Nalgonda: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Wednesday alleged that the Congress govt had failed to guide farmers on alternative crops, dryland farming, vegetables and crop diversification despite indications of drought, and demanded immediate measures to address farm distress.Speaking after touring dried crop fields and interacting with farmers in Nalgonda district, Rao said govt…
Hyderabad: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials seized 4.9 kg of cocaine worth around ₹24.5 crore from an Indian passenger at Rajiv Gandhi International (RGI) Airport on Tuesday. The passenger, who arrived from Doha, Qatar, was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and sent to judicial remand.Acting on specific intelligence that…
Hyderabad: A 65-year-old retired chief manager of a public sector bank was allegedly duped of over Rs 98 lakh by cyber fraudsters who posed as representatives of a private bank and lured him into investing through a fake trading app. The victim, a PhD holder in economics, told Cyberabad police that he joined a WhatsApp…
Hyderabad: The state cabinet meeting on Thursday is expected to give approval for two Dearness Allowances (DAs) for govt employees, with one or both of the DAs to be given by Dasara festival next month.Chief minister A Revanth Reddy and his cabinet colleagues are also likely to discuss in the cabinet meeting, to be held…
Hyderabad: An RMP doctor was arrested for allegedly assaulting a head constable who visited a private hospital in Nanakramguda to verify a Dial-112 complaint about a suspected illegal activity, Gachibowli police said.The accused, identified as Sunil Kumar, 36, runs Usha Clinic in Warangal. According to police, Sunil had reported that women visiting a fertility centre…
Hyderabad: A 38-year-old private employee from KPHB Colony has approached the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Cyberabad police, alleging that he and 44 others were duped of about ₹16 crore by the operators of a private chit fund scheme, V Ramana Reddy, his wife Sita and their family member Harisha Reddy.The fraud came to light…
Dilshada, first Muslim woman, to helm UoH students’ union Hyderabad: Twenty-four-year-old Dilshada Raihan created history on Wednesday by becoming the first Muslim woman in 25 years to contest and win the presidency of a student union of a major Indian university.The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) candidate defeated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Naresh…
Revanth draws battle lines in Sircilla: ‘Defeat KTR, get a minister’ Hyderabad: Taking the political battle to the home turf of BRS working president K T Rama Rao, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday called upon voters in Sircilla to defeat the five-term MLA in the next assembly election, promising ministerial representation and greater…
Rs 1,200 cr central grants to T stuck over utilisation certificates Hyderabad: n a significant win for the state tax department, a three-judge bench of the Telangana high court on Wednesday dismissed a batch of more than 500 petitions challenging State GST show-cause notices and assessment orders solely on the ground that their summary pages…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) on Wednesday suspended the FSSAI licences of four dark stores and issued show-cause notices to five others and improvement notices to three following inspections that uncovered multiple food safety violations across Hyderabad’s Core Urban Region (CURE).The licences of Swiggy Instamart stores at Pet…
