Hyderabad: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of South Central Railway has seized ₹1.22 crore in unaccounted cash from a passenger travelling on Devagiri Express and also cracked an inter-state narcotics network, recovering marijuana worth ₹41.5 lakh in separate operations.The cash seizure was made under Operation Satark, after personnel from the crime prevention and detection squad…
Hyderabad: A review meeting of the Hyderabad parliamentary constituency at Gandhi Bhavan on Wednesday descended into chaos after Congress leaders clashed and allegedly exchanged blows in front of senior party leaders.The embarrassment unfolded when minority community leaders jostled over seating beside minorities welfare minister Mohd Azharuddin during the meeting.Congress senior leader Feroz Khan was reportedly…
Representative image created by AI HYDERABAD: A 40-year-old man allegedly transporting hawala cash from Mumbai to Hyderabad was apprehended by the Government Railway Police (GRP), and Rs 1.22 crore was seized from his possession, officials said on Wednesday.During a joint check conducted by Government Railway Police Secunderabad, along with RPF staff on Tuesday, the person…
Hyderabad: Deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu on Wednesday inaugurated several development works on Wednesday, and along with panchayat raj minister Dansari Anasuya, launched a solar power plant operated by women’s self-help groups (SHGs) under the Indira Mahila Shakti scheme at Venkatapuram village in Errupalem mandal of Madhira constituency in Khammam district.He said the people’s…
Hyderabad: Telangana will become the first state to provide both breakfast and mid-day meals to Intermediate (govt and aided junior college) students in the country when chief minister A Revanth Reddy launches the scheme on June 12.Several states are implementing either breakfast or mid-day meals for school students, and Andhra Pradesh has extended the mid-day…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy has written to his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis seeking an early meeting to resolve the long-pending issue of the proposed height of the Tummidihatti barrage, a key component of Telangana’s ambitious Pranahita-Chevella irrigation project.In the letter, Revanth urged Fadnavis to finalise a schedule for talks with a Telangana delegation,…
Hyderabad: Revenue and housing minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Wednesday said he will not contest the next assembly election if the Congress govt does not construct more liveable houses than the previous BRS govt, before the end of its tenure.Referring to BRS working president K T Rama Rao’s challenge that he would quit politics if…
Hyderabad: Telangana govt has released ₹1,173 crore directly into the bank accounts of nearly one lakh maize farmers as part of its large-scale procurement drive, agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said on Wednesday. The transfer is among the largest direct benefit payments linked to crop procurement in the state.The minister said the govt has already…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP chief N Ramchander Rao on Wednesday slammed the Telangana govt over alleged lapses in paddy procurement and in handling crop damage caused by unseasonal rains that lashed parts of the state overnight.He said that the rains led to widespread damage to standing and harvested crops, with grain stored at IKP procurement centres…
HYDERABAD: Senior Congress leaders Balmoor Venkat and Dayakar, along with others, met Telangana DGP CV Anand on Wednesday and lodged a complaint against BRS leader Balka Suman over alleged provocative and inflammatory remarks encouraging militant activities.The complaint comes amid a fresh controversy after a video purportedly showed Suman asking party workers to “burn down offices”…
