Telangana

The HCA under-14 inter-schools cricket tournament in Hyderabad saw standout performances, including centuries by Yash Raj Singh, Rana and Dakshdeep, and five-wicket hauls by Zaheer, Haneesh, Aaryan, Venkata Krishna and Rishank. Adilabad, Oakridge and Gowtham schools registered dominant wins

Check dams revived Telangana’s drought-prone agriculture, but rampant illegal sand mining and sabotage now threaten these gains

World Cup champion K Srinivas won the men’s singles title at the Kanumalla Muralimohan Memorial Open Carrom Tournament in Hyderabad. S Aditya and L Surya Prakash clinched the men’s doubles crown, while veterans Shahid Satyakar Jagwan and P Srinivasulu also emerged winners

Shaik Abdul Hameed and Dhruv Sarda of Delhi Jaguars won the Unity Cup Tenpin Bowling doubles title in Hyderabad, defeating Telangana Legends by 103 pins. The tournament featured teams from across India and was organised under the Tenpin Bowling Association of Telangana

Telangana High Court declined to intervene directly in alleged encroachment of RGIA-acquired land, directing the petitioner to submit a detailed complaint with supporting material to the Rangareddy District Collector for action under law

Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu said MoUs take time to turn into investments as companies examine financial and policy factors. He claimed the Congress government is working to ground most agreements and highlighted Telangana’s IT export growth under its rule

The Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Telangana government, securing 102 acres of forest land in Sahebnagar Kalan. Retired officer K Buchi Rami Reddy and others were praised for exposing fabricated documents and helping the forest department win the prolonged legal battle

Telangana government is preparing to hold the assembly session from the first week of January. CM Revanth Reddy discussed Gram Panchayat results, upcoming elections, and river water disputes with Ministers. The session may also address charges made by BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao

Telangana DGP Shivadhar Reddy suspended three police officials, including a former ACP, following an inquiry into allegations of registering false cases at Mattewada police station in Warangal

Telangana HC declined to grant interim relief in petitions challenging GHMC ward delimitation, citing the advanced stage of the process and constitutional limits on judicial intervention in municipal election matters

Several major crimes declined in the Rachakonda Police Commissionerate in 2025 due to preventive policing and surveillance, but kidnapping, POCSO and bodily offences rose, prompting police to identify women and child-related crimes as priority areas

Burugupalli gram panchayat in Karimnagar adopted an innovative resolution to perform funerals at Re 1, covering all expenses for villagers. Sarpanch Dulam Kalyan Kumar initiated the scheme to help poor families facing hardships in performing funerals

Semi-Christmas celebrations were organised at the district police headquarters in Kothagudem on Monday. Superintendent of Police B Rohith Raju participated in the programme and called upon people of all religions to maintain harmony and celebrate festivals peacefully

Police arrested nine youths, including a student, in connection with the daylight murder of a man at a wine shop in Bhadrachalam on December 17. The killing followed a clash over a petty issue, triggering concerns over law and order.

Rachakonda reported 3,488 road accidents in 2025, with deaths rising to 659 and injuries to 3,219. Accidents on the ORR surged, while traffic enforcement wings booked over 17,000 violations and fined Rs 3.88 crore for offences, including drunken driving.

Rachakonda reported 3,734 cybercrime cases in 2025, with investment and part-time job frauds topping the list. Police recovered Rs 40.1 crore, arrested 92 offenders, and conducted 955 awareness programmes reaching over one lakh people to prevent online offences.

Srinivas Marri, a 38-year-old railway electrician, fell from a train while on duty and was declared brain dead. His family donated his kidneys, liver, heart, and lungs under the Jeevandan organ donation initiative, saving multiple lives.

Rachakonda Police’s Women Safety Wing reported a rise in interventions, child rescues, and awareness operations in 2025. Over 3,500 children were rescued under ‘Operation Smile’ and ‘Operation Muskaan,’ while 735 decoy operations, including Metro Train operations, were conducted.

The kin of eight workers missing after the Sigachi blast have alleged discrimination in the release of ex-gratia and demanded payment of the remaining Rs 75 lakh. They met the Sangareddy Collector seeking intervention over delays linked to death certificates.

The Rotary Club of Hyderabad Mavericks and NMDC donated a Rs 26 lakh state-of-the-art cataract surgery machine to Osmania General Hospital. The equipment will support free and subsidised eye surgeries for underprivileged patients, with a formal handover attended by hospital and NMDC officials.

The oath-taking ceremony of newly elected sarpanch and ward members at Chennaraopet in Warangal district turned violent on Monday as Congress and BRS workers clashed over party songs played at the venue, leaving a few persons injured before police intervened.

Biofabri and Bharat Biotech International Limited signed a technology transfer agreement to ensure the MTBVAC TB vaccine is manufactured in India. After successful Phase I and II trials, BBIL plans a Phase III study starting in early 2026.

Backward Classes emerged strong in the recent gram panchayat elections in the erstwhile Karimnagar district by winning over 50 percent of sarpanch seats, including a large share of general seats, reflecting growing political awareness among the community

Fresh remarks by former Congress MLA Podem Veeraiah against Bhadrachalam MLA Dr. Tellam Venkat Rao have reignited tensions between the two leaders, causing unrest among party workers, even as internal differences within the Congress surfaced in Pinapaka constituency.