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The Telangana Forest department has proposed arming frontline personnel with weapons and ammunition amid rising forest encroachments and attacks on staff. A Rs. 4,095-crore proposal is under consideration, while the government has also approved recruitment of 1,516 personnel

A private school headmaster was arrested in Jagtial on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting an LKG student. Police registered a case under the POCSO Act following a complaint by the girl’s mother. The student reportedly narrated the incident to her mother

Property owners and farmers across Telangana have approached the BRS with complaints over the Section 22A prohibited list, alleging that wrongful land classifications have blocked registrations, bank loans, subsidies and welfare benefits, while some cases have raised allegations of extortion

The 22(A) prohibited land list has become a major concern for Telangana property owners, with BRS leader T Harish Rao alleging irregularities in the inclusion and removal of survey numbers. Several cases involving government and private land were highlighted at Telangana Bhavan

Farmers staged protests at several locations across Siddipet district on Friday over unscheduled power cuts. They demanded 24-hour supply, alleging their crops were drying up. Protests included dharnas, road blockades and burning of an effigy of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy

Forest officials have called for cluster-wise monkey rehabilitation centres across Telangana, citing inadequate facilities and a growing population estimated at 50 lakh. They say additional centres, including dedicated facilities in Hyderabad, are needed to bridge the gap between sterilisation and reproduction

A substation operator sustained serious injuries after coming into contact with live wires while a team was resolving technical glitches at the 33/11 KV substation in Habsipur, Siddipet. He was shifted to a Hyderabad hospital and remains critical

TGCHE Chairman Prof. V Balakista Reddy stressed the need to modernise institutional infrastructure, improve educational standards and effectively implement higher education reforms at a national conference organised by university staff associations at Osmania University

Farmers across the erstwhile Adilabad district celebrated Polala festival by washing, decorating and worshipping bullocks. They offered naivedyam to the animals, acknowledged their contribution to agriculture and gave them a day’s rest, while processions and cultural programmes added to festivities

BRS deputy leader Talasani Srinivas Yadav demanded Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s resignation and urged Congress leaders to make Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar the Chief Minister. He also criticised the government over Dalit welfare, Assembly protests and alleged political targeting of BRS legislators

A 48-year-old government teacher from Nirmal district was killed after the car he was travelling in rammed a stationary lorry on NH 44 near Dichpally in Nizamabad district. Three others travelling with him sustained minor injuries

Residents of Mukhra (K) village in Adilabad district thanked former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for introducing Dalit welfare schemes, while alleging that the Congress government had failed to fulfil its poll promises and seeking his return to power

The BRS lodged a Cyber Crime complaint against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over his reference to a purported fake X account in the Assembly. The party sought an FIR and investigation into the account’s creation, operation and ownership

BRS working president KT Rama Rao alleged irregularities in the allotment of government land to a company linked to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s brother and demanded ED, Income Tax and CBI probes, while warning investors over the proposed Future City project

Zepto will set up five Pragati Centres across Hyderabad to provide gig workers with resting spaces and essential facilities. The centres will offer drinking water, washrooms, first aid, charging points and WiFi, besides health camps and e-Shram registration awareness

COVA has urged educational institutions in Telangana to adopt its Compassionate Citizenship Program, which promotes social awareness, environmental consciousness and civic responsibility among students. Following positive pilot results, the initiative is planned for expansion to 3,000 schools across the State

The Anti-Corruption Bureau nabbed Sangareddy Regional Inspection Officer R Govindaram while accepting Rs 20,000 from a junior college management on Wednesday. The officer allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 for submitting a positive inspection report, prompting the management to approach the ACB

The Telangana High Court directed police not to prevent BRS legislators from entering the Assembly and asked the DGP to identify officials responsible for alleged excesses. Justice T. Madhavi Devi termed the alleged treatment of women legislators unacceptable and ordered stringent action

The Cyberabad civic body demolished 16 structures and identified 15 unauthorised constructions across Quthbullapur, Serilingampally and Kukatpally zones on Monday. The enforcement drive has continued for two weeks following the collapse of an illegal seven-storey building that killed two people.

BRS cadres staged protests across erstwhile Adilabad district on Monday, condemning police action against party legislators at the Telangana Assembly. Former minister Jogu Ramanna led a rasta-roko in Adilabad, while similar protests were held in Utnoor, Nirmal, Mancherial and Asifabad