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Hyderabad: The Madgul police on Wednesday arrested a three-member gang on charges of posing as godmen and cheating people after promising to solve their problems and cure ailments using ‘magical powers’. Police recovered Rs 13 lakh from them. The arrested persons were Parvatham Swamy alias Nagaraju Swamy, Parvatham Saidulu alias Sahadev Swamy, S Bukkaiah alias […]

Hyderabad: The Institute of Science and Technology (IST), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad, on Wednesday provided a one-time chance to old students to clear the backlog subjects. The last date for registration is February 15. Old students have been asked to utilise the opportunity. Now you can get handpicked stories from Telangana Today on Telegram everyday. […]

Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise department arrested seven persons in two separate cases for allegedly possessing narcotics. In the first case, the excise department officials arrested Durga Prasad of Kancherpalem in Visakhapatnam, B Raghavender of Kukatpally, Raja Harshadev of Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar, and Gopichand and Rachakonda Ganesh, both residents of Saroornagar for allegedly selling hashish […]

Hyderabad: Seven persons including three consumers who were selling and using hash oil were caught by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (West) team on Wednesday. The team seized 66 bottles of hash oil from them. The arrested persons were identified as M Ashok Kumar (22), Y Suman Veer (22), Ch Bhargav (22), Mohd Isaaq (22), […]

Hyderabad: Automation is sweeping several segments and agriculture is also coming under its fold. While core areas of it are still labour intensive, farming related information and knowledge dissemination are getting a push with artificial intelligence tools. City-based AitoBi Technologies has created an artificial intelligence and natural language processing-based chatbot called the Kisan Assist. It […]

Hyderabad: A two-year-old girl died under suspicious circumstances at Mangalhat on Tuesday night. According to the police, Laxmi (29) along with her daughter Renuka stayed near Seetharambagh temple earning livelihood by collecting plastic trash from the streets. On Tuesday night, the woman who was in an inebriated condition was sitting along with the child when […]

Hyderabad: Continuing the special drive against unauthorised constructions, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) along with Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of the Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration (CDMA) and District Task Forces (DTFs ) on Wednesday demolished 11 structures. Seven constructions identified as unauthorised in Nagaram Municipality, three in Narsingi Municipality and one in […]

Hyderabad: Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) will be the first Cantonment in the country to receive free drinking water supply, said Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav. “Out of the 62 Cantonment Boards in the country, the SCB in the Telangana is the only Cantonment board where every household will receive 20,000 litres free drinking water […]

Hyderabad: The ransomware attacks are increasing year after year even as the mechanisms to check these crimes are also evolving. According to a recent report, about 32 new ransomware families were identified in 2021, bringing the total to 157 and representing a 26 per cent increase over the previous year. As per Ivant’s Ransomware Spotlight […]

Hyderabad: Even though the Budget announced a few schemes for startups like the tax holiday and capital gains exemption for investment by another year, the ECLGS credit scheme to provide collateral-free loans to stressed SMEs, and the emphasis on NariShakti, experts feel a lot more could have been announced for the ecosystem. Stating that not […]

Hyderabad: Upset after an argument with his wife over going to his native place for local festivities there, a man died allegedly by suicide in his house in Jawaharnagar on Tuesday. He is suspected to have ended his life in an inebriated condition, police said. Police said Srisailam (32), an auto-rickshaw driver from Kommuravelli of […]

Hyderabad: Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and Indian Army have signed a contract worth Rs 3,131.82 crore for manufacture and supply of Konkurs – M Anti-Tank Guided Missiles to the Indian Army. The contract, which was signed at New Delhi today, will be executed in three years. The order book position of BDL stands at Rs […]

Hyderabad: US-based semiconductor company Ceremorphic recently set up its India Development Centre in Hyderabad. Currently employing 140 people, the company by the end of 2024 plans to employ 400 people at this centre. The company’s founders are pumping in $50 million (over Rs 350 crore) for global expansion, with significant investments lined up in Hyderabad. […]

Hyderabad: The Saifabad police arrested a seven member gang who snatched away Rs.5,000 and mobile phones from a group of migrant workers early on Sunday. The arrested persons are identified as Mohammed Sohail, Mohd Moin, Syed Nadeem, Shaik Jafar, Sohail Khan, Shaik Mohsin and Mohammed Haji Pasha. They formed into a gang and were targeting […]

Hyderabad: Dr. Devesh Nigam has been appointed as the Registrar of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) and he joined the office Wednesday. Earlier, Dr. Nigam worked in the positions of Controller of Examinations, Joint Registrar and Deputy Registrar at the UoH. He also served as Finance and Accounts Officer in Indian Council of Agricultural Research […]

Hyderabad: A moving car caught fire at Jubilee Hills here on Wednesday afternoon. No casualties were reported as the driver and a passenger escaped from the vehicle on seeing flames from the engine. Police said the incident occurred around 2.30 pm when the car being driven by one Sridhar with his friend Likshith accompanying him, […]

Hyderabad: Students and faculty of the Anurag University, Hyderabad, have embarked on a journey to launch a satellite named ANURAGsat this year. Over 200 students will develop, build, integrate, test, launch and monitor the satellite using hands-on experience under the supervision of faculty and global space tech organizations. The satellite will be put into Earth’s […]

Hyderabad: Joining the Green India Challenge initiated by Rajya Sabha MP J.Santosh Kumar, actor Shravan Raghavendra planted saplings at the GHMC Park, Jubilee Hills, on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Shravan recalled that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had, as an MLA from Siddipet, called for massive plantation of saplings and he, as a school […]

Hyderabad: Fire broke out in a house at Qutbullapur, reportedly triggered by a short circuit in a battery operated scooter when it was kept on charging on Tuesday night. According to the police, Sai Kumar Reddy, works as a marketing executive and since the last few days was using a battery-operated scooter provided on rent […]

Hyderabad: Two Africans and a woman from the North East were arrested by the Hyderabad police from Bengaluru in connection with the Mahesh Cooperative Urban Bank fraud. The woman allegedly provided her bank account details to a person who was introduced to her by the two Africans, after which Rs. 22 lakh was transferred into […]

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday laid a foundation stone for developmental works in Jawaharnagar Municipal Corporation, and said pattas would be issued for the poor families living here. “We will request the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and regularise the plots to benefit the poor through GOMs […]

Hyderabad: A businessman sustained injuries after being attacked by a group of persons following a row over parking at Kalapather on Tuesday night. According to the police, the injured person Sami who stays at an apartment objected to haphazard parking of vehicles by Mohd Sultan who stays on the sixth floor of the apartment. “An […]

Hyderabad: A woman killed her baby by throttling her neck at Mangalhat on Tuesday night. According to the police, Laxmi (29), lived near Seetharambagh temple and is a rag picker. On Tuesday night in an inebriated condition, she hit her daughter aged one year repeatedly and later throttled her neck. “The woman told us the […]

Hyderabad: After days of cold-wave-like situation, Hyderabad woke up to a bright Tuesday. The night temperature in Hyderabad and its neighbouring districts on Tuesday increased marginally. While the average minimum temperature in the city, at 14.4 degree Celsius, remained below the expected range, it did not drop below 10 degree Celsius. The night temperature was […]