Joint teams of Telangana's food safety authority and police inspected 16 sweet manufacturing and retail outlets across Hyderabad, seizing and discarding over 3,500 kg of food items worth Rs 16.86 lakh. Five units were shut down for operating without valid FSSAI licenses under severely unhygienic conditions.
The Congress government’s shifting statements on the number of auto‑rickshaws and retrofitting costs in Hyderabad have left drivers anxious. While Chief Minister Revanth Reddy earlier claimed two lakh autos were operating, the latest Cabinet figures put the number at just 18,766.
Three civic bodies in Hyderabad have launched intensive e‑waste collection drives under the CURE initiative, targeting zero e‑waste status by year‑end. Nearly 100 tonnes of discarded electronics have already been collected.
