Tilak Varma became the most expensive player in the inaugural TG20 league auction, fetching Rs 33 lakh HYDERABAD: Newly-crowned Indian T20 vice-captain Thakur Tilak Varma emerged as the costliest buy after Medak Falcons shelled out Rs 33 lakh, 55% of their total purse, in the players auction of the inaugural TG20 league here on Sunday.The…
GS Lakshmi (File photo); image enhanced with AI HYDERABAD: GS Lakshmi, a former fast bowler, was set to officiate her sixth ICC event when the women’s T20 World Cup kicked off in England on June 12.At 58, Lakshmi was a regular feature at women’s cricket tournaments across the globe and had already served as the…
Hyderabad: A Nigerian national, Ezeonyili Franklin Uchenna alias Kelech, who was accused of being part of a drug network that had run a ₹9.5 crore narcotics business, claimed that he is poor and cannot furnish a ₹25,000 surety to meet his bail condition.Though he was granted bail in April after being in judicial remand for…
DCA issues notices to 41 medical shops Hyderabad: The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has issued show-cause notices to 41 medical shops linked to online pharmacies after detecting multiple violations during a special statewide enforcement drive.During the inspections, DCA officials examined 166 medical shops associated with online pharmacy operations across Telangana. Of these, 159 were…
Cops recover 2 pistols used in Karimnagar PMJ jewellery heist Hyderabad: Karimnagar police have recovered two pistols used by the three accused allegedly involved in the PMJ jewellery robbery case during the custodial interrogation of the trio.On May 3, five persons walked into PMJ jewellery posing as customers, fired at the staff and fled with…
Around 150-200 metres of the road median and adjoining pedestrian areas near ITC Kohenur have been excavated for laying utility pipelines Hyderabad: Motorists and pedestrians travelling through the busy IT corridor near ITC Kohenur are grappling with severe inconvenience as ongoing pipeline and road repair works have left a stretch of the carriageway dug up…
Telangana Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Sunday said the victory of M Raji Reddy of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) union elections reflected the growing support of workers and employees for the Congress….
Hyderabad: City households are now paying the second-highest price for domestic LPG cylinders among major Indian cities after the latest Rs 29 hike pushed the cost of a 14.2-kg cylinder to Rs 994, underscoring the growing burden of cooking fuel on family budgets. For a household consuming one cylinder a month, the additional burden works…
Minister Adluri Laxman Kumar Hyderabad: The state govt has decided to transform the Ambedkar Bhavan near Tank Bund into a state-of-the-art Ambedkar Knowledge Centre at a cost of Rs 50 crore. Simultaneously, it will upgrade the Babu Jagjivan Ram College Students’ Hostel Complex at Nimboli Adda in Kachiguda into a modern model residential facility for…
Telangana schools to reopen on June 15 instead of June 12 Hyderabad: Schools across Telangana will now reopen on June 15 instead of June 12, announced the school education department on Sunday.The decision was taken after the govt received representations from various stakeholders, with officials noting that June 13 and 14 fall on the second…
