Hyderabad: A Telangana man, who was reported missing in Dubai earlier this month, has returned home after spending 17 days in detention.Veppugonda Mallesh, a resident of Bonkur village in Gollapalli mandal of Jagtial district, landed in Hyderabad following his release from custody in Dubai.Mallesh had travelled to Dubai in Nov 2025 to work as a…
Hyderabad: The Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal’s (GSTAT) Anti-Profiteering Division passed orders in six Telangana cinema anti-profiteering cases in 2026, directing the theatres to deposit a combined ₹1.7 crore into the Central and Telangana Consumer Welfare Funds.In its latest order on June 11, the tribunal directed Vishwanath Cinema Hall 70MM in Hydernagar to deposit…
Hyderabad: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Monday dubbed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a “part-time politician” and urged BJP workers to lay the groundwork for a BJP “double-engine” govt in Telangana in 2028, saying the party’s booth-level cadre would determine the outcome of the next assembly election.Addressing a booth presidents’ convention in Warangal, he said…
Hyderabad: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Monday said the country’s youth was driven by innovation, technology and nation-building rather than “anarchy” or the “tukde-tukde mindset”. He asserted that some opposition forces were trying to import protest narratives from other countries that did not reflect the aspirations of Indian youth.Addressing an interactive session with students…
Hyderabad: Widespread rainfall over the past few days has improved Telangana‘s monsoon performance, with the state’s overall rainfall deficit reducing from 18% to 9%, according to the Telangana Development Planning Society (TGDPS). As of June 29, the state has received 113 mm of cumulative rainfall against the normal 124.6 mm, bringing the overall monsoon status…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider providing enumeration forms in Urdu for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in constituencies where the Urdu-speaking population exceeds 20%.The court was hearing a petition challenging the printing of SIR forms only in Telugu.While declining to pass any interim…
Hyderabad: The IVF scam that recently came to light in Gurugram has revived attention to one of the country’s largest inter-state surrogacy-linked child trafficking rackets, which was busted by Telangana police in 2025. Nearly a year later, the fallout continues, with two infants rescued in the operation still awaiting adoption into permanent homes.The infants are…
Hyderabad: Development of tribals cannot be achieved in areas affected by Left-wing extremism (LWE), BJP national president Nitin Nabin said on Monday, citing Bastar as an example of how sustained anti-Naxal operations had paved the way for progress of the region.He said Maoist activity had seen a sharp increase after the Congress came to power…
Hyderabad: Expressing concerns over “friendly policing to some and not to some others”, Telangana high court has questioned police over their dual standards in not arresting accused persons in an attempt to murder case reported at Narsingi in Nov 2025 and asked why police did not arrest the accused despite there being evidence of their…
The school’s former headmaster, B Nagendramma, under whose tenure the works were executed, said Nagamani and her husband Ayodhya, a differently-abled person from a marginalised background, is yet to receive about Rs11 lakh out of the total Rs21 lakh from the government Hyderabad: A couple of months after a former sarpanch and her husband locked…
