HYDERABAD: Civil Supplies and Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said that Hyderabad would be transformed into a truly global investment destination, competing with the worlds top metropolises. He was speaking after inaugurating the Indian Green Building Council (IBGC) Green Property Show 2024 along with IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu at Hitex on Friday. Nearly 70 developers showcased around 75,000 IGBC green certified/Pre-Certified projects, green products, technologies, and ser

SURYAPET: A man kept his mothers body in a freezer for two days without performing the last rites, insisting that his three sisters should also equally contribute to the funeral expenses. He refused to proceed with the cremation unless this condition was met. It was only after the village elders intervened on Friday and told the man, Saidi Reddy, that he should bear the funeral costs that he eventually agreed, and the cremation was done. The incident occured in Neredcherla mandal of Suryapet dis

HYDERABAD: The state Cabinet, which will meet here on Saturday, is expected to discuss several crucial issues, including mobilisation of funds for the crop loan waiver and the future course of action with regard to the damaged Medigadda barrage. The Cabinet is also likely to discuss the pending issues of AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has already instructed the officials to initiate the process of taking back the buildings like La

HYDERABAD: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) busted a counterfeit medicine racket in Ghatkesar. Counterfeit allopathic drug powder was being sold as ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of diabetes and stocks worth Rs 1.5 lakh were seized. According to the authorities, tests revealed that the claimed ayurvedic medicines contained allopathic anti-diabetic drugs such as metformin, glimepiride, and gliclazide. The officials seized a total of 52 packets, each weighing 100 grams and labelled as

HYDERABAD: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice Arun Kumar Mishra on Friday said that the benefits of reservation are being usurped by those who have climbed up the social ladder and are adequately represented in services. Addressing the gathering as the Chief Guest at the second Convocation ceremony of the Kautilya School of Public Policy at GITAM (Deemed to be) University, he said, By affirmative action, we have to provide the benefit of reservation to those still depriv

HYDERABAD: The state government on Friday issued a circular to all departments, directing them to replace TS with TG in all official communications with immediate effect. The circular said: All the departments of Secretariat are directed to replace all references to TS with TG in the nomenclature of all state PSUs, agencies, autonomous institutions and any other government bodies, official documents (including letterheads, reports, notifications, etc.,), signages within and outside government of

HYDERABAD: BRS MLC Dande Vithal, whose election to the Council was nullified by the Telangana High Court recently, found relief from the Supreme Court which stayed the HC orders on Friday. Vithal was elected to the Council from the Local Authorities Constituency of Adilabad in 2022. However, Congress candidate P Rajeshwar Reddy approached the high court stating that he did not withdraw his nomination and some persons forged his signature and submitted the withdrawal form. Following this, the hig

MULUGU: Tadvai police on Friday arrested two persons for allegedly raping and murdering a woman Anganwadi teacher, R Sujatha, in Mulugu on Wednesday. The accused, A Ramaiah (45) and P Japaiah (42), residents of Roheer village were apprehended and the police seized a two-wheeler, a gold ornament and a bank passbook belonging to Sujatha. Mulugu DSP N Ravinder disclosed that Tadvai Inspector Shankar and his team were conducting a vehicle check at Katapur crossroad. The accused, Ramaiah and Japaiah,

HYDERABAD: BRS leaders RS Praveen Kumar and Balka Suman on Friday said that party MLC K Kavitha was very confident that she would be exonerated of all charges and come out clean in the Delhi liquor scam. Speaking to reporters after meeting Kavitha in Tihar jail in Delhi, Praveen Kumar said that Kavitha was very confident that she would be proved innocent. He wondered how Kavitha was arrested by the CBI without giving notices to her advocate. Praveen Kumar, quoting Kavitha, said that the investig

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by former minister T Harish Rao seeking to invalidate two GOs issued by the government of undivided Andhra Pradesh related to allotment of land for film industry infrastructure. In his petition, Harish Rao challenged GO 744, dated December 26, 2008, and GO 335, dated August 21, 2001, issued by the General Administration (I&PR) Department. He argued that these orders, which facilitated the allotment of five acres of land in Shai

HYDERABAD: Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari on Friday held a videoconference with district collectors and reviewed the progress of works taken up under Amma Adarsha Paatasaala, stitching of school uniforms and issues relating to procurement of paddy. While complimenting the collectors for the steady progress of Amma Adarsha Paatasaala works, the chief secretary underscored the need to complete them before schools reopen on June 12. She also asked the collectors to ensure that every child is given n

HYDERABAD: Though there is still over a fortnight left for the votes cast for the Lok Sabha elections to be counted, supporters of some candidates in Telangana are expressing confidence that their leaders would not only win, but also bag a berth in the Union Cabinet. With votes in four of the seven phases of elections now cast, both the NDA and INDIA blocs are claiming that they are ahead and would form the government at the Centre. In the state, candidates fielded by the Congress and BJP are co

HYDERABAD: With the Telangana phase of the Lok Sabha elections ending, a swarm of Congress leaders from the state have landed in Uttar Pradeshs Rae Bareli to campaign for former AICC president Rahul Gandhi. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is also planning to campaign for Rahul in Rae Bareli. Minister for Panchayat Raj, Women and Child Welfare Danasari Anasuya, alias Seethakka, confirmed that she was in Rae Bareli campaigning. She said that the Congress leaders are campaigning with the slogan Ab K

SANGAREDDY: Farmers in the Sangareddy district are alleging that untimely rains and the negligence of rice millers are troubling them. On Friday, they staged a dharna in Ramayampet and Papannapet, demanding the immediate purchase of grain that got wet due to heavy rains in various parts of the district. The protest brought traffic to a standstill, causing difficulties for motorists. Telangana: Procurement delay upsets farmers, rains damage paddy Farmers said that bags of dry grain became complet

MULUGU/HANAMKONDA/BHUPALPALLY: Heavy rains lashed many parts of the Hanamkonda, Warangal, Mulugu and Jangaon districts on Thursday night, forcing farmers to wait longer to sell their crops at the procurement centres in their respective villages. Telangana: Procurement delay upsets farmers, rains damage paddy The farmers are eager to sell their produce, however, they allege that the district administration and Civil Supplies department officials are delaying the procurement process. They are find

HYDERABAD: As the state continues to experience pre-monsoon showers, the weather in the upcoming weeks would continue to remain favourable with low temperatures and intermittent rains, according to officials. Moreover, the southwest monsoon is very likely to hit Telangana in the second week of June, with good progress of the monsoon in the initial phase. The IMD said that the southwest monsoon is very likely to advance into south Andaman Sea, some parts of the southeast Bay of Bengal and Nicobar

HYDERABAD: The dispute between the Commercial Taxes and Excise departments over payment of Rs 54.53 crore Goods and Services Tax (GST) remains unresolved as the latter has refused to pay the amount and is reportedly planning to take legal action. The Commercial Taxes (CT) department on March 15 this year issued a show-cause notice to the Excise department to pay Rs 54,53,75,754 towards GST for supplying holograms to distilleries and depots between 201718 and 202324. The Telangana State Beverages

HYDERABAD: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has approached the CBI with a request to issue Red Corner notices against T Prabhakar Rao, former State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief, and A Sravan Kumar, owner of a private news channel, in connection with the phone-tapping case. Phone-tapping case: NBW against Prabhakar Rao, Sravan Rao Police sources confirmed that the CID submitted relevant documents to the CBI. The central agency will now study the documents provided by the CID and for

HYDERABAD: Actor Jr NTR has approached the High Court in a petition concerning a land dispute involving 681 square yards of the Jubilee Hills Housing Society. The dispute revolves around a property that the actor claims to have purchased from one Sunku Gita in 2003, obtaining all necessary permissions in accordance with the law and commencing construction of a house on the land in 2007. However, several banks, including SBI, Oriental Commerce, IndusInd, and Bank of Baroda, approached the Debt Re

HYDERABAD: A rare five-hour long surgery for vaginal atresia was performed on a 45-day old infant at the Medicover Woman and Child Hospitals on Thursday. The infant was brought to the hospital with symptoms of abdominal swelling and vomiting persisting for four days. Preliminary reports revealed that the baby had only one opening between her legs instead of a vaginal opening, along with an abnormal position of the anus. Further tests revealed issues with the urinary system, including problems wi

HYDERABAD: A two-hour spell of heavy rain on Thursday afternoon brought Hyderabad to a standstill citizens stranded, traffic jammed, roads inundated and power cuts galore. As per the Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS), Nalgonda district recorded 102.8 mm, Nagarkurnool district 101 mm, Khariatabad in Hyderabad recorded 90.3 mm, Shaikpet 87.5 mm, Amberpet 85.3 mm and Nampally 83 mm. The rain left commuters struggling with traffic jams at major junctions while most arterial roads

HC rejects municipal chiefs plea against no-trust motion Justice CV Bhaskar Reddy of the Telangana High Court declined to intervene in a notice issued by the Kamareddy District Collector on April 27, calling for a meeting of motion of no confidence against Yellareddy municipal chairman Kudumula Satyanarayana. Justice Bhaskar Reddy was hearing a writ petition filed by Satyanarayana, challenging the legality of the notice. Contending that the notice was illegal, arbitrary and ultra vires, Satyanar

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad District Grievance Committee (DGC) released over Rs 5.93 crore cash seized when the model code of conduct (MCC) was in force during the Lok Sabha elections. According to Hyderabad District Electoral Officer and GHMC Commissioner Ronald Rose, the DGC returned this money after looking into 192 complaints referred to it. In Hyderabad district, around 201 cases with regard to Rs 8.48 crore unsubstantiated cash seized from people who were carrying more than Rs 50,000 were ref

HYDERABAD: The Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice L Narasimha Reddy invited suggestions from the public on the Chhattisgarh power purchase agreement and on Bhadradi and Yadadri power plants. The Commission was constituted to inquire into the correctness and propriety of the decision taken by the Telangana government in 2014 to procure power from Chhattisgarh, without following the process of open competitive bidding and applying for a corridor for 2,000 MW, though the PPA was signed with Ch

HYDERABAD: Responding to the call given by BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, party cadre and leaders staged protests across the state against the anti-farmer attitude of the state government. However, several top leaders of the party, including former MLAs, skipped the protest programmes. BRS leaders Gangula Kamalakar, Kotha Prabhakar Reddy and other local leaders participated in the protests in their respective districts. The BRS leaders demanded that the government provide Rs 500 bonus to all

HYDERABAD: Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao directed officials to furnish information with regard to losses suffered by farmers due to untimely rains in April and May. During a review meeting held here on Thursday, the minister said that the government disbursed `15 crore to farmers whose crops were damaged in March rains. Now, the government is in the process of preparing a plan to pay compensation to farmers who lost crops in April and May. The minister also discussed the guidelines

HYDERABAD: Now that the Telangana phase of the Lok Sabha elections is past, the talk in Congress corridors has shifted to the possibility of a new PCC president and expansion of the Cabinet. In all likelihood, the Congress high command will ask Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to step down as TPCC president by the end of June or the first week of July so that a leader from the BC community can succeed him in the post. If one goes by the animated discussions in Congress circles, senior leaders like

HYDERABAD: In order to boost its revenues, the state government has decided to revise the market value of lands. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday instructed officials concerned to take steps to revise the market value of lands. The chief minister, along with Ministers Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy and Jupally Krishna Rao, held a meeting with officials of revenue-generating departments like Commercial Taxes, Stamp and Registrations, Excise and Mining. During the meeting, it was noted that t

HYDERABAD: Heavy rainfall wreaked havoc in the city leading to traffic congestion and road damage on Thursday. The downpour, which lasted several hours, doubled the travel time for many commuters. Traffic congestions were reported at Nana Nagar, Mehdipatnam, Tolichowki, Shaikpet, Attapur, Rajendranagar, Aramgarh, Manikonda, Raidurg, Hitec City corridor, Narsingi, Nanakramguda, Biodiversity junction, IKEA circle, Jubilee Hills check post, PVNR flyover, Masab Tank, Khairatabad, Banjara Hills, Punj

HYDERABAD: Data obtained from the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) showed a dip in PM 2.5 and 10 levels in Hyderabad on Sunday and Monday. Officials said this dip could be attributed to the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls on May 13, which led to many vehicles going out of the city to other places including AP. However, the effects of pollution are likely to intensify as heavy rains lashed the city on Thursday. Pointing out that heavy rainfall creates more potholes, Dr WG Prasa

HYDERABAD: Task Force teams of the Commissioner of Food Safety inspected three restaurants and food outlets 36 Downtown Brew Pub, Makau Kitchen and Bar and Naturals Icecream in Jubilee Hills on Thursday and found that food items were stored in unhygienic conditions. Additionally, the officials found that these establishments were storing expired food items and had cockroach infestations in the storage section apart from broken tiles near the tandoor or bhatti area. At 36 Downtown Brew Pub, the

HYDERABAD: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in response to a growing trend of fraudsters impersonating law enforcement agencies and intimidating unsuspecting victims through a practice known as digital arrests, has collaborated with Microsoft to block over 1,000 Skype IDs associated with such operations. In a digital arrest, victims are coerced into remaining visually available over video conferencing platforms like Skype and are interrogated until their demands are met. To further deceive th

HYDERABAD: The ACB, on Thursday, caught an agricultural officer from Narsapur mandal in Medak, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 and subsequently arrested him. According to officials, the accused, B Anil Kumar, had demanded the bribe from one Vanga Naren of Nizamabad, the complainant, to process the application for the issuance of a trade licence. Back to original job: CV Anand Taking to X, ACB Director General CV Anand, on Thursday, said, Lot of staff and officers of ACB were on e

HYDERABAD: In a first, Dr K Thangaraj, Dr P Chandra Shekar and Dr Swasti Raychaudhuri at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad have identified that the gene TEX13B is essential for male fertility and development of sperm cells. Other institutions involved in the study, which was published in the Human Reproduction journal, are the Infertility Institute and Research Center (IIRC) at Mamata Fertility Hospital in the city, Institute of Reproductive Medicine in Kolka

HYDERABAD: The Vande Bharat Express between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam, which was scheduled to depart at 3 pm was delayed by five hours on Thursday, according to the SCR. The train (No. 20834) was rescheduled to leave at 8 pm. Several passengers were seen expressing their disappointment over the decision on X, as they would not be able to reach their destinations in time. The train takes around 8 hours and 30 minutes to cover the journey between the two cities. It may be mentioned here that

HYDERABAD: After serving the final notice last week, the TSRTC on Thursday terminated the lease agreement with Vishwajith Infra Developers Pvt. Limted, the owners of Jeevan Reddy Mall and Multiplex in Armoor, Nizamabad district, for not paying dues amounting to Rs 2.51 crore as well as taking possession of the structure. The firm had entered into an agreement with the RTC to utilise its land for construction of the mall near the Armoor bus station. The company is reportedly owned by Rajita Reddy

HYDERABAD: The state government has issued instructions that all types of building permissions, occupancy certificates (OCs) and layout permissions, group housing permissions, (except change of land use) that fall within the gram panchayats limits under the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) jurisdiction will now be exclusively processed through Telangana State Building Permission Approval and Self-Certification System (TS-bPASS). As per the orders issued in the last week of Apr

HYDERABAD: A post-poll special survey commissioned by BRS working president KT Rama Rao has predicted that the pink party will secure as many as seven Lok Sabha seats and just one seat for the Congress. In an informal chat with the reporters here on Wednesday, he said: I have also conducted a special survey. According to this survey report, all the silent voters supported the BRS in the Lok Sabha elections. We are going to win seven seats while the Congress will be restricted to ust one seat Na

HYDERABAD: As the polling process for the Lok Sabha elections concluded in the state, the Congress shifted its focus to the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates constituency MLC byelection, which is scheduled to be held on May 27. Chief Minister and TPCC president A Revanth Reddy has appointed in-charges for 38 Assembly constituencies that fall under Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates constituency. The CM appointed sitting MLAs and leaders who contested unsuccessfully in the elections as in-char

HYDERABAD: Though Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy hinted that the elections to local bodies would be held in the last week of June, the BC associations demanded that the poll should be conducted only after the caste census is conducted. The Congress announced in its manifesto that the reservations in local bodies would be increased from 22 per cent to 42 per cent. In this backdrop, National BC Welfare Association chief and Rajya Sabha member R Krishnaiah demanded that state government take up cas

HYDERABAD: The Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau (TSCSB) arrested another accused who was reportedly part of an organised gang that lured residents of Bhainsa and neighbouring villagers to open 125 mule accounts for fraudulent transactions. The accused, Kesara Keshava Reddy alias Maha, is a native of Khammam residing in Bengaluru. The police seized two laptops, seven mobile phones, seven SIM cards, 10 bank passbooks and 19 debit cards from him. Two weeks ago, the TSCSB arrested three accused

HYDERABAD: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Mahabubnagar, has ordered the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to either provide the Melchat Vastram seva to a consumer or pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh. In 2007, the complainant, Sumithra Setty, booked an Arjitha seva and paid Rs 12,250 for the same. She was allotted a date in September 2021 to avail the service. However, she wrote a letter in August 2021, requesting the TTD to allot a fresh date for the seva in 2022-23 and

KAMAREDDY: The additional director of Medical, Health and Family Welfare, Dr Amar Singh, on Wednesday, conducted an inquiry into the alleged sexual harassment of female medical officers and subsequent derogatory remarks made by Kamareddy DMHO Laxman Singh. Sources said that the medical officers have been protesting against the DMHO for several months and even submitted a memorandum to the district collector and senior officials. Recently, the DMHO allegedly made derogatory comments about the med

YADADRI BHUVANAGIRI/ADILABAD: Farmers burnt paddy on the Hyderabad to Warangal highway and blocked the road for almost an hour, demanding the purchase of their produce, causing severe traffic jams, on Wednesday. Later, the police arrived at the scene and pacified the protesting farmers and eventually cleared the traffic. The farmers expressed their anger towards the authorities for not buying the grain brought by them to the Gudur Primary Agriculture Credit Society (PACS) for the last 20 days an

SANGAREDDY: As many as 166 workers at the Trident Sugar Factory in Zaheerabad are facing financial problems due to non-payment of wages since last year. They said that despite numerous requests to the authorities, the management has not responded. The workers are demanding that they be paid arrears of Rs 2 lakh each. Suicide attempt On Wednesday, Ramesh Babu, one of the workers, climbed the factorys chimney, threatening to jump if his demands were not met. He said that he needed money for his da

HYDERABAD: Lakhs of acres of forest land in Telangana, worth hundreds of crores, have been encroached, the state government says. According to an interim report submitted by the state government to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which is hearing a case on encroachment of forests in the country, approximately 7.65 lakh acres of forest land in Telangana have been encroached. As per the interim report, the total geographical area of the state is 2.77 crore acres. Of this, the area covered by fo

HYDERABAD: With the state set to celebrate 10 years of its formation on June 2, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday directed officials to prepare a comprehensive report on pending issues related to the distribution of assets and debts between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Revanth also directed the authorities to prepare for taking over buildings like the Lakeview Guesthouse that was allocated to AP since Hyderabad will no longer be the common capital after June 2, as per the AP Reorganis

HYDERABAD: A youth who meticulously planned a heist of Rs 25 lakh, with the help of his friends in police during the election period, ended his life, cops said. Ranjith, who came to know that his cousin was arranging transportation of money, informed his relative Krishna, a head constable and Srikanth, a constable. The trio then hatched a plan to intercept the vehicle carrying the cash while the election code was in force and split the money among themselves. As per the plan, they seized the cas

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Theatres Association (TTA) announced on Wednesday that single-screen halls across the state will be shut for the next 10 days. Starting May 17, the 450-odd single-screen theatres in the state will remain closed till May 26. Rapidly diminishing footfall has been cited as the key reason behind this move. Vijayender Reddy, the president of the State Film Exhibitors Association, was quoted by PTI as saying that the daily expense incurred by an average single screen ranges fr

HYDERABAD: AIMIM president and MP Asaduddin Owaisi will now head for canvassing in UP, Bihar and Maharashtra. Sources in the AIMIM told TNIE that Asaduddin is likely to leave in the next couple of days, first to Uttar Pradesh and then Bihar. Even though the party is not contesting any seats in UP, it has formed a Pichda (backward classes) Dalits and Muslims (PDM) front with former Samajwadi Party (SP) ally Apna Dal (Kamerawadi), led by Pallavi Patel. Owaisi will take part in the campaigning and