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Kothagudem police seized 385 kilograms of ganja worth around Rs 2 crore and arrested six persons in two separate cases during vehicle inspections. Police said over 15,000 kilograms of ganja have been seized in the district since the beginning of 2024
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The Supreme Court of India directed police nationwide to immediately register FIRs in missing persons cases, noting that 47,000 children remain untraced. The court also ordered anti-human trafficking units to become fully operational within four weeks
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Haryana golfer Vihaan Jain won the IGU Southern India Junior Boys Golf Championship after holding off Tamil Nadu’s Nilofer Sivamoorthy in a tense final round at Coimbatore Golf Club. Delhi’s Chaitanya Pandey also secured his second consecutive Category ‘B’ title
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The Telangana Registration and Stamps Department has permitted the Secunderabad Cantonment Board to directly collect Transfer of Property Tax from June 1. Property owners will now pay 5 per cent TPT through the SCB portal instead of the IGRS system.
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Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad has completed 2,000 kidney transplants, emerging as the leading centre in South India. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy congratulated the medical team, noting that most surgeries were conducted free under welfare schemes
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Two doctors from Hyderabad were allegedly cheated of more than Rs 2 crore in separate online investment fraud cases. Cyber fraudsters reportedly lured them through Instagram advertisements and fake trading platforms by showing huge profits and later blocking withdrawals
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Former MLAs Alla Venkateshwar Reddy and Patnam Narender Reddy criticised Congress MLA Yennam Srinivas Reddy for attacking BRS leader T Harish Rao over the Future City project. They alleged the Congress government was misusing the project for real estate interests, weakening investor confidence, and favouring individuals close to the Chief Minister.
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SCCL’s Srirampur Area has erected 300 bamboo shades and introduced multiple heat wave relief measures for coal miners in Mancherial district. Officials said the arrangements helped protect workers and maintain coal production despite severe summer conditions
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BRS working president KT Rama Rao said the party would send a delegation to Delhi to raise concerns with the Election Commission over possible deletion of Gulf-based Telangana NRIs from voter rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral lists
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The Delhi High Court issued notices to Gopal Rai and journalist Saurav Das over a plea alleging a social media campaign targeting Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma during the Delhi excise policy case, while linking it with pending contempt proceedings against AAP leaders
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Activists associated with the 1969 Telangana movement urged the Congress government to immediately constitute the Bhadrachalam Temple Trust Board and give them priority in appointments. They criticised repeated delays in the process and called for respected and devout individuals to manage temple affairs
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Hundreds of Hindu devotees held a “maha aarti” at the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque Complex after the Madhya Pradesh High Court declared it a temple. Muslim residents protested peacefully by offering namaz at home wearing black bands amid tight security deployment
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Telugu anchor and actress Vishnu Priya Bhimineni has lodged a complaint with Miyapur police, alleging online harassment and defamatory posts targeting her on Instagram and other platforms.
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A leopard was spotted on the Ediraguttalu-Subbampet road in Cherla mandal of Kothagudem district. Videos of the animal went viral on social media, while forest officials advised residents and people entering forests to remain cautious.
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BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao will attend Telangana Formation Day celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on June 6. Former Minister G. Jagadish Reddy unveiled the event brochure in Hyderabad, highlighting NRIs’ role in promoting Telangana’s culture.
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Amit Shah announced a tech-enabled “smart border” project for the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders to curb infiltration, smuggling and demographic threats. The initiative will deploy drones, radars and smart surveillance systems within the next year
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The Indian rupee strengthened for a second straight session, rising 63 paise to close at 95.73 against the US dollar. Support came from easing crude oil prices, positive equity markets, softer US yields and expected Reserve Bank of India intervention
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Hyderabad-based Country Chicken Co has expanded into the mutton and seafood segments with the launch of Country Mutton and Country Catch. The company also opened a new premium experience store in Banjara Hills as part of its growing retail presence
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The Supreme Court of India will hear on August 18 the Enforcement Directorate plea accusing Mamata Banerjee and state authorities of obstructing an ED raid at I-PAC’s Kolkata office during a money laundering probe
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The Supreme Court of India questioned continued reservation benefits for children of economically advanced backward-class families, observing that social mobility follows educational and economic empowerment, while hearing a plea related to creamy layer exclusion in Karnataka government recruitment
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The Election Commission of India announced Rajya Sabha polls for 26 seats on June 18. The NDA is projected to lose one seat, while the Congress-led opposition may gain three seats across multiple states following biennial elections and bypolls
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BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus professor Pradyumn Kumar Sahoo has been selected as a Visiting Scientist under the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ President’s International Fellowship Initiative for 2027. His research collaboration will focus on modified gravity and cosmology at the Institute of Theoretical Physics
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The Supreme Court of India said “shocking orders” by judicial officers can erode public faith in the judiciary while hearing a plea by the former in-charge chairman of the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal against a Gujarat High Court directive seeking his removal
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A 30-year-old married woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Khammam district’s Tirumalayapalem mandal. Family members alleged that her husband murdered her following disputes over an alleged extramarital relationship. Police registered a case and launched an investigation