along with Dharma Samaj Party president Visharadhan, staged a protest in Vikarabad in front…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday refused to close a contempt case against finance secretary Sandeep Sultania over alleged delay in paying compensation to men and women displaced by the Mallannasagar and other reservoirs under the Kaleshwaram project.Though compensation amounts were released on April 14, the court questioned the absence of the official despite a…
Hyderabad: The state govt told Telangana high court that large-scale financial diversion by rice millers cannot be brushed aside as a mere contractual dispute, and opposed attempts by over 360 millers to quash criminal cases against them.The cases relate to the alleged diversion of paddy supplied for milling and non-payment of dues amounting to Rs…
Hyderabad: The case involving five boxes of jewellery of Nawab Zaheer Yar Jung, which came to light following a recent police complaint by a Hyderabad businessman, continues to be the longest-fought legal battle involving the former nobility of Hyderabad. Zaheer Yar Jung was the last Amir or head of the Asman Jahi Paigah nobility.The legal…
Hyderabad: An investigation by TOI into a cybercrime-linked crypto racket centred in Telangana’s Khammam-Sathupalli belt has uncovered a far deeper and more structured money trail than previously known. What initially appeared to be a typical mule account operation has, on closer scrutiny, revealed a sophisticated racket running from defrauded victims to international crypto networks, with…
Hyderabad: An Independent Expert Working Group (IEWG), which undertook a comprehensive analysis of Socio-Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey 2024, has said 135 castes (of 242 castes) in the state are considered more backward than the average caste in Telangana as their composite backwardness index (CBI) score is more than 81. Of the…
