Telangana

The Hyderabad Public School felicitated distinguished alumnus Prem Watsa during his visit to the institution. The occasion also marked the foundation stone ceremony for a new Junior School Block, which will be named after his father, former Principal M.C. Watsa.

Seven more persons, including three serving Madras Regiment personnel and two alleged arms dealers from West Bengal, have been arrested over the theft of firearms and ammunition from the Army’s 20 Battalion at Bolarum. Police said no extremist links had emerged.

The death toll in the Naspur road accident rose to six after 20-year-old Salluri Anusha died while undergoing treatment in Karimnagar on Saturday. Five women had earlier died after the auto-rickshaw they were travelling in collided with a lorry

Four persons were killed and several others injured in a bus accident at Ananthagiri in Vikarabad on Saturday morning. Police, rescue teams and ambulances rushed to the spot, while injured victims were shifted to government hospitals for emergency treatment and specialised care.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy directed officials to prepare a comprehensive Child Online Safety Framework to protect children from cybercrimes and ensure justice. He called for involving parents and highlighted Bharosa centres, SHE-Bharosa Cyber Labs and CybHER app initiatives.

Three women were killed and seven others seriously injured after a private travel bus carrying around 54 passengers from Sangareddy district overturned on Ananthagiri Ghat Road in Vikarabad. The passengers were travelling to attend a funeral in Chintakunta village.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao expressed anguish over the Vikarabad bus accident in which three persons were killed and several others injured. He condoled the deaths and directed party leaders to coordinate with officials and support victims.

Several passengers were injured after an RTC bus travelling from Tandur to Vikarabad overturned on Ananthagiri Ghat Road near Vikarabad on Saturday morning. Local residents and passers-by rescued the injured and shifted them to Vikarabad Government Hospital.

Several BRS MLAs, MLCs and senior leaders were placed under house arrest in Hyderabad on Saturday as they planned to visit the recently inaugurated Sanathnagar TIMS hospital. The leaders wanted to inspect services and enquire about treatment being provided to patients.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao congratulated Dhruva Space, TakeMe2Space, SatLeo Labs and EON Space Labs after their space technologies reached orbit aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9. He highlighted Telangana’s startup ecosystem and the role of T-Hub and T-Works.

A four-day workshop on the standardisation of the Gondi-Koya language dictionary commenced in Bhadrachalam, drawing 120 participants from eight states. Speakers stressed the need to preserve indigenous tribal languages and cultures.

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has announced that all Central Kitchens in the state will be launched simultaneously on December 9 and directed officials to complete pending works by November 30.

The sanctioning of five Additional Junior Civil Judges-cum-Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class Courts for Kothagudem district has triggered demands from legal and people's organisations to establish courts at Paloncha and Sujatha Nagar instead of concentrating three of them in Kothagudem town.

A 30-year-old man who had been missing from Medak district since September 29 was found dead in Rayarao Cheruvu in Narsapur town on Friday.

A 55-year-old female agricultural labourer was killed and 12 others were injured when a speeding lorry hit an autorickshaw near Raghunadhapalem in Khammam district on Friday. The labourers were returning home after cotton-picking work.

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said infrastructure works worth Rs 52,000 crore, including roads, flyovers, bridges and water supply projects, were progressing rapidly in Hyderabad. He said the government plans to expand the Metro Rail network by 122 km under Phase-II.

Two residents of Kadhaluru village were killed after a JCB allegedly hit their motorcycle in Papannapet mandal of Sangareddy district on Thursday night. One of the deceased had become a father just 10 days ago, while the other was unmarried.

Medical associations representing doctors in Telangana have strongly condemned the assault on a woman doctor at a PHC in Bhoodan Pochampally. The incident, captured on CCTV was widely shared on social media platforms.

BRS leader T Harish Rao has urged Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and KC Venugopal to intervene and stop the proposed privatisation of key public-sector institutions in Telangana, including TG-TRANSCO, TG-GENCO, SCCL and the DISCOMs.

Telangana's market borrowings are expected to exceed the annual target of Rs 58,458.71 crore by December, with proposed third-quarter borrowings taking the total to Rs 59,400 crore. Having already utilised nearly 80 per cent of its annual borrowing limit in the first two quarters, the State is likely to raise additional funds in the January-March quarter.

The BRS has announced week-long celebrations from October 5 to commemorate 10 years of the creation of Siddipet district. Former minister T Harish Rao has called upon party leaders and cadre to organise various programmes, highlighting that the long-pending demand for a separate Siddipet district was fulfilled during the tenure of former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.

Police probing the theft of Army weapons from the Madras Regiment in Secunderabad have uncovered details suggesting a planned operation allegedly orchestrated by former Army personnel Mallesha.

Heritage experts have proposed a series of measures for the protection, development and promotion of the nationally significant Mudumal Megalithic Site in Telangana's Narayanpet district. The proposals include boundary demarcation, land acquisition, tourism infrastructure, awareness programmes and cultural festivals.

The Telangana Medical Council conducted surprise inspections in Kalwakurthy and Amangal mandals and found several clinics, hospitals and diagnostic centres allegedly engaging in unauthorised medical practice. The inspections revealed instances of unqualified individuals and AYUSH practitioners allegedly prescribing allopathic medicines and treatments.