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Hyderabad: A courier who was trying to board an inter-state bus with 20 kg ganja near Begumpet was caught and the contraband was seized by the city police. According to Chandana Deepti, Deputy Commissioner of Police, North Zone, the suspect identified as Lokesh Kumawat, a resident of Ajmer, Rajasthan, tried to get into a privately […]

Hyderabad: In view of as red alert being sounded by the Meteorological Department for three days, from Sunday to Tuesday, regarding heavy rains in the city, the Hyderabad Police urged citizens to avoid non-essential travel. A lot of flooding, overflowing of rivulets and lakes, roads getting cut are expected which will throw regular life out […]

Johannesburg: A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto township has killed 14 people and left three others in critical condition, according to police. Police say they are investigating reports that a group of men arrived in a minibus taxi and opened fire on some of the patrons at the bar late Saturday night. […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: A fisherman, Kasturi Ravi (45) drowned in a village tank in Gudem of Mustabad mandal. According to police, Ravi, who went to Mallareddy tank for fishing on Friday night, drowned as both of his legs were trapped in the fishing net. As he did not return home in the morning, family members searched for […]

Hyderabad: A 19 year-old woman sustained injuries after she was hit by a car at Chintalmet at Rajendranagar on Wednesday. According to the police, the victim Sumiaya (19) of Chintalmet was walking on the roadside when the driver of a car rammed into her at a high speed. The driver did not stop and sped […]

Hyderabad: Burglars on a looting spree targeted five houses and decamped with valuables worth several lakhs at Kuntloor in Hayathnagar on the city outskirts on Tuesday and Wednesday. Police suspect it to be the work of interstate gangs. In a video clip retrieved from a nearby surveillance camera, a group of unidentified persons armed with […]

Hyderabad: A former MLA of Andhra Pradesh escaped when the Telangana Police raided a place in Patancheru near here where he had organised a cockfight. Chintamaneni Prabhakar, a former MLA of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), had allegedly organised the cockfight at a mango grove. On a tip-off, police raided the place on Wednesday night and […]

Jammu: In an act of bravery, unarmed villagers on Sunday overpowered two heavily armed terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, including one of its most wanted commanders, and handed them over to the police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district. The apprehended terrorists have been identified as Faizal Ahmad and Talib Hussain. Hussain is a wanted […]

Hyderabad: Police have mounted a tight vigil around Charminar and its surroundings in view of the visit of several important leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party to the Bhagyalakshmi temple. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was scheduled to visit the Bhagyalakshmi temple at Charminar on Saturday afternoon. However, the visit was later postponed. Deputy […]

Karimnagar: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has appealed the police to take action against self-proclaimed Gorakshaks who would try to take law into their hands in the name of cow protection during the time of Bakrid festival celebration. In this regard, MIM party leaders led by its Karimnagar town president Syed Ghulam Mohammed Hussein […]

Hyderabad: A man, who allegedly put up a social media post threatening to behead Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, was arrested here, police said on Thursday. The man, in the post had said the RSS and BJP leaders should apologise for the controversial remarks […]

Sangareddy: The Narayankhed police in Sangareddy district has fined a youth who tried to imitate Pushpa Actor Allu Arjun while traveling on his auto top in Narayankhed town. Auto owner M Sailu, who runs an auto in the Narayankhed town for a living, did the stunt at Rajiv Chowk in the town on June 24 […]

Karimnagar: It was a routine practice for police to get calls from the people about clashes as well as for help. In a surprising incident, a teenage girl sought help from the police to rescue her pet cat that fell in a well that too in the midnight. This bizarre incident took place in Karimnagar […]

Hyderabad: It all boils down to teamwork, even for police. Investigation into crime, especially sensational offences, is undergoing a sea of change in Telangana, with the police now roping in different wings to work on cases, instead of one select team handling the entire process. Teams from different police units — right from special crime […]

Hyderabad: One person was killed and three others sustained injuries when an Innova car fell into a road side pit at Shankarpally on Saturday night. According to the police, the victim Shaik Aleem (29) a resident of Narsingi along with his three friends, Mazhar, Moinuddin and Suresh Reddy was returning after attending a function at […]

Hyderabad: A tailor allegedly set himself ablaze in front of the house of a minor girl, whom he intended to marry, after her parents refused the proposal at Falaknuma on Saturday night. He later died at a hospital. According to the police, Mohd Jamal (20) of Mailardevpally worked as a tailor at the workshop of […]

Kothagudem: An Anganwadi helper has allegedly commits suicide at Kothur village of Dammapet mandal in the district on Friday. The deceased Korsa Bhavani (45) hanged herself at her residence. Family problems were said to be the reason behind her extreme step. The local police booked a case and launched a probe into the incident.

Hyderabad: Three persons died of electrocution in Telangana’s Mahabubabad district on Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred in Andanalapadu village of Dornakal mandal of the district when they were installing a loudspeaker at a local temple. The deceased were identified as Subba Rao (67), Mastan Rao (57) and Venkaiah (55). The trio were fitting a […]

Hyderabad: A 25-year-old woman, working as an Area Committee Member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) party, surrendered before police and CRPF in Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana on Tuesday. The woman joined the Maoist party in 2015 and was promoted as Area Committee Member (ACM) of Manuguru area in 2020. She has been working for […]

Bhopal: Three Naxals, including a woman, collectively carrying a reward of over Rs 30 lakh on their heads, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district on Monday morning, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said. One of the slain ultras was identified as Nagesh, a Naxal divisional committee member, who […]