HYDERABAD: A five-year-old boy was allegedly smothered and beaten to death by his mother’s live-in partner in a brutal assault at their rented house in Kamareddy town on Friday. Police arrested the accused and the boy’s mother. Shravan was allegedly killed around 4.30 pm at their house in Sriramnagar Colony while his mother Laxmi was…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court granted the state govt a final opportunity to file its counters in a batch of petitions challenging the merger of panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations located within the Outer Ring Road limits into the GHMC.“By way of last indulgence, one week time is allowed to the respondents (state) to file a…
Hyderabad: Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said the state govt is accelerating plans to develop airports in Warangal, Adilabad and Kothagudem districts. He said an action plan had been prepared for the proposed projects and efforts were being fast-tracked for early execution, including land acquisition, technical clearances and infrastructure development. The minister reviewed the proposals…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court has dismissed an appeal seeking to declare a Hanuman temple and its adjoining land at Shaikpet as private property, holding that such disputes must be decided by the endowments tribunal and not civil courts. The court also upheld the stand that the land belongs to the endowments department.The appeal, pending since…
Hyderabad: Minister for women and child welfare D Anasuya (Seethakka) on Saturday said, “Human trafficking is not just a social issue; it is modern-day slavery that destroys dignity and freedom.” She stressed, “If we fail to act, we become part of the problem,” at a state-level convergence workshop on bonded labour and trafficking.The workshop, organised…
Hyderabad: In a big push for both passenger and freight movement in Telangana, the Centre has approved a fourth railway line on the busy Grand Trunk route between Kazipet and Balharshah. This is set to allow the railways to introduce more express services along with increased goods train operations.Covering close to 250 km, the project…
Kurnool: From the time of Emperor Ashoka to the renewed push for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, India’s enduring love affair with and fascination for the precious yellow metal has been both cultural and economic. Now, in the parched, mineral-rich terrain of Andhra Pradesh‘s Kurnool district, a centuries-long dormant ambition is finally turning into reality.Jonnagiri: All that…
Hyderabad: While 80% of the city continues to receive regular piped water supply without depending on tankers, about 20% of areas are witnessing high demand. Localities such as SR Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Madhapur, Gachibowli, and Kukatpally are heavily dependent on tankers due to falling groundwater levels, said HMWSSB MD K Ashok Reddy.Currently, around 11,000 tankers…
Hyderabad: BRS former MLA Mohammed Shakeel’s son, Mohammed Raheel Aamir, who has been based in Dubai since 2023, has surrendered before the Jubilee Hills police in connection with a 2022 fatal hit-and-run incident that claimed the life of a balloon seller’s infant son. Acting on directions from the high court, police questioned him and subsequently…
Hyderabad: A technology company based in the British Virgin Islands has approached Cyberabad police after hackers allegedly breached its cryptocurrency wallet, siphoning off digital assets worth Rs 9 lakh and placing a further Rs 29 lakh at risk.Police said the complaint was filed by the company’s representative, a Gachibowli resident who had access to the…
