Hyderabad

Iniyan from Chennai won the Ekagra International Open Rapid Chess Tournament in Hyderabad, taking home Rs 5 lakh. Mitroba Guha and Harikrishna finished second and third. The event honored young talents and announced plans for future FIDE-rated competitions

Telangana defeated Chhattisgarh 2-1 in the Santosh Trophy National Football Championship league phase at Nairanpur. Syed Imtiyaz Ahmed and Imran Ali scored for Telangana, while Ashok Kunjur netted a consolation goal for Chhattisgarh in the 80th minute

Warangal Warriors defeated Nizam Nawabs 85-69 in the Telangana Pro Basketball League at Yousufguda, Hyderabad. After a close start, the Warriors pulled away with disciplined teamwork and strong defense to secure a convincing victory in the championship clash

K Sunil Goud will captain the Telangana High Court team in the All India Lawyers Cricket Tournament to be held in Cochin, Kerala, from December 23 to 28. The squad includes 16 players with P Balagopendernath as coach

Ganges Grandmasters defeated Fyers American Gambits 12-3 in the Global Chess League, keeping their final hopes alive. Anand drew with Nakamura, while Keymer, Sadhwani and Tsolakidou won their games. Mumba Masters lost 10-9 to Continental Kings and exited the race

Kiran Ankush Jadhav won gold in the 10m Air Rifle Men’s final at the National Shooting Championship in Bhopal. Mohammed Murtaza Vania took junior gold, while Onkar Waghamare claimed youth gold. Arjun Babuta and Aishwary Tomar also finished on the podium

The HCA under-14 inter-schools cricket tournament in Hyderabad saw standout performances, including centuries by Yash Raj Singh, Rana and Dakshdeep, and five-wicket hauls by Zaheer, Haneesh, Aaryan, Venkata Krishna and Rishank. Adilabad, Oakridge and Gowtham schools registered dominant wins

Check dams revived Telangana’s drought-prone agriculture, but rampant illegal sand mining and sabotage now threaten these gains

World Cup champion K Srinivas won the men’s singles title at the Kanumalla Muralimohan Memorial Open Carrom Tournament in Hyderabad. S Aditya and L Surya Prakash clinched the men’s doubles crown, while veterans Shahid Satyakar Jagwan and P Srinivasulu also emerged winners

Shaik Abdul Hameed and Dhruv Sarda of Delhi Jaguars won the Unity Cup Tenpin Bowling doubles title in Hyderabad, defeating Telangana Legends by 103 pins. The tournament featured teams from across India and was organised under the Tenpin Bowling Association of Telangana

Telangana High Court declined to intervene directly in alleged encroachment of RGIA-acquired land, directing the petitioner to submit a detailed complaint with supporting material to the Rangareddy District Collector for action under law

Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu said MoUs take time to turn into investments as companies examine financial and policy factors. He claimed the Congress government is working to ground most agreements and highlighted Telangana’s IT export growth under its rule

The Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Telangana government, securing 102 acres of forest land in Sahebnagar Kalan. Retired officer K Buchi Rami Reddy and others were praised for exposing fabricated documents and helping the forest department win the prolonged legal battle

Telangana government is preparing to hold the assembly session from the first week of January. CM Revanth Reddy discussed Gram Panchayat results, upcoming elections, and river water disputes with Ministers. The session may also address charges made by BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao

Telangana HC declined to grant interim relief in petitions challenging GHMC ward delimitation, citing the advanced stage of the process and constitutional limits on judicial intervention in municipal election matters

Several major crimes declined in the Rachakonda Police Commissionerate in 2025 due to preventive policing and surveillance, but kidnapping, POCSO and bodily offences rose, prompting police to identify women and child-related crimes as priority areas

Cybercriminals are bypassing two-factor authentication through a new ‘Browser-in-the-Browser’ phishing attack that uses fake pop-up windows to steal login credentials and OTPs, prompting experts to urge users to verify the authenticity of authentication prompts

The Telangana police EAGLE Force arrested two women from Mumbai and seized cocaine and MDMA from them in Hyderabad. Police said the duo were working as drug carriers for a cartel and had transported the drugs by bus from Mumbai.

Rachakonda reported 3,488 road accidents in 2025, with deaths rising to 659 and injuries to 3,219. Accidents on the ORR surged, while traffic enforcement wings booked over 17,000 violations and fined Rs 3.88 crore for offences, including drunken driving.

Medipally police arrested a woman and her two friends for allegedly strangling her husband to death and passing it off as a cardiac arrest. The crime came to light after doctors noticed injuries during the autopsy, leading to a detailed investigation.

Nearly 25 students of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University fell ill after consuming hostel food at Rajendranagar. The students were shifted to nearby hospitals for treatment, and their condition is reported to be stable, according to officials.

Crime against women in the Rachakonda Police Commissionerate showed mixed trends in 2025, with a decline in major offences like rape and domestic violence, even as molestation, kidnapping and POCSO cases recorded an increase, officials said

Rachakonda reported 3,734 cybercrime cases in 2025, with investment and part-time job frauds topping the list. Police recovered Rs 40.1 crore, arrested 92 offenders, and conducted 955 awareness programmes reaching over one lakh people to prevent online offences.

Srinivas Marri, a 38-year-old railway electrician, fell from a train while on duty and was declared brain dead. His family donated his kidneys, liver, heart, and lungs under the Jeevandan organ donation initiative, saving multiple lives.