Hyderabad: A policy designed to compensate landowners and accelerate urban development has stirred fresh turbulence in Telangana’s real estate market. Following the state govt’s decision last month to make the utilisation of transferable development rights (TDR) mandatory for certain high-rise buildings—and to permit their use for setback relaxations—TDR prices have risen sharply, particularly across Greater…
Hyderabad: A special court in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday remanded two senior functionaries of Bengaluru-based Neokred Technologies Private Ltd to 14 days of judicial custody in a GST evasion case linked to alleged online betting and gaming transactions.Investigators informed the court that the company had allegedly played a central role in routing funds for shell entities…
Hyderabad: Hyderabad commissioner of police VC Sajjanar on Tuesday urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to introduce certain banking reforms to curb cybercrime, citing the widespread misuse of ‘mule accounts’. In a letter to RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra, Sajjanar said the reforms are necessary to dismantle organised cybercrime syndicates operating across the country.The police…
Hyderabad: The Chaitanyapuri police registered a case against the manager of a tiles store for allegedly making his employer’s daughter steal 100 tolas of gold jewellery from her house and hand it over to him. On April 17, a 48-year-old businessman from Kothapet lodged a complaint with the police, alleging that 100 tolas of gold…
Hyderabad: Deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Tuesday expressed confidence that the DMK-Congress alliance would return to power with a massive majority under chief minister MK Stalin.On the last day of the assembly election campaign, Bhatti, along with AICC observer and former MP Madhu Yashki, campaigned in Karikkal, Veeranattur, Ariyur and Ayyapedu in Sholingur constituency…
Hyderabad: Justice K Sujana of the Telangana high court will pronounce orders on April 28 in the bail petition of BRS leader and former Tandoor MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy in the Moinabad farmhouse drugs and shooting case. Rohith Reddy has been in judicial custody since March 15.Rohith Reddy is charged with offences under the NDPS…
Hyderabad: In a breakthrough for kidney care, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) scientists have developed two indigenous technologies that can sharply reduce the cost of dialysis and expand access to life-saving treatment, particularly in rural and smaller health care centres. So far, nearly 20,000 patients have benefitted from these technologies in pilot studies.The innovations…
Hyderabad: Two class 11 students from Indus International School, Tanish Veernapalli and Saketh Babu Kollipara, have received mentorship and institutional support from the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. This support is for their research on breaking down PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a group of persistent ‘forever chemicals’ increasingly found in water sources.PFAS are synthetic…
Hyderabad: What was once considered an adult health issue is now showing up in paediatric wards with worrying frequency. Doctors say kidney stones are increasingly being diagnosed in children, including infants marking a sharp shift from earlier decades when bladder stones linked to malnutrition were more common among children in Telangana.While improved nutrition has reduced…
Hyderabad: Surrendered senior Maoist leader Tippiri Thirupathi alias Devji revealed to the Telangana police about the Maoists’ military training links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), as well as with Maoist groups in the Philippines and Nepal. He also disclosed that the Maoists built barrel grenade launchers and ran arms units from Bhopal,…
