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Leopards Sightings Trigger Panic On UdayagiriBandaganipalli Ghat Road

According to reports, the big cat had been spotted late on Monday night by passing motorists. Several motorists slowed down or halted their vehicles to have a look at it.

21 Jan 2026 3:06 am
Goddess Parameswaris Self-Sacrifice Celebrated As State Festival

The disclosure in this regard has been made by Water Resources minister Nimmala Ramanaidu who, along with his wife Surya Kumari and Achanta MLA Pithani Satyanarayana, offered silk robes to the Goddess at Her shrine in Penugonda on Tuesday.

21 Jan 2026 2:59 am
Annavaram EO Cancels Nod To Brahma Kumaris' Programmes

The joint commissioner of endowments and executive officer of Annavaram Devasthanam, Vendra Trinadha Rao, said the Prajapitha Brahma Kumaris Eswariya Viswa Vidyalayam organisers submitted a representation to the endowments commissioner, stating that the organisation would hold the Rajayoga Dhyanam at Ratnagiri hills at Annavaram.

21 Jan 2026 2:41 am
AP Aims To Attract Investments Worth Rs 10 Lakh Crore In Green Energy By 2029: Lokesh

Lokesh said AP had already attracted Rs 5.22 lakh crore in investments in the clean energy sector and sounded confident this would help create 2.7 lakh jobs in renewable energy and allied sectors.

21 Jan 2026 2:19 am
JACs To Inspect AP Educational Institutions, Hostels To Ensure Students Well-Being

The directive has come after Health minister Satya Kumar Yadav held a review meeting with officials and called for coordination among all stakeholder departments to ensure good health of students studying and staying in educational institutions and hostels run by the state government.

21 Jan 2026 2:13 am
Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Exploiting Minor Girl

Providing details, SP A.R. Damodar said the Vizianagaram POCSO Special Court delivered the verdict on Tuesday, just over a year after the case had been registered.

21 Jan 2026 2:06 am
CM Tells Cadre To Ignore Inimical Elements Among Allies

Speaking at the DMK district secretaries meeting on Tuesday, he said that since the DMK was the only strong party that was a worthy opponent to the Union BJP government, more conspiracies would be hatched against the party that should be broken.

21 Jan 2026 1:37 am
PM Modi Sanctions 2 Lakh Ex Gratia For Kin Of 45 Victims Killed In Medina Bus Fire

The lone survivor will get an ex gratia of 50,000. The ministry of external affairs asked the state government to collate and share victims and families details.

21 Jan 2026 1:19 am
Smart Ration Cards: High Court Clears Way for Tender, Upholds Rejection of Bidder Over Missing Security Features

The dispute related to a tender notification issued by the civil supplies department on March 10, 2025, for the procurement of approximately one crore cards for BPL families and 20 lakh APL smart ration cards.

21 Jan 2026 1:19 am
HC Directs CID to Place Records of Cases Involving Financial Irregularities Before It

He further argued that the ACB court was closing cases booked against CM Naidu and others one by one and submitted that when the petitioner asked for records pertaining to the cases, the ACB court refused to give, stating that it could not give to the third party.

21 Jan 2026 1:17 am
Woman Arrested in Kukatpally for Strangling Husband and Staging it as Accident

Postmortem reports revealed that Sudheer died due to strangulation.

21 Jan 2026 1:16 am
Pansare Murder Case Accused Sameer Gaikwad Dies At 43

Reacting to Gaikwads death, Sanatan Sanstha spokesperson Chetan Rajhans alleged that harassment by investigating agencies and defamation by so-called progressives had destroyed the life of an innocent man.

21 Jan 2026 1:14 am
India Wins When States Compete: Lokesh

Lokesh told a news channel in an interview during his visit to Davos, AP would hear some good news in the next 90 days.

21 Jan 2026 1:12 am
First Training Camp for Haj 2026 Pilgrims to Be Held on January 26 at Malakpet

Minorities minister Mohammed Azharuddin and Syed Gulam Afzal Biabani, chairman, Telangana Haj Committee, will inaugurate the camp.

21 Jan 2026 1:11 am
Cyber Fraud: 77 Lakh Lost in WhatsApp Trading Scam

The scamsters allegedly promised returns of 200% to 300% and repeatedly pressured him to invest larger sums, including insisting him to invest `1 crore.

21 Jan 2026 1:07 am
Govt To Come Up With App For Certification Of Organic Products

The fertiliser app of the department, to smoothen, had received appreciation from the Centre.

21 Jan 2026 1:07 am
Roll Revision General, Not Targeted: EC Defends Process In Supreme Court

Dwivedi referred to legal schemes which govern the preparation and revision of electoral rolls and regulate the conduct of elections.

21 Jan 2026 1:07 am
High Court Grants Centre Four Weeks to File Compliance Report on Damagundam Navy Radar Project

The Navy submitted a compliance report in a sealed cover, relating to compensatory afforestation for its Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) radar station.

21 Jan 2026 1:06 am
CWC Sets Up Expert Group to Save Srisailam Dam

The development comes on the back of a National Dam Safety Authority reporting that that if left unattended to, erosion from the falling waters into the plunge pool could threaten the dam structure itself.

21 Jan 2026 1:01 am
35-Year-Old Hyd Man Died in Car Accident in USA

According to the Raleigh police, around 11 pm of Sunday local time (9 am of Monday IST), Sandram stopped his car along the I-40 highway and walked around the car, when another car hit him at high speed.

21 Jan 2026 12:59 am
Congress Hits Back at Harish Rao Over Snooping

Government Whip Beerla Ilaiah and MLCs Balmoor Venkat and Addanki Dayakar alleged that harish Raos criticism of the Congress government was a faade to hide his involvement.

21 Jan 2026 12:56 am
ACB Catches Two Education Department Officials Red-Handed Taking Bribe

According to the ACB, the accused were identified as Nagisetty Raja Sekhar, assistant director (services) and Khanbhai Mahaboob Basha alias Munna, senior assistant in the office of the district education officer, Madanapalle.

21 Jan 2026 12:55 am
Son Kills Mother Accidentally While Trying to Murder Her Partner

The victim, P. Rajani, 40, was residing in Vigneshwara Colony with Jameel, 38. She had three children from her earlier marriage, including Karan.

21 Jan 2026 12:52 am
Farmers Turning Lambasingi Into Valley of Flowers

These farmers fetch plants and seeds from Nagpur, Pune, Bengaluru and Kadiyam with a mission to turn the region into a valley of flowers.

21 Jan 2026 12:50 am
Hyderabad Homemaker Scammed by Fake Instagram Babysitter Ad

Malkajgiri Businessman Duped of 2.65 Lakh in Fake Fast-Food Franchise Scam

21 Jan 2026 12:49 am
Leaders Shifting Loyalties Before Civic Polls, Seeking Greener Pastures

Rajireddy would join the BRS in the presence of its working president K.T. Rama Rao in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

21 Jan 2026 12:45 am
NMCs Special Drive Against Mosquitoes, Stray Dogs, Roadside Cattle, Monkeys

Anti-mosquito operations will be carried out using 50 newly procured fogging machines, along with existing fogging equipment.

21 Jan 2026 12:43 am
CCTV Footage Leads to Swift Arrest of Elderly Womans Gold Chain Snatcher

A fight back by the screaming woman ensured that the robber could take only the locket and a piece of her gold chain.

21 Jan 2026 12:41 am
Dogs Killed En Masse in Yacharam

The FIR, registered on January 20, is based on a complaint filed by Mudavath Preethi, a cruelty prevention assistant with the Stray Animal Foundation of India (SAFI).

21 Jan 2026 12:41 am
AIMIM Sees BRS-BJP Deal, Eyes Karimnagar Polls

The remarks were made at an event here, where over 1,000 persons, including 800 from the Noor Basha Dudekula Sangam and 200 from the 37th division, joined the AIMIM.

21 Jan 2026 12:39 am
Contempt Notice Issued to Police Chief Over Cinema Ticket Hike

Allowing an interlocutory application, the judge directed the state to issue ticket price hike memos in a manner that enabled the 90-day period under Section 7-A to be effectively exercised by any person aggrieved.

21 Jan 2026 12:32 am
Retired HM T.Gopal Reddy feted

The department said these achievements were the outcome of sustained academic support and consistent monitoring. School education director Dr. E. Naveen Nicolas appreciated the schools performance and felicitated Gopal Reddy.

21 Jan 2026 12:29 am
Kokrajhar Tense After Mob Lynching of Youth: Internet Suspended, RAF Deployed

Two members of the attacking group, Mahesh Murmu and Sunil Murmu, were seriously injured. All the injured are undergoing treatment at Kokrajhar Medical College Hospital.

21 Jan 2026 12:28 am
JEE Main Session 1 in Two Shifts From Wednesday

The first shift will be held from 9 am to 12 pm, while the second shift will run from 3 pm to 6 pm.

21 Jan 2026 12:27 am
Dirty Water Being Released Into Durgam Cheruvu, Officials Admit

HYDRAA chief flags STP lapses, hyacinth spread during inspection

21 Jan 2026 12:27 am
Surveys On to Assess Gold-Bearing Ores in Kadiri Area of Satya Sai District

Mining of gold is already in progress in the Jonnagiri area of Kurnool district.

21 Jan 2026 12:23 am
DC Edit | ECI Has To Revisit Its Logic Behind West Bengal SIR

The ECIs response, however, was not in a way that can inspire confidence in the minds of the people

21 Jan 2026 12:22 am
Fierce Contest On For Nandyal Vijaya Dairy Chairmans Post

SV and Bhuma factions lock horns; polling on January 28

21 Jan 2026 12:20 am
Telangana TET Ends, Answer Key on Jan 30

The examination, conducted from January 3, covered Paper I and Paper II across different subject combinations. Of the 2,37,754 candidates who applied, 1,95,181 appeared, while 42,573 remained absent.

21 Jan 2026 12:19 am
Raichur: Five Killed, Three Injured in Accident

The head-on collision occurred around 8.45 pm between the mini passenger vehicle carrying and a Bolero pickup transporting steel.

21 Jan 2026 12:16 am
Hyderabad Innovator Launches Accessible Luxury Transport

Launched in Hyderabad on Tuesday, the service introduces vehicles equipped with hydraulic lifts and automated wheelchairs.

21 Jan 2026 12:15 am
Bengal BJP MLA Marries Again, First Wife Calls It Illegal

First wife alleges Hiran Chatterjee remarried without a divorce

21 Jan 2026 12:14 am
Coastal Districts to Have Fog for Two More Days; Flights Affected

Several flights are either getting delayed by a few hours or diverted or even cancelled at times mainly in Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Rajamahendravaram airports in the last few days due to dense fog conditions.

21 Jan 2026 12:13 am
Revanth Blames Centres Inaction for Delay in Old City Metro

Describing the Old City Metro corridor as a key commitment to residents, Revanth Reddy said the project is intended to improve connectivity between the Old City and the newer parts of Hyderabad.

21 Jan 2026 12:09 am
Bharat Future City Gets a Major UAE Push

TS, UAE to set up joint task force to expedite project

21 Jan 2026 12:04 am
DC Edit | BJP Gets Its Youngest Chief

As he takes over the role played by Amit Shah and J.P. Nadda before him, what he does as BJP president is going to define his political career from now more than what he has achieved so far in driving the electoral success of the party, notably in Chhattisgarh, Delhi and recently in the Bihar Assembly elections

21 Jan 2026 12:03 am
SIT Questions Harish Rao for Seven Hours on Phone Tapping

After Harish Rao entered the SIT office his followers including BRS MLAs tried to accompany him but they were not allowed inside.

20 Jan 2026 11:57 pm
IIT Hyd To Ramp Up Its Green Power Use, Cut Emissions

Officials said water systems had been redesigned to suit the regions hard rock terrain. Rainwater is channelled through bio-swales into interconnected lakes and ponds for groundwater recharge and reuse, while also reducing monsoon runoff, one of the officials added.

20 Jan 2026 11:57 pm
RMZ Corporation to Launch $10 Billion Worth of Projects in AP

The RMZ Group proposes to develop a GCC Park in Kapuluppada Phase-1 IT Park in Visakhapatnam and hyper-scale data centre clusters in Visakhapatnam region with a targeted capacity of up to one GW in phases.

20 Jan 2026 11:52 pm
Woman Found Dead; Suspected Paramour Dies by Suicide

During their investigation, police found that the rented house of Subba Rao at Undi had been locked. On breaking open the lock, they found Vijayalakshmis body on the bed tied with ropes.

20 Jan 2026 11:47 pm