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Around 1,300 contract healthcare workers at NIMS in Hyderabad staged a protest demanding pay scale revision, regularisation of services and job security. The workers also sought a minimum salary of Rs.26,000 and timely payment of wages.

A 33-year-old farmer from Nekkonda in Warangal district died by suicide after allegedly consuming pesticide due to mounting debts, with farmers blaming the government for failing to extend financial support under the Rythu Bharosa scheme.

The Telangana Education Commission has recommended scrapping separate examinations conducted by the Telangana Open School Society and asking its students to appear for regular SSC and Intermediate exams, raising concerns over the impact on thousands of school and college dropouts.

Rising tensions in West Asia have triggered emergency energy measures in India. The government has prioritised domestic LPG supply, raising concerns for restaurants and eateries in Hyderabad. Will commercial kitchens face a shortage? Here’s the latest update on Telangana’s cooking gas situation.

The Enforcement Directorate has attached 50 properties worth about Rs.50 crore linked to a fake surrogacy and child trafficking racket allegedly run by Dr Namratha through Universal Srushti Fertility and Research Centre.

Unemployed youth who applied for the Rajiv Yuva Vikasam scheme remain uncertain about receiving benefits as the programme has not progressed even a year after its announcement, despite lakhs of applications being submitted across Telangana.

A farmer died after stepping on an electric trap allegedly set up to deter wild boars in a maize field in Mogilicherla village of Warangal district, triggering protests by family members who demanded compensation and action against the neighbouring farmer.

Cyberabad police recovered 1,016 mobile phones worth Rs.3.04 crore that were lost or stolen in the past two months and returned them to their owners, urging citizens to report such incidents promptly through the CEIR portal for faster tracking

The Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology (AINU), Banjara Hills, inaugurated its revamped Inpatient Block, featuring a Uro-Oncology Chemotherapy Unit, advanced Urodynamic Study facilities, and an 8-bed Urology Daycare Unit to enhance patient comfort and care.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao announced that the party would introduce a Private Member Bill in the Telangana Assembly seeking legal backing for the Congress party’s six electoral guarantees and accused the government of failing to honour its promises.

The Telangana Prantha Upadhyaya Sangam urged the CEO to exempt teachers from Booth Level Officer duties, citing disruption to teaching and learning as the academic year ends. TPUS proposed using non-teaching staff for election responsibilities instead.

A Hyderabad man allegedly planning to kill his second wife was arrested along with two accomplices by the Commissioner’s Task Force. Police seized a pistol and six rounds. Two other suspects remain at large as the investigation continues.

Hyderabad-based VEM Technologies, in collaboration with German company TKMS, will produce heavyweight torpedoes for the Indian Navy under the Make-in-India initiative. Technology transfer from ATLAS ELEKTRONIK will enable local production and open export opportunities for the defence sector.

Hyderabad police busted a major food adulteration racket in Vattinagulapally, seizing over 5,026 litres of adulterated cooking oil and 5,192 kg of expired wheat flour worth ₹21.9 lakh. Two persons were arrested for repackaging fake oil using branded labels.

Patancheru MLA Gudem Mahipal Reddy accused the Congress government of offering inadequate compensation for acquiring 580 acres of farmland in Annaram village for an industrial estate and warned he would launch a hunger fast unless justice was done to farmers.

The Telangana Mineral Development Corporation is facing criticism for allegedly failing to curb illegal sand mining and transportation from a Godavari river quarry in the Chennur constituency, with irregularities including diversion of sand consignments and collection of illegal charges

A 28-year-old man from Huzurabad in Karimnagar district, declared brain dead after a road accident, saved several lives through organ donation. His family agreed to donate his kidneys, liver, heart and corneas under the Telangana government’s Jeevandan initiative.

Adilabad police arrested four persons for cultivating and selling ganja and seized 420 cannabis plants worth Rs. 42 lakh. The accused were allegedly growing the crop on farmland and supplying the substance to lorry drivers travelling on National Highway 44.

Experts at a post-budget webinar highlighted the growing burden of mental and neurological disorders and the urgent need to expand institutional capacity. They stressed that non-communicable diseases account for over 60 per cent of deaths, with mental health conditions being a major contributor to disability-adjusted life years.

India’s women’s hockey team will face Wales in their final Pool B match of the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Qualifiers in Hyderabad on March 11, needing at least a draw to secure a place in the semi-finals.

Members of the Shia community in Hyderabad observed the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali on the 20th day of Ramzan with a procession from Charminar to Darulshifa. Majlis gatherings, religious programmes, and all-night prayer sessions were organised across several localities.

Emergency measures to prioritise domestic LPG supply amid the West Asia conflict may soon trigger a shortage for restaurants and commercial establishments in Hyderabad. Distributors say households will receive priority, while eateries may struggle once existing commercial cylinder stocks run out.

India fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee and handed one demerit point for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 final against New Zealand in Ahmedabad

Doctors at KIMS Hospitals, Kondapur, successfully performed a complex laparoscopic Whipple’s surgery on a kidney transplant patient diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The procedure was challenging due to immunosuppressive therapy, polycystic liver disease, and a cyst in the transplanted kidney.