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Police arrest a five-member interstate gang operating from Odisha, seize 15 kg marijuana

Telangana Union Minister For Culture, Tourism And Development Of North Eastern Region G Kishan Reddy launched a ‘Make in India’ product of bipolar air disinfectant and purifier in Hyderabad on Sunday. He said that more such trendy devices should be manufactured. Hyderabad-based Jaitra Devices & Systems LLP launched its new system ‘Bipolar Air Disinfectant & […]

Hyderabad: After a brief lull, the Railway police launched a crackdown on peddlers smuggling marijuana from Odisha to Mumbai via Hyderabad by train. Following instructions from Additional Director-General of Police (Railways) Sandeep Sandilya, a constant vigil was maintained on passengers moving suspiciously. This resulted in busting a marijuana racket on Saturday with the Railway police […]

New Delhi: Similipal tiger reserve in Odisha has a unique feature. It is the only tiger reserve in the world where a subspecies of tigers called Pseudomelanistic tigers have been photographed. Pseudomelanistic tigers stand out from the rest of the tigers as the black stripes on their back are so wide that they almost overlap […]

Telangana The floral festival of Telangana, Bathukamma, went global on Saturday as the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa was lit up in colours depicting the festival. Located in Dubai, Burj Khalifa witnessed a unique show of lights. The visual feast was attributed to the efforts of Nizamabad MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha who led Telangana Jagruthi to […]

Hyderabad: A woman was killed, allegedly by her husband, following a quarrel over a family issue at Adibatla on Monday night. The victim, Bhana Maji (22), and her husband Vishwa Pradhan (28), both natives of Odisha, lived at Ragannaguda and on Monday night, had an argument in an inebriated condition. “Around midnight, Vishwa Pradhan woke […]

Hyderabad: Chairman of Telangana Commission for Backward Classes Dr Vakulabharanam Krishnamohan Rao on Friday welcomed the unanimous passage of a resolution in the State Assembly urging the Union government to hold caste census along with the 2021 population census. “It is a refreshingly welcome news that the resolution has been passed unanimously in the Assembly. […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Gemini Edibles & Fats India Limited (GEF India), the makers of Freedom Refined Sunflower Oil bagged the Platinum Award in the category ‘Highest Importer of crude Sunflower Oil in India’ at Globoil Award 2021. The Globoil award recognises GEF India as the largest importer of crude Sunflower Oil in India for 2020-21. This […]

Hyderabad: Telangana is all set to witness another bout of torrential downpour over the next 48 hours with the deep depression in Bay of Bengal intensifying into cyclonic storm ‘Gulab’ on Sunday morning. The cyclonic storm, currently lying at about 130 km from Kalingapatnam, is expected to move westwards and make landfall near Kalingapatnam, cross […]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a pre-cyclone watch for north Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south Odisha coasts. Under the influence of the cyclonic circulation over east-central Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood, a low pressure area has formed over the same region, which became well-marked and subsequently concentrated into a depression, the […]

Bhubaneswar: A journalist has died while another person is missing after a boat of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), deployed to rescue a wild elephant trapped in the Mahanadi river in Cuttack district, capsized on Friday, officials said. According to sources, a wild tusker got stranded near the Munduli barrage while trying to […]

Bhubaneswar: The highest number of victims who were trafficked for forced labour last year were from Odisha, which also saw cyber crimes shoot up by a whopping 30 per cent amid the coronavirus lockdown, according to NCRB report. The state registered one of the highest rates of murders and attempts to murder in the country, […]

Bhubaneswar: Over 19.53 lakh people in 11 districts of Odisha have been affected by heavy rains in the state since Sunday morning, officials said on Monday. According to a report prepared by the office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), over 19.53 lakh people in 2,789 villages of 11 districts have been affected by the […]

New Delhi: A depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression and crossed the Odisha coast on Monday morning, bringing heavy rains to the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Due to the impact of this circulation, western and central India is expected to receive heavy rainfall, the IMD said. The […]

Hyderabad: Already dubbed a godsend for the poor, Telangana’s Rs 5 Annapurna Meal Scheme is all set to go for another thoughtful makeover, this time with much-needed seating arrangements and shelters to be added. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), which runs the scheme, one of the biggest public feeding programmes in the country, is […]

Out of these, four infants (under one month) are under observation at the Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), while another six are under treatment at the hospital, said Chief District Medical and Public Health Officer

The monkey used to live on a tree in the compound of the Balichandrapur police station, officials said.

Mahabubabad: A man was beaten to death for allegedly having an extramarital affair with a woman at Kothapet village in Bayyaram mandal in the district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Botra Dumbrumaji (40) of Rangapur district of Odisha State. He was working in a brick kiln unit on the outskirts of the […]

Husband-wife duo do their bit for the environment by making biodegradable plates, bowls

Warangal: District Child Protection Unit of the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare, Childline officials of the three districts, Warangal Urban, Warangal Rural, and Jangaon district, in association with the Warangal commissionerate police rescued as many as 374 child labourers from July 1 to 31 as a part of the 7th phase of the […]