Ponnam orders strict vehicle checks across Telangana Hyderabad: The Telangana govt has directed the Transport department to step up enforcement across the state, ordering stricter action against overloaded vehicles, tax defaulters and unfit vehicles, including seizure in serious cases.At a review meeting held recently, Transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar instructed authorities to intensify inspections and ensure…
Hyderabad: Coinciding with the completion of two years of its operations, HYDRAA on Saturday carried out one of its largest single-day land protection drives, securing nearly 840 acres of govt land across Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts. Officials estimated the market value of the land at over ₹30,000 crore.Conducted jointly with revenue officials under heavy…
Hyderabad: A three-year-old girl kidnapped while sleeping beside her mother near Lingampally railway station was rescued within hours by Cyberabad police, whose swift operation also led to the busting of an alleged child trafficking network involved in arranging illegal adoptions.Three persons, including a nurse, were arrested before the child could allegedly be handed over to…
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy held a review meeting with senior officials on the prevention of food adulteration at the MCRHRD in the city on Saturday. Pic: TOI Hyderabad: Alarmed by the growing threat posed by adulterated food and medicines, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday directed officials to frame a stringent law to crack…
Hyderabad: Officers of the Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) raided an unlicensed medical outlet in Chandrayangutta and seized medicines worth Rs 18,000 that were being illegally stocked and sold without a valid drug licence.The raid was carried out based on credible information about the illegal sale of medicines. During the inspection, DCA officials found that…
Hyderabad: A 65-year-old farmer was hacked to death by a butcher at Rebbena in Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district on Friday. After killing the victim, the accused allegedly severed his head before fleeing the scene. Police arrested the accused later that day, and he was remanded in judicial custody on Saturday.The victim, M Somaiah, was a…
IIT-H graduates largest-ever batch, rolls out eight courses Hyderabad: IIT Hyderabad graduated its largest-ever batch of 1,398 students at its 15th convocation on Saturday, marking a nearly 10% increase over last year’s 1,273 graduates, while also announcing eight new academic programmes in emerging technology domains.The convocation, held at the institute’s campus, also marked two academic…
Divine waste gets dignified goodbye in Cyberabad Hyderabad: In a blend of faith and sustainability, old idols, faded photo frames and worn-out religious calendars found a dignified farewell instead of ending up in garbage bins or water bodies in Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) jurisdiction on Saturday.On the first day of the divine items collection programme…
health experts urge vigilance Hyderabad: The recent reporting of four Covid-19-related deaths and 12 active cases in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh has put Telangana’s health authorities on alert, prompting experts to call for closer surveillance while stressing that there is no evidence of increased transmission in the state.With thousands of people travelling daily between Telangana and…
9 flights diverted from RGIA due to heavy rains Hyderabad: Nine flights scheduled to land at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad, were diverted to alternate airports on Friday night due to adverse weather conditions caused by heavy rainfall.Of the diverted flights, six were rerouted to Bengaluru, two to Chennai, and one to Nagpur. The…
