Hyderabad: CBI’s Hyderabad branch has registered a murder and criminal conspiracy case against seven people over the custodial death of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna at Krishnalanka police station in Vijayawada, following an Andhra Pradesh high court order transferring the investigation.The Oct 22 case names inspector Suda Suresh Veera Venkata Nagaraju; head constables Potarlanka Ashok Kumar,…
Hyderabad: Commuters in Hyderabad can now travel on city buses for seven consecutive days for ₹600, with the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) introducing a weekly bus pass that covers all city services, including air-conditioned buses.The facility covers all types of city buses, including AC services, but excludes Pushpak Airport Liner buses, the corporation…
Hyderabad: BC welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Sunday said TGSRTC was implementing a special plan to develop bus stations along the route from Basara to Bhadrachalam for the convenience of pilgrims during the upcoming Godavari Pushkaralu.“Bus stations at Basara, Bhadrachalam, Dharmapuri, Gudem and Kaleshwaram are being developed to facilitate pilgrims visiting temples along Godavari river,”…
Hyderabad: Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Sunday directed Congress leaders to ensure that all eligible graduates who completed their graduation by Sept 2023 register as voters. He stressed that no eligible voter should be left out of the electoral rolls. Addressing a district-level Congress meeting at Vidyanagar in Chunchupalli mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district,…
Historian Dr Satyanarayana Dyavanapalli showing the markings in Mrugavani National Park at Chilkur Hyderabad: Four deep grooves found on a rock surface near the Banda Juvvi Watch Tower in Mrugavani National Park at Chilkur have raised the possibility of prehistoric human activity in the forest landscape surrounding Hyderabad. Historian Dr Satyanarayana Dyavanapalli, who spotted the…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP leaders Bandi Sanjay Kumar, MP Konda Vishweshwar Reddy and party chief spokesperson NV Subhash left for Delhi on Sunday following a call from the party high command.According to sources, they are expected to meet Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president Nitin Nabin separately to discuss party programmes, organisational changes…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP’s selection process for MLC candidates has returned to square one, with party national general secretary and state affairs in-charge Sunil Bansal asking state leaders to exclude party office-bearers from lists of aspirants and shortlist four candidates for each seat.According to sources, Bansal reportedly asked leaders to prune lists for Hyderabad, Mahabubnagar, Warangal,…
Hyderabad: After days of scant rainfall, Telangana is bracing for heavy to extremely heavy rain on Oct 28. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for three districts — Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem and Khammam — as a system over the Bay of Bengal is forecast to intensify into a very severe cyclonic…
TG-iPASS recovers data after ransomware attack Hyderabad: Days after Telangana’s single-window business clearance portal, TG-iPASS, suffered a ransomware attack, officials of the industries department told TOI on Sunday that they had successfully decrypted the hijacked data.Late on Oct 22, unknown cybercriminals breached the portal’s security systems and encrypted crucial data relating to 28,000 companies registered…
Hyderabad: India’s victim compensation framework was designed to provide financial relief and rehabilitation to survivors of crime. But nearly two decades after its introduction, the scheme is struggling with mounting backlogs, wide disparities in compensation across states, and procedural hurdles that often delay assistance to those who need it most, a recent study has found.The…
