Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday refused to close a contempt case against finance secretary Sandeep Sultania over alleged delay in paying compensation to men and women displaced by the Mallannasagar and other reservoirs under the Kaleshwaram project.Though compensation amounts were released on April 14, the court questioned the absence of the official despite a…
Hyderabad: The state govt told Telangana high court that large-scale financial diversion by rice millers cannot be brushed aside as a mere contractual dispute, and opposed attempts by over 360 millers to quash criminal cases against them.The cases relate to the alleged diversion of paddy supplied for milling and non-payment of dues amounting to Rs…
Hyderabad: The case involving five boxes of jewellery of Nawab Zaheer Yar Jung, which came to light following a recent police complaint by a Hyderabad businessman, continues to be the longest-fought legal battle involving the former nobility of Hyderabad. Zaheer Yar Jung was the last Amir or head of the Asman Jahi Paigah nobility.The legal…
Hyderabad: An investigation by TOI into a cybercrime-linked crypto racket centred in Telangana’s Khammam-Sathupalli belt has uncovered a far deeper and more structured money trail than previously known. What initially appeared to be a typical mule account operation has, on closer scrutiny, revealed a sophisticated racket running from defrauded victims to international crypto networks, with…
Hyderabad: An Independent Expert Working Group (IEWG), which undertook a comprehensive analysis of Socio-Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey 2024, has said 135 castes (of 242 castes) in the state are considered more backward than the average caste in Telangana as their composite backwardness index (CBI) score is more than 81. Of the…
Hyderabad: BRS on Monday asked the central govt to investigate alleged misutilisation of Union govt funds in the procurement of smartphones for anganwadi workers by the Telangana govt under the Poshan Abhiyaan scheme.The party wrote to Union minister of women and child development Annapurna Devi alleging that there were multiple irregularities and discrepancies that raise…
Hyderabad: Students from Telangana delivered yet another impressive performance in the CBSE class 10 exams with and the state emerging among the top performers in the country, as per results announced on Wednesday.While Tamil Nadu topped the list with a pass percentage of 99.9%, Telangana was a close second — along with Kerala — with…
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death by his elder brother in Osmanpura under Chaderghat police station limits on Wednesday.The deceased has been identified as Safdar Hussain, son of late Hyder Hussain, a labourer from Osmanpura.Safdar was a labourer at a lassi-making unit in Moinabad. Chaderghat police have reportedly taken the accused, Hashim Hussain…
Hyderabad: SIT sleuths have reportedly confronted BRS former MLA Pilot Rohit Reddy and his brother Ritesh Reddy regarding reported financial transactions the latter allegedly had with movie producer Kedar Selgamsetty, who died last year in a Dubai apartment. Kedar was also accused in a drugs case registered by Gachibowli police in 2024.In a petition moved…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy alleged that Jeevan Reddy had mortgaged the self-respect of Congress workers of Jagtial, who had stood by him for over 40 years, by joining hands with BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao. He said the Congress had given him the utmost respect and that party workers had worked hard for…
