HYDERABAD: Following the nationwide increase in the price of the 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder by Rs 993, many restaurants have already begun overhauling their operations due to their high daily consumption of commercial cylinders.“Unlike other cost increases, this cannot be passed on to customers immediately, as it risks reducing footfall,” said Abhik Mitra, managing director…
Hyderabad: Be it due to the current job market or the fee reimbursement issue, demand for engineering and other professional courses is expected to decline from the coming academic year. Students are increasingly likely to opt for three-year degree programmes instead.Until the previous academic year, even students from economically weaker sections chose engineering courses, as…
Hyderabad: In a significant move, the state govt has initiated stakeholder consultations to frame rules under the Gig Workers Bill for its implementation.As per the first draft rules, accessed by TOI, aggregators that repeatedly fail to contribute to the gig workers’ welfare fund may face deregistration. Sources said consultations with key stakeholders are already underway.The…
HYDERABAD: At least six people were killed after a car rammed into a stationary lorry in Telangana’s Rajanna Sircilla, police said on Saturday.The impact was severe, leaving the vehicle mangled and trapping the occupants inside.Emergency services rushed to the spot and pulled the victims out of the wreckage.Further details are awaited. Source link
Hyderabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) has launched two new artificial intelligence-based passenger help systems, ‘Bholu Mini’ and ‘Bholu Max’, in a step towards modernising railway enquiry services. The smart assistants were officially demonstrated on Friday at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad, in the presence of SCR general manager Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, Hyderabad divisional railway manager Santosh…
Hyderabad: Telangana continued to reel under intense heat on Friday as several districts recorded maximum temperatures above 44 degrees Celsius, with Munagala in Suryapet emerging as the hottest in the state at a scorching 45.5 degrees Celsius, according to data from Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS). Khammam and Peddapalli followed closely, both recording 45.1…
Vijayawada: A 26-year-old Indian youth living in the US shot himself with a hand gun in his apartment in Chicago on Thursday apparently over not being able to find a job there.Chandu Iraganaboyina, a native of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, had been jobless for some time. Local police officers and his friends said it was…
Hyderabad: The restaurant industry in the city is bracing for what hoteliers are calling a “bloodbath” after commercial LPG prices skyrocketed on Friday, triggering fears of shutdowns, job losses and rising dining costs across the city.The price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder in Hyderabad has jumped from Rs 2,321 to Rs 3,315 following a…
Hyderabad: Residents of a housing colony in Jadcherla in Mahabubnagar district were left stunned on Friday morning after they stumbled upon the body of a newborn girl that had likely been attacked by stray dogs. Police officers who reached the spot said it was likely that the newborn’s parents had abandoned her and that the…
Hyderabad: Six members of a family were on Friday killed when the car they were travelling in hit an illegally parked truck near exit-16 of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) at Thondapalli village in Shamshabad. The deceased, among them three children, were returning to Hyderabad after visiting the Yadagirigutta temple. A 35-year-old woman who survived…
