Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Monday alleged that lakhs of voter names are under the threat of being removed from the electoral rolls in the state under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list.Mahesh Kumar Goud said the Congress would write to civil society organisations, NGOs and caste-based associations in…
Hyderabad: Seven masked burglars broke into a CaratLane jewellery showroom in Medipally in the early hours of Monday and fled with 450 ornaments worth at least Rs 2 crore in just five to 10 minutes, police said.According to Medipally police, the gang arrived near the showroom around 4 am and loitered for some time, apparently…
Hyderabad: Roads and buildings minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Monday met Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari at the Chintan Shivir-2026 in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat, seeking Centre’s support for major road, highway, elevated corridor, ropeway and Regional Ring Road (RRR) projects in Telangana.The two-day Chintan Shivir, organised by the Union ministry of road…
Hyderabad: A former village organisation assistant (VOA) was allegedly abused with casteist slurs and assaulted during a Gram Sabha meeting in Nalgonda district on Friday, prompting Chintapalli police to register a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.The complainant, Ganipally Madhavi (30) of PK Mallepally village, told police that she was attending the Gram…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Monday issued notices to GHMC commissioner RV Karnan in a contempt petition alleging that he violated an earlier court order by directing the closure of slaughterhouses and meat and beef shops across the city on Oct 2, 2026.Justice NV Shravan Kumar issued the directions while hearing a petition filed by…
As reservoirs run low, Hyd stares at drinking water crisis by year-end Hyderabad: The city’s core urban region (CURE) is staring at a severe drinking water crunch as key reservoirs supplying Hyderabad continue to deplete amid deficient rainfall and El Nino conditions. Right from Nagarjuna Sagar to Singur, inflows into major reservoirs have dropped sharply,…
16 more T men caught in Russian army recruitment trap, 3 return home Hyderabad: Names of at least another 16 men from Nizamabad, Kamareddy and Sircilla districts in Telangana who were reportedly taken to Russian military camps after being promised civilian jobs have come to light, taking the number of such victims to 20. Three…
Hyderabad: Faced with soaring land acquisition costs for major infrastructure projects, especially around Hyderabad, the Telangana govt is preparing to roll out a statewide land pooling policy that will allow landowners to receive developed plots instead of monetary compensation, a move aimed at reducing the financial burden on the exchequer while expediting project execution.The scheme…
Hyderabad: The Director of Intermediate Education has cancelled the appointments of 35 junior lecturers after a fresh verification of educational certificates found that the degrees submitted by them for regularisation were not genuine. The certificates were found not to have been issued by the universities concerned.The action follows a verification exercise covering certificates of nearly…
Hyderabad: Electricity consumers across Telangana, barring those in the agriculture sector, are likely to see higher power bills from Nov after the Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) approved the recovery of ₹5,420 crore in pending true-up dues.The additional levy, spread over more than two years, will be collected through monthly bills, while farmers have been…
