Hyderabad: A stone inscription dating to 1516 CE has emerged as the earliest known epigraphical reference to the Bonalu festival in present-day Telangana, offering evidence that the festival and its associated rituals were already well established during the reign of Vijayanagara emperor Krishnadevaraya.The inscription, now preserved at the State Archaeology Museum, Hyderabad, was originally discovered…
HYDERABAD: A 40-year-old information technology professional with an IT major in Raidurgam died by suicide by jumping from the terrace of a five-storied building near his office on Tuesday night. Though the exact reason for the suicide is yet to be ascertained, police suspect that loss of Rs 2 lakh in a cyber fraud could…
Hyderabad: In a major anti-encroachment initiative, HYDRAA on Thursday secured a 3.63 acre govt land parcel adjoining Banjara Lake in Banjara Hills, estimated to be worth over Rs 600 crore, following complaints of repeated attempts to grab the property.HYDRAA fenced the land and erected signboards detailing its legal status to safeguard it until ongoing litigation…
TGCSB takes over Rs 1,000-cr mule account fraud cases Hyderabad: On the instructions of director-general of police (DGP) CV Anand, Khammam police have transferred two major cybercrime cases involving procurement of mule banking accounts, using which cyber fraudsters operating from abroad had funnelled over Rs 1,000 crore, to TGCSB for thorough investigation. Khammam police have…
Courts not forum for settling personal scores: HC Hyderabad: Taking a stern view of litigants using courts to pursue personal vendettas, Telangana high court has ruled that judicial forums cannot be allowed to become platforms for settling individual scores, warning that such petitions waste valuable court time.The court dismissed a petition filed by a retired…
Hashish trail leads cops to MLC’s son, named in FIR Hyderabad: A Hyderabad narcotics raid in the Old City has led police to four alleged consumers, including the son of an opposition MLC, while probing a drug supply network.Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) personnel on Wednesday raided a house at Puranapul in Mangalhat police station…
Devotees participate in the Golden Jubilee Rath Yatra in Abids on Thursday Hyderabad: Chants of “Jai Jagannath” echoed through Hyderabad as thousands joined the Golden Jubilee Rath Yatra organised by Iskcon Abids on Thursday. The flower-adorned chariot rolled from NTR Stadium at noon to the Exhibition Grounds, Nampally, drawing devotees from all walks of life.The…
Tender delay leaves Hyderabad’s ageing streetlight network in the dark Hyderabad: Even as civic officials remain preoccupied with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the proposed Core Urban Region (Integrated Governance) Bill, Hyderabad’s streetlights are quietly going dark.A GHMC survey has found that more than 70% of the city’s LED streetlights and nearly all Centralised…
Hyderabad: Authorities have indefinitely suspended the headmaster of a zero-enrollment govt school in Suryapet district, citing poor coordination with parents. Suspension orders were served on Thursday.MA Hakeem, headmaster (FAC) of ZPHS, Bandaramaram at Thungathurthy mandal, told TOI that he was being made a scapegoat for the school’s zero enrolment. He said the school lacks teachers,…
Actor Krishna Manineni booked for cheating doctor in fake rly contracts scam Hyderabad: A city-based doctor has accused Telugu film actor Manineni Murali Krishna, known as Krishna Manineni, of duping him of ₹80 lakh by promising high returns on investments allegedly linked to railway contracts, prompting the Cyberabad economic offences wing (EOW) to register a…
