Telangana

Liquor outlets in Malkajgiri, Hyderabad, and Cyberabad will remain closed from April 2 to April 3 for Hanuman Jayanti. Police have exempted star hotels and registered clubs while enforcing the ban to maintain public order during the festival.

Traffic restrictions will be in place across Hyderabad for the Hanuman Jayanti procession on April 2. With over 100 processions and a 12-km rally route, police expect heavy congestion and have advised commuters to plan travel accordingly.

T-Hub and IN-SPACe hosted InveSt Space Hyderabad Edition, bringing together startups, investors, and policymakers. With India’s space sector rapidly growing, the event focused on boosting funding, innovation, and collaboration in the SpaceTech ecosystem.

NAREDCO Telangana has announced its new executive committee for 2026–2028, with Sreedhar Reddy Koppula as President. The newly appointed team includes key leaders from the real estate sector, aiming to strengthen industry growth and development.

After the recent trifurcation, Cyberabad Municipal Corporation recorded the highest property tax collection in 2025–26, surpassing GHMC and MMC. However, GHMC led collections under the One-Time Scheme, highlighting shifting revenue patterns among Hyderabad’s civic bodies.

HYDRAA demolished illegal structures built on land reserved for a playground in Hyderabad’s Shastripuram Colony. Action was taken after complaints of encroachments and unauthorized plot sales. Officials confirmed the land’s designated use before carrying out the demolition.

A CAG report found that Osmania University appointed 82 teachers without required qualifications like PhD or NET. Several colleges under the university were involved. The government said some hires were conditional, but the issue raises serious concerns about recruitment practices.

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BRS MLAs criticised the Congress government for turning the Telangana Assembly Budget Session into a political battleground, alleging diversionary tactics, personal attacks and lack of discussion on key issues such as IT job decline, revenue fall and illegal mining allegations

A temporary pandal erected for Hanuman Chinna Jayanthi celebrations collapsed at the Kondagattu Anjaneya Swamy Temple in Jagtial on Wednesday morning, leaving several devotees and barbers injured. Two persons sustained serious injuries and were shifted to hospital.

Tension prevailed in LB Nagar after a dispute broke out at a chicken outlet in Karmanghat during the statewide poultry shop shutdown. A scuffle erupted when shop owners confronted a trader who kept his outlet open, prompting police intervention.

Traffic came to a standstill on Sagar Highway near LB Nagar after auto-rickshaw drivers protested the LPG fuel shortage. Drivers blocked the road, citing long queues and falling earnings, prompting police intervention to ease congestion and restore normal traffic movement.

In a rare wildlife moment captured in the Nallamala forest, a Changeable hawk-eagle was seen carrying an Indian giant squirrel almost equal to its own weight. Wildlife photographer Sriram Reddy and his fellow birder Tulasi documented the sighting near Umamaheshwaram Temple in Nagar Kurnool district.

Several districts in northern Telangana, including Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Nirmal and Mancherial, experienced light to moderate rainfall on Monday night.

Dubbak MLA Kotha Prabhakar Reddy distributed Chief Minister Relief Fund cheques worth Rs 34 lakh to 156 beneficiaries at his camp office in Siddipet.

A burglar in Kandugula village, Huzurabad mandal, Karimnagar, tricked a woman by posing as a gas delivery boy. Claiming her son had requested an LPG cylinder, he lured her to a bus stop and then robbed her gold ornaments from her house.

An Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team led by Khammam range DSP Y. Ramesh carried out surprise inspections at the Sathupalli municipal office following complaints of irregularities in development works.

Kakatiya University has proposed a Rs 331.99 crore budget for the financial year 2026–27, with major allocations towards salaries, pensions, examinations, and development initiatives. The university anticipates a deficit of Rs 2.16 crore.

Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), despite being profitable for two decades, has failed to meet its 2025-26 production target of 72 million tonnes, achieving only 58 million tonnes.

The Telangana Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has directed officials to release water from Annapurna reservoir to Ranganayaka Sagar following a request from former minister T Harish Rao.

The District Educational Officer (DEO) of Sangareddy suspended the headmistress of Zilla Parishad High School, Isnapur, for issuing a false attendance certificate to a volunteer who had not reported for duty in February.

Synfosys Business Solutions Ltd has clarified that it was wrongly named in GHMC’s list of top property tax defaulters. The company stated that it had sold the property in question back in 2012 through registered sale deeds, transferring all municipal responsibilities to the new owner.

A woman named Sravanthi allegedly died by suicide after killing her two young sons in Kukatpally, Hyderabad. The incident sparked tensions in her native village, Boda Manikya thanda of Warangal district, where her father and relatives set fire to her in-laws’ house and cattle shed in anger.

Congress MLA J Anirudh Reddy criticised the State government for favouring wealthy individuals in granting approvals while the poor struggle with delays. He advocated large-scale Mahua plantations to support tribal livelihoods, citing the tree’s economic and medicinal value.