HYDERABAD: Revival of Information Technology and Investment Region (ITIR), setting up of steel factory at Bayyaram, railway coach factory, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), a Supreme Court bench in Hyderabad, National Sports University and a NITI Aayog regional office are among the 23 promises made by the Congress in its Telangana-specific Lok Sabha election manifesto it released at Gandhi Bhavan here on Friday. The state Congress made these promises in addition to the partys national manife

ADILABAD : The Communist Party of India (CPI) will support Congress Adilabad candidate Atram Suguna in the Lok Sabha elections. The party took a decision to this effect during a meeting held here on Friday. CPI leaders Kalaveni Shanker and M Prabhakar Reddy and Atram Suguna, DCCB chairman A Bhoja Reddy and Adilabad Assembly constituency in-charge Kandi Srinivas Reddy were among those who attended the meeting. Speaking on the occasion, Suguna appealed to all sections of the society to support the

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister and TPCC chief A Revanth Reddy on Friday alleged that the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was not conducting the population census as it plans to scrap reservations. Addressing election meetings in Dharmapuri and Sircilla, Revanth asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain why the his government did not take up the census in 2021. He reiterated his allegations that if the BJP gets majority in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, it would abolish reservations. Revan

HYDERABAD: The city recorded the highest temperature of this summer season yet on Friday amidst the prevailing heatwave conditions in the state for the past week. According to the Telangana State Development and Planning Society (TSDPS), Hyderabad witnessed the highest maximum temperature of 44.20C in Quthbullapur, marking a one degree rise from Thursdays 43.20C. The IMD also reported a sharp rise in temperatures in the city and said the ongoing heatwave will persist for the next four days acros

HYDERABAD: Refuting allegations that the BJP and RSS are against reservations, OBC Morcha national president K Laxman on Friday charged that it was Jawaharlal Nehru who was against reservations. Interacting with the media here, Laxman said that in 1961, Nehru wrote to chief ministers arguing against caste-based reservations. In his letter, Nehru wrote that he reacts strongly against anything that leads to inefficiency and second-rate standards, he said. Stating that he wants India to be a first-

HYDERABAD : Prime Minister Narendra Modi created a new MCC (Modi Criminal Code) under which he could say anything and nobody would stop him, alleged AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday. The four-time Hyderabad parliamentarian was referring to Modis recent remarks about ghuspethiyon (infiltrators) and those who have many children during a rally in Rajasthan that sparked a nationwide controversy. Addressing a meeting at Charminar on Friday, Owaisi asked why the PM was targeting only one par

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court dismissed a petition that sought to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy, an accused in the YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case. The petition was filed by Shaik Dastagiri, an accused-turned-approver in the case. Justice K Lakshman, who had reserved orders on the petition last month, delivered the verdict. Furthermore, the court has also granted bail to Avinash Reddys father, YS Bhaskar Reddy, in connection with the same case. Initial

HYDERABAD: With voting day rapidly approaching, the Congress has successfully forced the BJP on the back foot with its allegations that the saffron party will scrap reservations and change the Constitution if it is voted back to power for a third consecutive time. The air in BJP corridors is thick with tension these days as the party leaders work overtime to counter the Congress allegations, which they feel could dent their chances of victory in a majority of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

PEDDAPALLI: BRS president and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that the BJP will secure only 200 seats and as a result, a coalition government will be in place at the Centre after the Lok Sabha elections. Rao resumed his bus yatra at Ramagundam on Friday night, right after the 48-hour campaigning ban imposed on him by the Election Commission ended. Claiming that the EC has suppressed his voice because he spoke about the grievances of Sircilla weavers, he said: To avoid further acti

HYDERABAD: Alleging that the Congress was targeting the BJP to cover up its failures, State BJP chief and Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday said that the leaders of the grand old party have no right to talk about Railways. Addressing the media here, the BJP asked Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to explain how many funds were allotted to the Railways during UPA rule and compare those with the funds provided by Modi goverment in the last 10 years. Revanth Reddy following in KCRs foots

HYDERABAD: Justice B Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court on Friday directed the state as well as Delhi police not to take any coercive steps against Manne Sathish, Asma Tasleem (Congress spokesperson), Ambala Shiva Kumar (TPCC state secretary), Pettam Naveen (advocate), Koya Geetha and Pendyala Vamshi Krishna (TPCC social media state secretaries) who are accused of sharing a doctored video clip of Home Minister Amit Shah. The court directed Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, and principal

HYDERABAD: The Nampally City Court on Friday ordered the release on bail of the five Congress social media warriors who had been arrested for allegedly circulating a doctored video featuring Union Home Minister Amit Shah. According to the Cyber Crime Police, the five accused Pendyala Vamshi Krishna, Manne Sathish, Pettam Naveen, Asma Tasleem and Koya Geetha were allegedly involved in disseminating the doctored video on social media platforms. The police acted on a complaint filed by BJP state

HYDERABAD : Making it clear that there is uninterrupted power supply in the state even during peak demand, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who also holds the Energy portfolio, on Friday came down like a tonne of bricks on the Opposition BRS for resorting to false propaganda that power cuts are back in Telangana. The people rejected the campaign by BRS leaders during the Assembly elections that there would be no power if Congress was elected. The people taught the BRS a lesson. How

HYDERABAD: Challenging Union Minister G Kishan Reddy to reveal what the BJP government at the Centre did with the Rs 30 lakh crore collected from the people of Telangana and explain why it waived loans worth Rs 14 lakh crore taken by industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, BRS working president KT Rama Rao said that he would resign from the Assembly if the BJP leader proves him wrong. Rama Rao also said that if the people give 12 Lok Sabha seats to the BRS, former chief minister K Chandra

HYDERABAD: Home Voting for senior citizens above 85 years and People with Disabilities (PwDs) in the Hyderabad District, covering two Lok Sabha constituencies and one Assembly constituency in Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency, has begun. As many as 40 teams with 54 route charts have been formed in the Hyderabad district for home voting purposes. On Friday, in Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency, 112 persons utilised the facility while in Secunderabad constituency, 385 people utilised the home votin

HYDERABAD : In the wake of the Lok Sabha elections, Hyderabad District Electoral Officer and GHMC Commissioner, D Ronald Rose, along with Hyderabad CP, Srinivas Reddy, inspected the distribution and reception centres set up in Secunderabad and Hyderabad Parliamentary constituencies on Friday. DEO instructed the concerned officials on the arrangements to be made in the distribution centres and security measures and precautions to be taken. They also visited and inspected the arrangements at All S

HYDERABAD: Once the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for the expansion of Hyderabad Metro Rail Phase-2, covering five new corridors with a length of 70 kms is in the final stages, are completed, the same will be put in the State Cabinet for approval. Following that, the state government, and then the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) will approach the Central Government for sanctioning of funds. Once the project is sanctioned by the Centre, the works will start, HMRL Managing Director NVS Reddy

NIZAMABAD: BJP candidate Dharmapuri Arvind on Friday described the decision of the state government to release Rs 43 crore for the revival of closed sugar factories in Nizamabad, Jagtial and Medak districts as an election stunt by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. Arvind was addressing a press conference at the BJP office here on Friday. He alleged that the state government paid Rs 43 crore to one of the banks to attract the attention of sugarcane farmers, employees and workers, instead of clearin

HYDERABAD: A criminal case has been lodged against producer Bandla Ganesh by Nowhera Shaikh, CEO of the Heera Group. The complaint, registered at the Film Nagar police station, alleges unlawful possession of a property valued at Rs 75 crore and subsequent threats directed at the complainant. According to Nowhera Shaikh, the accused, Bandla Ganesh, purportedly seized control of a high-value property belonging to her and intimidated her when confronted about vacating the premises. Contrary to the

HYDERABAD: In a major development, former Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief Prabhakar Rao has been named accused number one in the phone-tapping case in place of Praneeth Rao, a former DSP in the bureau. A private news channel owner, Sravan Rao, has been named accused number six in the case. With this, the number of accused in the sensational phone-tapping case rose to six. After a thorough investigation, the Hyderabad police reportedly found evidence of Prabhakar Raos key role in the alle

PEDDAPALLI: The Supreme Court held a hearing on Friday regarding the murder case of a high court lawyer couple Gattu Vaman Rao and his wife PV Nagamani. Vaman Raos father, Kishan Rao, had filed a petition in the apex court requesting a fresh inquiry into the case either through the CBI or CID. The governments lawyer informed the Supreme Court that there was no objection from the state to conducting a re-inquiry with help of the CBI or CID. Consequently, the Supreme Court ordered the petitioner

HYDERABAD : A group of researchers from the University of Hyderabad have found that mangoes hold potential in treating colon cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome (IBD) in humans. The study, published by a group of scientists Dr Gangadhar, Dr Suresh Kalangi and Dr Anil Kotha from the lab of Prof Reddanna, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad in the journal of American Chemical Society Pharmacology and Translational Science found that Mangiferin, a component found in mangoes, prote

HYDERABAD: The 2016 Rohith Vemula suicide case has once again sparked protests on Friday after the Cyberabad police released a closure report on his death, citing lack of evidence. Protests erupted at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) campus late evening after around 200 students gathered, demanding justice for Rohith and calling for reinvestigation of the case. Student unions sought support for reopening the case, criticising the Cyberabad Police for a biased investigation. Students also called

HYDERABAD: The Telangana police late on Friday decided to file a petition in the court concerned to permit further investigation into the Rohith Vemula suicide case. Earlier in the day, the Gachibowli police here filed a closure report before the Telangana High Court citing lack of evidence in the case related to the 2016 suicide of University of Hyderabad PhD scholar Rohith and stated that he did not belong to a Scheduled Caste community. The HC then disposed of the writ petitions related to th

HYDERABAD: The Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) released the schedule for admission to undergraduate degree courses via the Degree Online Services, Telangana (DOST) 2024-25 on Friday. Principal Secretary Burra Venkatesham released the admission schedule as well as the details of the DOST web portal for application to the UG courses. Candidates need to register on the website and log in using their Intermediate examination hall-ticket number. The registration fee for the portal

HYDERABAD: A case under Section 188 of IPC was registered by the Moghalpura police against Union Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister for Culture G Kishan Reddy, BJP MLA Raja Singh and party Hyderabad Lok Sabha candidate Madhavi Latha following a complaint lodged by G Niranjan, TPCC senior vice president and chairman of the partys Election Commission Coordination Committee, alleging that they were engaging children in election campaigning. The complaint to Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj express

HYDERABAD: The District Consumer Redressal Forum, Nalgonda, has ordered the TSSPDCL to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 to a rice mill owner along with refunding the excessive amount charged ,Rs 5, 18,250, for negligence on its part in counting the light metre readings installed by the consumer and charging 15 percent more in the regular bills from March 2006 to June 2009. As per the retail supply tariff, a meter has to be installed in the rice mills to record units consumed only for power. If th

Darshanam Mogulaiah also known as Kinnera Mogulaiah, Padma Shri recipient in 2022, said that he was not receiving the monthly pension of Rs 10,000 from the State government for the last five months due to which he has been facing severe financial problems. Speaking to TNIE on Friday, Mogulaiah dismissed the State government's claims that the pension of March was deposited in his account on March 31. I am not receiving the monthly pension. I am ready to prove it, he said. The BRS government recog

HYDERABAD : Launching a scathing attack against BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao and former minister T Harish Rao, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said that he will liberate Siddipet from the clutches of Raos. The chief minister addressed a Jana Jatara public meeting at Asifabad under the Adilabad Lok Sabha constituency, a street-corner meeting in Siddipet under the Medak segment and a roadshow in Quthbullapur of Malkajgiri constituency. During his speeches, he described the BRS duo

HYDERABAD : Encouraged by the positive response he is receiving from the people, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is keeping up his relentless attack on the BJP over the reservations issue. If sources are to be believed, the CM is getting reports from the Intelligence wing, suggesting that the people are responding positively to his criticism of the BJP. Revanth has been claiming during his election campaigns that the saffron party will scrap SC, ST and OBC reservations if it retains power at the

HYDERABAD : Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday said that democracy would be in peril if the BJP retains power at the Centre and Narendra Modi takes oath as the prime minister for the third time. Addressing a series of meetings in Mothe, Nadigudem, Munagala and Kodad in Suryapet district in support of Congress Nalgonda Lok Sabha candidate K Raghuveera Reddy, Uttam alleged that Modi did not categorically say that the BJP would not change the Constitution if it retains power. If th

HYDERABAD : Karimnagar BJP candidate Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Thursday accused a Congress minister from Karimnagar of having links with BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao and trying to cover up the phone-tapping case. Speaking to reporters here, the former state BJP president alleged that former Intelligence chief T Prabhakar Rao, who is an accused in the case, has sent money to Delhi through this minister. The BJP leader said that Radha Kishan Rao, a police officer accused in the case, carried out the

KARIMNAGAR : While refusing to comment on the new-found friendship between the AIMIM and Congress, BRS Karimnagar candidate B Vinod Kumar on Thursday claimed that the Muslims are with the pink party. In an exclusive chat with TNIE during his morning walk at the Arts College ground here, he said that the Congress candidate will not be able to secure his security deposits in the Lok Sabha election. When asked about the AIMIM moving away from the BRS and leaning towards the Congress, the ruling par

KHAMMAM : Expecting a tough battle in Khammam Lok Sabha constituency, the Congress and BRS are invoking TDP founder and former chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh NT Rama Rao to woo Kammas, a dominant community in the segment. In fact, the leaders of these two parties are praising late NTR and his policies with the sole aim of luring the Kamma voters to their side. BRS president and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, during a recent roadshow, described NTR as the saviour of the do

HYDERABAD : Asserting that last years circular of Osmania University declaring holidays tweeted by BRS social media coordinator Manne Krishank was genuine, BRS working president KT Rama Rao declared his willingness to be sent to Chanchalguda jail if proven wrong. Terming the arrest of Krishank as illegal, he asserted that the BRS would fight it legally. Releasing WhatsApp chats and other evidence to the media here on Thursday, Rama Rao alleged that the circular posted by Chief Minister A Revanth

HYDERABAD : The strategy by the Congress and BJP of putting in motion Operation Akarsh to attract top BRS leaders into their fold appears to have had only partial success, leaving the two parties fretting as the Lok Sabha elections loom closer. The Congress and BJP extended invitations to sitting and former MPs and MLAs, as well as prominent figures from the BRS, following which the leaders started migrating from the BRS to the two national parties. However, the situation has proven to be more c

HYDERABAD : The government has released Rs 43 crore as a one-time settlement to help reopen closed sugar factories across the state. Sources said that the government held discussions with bankers to clear the dues of sugar factories as a one-time settlement and the bankers agreed to the same. Following the agreement, the government decided to clear the dues. The government has been trying to reopen the closed sugar factories for the last four months. The Congress government had constituted a cab

HYDERABAD : The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday took stock of the situation in Telangana before going ahead with the fourth phase of the elections to Lok Sabha with the polling slated for May 13. Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Nitesh Vyas interacted with observers, district collectors, superintendents of police (SPs) and returning officers (ROs) of the 17 Lok Sabha Constituencies in the state through a video conference from Commissions headquarters at New Delhi. He took feedb

NIZAMABAD : Congress Nizamabad Parliamentary segment candidate T Jeevan Reddy accused the BJP of creating a crisis in the beedi industry during its 10 years of rule. Speaking at an event organised for beedi workers in Nizamabad on Thursday, he said that the Union government earned one-third of the beedi industrys revenue through GST but did not take any steps for the welfare of beedi rollers, who are mostly women, in the state. Jeevan claimed that the government was only interested in earning re

HYDERABAD : By saying that Razakars have been representing Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency for the past 40 years, Amit Shah has insulted Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Indias first Home Minister), said AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday, adding that the Union Home Minister also insulted all those who made sacrifices for the formation of Hyderabad after Independence. Addressing a rally in Malakpet, Owaisi asserted that Shah should have read the Pandit Sunderlal Committee report (on annexat

NALGONDA : As part of the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduate Constituency Legislative Council bypoll, three candidates filed their nominations on the first day Thursday. Bandaru Nagaraju, an independent candidate, filed one set of nominations, while Srikanth Reddy from Prajavani party filed another set, and Nandipati Janaiah from Telangana Sakala Janula Party submitted one set of nominations. Following the Election Commission of Indias (ECI) instructions, the notification for the bye-election w

HYDERABAD : Confirming its tag of being the the transportation lifeline of the city, the Hyderabad Metro Rail has recorded a ridership of 50 crore passengers since its inception in 2017, officials announced on Thursday. According to a press communique, the L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited (L&TMRHL) and the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) are going to celebrate the occasion and launch the customer loyalty stall and Green Miles loyalty club at Ameerpet Metro Station on Friday Currently, the

HYDERABAD : HMWSSB Managing Director C Sudarshan Reddy inspected the under-construction water reservoirs at Tukkuguda, Pahadishareef, Sultanpur, Kashangutta, Gurramguda, Kammaguda, Tirumala Nagar and Nandi Hills taken up under Package 1 of the ORR Project Phase-2. He directed the officials to complete the works by next month. Later, he visited the Saheb Nagar division office and reviewed the records of the tankers at the filling station. The MD said that under the current package, 33 water reser

HYDERABAD : With the temperatures crossing the mid-40s, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) officials predict an uptick in the demand for water tankers. To address this, Water Board managing director (MD) C Sudarshan Reddy has already instructed authorities to increase the water supply. At a review meeting on Thursday, he said that 2,37,570 water tanker trips were recorded across the city in April. Anticipating a rise in demand, he asked officials to increase the number

KARIMNAGAR : Levelling fresh accusations against the ruling Congress, BJP Sircilla Assembly segment in-charge Rani Rudrama claimed that the grand old party sold the ticket for the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency to the highest bidder. Additionally, she also accused Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar of extorting money from granite businesspersons. Claiming that the minister was threatening to cancel the licences of those transporting fly ash from NTPC, she said that one of the blackmailing vi

HYDERABAD : Following a record 45 metric tonnes in FY24, the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) produced 3.48 million tonnes and sold 3.53 million tonnes of iron ore in the first month of FY25. While production matched up to the corresponding period last year, the company registered close to 3% growth in sales, when compared with figures from April 2023. The companys Kirandul and Donimalai iron ore mining complexes delivered their best April month production to date, with 13.59 long

KAMAREDDY : With summers reaching a peak, several districts across the state have seen a drop in the groundwater table. To take stock of the situation and availability, Kamareddy district groundwater officer M Sathish Yadav said they are testing the water level by collecting samples using the mobile hydrology laboratory, under the National Hydrology Project. On Thursday, he along with other officials and staff members collected samples from Old Rajampet, Narasannapally, Maddikunta, Visannapally,

HYDERABAD : Kacheguda railway police along with Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrested a four-member gang that allegedly robbed a gold chain worth Rs 1.40 lakh, two mobile phones, a smartwatch and cash from a CRPF SI who was travelling in an MMTS train last week. The SI was travelling between Yakutpura and Huppuguda on Saturday when the gang robbed him. During regular checks at Malakpet railway station on Thursday, the police noticed four persons behaving suspiciously and trying to evade the po

NIZAMABAD : A man was caught by locals while he was trying to snatch a gold chain in Subhash Nagar here Thursday. Police said the accused, Om Prakash, who resides in Adarsh Nagar, confessed to his crimes during interrogation and was later, remanded to judicial custody. The complainant, Chikoti Pushpa, a resident of Hamalwadi, was returning on a gearless scooter with her granddaughter after offering prayers at the Ramalayam, when a masked man, the accused, stopped his vehicle and pulled the three

ADILABAD: Days after rebel leaders former market committee chairman A Sanjeev Reddy, former DCC president Shajid Khan and former TPCC general secretary G Sujatha rejoined the Congress, the party high command, taking cognisance of the wave of protests, reportedly issued fresh orders to continue their suspension, which was set to last six years. After they were re-inducted to the party, followers of Congress Adilabad segment in-charge Kandi Srinivas Reddy have been protesting demanding that they