Hyderabad: Roads and buildings (R&B) minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy has directed officials to treat the road development programme being taken up at a cost of 98,000 crore as top priority and ensure its swift execution.“Nearly 6,500 people lost their lives in road accidents in the state in 2025. Taking this seriously, govt is implementing large-scale…
Hyderabad: Public transport across the city came to a near standstill after Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) buses stayed off roads from Tuesday midnight, following the workers’ strike. With buses confined to depots, lakhs of commuters were left stranded, scrambling for alternatives.Except for a handful of hired buses, most RTC services were suspended. The…
Hyderabad: Irrigation minister Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the Telangana high court has not given a clean chit to anyone responsible for the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project. Responding to the HC verdict, the minister said the petitioners approached the court seeking to quash GO No. 6, which constituted the Justice PC Ghose commission….
Hyderabad: Kancha Ilaiah, vice-chairman of IEWG on the caste survey, has urged backward and disadvantaged communities to look beyond population figures and focus on their Composite Backwardness Index (CBI) scores. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Ilaiah said: “The average CBI score in the state is 81. The higher the score above the average, the…
Hyderabad: With the state govt set to announce a successor to DGP B Shivadhar Reddy any day, six senior IPS officers were on Wednesday promoted to the rank of director general of police, taking the total number of DGP-rank officers in Telangana to 11. Chief secretary K Ramakrishna Rao issued the orders, elevating officers from…
Hyderabad: Sometimes courage and technology can achieve what official channels fail to deliver. Frustrated by police inaction, a govt employee from Karnataka tracked down his stolen phone himself—and in the process uncovered a stash of 10 more stolen devices. After the complainant, Shiva Kumar, highlighted the inaction of cops to Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar,…
Hyderabad: The Independent Expert Working Group (IEWG) on the caste survey stated that instead of the govt attempting to fill the ‘social justice well’ with ‘water (resources)’ for all marginalised groups, a new, data-driven framework could enable the govt to deliver ‘water’ directly to needy households through a ‘social justice tap’.During a press conference on…
Hyderabad: After resigning from the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), city-based paediatrician Dr Sivaranjani Santosh has launched an online petition raising concerns over the marketing of sugar-based drinks that resemble oral rehydration salts (ORS), a medically recommended electrolyte solution used to treat dehydration.Titled ‘Clear Communication for Electrolyte Drinks: Protect Consumers in Pharmacies’, the petition hosted…
Hyderabad: Supreme court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing in a petition by BRS MLA G Jagadish Reddy seeking to implead in a case filed by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, who sought quashing of the 2015 cash-for-vote case against him, terming ACB trap as “completely illegal” as it was done without registration of a first…
Hyderabad: Hyderabadis often walk into hospitals hoping to be treated for an ailment, only to leave with a new problem – a significant dent in their savings. A survey by the Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation has found that at Rs 52,743 per hospitalisation, residents of Telangana incur the highest average medical expenditure…
