Bifurcation blues: 10 years later, several issues remain unresolved between AP, T'gana

HYDERABAD: The state Cabinet meeting, scheduled to be held on Saturday, was postponed as no approval came from the Election Commission of India (ECI) till late in the evening. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy decided five days ago to hold a Cabinet meeting to discuss certain crucial matters pertaining to the state. Accordingly, the government had sought ECI permission as the model code of conduct is in force. After the postponement, the chief minister said that if the ECI nod was not received befo

HYDERABAD: The state government will discuss at length the damage to the Medigadda barrage before making a decision on whether to carry out repairs or look for alternative steps, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said on Saturday. Revanth chaired a review meeting in the Secretariat on the Irrigation department along with Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy and other ministers. Recently, the NDSA submitted an interim report to the state government on the temporary repairs and rehabilitation meas

HYDERABAD: IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu on Saturday said that the state government was planning to host an AI global summit in July and also making arrangements to set up a Skill University, the first of its kind in the country, in August. He said that Hyderabad would be made a global AI capital. We are here for a change. Our government is sincerely trying to bring in changes on all fronts in the state, Sridhar Babu said, addressing a gathering organised by Telangana Facility Manage

HYDERABAD: Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Saturday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for linking free bus travel for women with the viability of Metro rail. Prabhakar alleged that the prime minister could not digest the fact that women were travelling in TS RTC buses free of cost. The free bus travel was introduced to provide financial benefit to the women, the minister said. He advised the prime minister not to lower his image by talking on trivial matters. Prabhakar said that

HYDERABAD: Criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modis comments that the grand old party will run bulldozers over the Ram temple if voted to power, Congress MLC T Jeevan Reddy on Saturday said that it was former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi who opened the locks of the Babri Masjid and placed the idol of Ram Lalla in 1986 following a court order. He said that Ram temple would have been a reality much earlier if Rajiv Gandhi was voted to power in 1989. Addressing a press conference at the Gandhi Bhav

HYDERABAD: BJP state chief G Kishan Reddy on Saturday claimed that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy lacks the wherewithal to implement the promises made by the Congress during the Assembly elections. The Union minister also claimed that it appears that MLAs and MLCs will soon ditch the BRS for other parties. Kishan was addressing a preparatory meeting for the Warangal-Nalgonda-Khammam graduate MLC byelection at Bhongir where he said that the situation in Telangana was favourable for the BJPs growt

Justice CV Bhaskar Reddy of the Telangana High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Neena Kamlesh Shah seeking quashing of an FIR (216 of 2023) registered on October 15, 2023 by the SHO, Waddepally police station, Nalgonda district and return the Rs 3.04 crore seized by the police. Citing Section 102 of the Cr.PC that allows police officers to seize property suspected to be stolen or linked to an offence, senior counsel for the petitioner argued that the seizure of the cash was unauthori

HYDERABAD: Former minister Ch Malla Reddy, his son-in-law Rajashekar Reddy and their followers were taken to the Petbasheerabad police station on Saturday, following their attempt to remove a fence on a property in Survey No. 82 at Suchitra, claiming that it was illegally erected. While Malla Reddy told the police that the fencing was put up on the land owned by him, a few individuals from Karimnagar claimed that the land in question belonged to them. Malla Reddy had purchased 1 acre 29 guntas o

HYDERABAD: Short intense spells lashed the city in the late afternoon, bringing down the evening temperatures on Saturday. Heavy rain brings Hyderabad to a standstill Areas including Serilingampally, Kompally, JNTU, Miyapur, Lingamapally, Kukatpally, Madhapur, Hitec City, Cyberabad, Gachibowli, Narsingi, Jeedimetla, Suchitra, Malkajgiri, Chandanagar, Ameenpur, and parts of Secunderabad and Rangareddy experienced rains and thunderstorms along with gusty winds. As per the Telangana State Developme

HYDERABAD: The Maheshwaram Special Operations Team (SOT), along with Chaitanyapuri police, busted a fake certificate racket and arrested three persons on Saturday. The prime accused, Mohammad Abrar Hussain, 45, a consultant by profession, allegedly masterminded the fraud to make easy money. According to the police, Hussain, in collusion with Ram Singh of Uttar Pradesh, started supplying fake certificates to students aspiring to go abroad. He sold fake certificates of various universities for pri

HYDERABAD: After facing defeat in the 2023 Assembly polls, the BRS is hoping to retain the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates Member of Legislative Council (MLC) seat in the byelection scheduled to be held on May 27. This byelection was necessitated following the resignation of Palla Rajeshwar Reddy from the Council following his election to the Assembly from Jangaon on a BRS ticket. This byelection will test the pink partys strength in the three erstwhile districts. In the previous election, R

KAMAREDDY: Flash rains have been disrupting the ongoing paddy purchase activity in the Kamareddy district, causing concern among farmers about whether paddy sales would be completed or not. This situation has also become a challenge for the officials. Over the past three days, flash rains have affected several parts of the Kamareddy Assembly constituency, disrupting paddy purchases and soaking paddy stocks. Officials have been sending alert messages through WhatsApp to paddy purchase centre staf

SANGAREDDY: The state government is implementing alternative measures to address the challenges arising in the erstwhile Medak district due to untimely rains and inadequate storage capacity in rice mills. Persistent rainfall over the past three days has led to the paddy in various areas of the district becoming completely wet. Additionally, the grain delivered to purchasing centres has not been dispatched to the rice mills. Consequently, farmers staged protests on Friday and Saturday, demanding

ADILABAD: While the chirps and chatter of birds used to provide a background score to the lives of people, especially in rural areas, across the erstwhile Adilabad district, the distinct drop in the number of sparrows has alarmed nature lovers. An once ubiquitous presence in the porches of households and on branches of trees, sparrows have now become a rare sight, bemoan locals. However, the Nirmal Mandal Samikya has launched the Back to Roots initiative to bring the olden days back apart from a

HYDERABAD: In a breakthrough for the ages, researchers from the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and the University of Hyderabad (UoH) have uncovered a correlation between obesity and kidney-related diseases. Led by Dr Anil Kumar Pasupulati, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry at UoH, and Dr G Bhanuprakash Reddy, scientist at NIN, the study found that obesity has an adverse impact on the kidney and can go on to completely damage the organ. Dr Anil has spent over nine years

HYDERABAD: With a renewed interest in chess among the countrys youth, players from India are making a mark in the 64-square battlefield across the world. However, Indias 74th Grandmaster (GM) and Telanganas fourth in hostry, Rahul Srivasthav Peddi, will be taking on a new fight Youth Summit 2024 annually organised by the World Bank Group, scheduled for May 3031 in Washington DC, the capital city of US. I will be attending conferences and participating in case challenges, Rahul tells TNIE over

HYDERABAD: Motorists waiting at the Liberty X Road junction traffic signal have found it easier to bear the heat thanks to a makeshift green mesh canopy installed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in collaboration with the Hyderabad Traffic Police. To offer relief from the harsh heat, particularly during the afternoon hours, the GHMC and the Hyderabad Traffic Police have erected green mesh shades at traffic signals to protect motorists, especially those on two-wheelers and vu

HYDERABAD: BJP nominee from Medak M Raghunandan Rao on Saturday lodged a formal complaint with DGP Ravi Gupta accusing BRS candidate P Venkataram Reddy of severe misconduct pertaining to phone-tapping case and sought an inquiry by a senior IPS officer. In his complaint, the BJP leader said that a series of confessions and statements from police officials reveal a pattern of illegal money collection and distribution during the Assembly elections. He said that former Task Force OSD Radha Kishan Ra

HYDERABAD, WARANGAL: The state government has ordered a Vigilance and Enforcement (V&E) department probe against Kakatiya University Vice-Chancellor Prof Thatikonda Ramesh. The principal secretary of the education department, Burra Venkatesham, wrote to the director general of the V&E department on Saturday, asking for an enquiry into the allegations made by faculty members against the V-C of illegally ordering transfers, unlawfully retaining terminated faculty members, making unfair academic ap

HYDERABAD: Locked inside his university hostel at Kyrgyzstans capital Bishkek, where the gates were shut and the lights were turned off by the administration so they could stay safe, a Telangana-based medical student, Fayzan, told TNIE on Saturday that although the violence was temporarily curbed, a mob had openly sent out a warning to the Indians and Pakistanis that there would be another attack in the night. India advises its students in Bishkek to stay indoors after mob violence On the night

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