Deccan Chronicle

Rama Rao pointed to the shooting incident at Koti on Saturday, the killing of a woman constable by ganja smugglers, and alleged mismanagement at the Sammakka-Sarakka jatara as examples of incompetence.

Defence manufacturers welcome capital-heavy approach, say stress on modernisation, indigenisation.

The proposal to set up a girls hostels in every district was welcome, Prof. Rao said, but it would be inadequate considering the large population and geographical spread of districts.

The HMDA that has proposed to raise Rs.2,144 crore has decided to mobilise another Rs.2,000 crore in the next five months.

The Budget also proposes revised international baggage clearance rules to raise duty-free allowances and clarify temporary carriage of goods, addressing passenger concerns alongside the broader aviation push.

Shabbir Ali noted that Telangana alone had allocated 3,591 crore for its minorities welfare department in 2025-26, and Karnataka over 4,000 crore.

Move to spur data-centre investment and boost Hyderabads tech hub

The judge was hearing a writ petition challenging the action of the agriculture department in obstructing the licensed business operations of the company involving bio-products containing amino acids and seaweed extracts.

For the secondary level education, the focus is more on physical labs and connectivity.

State-level leaders and office-bearers are also expected to meet the partys national president on his arrival at the airport. BJP state president N. Ramchander Rao will leave for Mahbubnagar on Monday afternoon to review arrangements for the public meeting.

On January 24, Anvesh allegedly stole two laptops from a PG hostel, and on January 26, another seven laptops from a different PG in the same area.

Duggarajapatnam SPV, long coastline boosts states shipping prospects

Reddy said the primary highlight of the budget was fiscal consolidation.

D. Ramchandram pointed out that India still lacked a comprehensive and contemporary National Tourism Policy aligned with global best practices

Except for offering a tax holiday for data centres set up by foreign investors, the Budget had nothing worthwhile, either in terms of incentives or reforms. The finance minister could have undertaken various steps to improve the operational efficiency of companies without spending from the public exchequer

Digital health profiles and early diagnosis to drive Healthy Andhra Pradesh

The Commission has recommended that States should completely discontinue the practice of incurring off-budget borrowings bringing all such borrowings on their budgets

City services are expected to gradually go back to normal

Multiple nominations and ticket confusion threaten vote split across wards

Centre's tax devolution to all states for 2026-27: `15,26,254.58-crore

The minister said the Centres strong emphasis on natural farming, with an allocation of 155.32 crore for its expansion in AP, reflected the central governments vision for the future

The annual Economic Survey, prepared by the Union governments chief economic adviser and his team, who work within the portals of the Union finance ministry, in fact offers an excellent account of the global and national economic context and environment and the challenges and opportunities that these present

Flames and thick smoke were seen billowing into the skies, spreading panic among residents

High-speed rail corridors promise faster, more affordable travel and an economic boost

The Budget proposes setting up three National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education And Research, upgrades to seven existing institutes, and over 1,000 clinical trial sites, aimed at accelerating research, innovation and regulatory capacity: Reports

Experts noted that public health spending continues to remain below the target of 2.5 per cent of the GDP, with limited focus on health and wellness, immunisation outreach, screening for non-communicable diseases (NCD) and community-level prevention

Individual change key to national transformation

In Hyderabad, police detained more than 10 BRS workers who tried to march towards Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddys residence and staged a protest at the Jubilee Hills checkpost and released them later

The accused had contacted a physiotherapist from Khammam through social media platforms, convincing him that investing in stock market trading would yield high profits: Khammam police commissioner Sunil Dutt

For quite some time now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet colleagues like commerce minister Piyush Goyal and railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw have avoided mentioning challenges and problems. Theirs was unqualified optimism that the Indian economy is doing well, and it can only do better

Testing of these subsystems has commenced at the sub-scale

The Budget has been termed confidence-building at a time of heightened global uncertainty, sending a strong signal of continuity, credibility and reform-driven governance: Reports

BioPharma and Textile Sectors To Surge

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that AP would be among the mineral-rich states linked for a set of rare earth corridors, aimed at boosting mining, processing, research and advanced manufacturing

It has come to my notice that some news reports are being circulated regarding my appointment as the National President of the Nationalist Congress Party. I want to state very clearly that all these reports are completely baseless and there is no truth to them: Praful Patel

Police identified the victim as Aruna and the accused as her husband, Kondanna, who has been arrested

Anticipating this, the Gajwel and Hyderabad traffic police made elaborate arrangements at key locations, including the Erravalli farmhouse, Telangana Bhavan and the former CMs residence at Nandinagar to ensure traffic was not disrupted and to maintain security: Reports

While there has been an overall rise in the education spending in the Union Budget 2026, Telangana did not figure in announcements on new marquee public institution

During interactions with villagers, they complained that chemical waste was polluting the surrounding environment and climate of the village

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) report clearly indicated adulteration and action was being taken to protect the sanctity of Tirumala: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu

Uttam instructed that the remaining SLBC tunnel works be executed using scientific methodologies based on advanced tunnelling techniques and observational methods, ensuring continuous monitoring and adherence to international best safety practices

ASR district collector Dinesh Kumar said the project is already under way, with plans to develop double-line mountain trails

Besides, the proposed high-speed rail corridors and tax incentives to data centres and global capability centres (GCC), for which Hyderabad is emerging as a centre, will give the much-needed fillip to the ambitious Bharat Future City, say experts

High-level banking review, capital market boost, NBFC roadmap and digital push unveiled

Candidates with more than one application number will be treated as using unfair means, even if found at a later stage, and strict action will be taken against such individuals, the NTA said

For now, it appears that Srinivas may have fallen accidentally. As construction was halted around lunchtime, the area was not cordoned off: Gachibowli inspector K. Balaraju

Fadnavis said that a political development of such magnitude could not have moved forward without discussions with the BJP

Addressing party workers, the chief minister said programmes first implemented in Kuppam were now being replicated across the state

An FIR was registered in connection with the fresh incident that allegedly occurred at Abbapur village of Gollapalli mandal, a police official said

Several Congress leaders who filed nominations and are waiting for the party B Forms expressed their anger against the survey results in Adilabad municipality, which has a total of 49 wards: Reports