New Delhi: A Delhi court has denied bail to an alleged mastermind accused of operating over 200 shell companies to launder nearly Rs 150 crore and evade taxes, observing that, “tax evasion through the creation of fake firms adversely affect the economy of the country.”Holding the alleged Rs48 crore loss to the govt as a…
Rainfall deficit hits 17 districts in T, raises Kharif concerns Pic:Suman Reddy D Hyderabad: More than half of Telangana’s districts are already facing rainfall stress less than a month into the south-west monsoon season, raising concerns over kharif sowing in rain-fed regions even as the Centre has flagged hundreds of districts across the country as…
Hyderabad: Conviction rates of foreigners in narcotics cases remain abysmally low in Telangana, with more than three-fourths of those arrested now absconding. Despite hundreds of arrests over the past decade, most cases drag on for years in court, exposing serious gaps in enforcement and trial processes.According to state police data, since 2010 Telangana police have…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is preparing for one of the city’s biggest parking infrastructure expansion in recent years, including 49 surface parking and nine multilevel projects in some of the most congested markets and traffic-choked zones.From the jam-packed commercial lanes of Karol Bagh to the crowded stretches of Rohini, Najafgarh and city-SP…
File photo: US President Donald Trump with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and field marshal Asim Munir Pakistan has quietly approached the Trump administration for a $10 billion “exchange stabilization facility,” a financial lifeline that would shore up its fragile economy even as it seeks to capitalize on its renewed diplomatic importance in the Middle…
Kurdi: The Selaulim dam swallowed Kurdi whole. It took the houses, the roads, the river crossings, the culverts, the smells and the sounds of an entire village — and buried them all under its reservoir. Every summer, for a few precious weeks, as the water recedes, Kurdi rises.On Sunday, thousands made the pilgrimage to the…
Panaji: More than 1.1 crore sqm of land across Goa have been proposed to be brought under the Non-Developable Area (NDA) category in the Regional Plan of Goa in a fresh notification issued by the town and country planning department.The department continues to designate already protected zones such as sand dunes, forests and mangroves as…
Bengaluru: A 18-year-old and his 45-year-old father are both under treatment for burn injuries after a row over taking the motorcycle without permission escalated to such an extent that the father tried to set his son on fire and then suffered burns himself as the flames spread to him.The incident occurred on May 1 at…
VGP’s failure to provide scuba dive footage costs it Rs 55,000 Chennai: A Chennai consumer court has ordered VGP Marine Kingdom to pay ₹55,000 as compensation to a man for its deficiency in service. The marine aquarium collected charges to provide underwater footage. However, the promised video was never sent, and it gave conflicting explanations…
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…
