Hyderabad: Telangana high court has directed the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to pay 9% annual interest to IT firm Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt Ltd on Rs 4.05 crore that it continued to retain even after an appellate authority set aside the provident fund demand against the company.Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka directed that the interest be…
Hyderabad: A couple’s timely intervention saved a seven-year-old girl from an alleged sexual assault in Borabanda. They also overpowered the 60-year-old accused and handed him over to the police.According to the Hyderabad police, the accused, an autorickshaw driver, allegedly lured the girl by offering her ₹20 while she was playing on the road. He then…
Man held for blackmailing woman with private videos Hyderabad: Gachibowli police have arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly extorting money from a woman after blackmailing her with private videos recorded in a hotel room during their intimate moments.The accused has been identified as K Nagateja. On June 22, the complainant, a private employee in the…
Hyderabad: Raidurgam police have arrested a 23-year-old private worker-turned laptop thief and recovered four stolen laptops from his possession. Police alleged that he turned to theft to clear debts incurred through online betting.The accused, identified as Nagishetty Jashwanth, was a former MNC employee from Rompicherla in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh.While investigating complaints related to three…
Hyderabad: A 23-year-old pregnant woman allegedly died by suicide after being subjected to humiliation by her husband, who reportedly demanded a DNA test for her unborn child—an incident that led to the arrest of him and his mother on Saturday.The victim, G Sushmita, was found hanging at her residence in Gadipeddapur village of Alladurg mandal…
Senior HC advocates step in to help student take exams, pay Rs 40k fee dues Hyderabad: Senior advocates L Ravi Chander and S Sri Ram of the Telangana high court came to the aid of an engineering student who was on the verge of losing an academic year due to ₹60,000 in college fee dues.The…
Cops arrest 4 workers for murder of unidentifed person in Mailardevpally Hyderabad: Four workers have been arrested for allegedly murdering an unidentified person at their company godown in Mailardevpally on June 25.Around 2 am on June 25, four workers — Balaji, 39, from Bidar in Karnataka, Nayan Mandal, 23, Uttam Bera, 35, from West Bengal,…
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s most sought-after neighbourhoods — Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills and adjoining Shaikpet mandal — remain entangled in decades-old land disputes, with housing societies and private landowners locked in legal battles against the state govt.What began several decades ago has evolved into a maze of overlapping claims, fake survey numbers and unresolved land records, leaving…
Hyderabad: As Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana gathers pace, several Hyderabad residents who never enrolled as voters despite being well past the eligible age say they have encountered an unexpected hurdle: their first-time voter registration applications have been rejected over what they describe as “vague technical reasons.”Unlike first-time voters who have…
Hanumakonda: Communist Party of India (CPI) state secretary and Kothagudem MLA Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao and CPM state secretary John Wesley were arrested during a protest for house sites in Hanumakonda Town on Saturday. A joint protest call was given by CPI and CPM for the house sites and double bedroom houses distribution to the eligible…
