Women safety wing director general Charu Sinha Hyderabad: When we remain silent to online abuse or gender-based violence, we become equally complicit, said Telangana police women safety wing director general Charu Sinha, calling on men and boys to challenge patriarchal attitudes and speak out against harassment and gender-based violence.The DG was speaking at the inauguration…
Hyderabad: Several Indian diaspora groups participating in anti-SIR protests overseas have raised concerns over their protest-related content being pulled down from social media platforms or made unavailable to users in India. They claimed the posts contained only protest announcements or visuals of peaceful demonstrations.“Our post didn’t even say anything controversial. It was just a video…
Hyderabad: Addiction to habit-forming medicines is emerging as a concern in Hyderabad and other urban areas of Telangana, with officials intensifying inspections to curb their illegal sale.Over the past week, TG SAFE officials have suspended the licences of 106 medical shops in Hyderabad and its peripheral areas and issued show-cause notices to 125 more after…
Hyderabad: Madhapur police, along with the Kukatpally special operations team, busted an alleged sex racket at a service apartment in Madhapur on Sunday night and rescued three women from Uzbekistan. The alleged organiser, identified as Naik, is absconding.Acting on a tip-off, the police team raided a flat at the service apartment in Chandra Naik Thanda…
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old engineering graduate was found dead under suspicious circumstances at a farmhouse in Ghatkesar on Sunday morning after attending a friend’s birthday party the previous night. Police have registered a suspicious death case and are awaiting the post-mortem report to ascertain the cause of death.The deceased, C Krishna Koundinya, was a resident of…
Hyderabad: A local court has granted custody of 23-year-old alleged cyber fraudster K Pavan Kumar to the Saidabad police in connection with a blackmail and extortion case involving multiple victims.The police took Pavan into custody on Monday after the court allowed his remand till 11 am on Oct 29. He was arrested on Oct 19…
Hyderabad: Actors Vijay Devarakonda and Rashmika Mandanna on Monday lodged a complaint with Cyberabad police, alleging that unidentified persons were spreading misinformation about them on social media. Police said no case has been registered yet. “The complaint is being examined, and a decision on whether to register a case will be taken on Tuesday,” a…
Hyderabad: A chance encounter with two passengers who boarded his autorickshaw in 2012 allegedly drew a Hyderabad auto driver into an interstate drug syndicate, turning him into a transporter of narcotics for 14 years.EAGLE (Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement) officials, who recently unravelled the alleged drug manufacturing network and clandestine labs of key…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Monday condemned Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s family, alleging that Congress leaders were resorting to derogatory language out of frustration over their inability to win elections.Addressing a news conference at the state BJP office, Rao termed Kharge’s reported remarks about Modi’s father…
Hyderabad: A Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) woman conductor, Pravalika, suffered severe injuries to both legs after a woman passenger allegedly pushed her off a moving bus following a dispute over change for a ₹100 note in Bhadradri Kothagudem district on Sunday.The incident occurred near Mittagudem in Aswapuram mandal when a Palle Velugu bus…
