Hyderabad: Delivering a blunt message to Telangana BJP leaders, party national president Nitin Nabin is learnt to have warned that the central leadership would no longer tolerate infighting, saying internal divisions were hurting the BJP’s image, confusing cadre and undermining its growth prospects in the state.During his first meeting with the Telangana BJP leadership since…
Hyderabad: As more schools in Hyderabad and other parts of the country are being acquired by private equity (PE) firms, parents allege that accountability, accessibility to school management and the quality of education have suffered, even as fees have increased exponentially. They also alleged that several schools are failing to maintain the mandated student-teacher ratio,…
Hyderabad: A natural compound found in broccoli could one day help treat keratoconus, an eye disease that causes the cornea to thin and bulge outward, according to a new study by researchers at the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) and NYU Grossman School of Medicine.The researchers found that sulforaphane, a compound naturally present in broccoli…
Telangana School Education Department Mandates Private School Fee Disclosure Hyderabad: The department of school education will now keep tabs on the fees charged by schools across the state after creating a provision on its portal and directing all private schools to upload their class-wise fee structure for the 2026-27 academic year.Director of School Education E…
Water releases based on inflows, not politics: Jupally Hyderabad: Excise minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Friday rejected the BRS’s allegations that the Congress govt was neglecting irrigation needs in chief minister A Revanth Reddy’s native Palamuru region, asserting that water releases to irrigation projects were being regulated solely on the basis of reservoir inflows and…
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has granted interim relief to 49 sweepers, scavengers and contingent workers engaged at various police stations across Rachakonda commissionerate and Nalgonda, Suryapet and Yadadri districts, directing the home department to pay them minimum wages after finding that the petitioners had made out a prima facie case.Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka passed the…
Hyderabad: The Telangana govt has decided to revive district irrigation advisory panels immediately. The panels—comprising the district collectors, officials from the irrigation and agriculture departments, elected representatives and other stakeholders—must meet before and during every crop season to assess reservoir and canal supplies and advise farmers on crops that can be safely cultivated in each…
Hyderabad: Gig and platform workers on Friday withdrew their proposed statewide strike scheduled to begin on Aug 8 after successful talks with the Telangana govt, which assured them that their demands would be addressed and implementation guidelines for the Telangana Gig Workers Welfare Act would be notified soon.Labour minister G Vivek Venkatswamy, who held discussions…
Hyderabad: A 14-year-old student of Jagtial Rural mandal, who went missing after leaving her school on Wednesday afternoon, was traced at Gwalior Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday night following a coordinated search by Telangana and Railway Police.According to police, the girl, whose family hails from Madhya Pradesh and has been living in Jagtial…
Hyderabad: In another significant step towards exploration of gold and copper deposits in Karnataka, the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has signed an agreement with Karnataka mines and geology department to formally commence exploration activities.The SCCL secured the exploration licence for the block through the Govt of India’s mineral auction at Devadurga block, spread across…
