Hyderabad: The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes has expressed its happiness over the state cabinet approving the recommendations made by the BC Commission on two issues — changing the names of several castes that are considered derogatory and approving the list of eligible nomadic communities for schemes such as SEED being implemented by the central…
Hyderabad: In what is claimed to be first-of-its-kind nationwide, the Telangana govt announced financial assistance of 5 lakh each to the families of deceased gig and platform workers, acknowledging their contribution to the rapidly growing digital economy.The initiative covers gig workers who lost their lives in road accidents while on duty. In addition to the…
Hyderabad: NEET-UG 2026 was conducted smoothly across Telangana on Sunday, recording an overall attendance over 97%, according to official data. Out of over 73,000 registered candidates, more than 71,000 appeared for the examination held at 199 centres statewide.Sources said the exam process remained largely incident-free across most districts, with no irregularities in major centres including…
Hyderabad: A cab driver, employed by a DRDO employee, allegedly dragged a man on his car’s bonnet for two kilometres following an argument with a father-son duo in Meerpet on Saturday night, leaving the son with multiple fractures and injuries. According to Meerpet inspector B Shobhan, the victim, Faisal, a school van driver, was riding…
Hyderabad: The majority of 184 social media handles blocked by Hyderabad police over the past month for promoting online betting were found to be operating from foreign countries to evade Indian security agencies.The social media team of Hyderabad’s cybercrime police, after sustained scrutiny using various tools, traced several handles that were advertising online betting. After…
Hyderabad: Behind the counters of Hyderabad’s pharmacies, a troubling new trend is taking root. The arrival of generic versions of blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus (semaglutide) has made once-exclusive therapies more affordable.But alongside affordability comes a darker reality: Unregulated sales, counterfeit fears, and casual misuse. What was once…
Hyderabad: One and a half months after a raid at the farmhouse of BRS former MLA Pilot Rohit Reddy in Moinabad and the arrest of 11 accused in a drugs case, police are yet to nab any of the alleged peddlers who supplied cocaine and MDMA to the accused.According to the investigators, during the raid…
Hyderabad: Scientists have identified three new plant species in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh following field surveys conducted over the past five years, each found in small, restricted habitats and classified as critically endangered under IUCN Red List criteria.The species have been identified as Euphorbia ananthapuramensis from Nigidi forest in Sri Sathya Sai district,…
Hyderabad: Shortage of gas cylinders forced about 1,000 villagers to camp overnight outside a gas agency office in Narsimhulapet mandal of Mahabubabad district on Sunday.Even as police tried to disperse the crowd, villagers refused to leave until they were issued a cylinder. Officials said that while around 1,000-1,200 people gathered at the agency, only about…
Hyderabad: Union minister of state (Home) Bandi Sanjay on Sunday wrote another open letter to chief minister A Revanth Reddy, questioning whether it was reasonable to retaliate when a letter was written to resolve farmers’ issues and implement the promises mentioned in the Congress manifesto.In the letter, Bandi Sanjay targeted agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao,…
