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Government schools in Telangana are witnessing a steep decline in enrolment, with only 26 per cent of students opting for them in 2024-25, down from 41 per cent in 2022-23. Parents are increasingly preferring private schools

Telangana is facing a severe urea shortage during the peak Kharif season, with farmers staging protests across districts. While Andhra Pradesh received fresh allocations, Telangana’s pleas remain ignored, fuelling black marketing as demand soars amid record paddy cultivation

A man was murdered at his home in Saroornagar, Hyderabad. Police suspect he was attacked with blunt objects. His wife, Chitti, confessed to the crime after initially misleading police. Investigators are probing whether her alleged paramour was also involved

Farmers staged a rasta roko on Rajiv Rahadari at Gundlapalli stage in Karimnagar district, demanding immediate urea supply. Traffic on the Karimnagar–Hyderabad route came to a halt before police intervened and persuaded farmers to withdraw their protest

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) trapped a Panchayat Secretary in Challur, Karimnagar, on Friday while accepting a Rs.20,000 bribe for allotting a house number. Acting on the victim’s complaint, officials laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed

SCCL workers are troubled as Medical Board meetings, which decide dependent jobs for families of medically unfit employees, have not been held for five months. TBGKS accused the Congress government of delaying the process, warning of serious agitations

Immersion of Ganesh idols began in Hyderabad on Friday, marking the third day of festivities. The GHMC set up 74 artificial ponds and identified 20 major lakes, deploying staff, cranes and sanitation teams to manage the immersion smoothly

Cyberabad Police held a meeting with school principals to address traffic congestion near educational institutions. Proposals included encouraging school bus use, car-pooling among parents, staggered timings, streamlined routes, and regular alcohol tests for bus staff to ensure safe and smooth transportation

Eight schoolchildren from Kamareddy were stranded in Medak for three days after floods cut off the Pocharam dam route. Sheltered in a village panchayat, they await reunion with their parents as rescue attempts failed amid heavy inflows.

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi lodged a complaint with the Enforcement Directorate against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, alleging corruption and favouritism in awarding contracts worth over Rs 2,200 crore to firms linked to his relatives and associates, demanding a PMLA investigation

Three officials of Cherlapalli Central Prison in Hyderabad were suspended after a remand prisoner briefly escaped while on wall-painting duty. The inmate, Shanth Kumar from Bihar, scaled the boundary wall but was soon nabbed following a swift police and jail operation

Heavy rains have damaged over 16,000 acres of crops in Medak district, in addition to earlier losses. Farmers face severe soil erosion and sand deposits after tank breaches, with demands for immediate government relief and compensation mounting

The Telangana Wine Dealers Association submitted six recommendations to simplify liquor tax calculations, allow A4 licence transfers, increase permit room sizes, exempt hospital-adjacent outlets, extend licence periods, and raise purchase limits, ahead of the State’s new Excise Policy

Godavari projects witnessed massive inflows on Thursday, forcing officials to lift gates at Sripada Yellampalli, SRSP, Kaddam and Taliperu reservoirs. The river level at Bhadrachalam touched 37 feet, with authorities anticipating it may soon cross the first flood warning mark

BRS working president KT Rama Rao alleged that the Congress government was attempting to manipulate the voters’ list ahead of local body polls. He urged party leaders to verify names, report discrepancies, and expose irregularities through the media before the final list publication

In Medak’s Marpally village, residents risked their lives to perform the funeral of a 22-year-old youth after heavy rains left the Gollavagu stream in spate. Using a JCB, tractor and ropes, they managed to reach the burial ground

The Balapur Ganesh mandap this year features a replica of the Swarnagiri Venkateswara Swamy temple near Yadadri. Artisans built the detailed setting over a month. The 21 kg laddu auction will be held on September 6, with CM invited

‘One medical college per district’ by the previous BRS government has turned health from a matter of luck into a matter of design

Farmers in Mahabubabad and Kothagudem staged rasta-roko protests on Tuesday over acute urea shortages. Long queues formed at PACS offices, with many farmers denied supply. Police intervened at several locations as farmers demanded immediate distribution of urea