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Hyderabad: A group of 125 retired judges, educationists, writers, journalists and teachers wrote an open letter to chief minister A Revanth Reddy urging him to withdraw the proposal to rationalise govt schools across Telangana.The signatories cautioned that the exercise could have a telling impact on children from poor, Dalit and Adivasi families, particularly girls, by…

Court directs Telangana govt to file counter on police recruitment Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Tuesday directed the state govt to file a detailed counter in response to a public interest litigation seeking to fill vacancies in the police department.The bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin, while taking note of…

Chief minister A Revanth Reddy Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy said the Congress govt is ready to discuss in detail Kaleshwaram project, including the three affected barrages, in the assembly. He asked BRS to write a letter to the assembly speaker and fix dates for the discussion.“If BRS leaders explain and convince the House…

Hussainsagar FTL breach: Probe ordered into 17-storey project Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has issued show-cause notice to a 17-floor residential project on Necklace Road after allegations that it was constructed within the full tank level (FTL) limits of Hussainsagar lake. Both GHMC and HYDRAA have started a probe after claims that the…

Hyderabad: Telangana’s annual liquor price revision exercise has hit a roadblock, with the excise department putting a proposed increase in procurement prices on hold amid concerns that higher liquor rates could drive consumers to neighbouring Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, potentially denting sales and state revenues.Nearly a month after a committee tasked with reviewing liquor procurement…

CSIR-IICT develops next-gen indigenous green refrigerants Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) has developed the country’s first indigenous process technology for manufacturing hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs), a new class of refrigerants expected to replace high-global-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in air-conditioners, refrigerators and automobile air-conditioning systems.The laboratory-scale technology, developed entirely in India, is now ready for transfer…

Hyderabad: The Revanth Reddy govt, which created Telangana Rythu Power Distribution Company Limited (TGRPDCL) exclusively for agricultural use, rural water supply and irrigation projects, is contemplating giving rural power supply responsibility to the proposed discom.Govt sources said the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) and others, during the recent public hearing, raised doubts over the…

Leave the earlier sections blank and furnish their present details in the form, the DEO told voters Hyderabad: Amid confusion over filling enumeration forms as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Hyderabad district election officer (DEO) RV Karnan said voters need not panic if they are unable to find their details or those of…

Animal fables from the Panchatantra came alive at Ravindra Bharathi on Friday evening as Dancing Tales… Panchatantra, a 75-minute Bharatanatyam dance-theatre production, drew a packed audience. First premiered in 2006, the Shankarananda Kalakshetra production, conceptualised and choreographed by Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant, unfolded five classic tales — from the clever hare and the lion to…

Police arrested deputy superintendent Sankireddy Bheem Reddy in a disproportionate assets case HYDERABAD: Four days after anti-corruption raids unearthed an alleged empire of high-value assets linked to him, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested deputy superintendent of police (Telangana Police Computer Services) Sankireddy Bheem Reddy in the disproportionate assets case.The arrest came after days…