Hyderabad: Illegal water and sewerage connections in Cyberabad region are set to come under a closer watch as the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has decided to give outsourced meter readers a new role — tracking revenue leakages and identifying unauthorised connections.Under a new tender, private agencies will be required to do…
Hyderabad: In a major relief to the govt, Telangana high court on Tuesday stayed a single judge’s interim order that had put on hold the state’s flagship marriage assistance scheme, Kalyana Lakshmi-Shaadi Mubarak, while also suspending further proceedings in the writ petition.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin passed…
Hyderabad: Telangana recorded strong growth in indirect tax collections during the April-August period, with combined GST and VAT revenues rising 16.39% to ₹36,636 crore from ₹31,477 crore in the corresponding period last year.GST collections were the main driver of growth, increasing 19.80% during the five-month period. Collections rose from ₹17,414 crore in April-Aug 2025 to…
Hyderabad: A day after a man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Raidurgam police limits, cops arrested Sandeep Rai, son of prominent art director Anand Sai, on Tuesday.Police said the 23-year-old was booked under Section 105 (negligence causing death) of the BNS. “At the time of accident, he was driving back from his father’s…
Central team to inspect Kothagudem airport sites on Sept 7 Hyderabad: A central technical team will visit Telangana on Sept 7 to inspect alternative sites for the proposed Kothagudem airport, a key project that the state hopes will boost connectivity and drive development in Bhadradri Kothagudem district.Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said this on Tuesday…
Hyderabad: Taking a serious note of not appearing before court and non-compliance with orders despite giving several opportunities and ample time, Telangana high court has issued bailable warrants against principal secretary, finance department, Sandeep Kumar Sulthania and principal secretary, R&B department, Vikas Raj in a contempt case. Justice NV Shravan Kumar has directed the registry…
Hyderabad: A 24-year-old vegetable vendor and two of his associates were arrested in Patancheru on Tuesday for sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl multiple times over the past two years.The incident came to light on Monday after Patancheru police received a complaint from the girl’s parents, alleging that their daughter had been kidnapped by a vegetable…
Revanth urges disciplinary action against Konda Surekha in Delhi meeting Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday met AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal in New Delhi and reportedly told him that stringent disciplinary action should be taken, especially against endowments minister Konda Surekha to send a clear message that indiscipline will not be…
Hyderabad: Nearly 69% of Telangana’s registered GST taxpayers are based in Hyderabad, but the city accounted for 91.1% of the state’s GST collections in Aug. Hyderabad’s GST collections grew 20.53% year on year to ₹3,956 crore, while GST collections per registered taxpayer worked out to about ₹98,900, against ₹74,845 for Telangana as a whole.According to…
ED arrests key accused in US fake call centre scam Hyderabad: The appellate tribunal under SAFEMA has upheld the Enforcement Directorate’s retention of currency and documents seized from AP Mahesh Cooperative Urban Bank chairman Ramesh Kumar Bung, rejecting his challenge of the order of the PMLA Adjudicating Authority.In its recent order, a bench headed by…
