Hyderabad: Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Sunday said the Congress govt has taken a crucial decision to resolve Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) applications that had been pending for decades. He said although the previous govt had issued a GO in 2016 to address the issue, the lack of implementation had resulted in thousands of…
Hyderabad: A 90-year-old man from the city allegedly lost Rs 18 lakh in a digital arrest scam. According to police officials, fraudsters, posing as CBI officials, threatened the victim, claiming that he was involved in a money laundering case. Threatening to arrest him, the accused asked the victim to share his bank details and demanded…
Hyderabad: Bhadradri Kothagudem ranked seventh among districts and district groupings nationally for the share of 15-29-year-olds who were not in education, employment or training (NEET), with a rate of 42.7%, according to the ‘Labour Market Snapshot of Selected Districts’ report released by the NSO. The rate was 17.7 percentage points above the national average of…
Differences pertain to the size and design of red warning labels, their use on beverages, the nutrient thresholds that trigger a warning, the treatment of ultra-processed foods and the timeline for implementation Hyderabad: Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on the front-of-pack nutrition warning labelling (FoPL) scheduled on Monday, the Food Safety and Standards Authority…
Hyderabad: The govt’s move to introduce LKG and UKG classes in govt schools has received a good response from parents in Narayanpet district, but the non-appointment of ayahs (helpers) at 44 pre-primary schools has left instructors struggling to manage the toddlers.The district had 12 pre-primary schools last year and established 44 more this academic year,…
Telangana currently has around 1,185 bars, of which about 657 are in Hyderabad Hyderabad: The excise department has invited applications for 41 new 2B bar licences across the Core Urban Region (CURE) and municipalities, with around 10 municipalities set to get bars for the first time. The move comes a little over a year after…
TGREDCO has invited charge point operators (CPOs) to take up operation, maintenance, upgradation and commercial management of the stations for an initial 10-year period Hyderabad: Electric vehicle users across Hyderabad could get a wider public charging network, with the Telangana Renewable Energy Development Corporation Limited (TGREDCO) set to hand over 200 public EV charging stations…
KNRUHS cancels 9 MBBS admissions over ST quota eligibility; 37 candidates flagged Hyderabad: Admissions of nine MBBS students who had secured seats under the Scheduled Tribe (ST) quota have been cancelled by Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) after the varsity found them ineligible for ST reservation in Telangana. In all, 37 candidates…
US FDA puts Hyderabad firm’s Fish Masala on Salmonella import-alert list Hyderabad: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed Fish Masala from Hyderabad-based Tejas Food Industries LLP on its Salmonella import-alert Red List, making shipments of the listed product liable for detention without physical examination when offered for entry into the US. The…
Hyderabad: A 25-year-old man allegedly killed his wife by attacking her with a pestle at their residence in Baglingampalli on Sunday. The accused was identified as Narender, an accountant at a hotel in RTC Crossroads. According to police officials, Narender married Teja Sri about five years ago. However, their relationship had become strained. On Sunday,…
