Hyderabad: Days after ordering the removal of HYDRAA commissioner AV Ranganath in a contempt case, Telangana high court on Thursday came down heavily on the agency’s demolition practices, questioning whether it was functioning as a “parallel executive system” and observing that govt authorities, not litigants, were misleading courts.Justice NV Shravan Kumar also found prima facie…
Hyd’s CURE Bill scores 28%, trails Bluru’s GBA Act Hyderabad: While the draft CURE Bill 2026 is projected as a replacement for the seven-decade-old GHMC Act, it falls well short of the governance reforms introduced under Karnataka’s Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Act, 2024.An assessment by Bengaluru-based Janaagraha awarded the CURE Bill a score of just…
Hyderabad: Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar held a meeting with Ganesh idol makers on Thursday and advised them to limit the height of idols to 16 feet to ensure that the upcoming Ganesh Festival is celebrated in a peaceful and eco-friendly manner.Following a recent meeting with Bhagya Nagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi, Sajjanar called a meeting…
Hyderabad: The Telangana high court has reduced the costs imposed on HYDRAA from ₹50,000 to ₹10,000 in three writ appeals related to property disputes arising from notices issued by the agency.A division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin passed the order while hearing HYDRAA’s appeals against directions of a single…
Hyderabad: The state govt has decided to provide pensions to patients suffering from thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia from August 15. Chief minister A Revanth Reddy directed officials to identify eligible beneficiaries and ensure the scheme is rolled out from the specified date. During a meeting with Panchayat Raj officials and minister Seethakka on Thursday,…
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old murder case accused was sentenced to life by a local court in LB Nagar on Thursday. The accused, Y Sandeep Kumar (26), from Kolluru in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh was arrested in a murder and attempt to murder case booked at Miyapur PS in 2022.On December 13, 2022, police received a…
Hyderabad: Gift card payments allegedly collected from US citizens through fake technical support call centres were converted into cryptocurrency, routed through overseas wallets and brought into India via crypto traders, hawala operators and angadia firms before being laundered through multiple bank accounts and properties, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleged while detailing the money trail in…
Hyderabad: Commenting on the quality of education during an interaction programme with teachers, chief minister Revanth Reddy criticised engineering graduates who lacked basic skills.“Every year nearly 1.1 lakh graduates pass out from engineering colleges. Many of them, if you ask them to write an application for a job on a plain paper, they cannot write…
Hyderabad: Shivamma of Errapenta village in Nagarkurnool was only 17 when her toddler developed severe pneumonia, but with no money for treatment, the family had nowhere to turn. A man then offered them a ₹10,000 advance and promised jobs in Hyderabad with food and accommodation. Driven by desperation, Shivamma and her husband accepted the offer.Days…
Hyderabad: Union minister of state for home affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar has sought a comprehensive inquiry into the utilisation of 15th Finance Commission grants in Telangana, alleging that sarpanches were being pressured to spend the funds in violation of the Centre’s guidelines.In separate letters to Union panchayati raj minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh and state panchayati…
