Hyderabad: Malkajigiri Municipal Corporation (MMC) has converted floral waste collected during religious festivals and idol immersions into incense sticks (agarbatti) and dhoop sticks as part of its efforts to promote sustainable waste management. The civic body, in collaboration with Pakka Organics, collected and processed flowers offered during festivals, including Ganesh Chaturthi and Bathukamma, instead of…
Hyderabad: Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials on Sunday arrested 14 rice millers across the state for alleged irregularities, including the diversion of fine rice and replacing it with coarse rice. According to officials, the civil supplies department found prima facie evidence of irregularities in 19 districts and lodged criminal cases.“Govt procured 71.8 lakh metric tonnes…
Hyderabad: A 34-year-old man, distressed by mounting debts, posted a photograph of himself with a garland and a condolence message on social media before consuming pesticide at his house in Peddapuram village in Peddapalli district. He died while undergoing treatment at a govt hospital in Karimnagar on Saturday night.According to police, Bandharapu Suresh, a resident…
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old man was allegedly murdered by his mother’s former boyfriend following a dispute over their relationship in Hussaini Alam on Saturday. The accused, Sardhar Bhagath Singh, allegedly attacked Madhur Singh with a knife after the latter and his younger brother intervened when he was allegedly assaulting their mother at their residence.According to a…
Hyderabad: Even before the scrutiny of applications began for 50 contractual posts under the National Health Mission (NHM) in Karimnagar, middlemen reportedly started approaching job aspirants with promises of securing appointments, while political leaders allegedly began pressuring officials to favour their supporters.Applications have been invited for 50 vacancies across eight categories of medical and healthcare…
Hyderabad: An unfinished park in HUDA Enclave, known as the GHMC HUDA Park in Jubilee Hills, which was meant to provide residents with a much-needed green space, has remained in limbo for nearly two years, according to residents. Incomplete renovation work, unsafe walkways and poor sanitation have made it difficult for visitors to use the…
Faecal contamination in Godavari, Krishna rivers surges 1,600% Hyderabad: At a time when Telangana is grappling with alarmingly low reservoir levels, the Godavari and Krishna rivers are recording a sharp rise in faecal coliform (FC) levels, placing them among the country’s most contaminated major river stretches, after the Ganga and Yamuna.The latest data, for Aug,…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy has set a target of mobilising nearly 15,000 Congress leaders and workers from Telangana for the INDIA bloc’s mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Nov 1 against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Telangana Congress president Mahesh Kumar Goud said AICC general secretary KC Venugopal…
Hyderabad: A 29-year-old software professional died by suicide at her residence in Madhapur in the early hours of Sunday. Police suspect that relationship-related issues with her boyfriend may have made her take the extreme step.According to Madhapur police, Archana Choudhari Malik, who worked as a senior associate at a company in Mindspace, had allegedly been…
Hyderabad: A group of 140 Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad stranded in Saudi Arabia has sought the Indian consulate’s immediate assistance in arranging alternative flights to India.Until alternative arrangements are made for their return, the pilgrims have also requested the consulate to provide food and accommodation.“We request the consulate’s intervention and support in facilitating our earliest…
