Hyderabad: Rice prices in Telangana have surged sharply in recent months, making it one of the costliest states for consumers despite remaining a rice-surplus region. Retail prices have recorded the second-highest increase in the country over the past three months, and agricultural experts warn that rising global prices and procurement policies could push them even…
Hyderabad: The BJP has put in place a five-member leadership structure to oversee its affairs in Telangana, with the appointment of two key functionaries to strengthen the party’s grassroots network in the state.The new five-member arrangement, comprising three leaders handling political affairs and two overseeing organisational responsibilities from Hyderabad and Warangal, comes as the BJP…
Hyderabad: Telangana agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers opposing Centre’s decision to cut crude palm oil import duty, saying the move will hurt oil palm farmers. In letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and consumer affairs minister…
Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader and Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency in-charge Sameer Waliullah on Friday said chief minister A Revanth Reddy has put the development and welfare of the Old City on the fast track. Projects such as the Rs 620-crore Chanchalguda-Santoshnagar flyover, the Old City Metro, construction of the new 2,000-bed Osmania General Hospital (OGH),…
Hyderabad: Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his ‘vote chori’ allegations, accusing the party of undermining the electoral process while encouraging defections by elected representatives.Kishan alleged that 10 MLAs elected on other parties’ tickets had joined Congress after it came to power in Telangana. Referring to…
Revanth calls Sangh Parivar biggest threat to democracy, bats for Rahul as PM Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday launched a sharp attack on the BJP and the Sangh Parivar, describing them as the “biggest threat” to the country and democracy, and urged people to rally behind the Gandhi family to defeat communal…
Devotees take part in Ganesh Immersion at Tank Bund in Hyderabad on Friday Hyderabad: Dhols, nagadas, flowers and funky masks took over the streets on Friday as Hyderabadis danced Bappa off. Immersion processions ran through the day, with the vigour showing no signs of letting up.From a vantage point near Hussain Sagar, cranes could be…
Hundreds of devotees participate in the immersion of Khairatabad Ganesh at Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad on Friday Hyderabad: Thousands waited patiently to bid farewell to the 69-foot Khairtabad Ganesh as the immersion procession was delayed owing to technical issues involved in moving the idol onto a special vehicle, on Friday morning.The procession for the city’s…
Hyderabad: Telecom operator Airtel on Friday said its AI-powered safe network has identified 98.4 billion spam calls and 4.4 billion spam messages since the launch of its network-level spam detection system two years ago, pointing to the scale of digital fraud risks facing Indian users.The telco said the system, built to work in the background…
Hyderabad: As many as 459 land parcels belonging to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, are all set to go under the hammer with the National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) set to conduct e-auctions next month.The 459 land parcels of RINL include 93,572.21 square yards in Visakhapatnam, comprising 456 residential…
