HYDERABAD

EV&DM conducts inspections and issues notices to several establishments in the city

HYDERABAD: The Directorate of Enforcement, Vigilance and Disaster Management (EV&DM) and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Saturday inspected several shops, hospitals, commercial establishments and godowns for fire safety measures and found inflammable material and scrap scraps and cylinders stored there. The officials gave notices to several establishments to remove them: Tirumala Hongkong Bazaar, Dmart, Mayfair Complex, Canara Bank building, Lucky Restaurant, Butterfly Hospital, Alluri Commercial Complex, Krishna Complex. Some establishments at Secunderabad, SD Road, near Hanuman temple, Anandnagar Colony were given notices as were those in New Malakpet, Guttala Begumpet, Madhapur, Rethibowli, Inner Ring Ring, Mehdipatnam. Others issued notice were Bhagyanagar Colony in KPHB, HMT, Shathavahananagar; Madinaguda: Ashok Complex (Diamond Park Hotel), South India Shopping Mall, Sri Vengamamba Hotels &…

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Organisations welcome naming of Telangana Secretariat after Ambedkar

Organisations including Prabuddha Bharat International, Samatha Sainik Dal, SC and ST Officers Forum are conducting a special meeting at Ravindra Bharathi, welcoming TS government’s decision to name the new Secretariat after Dr BR Ambedkar Hyderabad: Welcoming the Telangana government’s decision to name the new Secretariat after Dr BR Ambedkar, besides to install a 125-feet statue of the Father of the Indian Constitution, organisations including Prabuddha Bharat International, Samatha Sainik Dal, SC and ST Officers Forum are conducting a special meeting at Ravindra Bharathi on Tuesday. During the meeting, the organisers would appreciate and thank Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for naming the new Secretariat after BR Ambedkar. No other State governments in the country have taken such a decision. All the youth, students,…

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Cyberabad cops bust country’s biggest data theft, one held from Haryana 

The man from Haryana was held for possessing illegal ‘confidential data’ of about 66.9 crore individuals in the country and providing it to fraudsters Hyderabad: Busting what is being perceived as country’s biggest data theft, the Cyberabad police arrested a person from Haryana who was allegedly possessing illegal ‘confidential data’ of about 66.9 crore individuals in the country and providing it to fraudsters. It included data of around 56 lakh Hyderabad citizens. The arrested person Vinay Bhardwaj, who was operating his office from Faridabad, Harayana, and had allegedly collected the data base from Amer Sohail and Madan Gopal, both absconding. Cyberabad Police Commissioner, Stephen Raveendra told ‘Telangana Today‘ that the suspect possessed data of people from various segments of the society including students, senior citizens, defence personnel,…

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Revanth’s complaint prompts ED to register PMLA cases in TSPSC

HYDERABAD: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Friday registered cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in response to TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy’s complaint to the joint director of the ED in Basheerbagh on Friday regarding the TSPSC Group-1 preliminary exam question paper leak scam alleging that money laundering and hawala transactions worth several crores of rupees had occurred. The ED officials are likely to consider inputs from a four-page complaint filed by Revanth Reddy. The investigation agency plans to focus on money transfers that occurred between TSPSC employees for selling the leaked question paper and buyers who made cash and digital payments. The ED is expected to file a petition in court seeking case details for further…

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Three BRS MLCs take oath on Friday

HYDERABAD: The three BRS MLCs, who were declared elected unopposed under the MLAs’ quota took oath in the Legislative Council on Friday. Council chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy administered the oath to Deshapati Srinivas, Challa Venkatrami Reddy and K. Naveen Kumar. Deputy chairman of the council Banda Prakash, ministers V. Prashanth Reddy, V. Srinivas Goud and S. Niranjan Reddy and MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha and ruling party leaders were present. Now that all vacant MLC seats under MLAs’ quota have been filled, the focus has shifted to two MLC seats under the Governor’s quota that will fall vacant on May 27. The six-year tenure of BRS members under the Governor’s quota, D. Rajeshwar Rao and Farooq Hussain, will end on May 27. Both…

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HindutvaWatch accuses Modi govt of trying to bury evidence against Raja Singh

Centre trying to bury the evidence of hate speeches of Goshamahal MLA, T Raja Singh of the BJP, from their Twitter handle by withholding five videos, said HindutvaWatch Hyderabad: HindutvaWatch, a research initiative to monitor reports of attack on members of religious minorities in India, said on Friday that the Centre was trying to bury the evidence of hate speeches of Goshamahal MLA, T Raja Singh of the BJP, from their Twitter handle by withholding five videos. The organisation said the request of the Centre had come just three days after a contempt petition on hate speeches was filed in the Supreme Court. The petition had extensively mentioned Raja Singh’s hate speeches documented by the HindutvaWatch as evidence, which the Centre now wanted…

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Hyderabad set to sizzle with temperatures reaching over 40 degrees Celsius

In the past one week, temperatures have crossed the 39 degree Celsius were hovering around the 40 degrees Celsius, with Trimulgherry recording a high of 39.6 degrees Celsius on March 31 Hyderabad: With the summer getting harsher with every passing day, the mercury has begun its upwardly march on the temperature charts. The day time, particularly the afternoons, has already started to give a taste of the impending weather conditions with mercury steadily marching towards the 40 degree Celsius mark. The weather people look at the day temperatures going up further and crossing the 40 degree Celsius mark in some areas. Says Sravani, Scientist-C at the India Meteorological Department-Hyderabad (IMD-H), “The day temperature may even hit a staggering 42 degrees Celsius in the…

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Banks in Telangana to remain closed on these days in April; full list

Customers are advised to take note of these bank holidays and plan their transactions accordingly Hyderabad: Banks in Telangana are gearing up for a series of upcoming holidays in April 2023. Customers are advised to take note of these holidays and plan their transactions accordingly. During the first week of April, banks will remain closed on April 1 due to the Annual Closing of Accounts of Commercial and Co-operative Banks. And, April 2 happens to be Sunday. Customers are encouraged to make any necessary transactions before or after these dates. Additionally, on April 5, banks in Hyderabad will remain closed in observance of Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday. On April 7, banks across the State will remain closed on account of Good Friday. On April 14, banks will remain…

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Hyderabad Techie Dies By Suicide Over ‘Work Pressure’

A software engineer died by suicide in Hyderabad due to work pressure and fear of losing job. Vinod Kumar, 32, was working for a software company in Hyderabad.  Hailing from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, the techie was finding it difficult to cope with the pressure due to some new work tools introduced by the company. He was also worried over lack of job security and shared with his brother the fear of losing the job. Vinod Kumar was till recently working from home in Guntur but after the company directed him to start working from office, he had moved to Hyderabad and was staying with his brother. The techie took the extreme step on Thursday. His brother and his wife…

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Nadda drops visit to state today, to virtually inaugurate party offices from Delhi

HYDERABAD: The one-day visit to Telangana state on Friday by BJP national president J.P. Nadda has been put off. Nadda was originally scheduled to arrive in the city on Friday morning and then go to Sangareddy to inaugurate the BJP office there, and also simultaneously virtually inaugurate party offices in Bhupalpally, Warangal, Janagaon, Mahbubabad in Telangana state, and offices in Anantapur, Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh. According to state BJP general secretary G. Premender Reddy, Nadda will virtually inaugurate all the party offices, including the one at Sangareddy from New Delhi, and then address party leaders and workers virtually. Premender Reddy said, other than Nadda, all the others scheduled to attend the event at Sangareddy, including BJP national general secretaries Tarun…

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