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Krishnappa Gowtham, former India all-rounder, has retired from all formats of cricket at 37. He played one ODI for India, featured in 36 IPL matches, and delivered a memorable all-round performance in the 2019 Karnataka Premier League

Canada, US, UK, Australia and Germany are the top higher education destinations for Indian students, with over 13.35 lakh Indians studying abroad in 2024, highlighting persistent brain drain, a NITI Aayog report said

Punjab named Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma and Arshdeep Singh in their 18-man Vijay Hazare Trophy squad. Quarterfinalists last season, Punjab begin against Maharashtra on December 24 in Jaipur. Gill’s availability remains uncertain due to India’s upcoming ODI and T20I series

India will face Sri Lanka in the second WT20I in Visakhapatnam after an eight-wicket win in the opener. Harmanpreet Kaur stressed on improving fielding, while Jemimah Rodrigues and Vaishnavi Sharma impressed as India aim to continue their dominance

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

Two youths were killed and another seriously injured after an unidentified vehicle rammed into their motorcycle at Shalipet village in Medak district. Police have registered a case

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

India and New Zealand have concluded talks on a Free Trade Agreement providing duty-free access to key goods, a $20 billion investment commitment over 15 years, and a new visa pathway for Indian professionals, with trade expected to double in five years

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

Fundamental rights of citizens cannot be eclipsed by social disapproval or hollowed out by stigma

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 DGP Shivadhar Reddy suspended three police officials, including a former ACP, following an inquiry into allegations of registering false cases at Mattewada police station in Warangal

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