Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized Rs 131 crore lying in bank accounts and virtual accounts with payment gateways belonging to loan app company PC Financial Services (PCFS) Private Limited under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). With the latest action, ED has so far seized Rs 237 crore belonging to the company.
Three pharma barons from Hyderabad have made it to the top 100 list of the 2021 edition of the IIFL Hurun India Rich List. Divi’s Laboratories promoters, Murali Divi & family, also consolidated their position as the richest Hyderabadis.
Houses in Hyderabad seem to be selling like hot cakes. According to a latest market report, the city sold 6,735 homes between July and September (Q3) alone — a 300% jump over the same period last year — to make its way to the top of the charts, nationally.
In a new twist to the row over the ownership of Puppalaguda land, the Telangana high court on Tuesday ordered a second stay on the five lots spread over 11 acres in survey number 301 in the village in Rangareddy district.
Telangana is set for a big dhamaka ahead of Diwali as the Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced the date for the much-awaited Huzurabad byelection. Polling for the assembly bypoll will be held on October 30.
Three persons lost their lives in cyclone Gulab-triggered rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours in Telangana even as hundreds of people residing in a low-lying area in Hyderabad were evacuated to safer places as a precautionary measure.
Telangana recorded 220 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Tuesday. The number of active cases in the state stood at 4,549. The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year, stands at 6,65,504 and the death toll stands at 3,915.
Following Monday’s heavy rain, the route to Shamshabad and the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) via the PVNR Expressway was briefly disrupted on Tuesday after Appa Cheruvu started overflowing on National Highway 44 near Ganganpahad village. While the traffic was diverted to the Outer Ring Road (ORR), it was opened for two-way traffic around 2 pm.
Heavy rains of more than 100 mm brought life in the city to a grinding halt on Monday. What started as a drizzle during early morning hours turned into intense spell of rainfall by evening under the influence of cyclone Gulab.
Upset by the birth of twin daughters, a man in Jogulamba-Gadwal district killed his wife on Saturday night. Venkatesh, an employee at the local mandal praja parishad office married Pavani Annapurna, 28, a few years ago and was blessed with a girl child, which police sources said angered him.
At a time when the opposition parties are cornering the TRS government over lack of jobs for the youth, IT and industries minister KT Rama Rao on Monday said it was not possible for any government to provide large-scale government employment and that only 2% of the youth (7-8 lakh) could be given government jobs in Telangana.
Even after a decade, the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) awaits Transfer of Property Tax (TPT) of nearly Rs 60 crore. Of Rs 80 crore, only Rs 20 crore have been received in a phased manner so far and for the remaining amount, officials have been making rounds of the state finance department.
Telangana recorded 170 new Covid-19 cases and no death on Sunday being the first time since the second wave to not have a single Covid-19 death. The number of active cases in the state stood at 4,612. The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year, stand at 6,65,068 and the death toll stands at 3,912.
A fisherman from Andhra Pradesh died and hundreds of residents were evacuated as cyclonic storm Gulab made a landfall 20km north of Kalingapatnam on Sunday evening with gales reaching 95kmph and rising further.
A man fell into a storm water-filled trench, dug by Manikonda civic authorities for laying a drain, and got swept away at Neknampur during heavy downpour on Saturday night.
Congress has demanded that the TRS government should conduct an audit of Covid-19 deaths in Telangana and issue death certificates specifying the reasons for the death enabling kin of the victims to obtain compensation of Rs 50,000 each. The Centre has recently informed the Supreme Court that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) fixed an ex gratia of Rs 50,000 to be paid by the states from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
Five candidates from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh made it to the top 100 in the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) Civil Services examination, results of which were declared on Friday. Of the 761 appointments made by the UPSC, close to 40 are from the two states.
With an All India Rank (AIR) of 20, P Srija emerged as Telangana’s topper in the UPSC civil examination, results of which were declared on Friday.
The first year Inter examination of 2020-21 academic year would be conducted from October 25, the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) announced on Friday.
A total of 239 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths were recorded on Friday. The total death toll now stands at 3,911 and the recovery rate has touched 98.69%.
In the second setback in four days to the state government’s plan to sell 95 acres at Puppalaguda village in Gandipet mandal of Rangareddy district, the Telangana high court on Friday stayed the auction of 18 acres in survey number 301 and reserved its orders on 10 more acres in
To ensure better services to its customers, in the festive season in coming days, the Telangana postal department has launched a four-month-long ‘Dak Parcel Mahotsav’ to book and deliver the gift packages and parcels to their near and dear ones, living within the country and abroad.
The state government will set up 31 sewerage treatment plants (STPs) in Musi catchment areas and abutting areas of Hussainsagar nalas to treat 100% of sewage generated in the GHMC limits.
In a setback to senior IAS officer from AP, Y Srilakshmi, the Telangana high court on Thursday said that the CBI court was free to begin her trial in the alleged illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC).
The Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) plans to procure only fine rice is set to impact the livelihoods of about 10 lakh people in Telangana in the coming season. Not just this, nearly 1,000 rice mills (handling parboiled rice) are staring at a closure due to the curbs — which are likely to come into effect from the next season —on rice procurement by the FCI.
What is wrong if I work while studying? A 43-second clip of a 12-year-old boy, raising this question while delivering newspapers in Jagtial, has grabbed the attention of hundreds of netizens, including Telangana’s IT minister, KT Rama Rao.
Hazardous particulate matter in the air is seven times higher in Hyderabad than the prescribed limit, according to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) revised guidelines.
In several patients down with dengue and admitted to hospitals, doctors have found dual infections. While currently most private hospitals are reporting up to 50 cases of dengue in a week, the numbers in government-run centres are even higher. The state-run Niloufer Hospital has nearly 250 cases currently, while private and corporate hospitals have more than 50% of ICU patients suffering from dengue.
In continuation of its probe into the drugs case involving Tollywood celebrities, the Enforcement Directorate questioned actor Tarun on Wednesday. ED sleuths grilled Tarun for several hours on his financial transactions. The actor came to the ED office in Basheerbagh in the morning.
Telangana recorded 258 new cases of Covid-19 and one death on Wednesday with state having 4,946 active cases. Cumulative cases and death toll now stand at 6,64,164 and 3,908 respectively. As many as 249 patients were declared recovered on Wednesday, taking total recoveries to 6,55,310 as the recovery rate stood at 98.66 per cent.
Soon, electricity consumers and commuters of TSRTC may have to pay more as the state government is expected to clear the proposals on enhancing power charges and RTC bus fares in the next cabinet meeting. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who held a review meeting on the RTC and electricity department, asked the officials to come up with proposals on enhancement of charges.
Bharat Biotech has completed the Phase II/III clinical trials of Covaxin on children in the 2-18 years age group and is all set to submit the data to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), the company’s chairman & managing director Dr Krishna Ella said on Tuesday.
Making it clear that the state cannot auction a piece of land over which it has no title, the Telangana high court on Tuesday stayed the ensuing auction of a 11-acre plot at Puppalaguda village in Gandipet mandal of Rangareddy district. TSIIC has prepared a schedule for the auction of 95 acres, including the 11-acre land parcel located in survey number 301, at Puppalaguda on September 28.
At a time when the effects of climate change are becoming more pronounced than ever, a higher number of farmers, who constitute one of the high-risk categories find themselves left without crop insurance cover.
Sleuths of the Central Crime Station (CCS) arrested Srikrishna Gurazada, a senior executive of Karvy Stock Broking Private Ltd (KSBL), on Tuesday in connection with the multi-crore fraud. Srikrishna (47) was picked up for illegal retail trading in nine benami companies and for non-reporting of demat account of Karvy to exchanges.
Telangana recorded 31% excess rainfall this year, the highest in the country in all sub-divisional meteorological regions. Figures by India Meteorological Department (IMD) indicate that from June 1 to September 20, the state recorded 920.7 mm of rains as against a normal of 701.2 mm.
About nine km from the catchment of Himayatsagar near Hyderabad, villagers are battling a peculiar problem because of GO 111: Getting their children married. Locals claim that the cap on land prices and restrictions on construction activity here, courtesy the 1996 government order, has become a major hurdle in finding alliances, especially for their daughters.
Andhra Pradesh has filed an affidavit in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) asking for prosecution of Telangana for allegedly producing fake evidence before the tribunal in relation to Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS).
Telangana recorded 208 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Monday even as the number of active cases in the state stood at 4,991, going below the 5,000 mark for the first time since the second wave of the pandemic struck
TRS working president and IT minister KT Rama Rao on Monday filed a defamation suit in the Hyderabad city civil court against TPCC president A Revanth Reddy, urging the court to restrain him from dragging his name in the ongoing ED probe in the drugs case.
A 50-60% jump in fever cases in the last fortnight has led to most children’s hospitals brimming with patients.
A pending e-challan against the number plate which got detached from the charred car on Outer Ring Road (ORR) in Shamshabad on Saturday night has helped cops quickly identify the victim. Cops recovered the call detail record (CDR) on the mobile number linked to the vehicle number/e-challan and tracked down the family.
The famous Balapur laddu was knocked down on Sunday for Rs 18.9 lakh, the highest-ever auction price, as an MLC from Rayalaseema and his Telangana business partner joined the bidding to gift the ‘prasadam’ to AP chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The MLC, RV Ramesh Yadav, belongs to the YSRCP.
After a lull in festivities last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the city was buzzing on the final day of Ganesh Chatruthi celebrations on Sunday. Chants of ‘Ganpati Bappa Moriya’ reverberated from all the major water bodies in the city as thousands thronged the streets to bid adieu to the jumbo god
A laddu weighing around five kilograms which was auctioned on the final day of Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at Keerthi Richmond Villas in Rajendranagar’s Sun City on Sunday, set an all-time record for laddu auctions.
Kitex Group, which accused the Kerala government of hounding it out of the state, has decided to ramp up its investment committent in Telangana. From an initial announcement of Rs 1,000 crore in one apparel facility, the company has decided to invest Rs 2,400 crore in setting up two integrated fibre-to-apparel manufacturing clusters in Telangana. This will create 22,000 direct jobs and close to 18,000 indirect jobs.
The talk in the political circles is whether the Huzurabad by-election will be conducted on EVMs or the ballot paper.
Telangana recorded 255 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Saturday even as the number of active cases in the state stands at 5,148. The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,63,281 and the death toll stands at 3,903.