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AIMIM announces Mirza Rahmath Baig as MLC candidate

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday made the announcement on Twitter. Hyderabad: The All India Majlis–e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party has announced Mirza Rahmath Baig as its candidate for the forthcoming Member of Legislative Council elections. AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday made the announcement on Twitter. “Happy to announce that Mirza Rahmath Baig @_MirzaRahmath will be @aimim_national’s MLC candidate. I’d also like to thank outgoing MLC Syed Amin Ul Hasan Jafri sb for his valuable services to AIMIM. Inshallah, we’ll continue to benefit from his experience & wisdom in future too,” (sic) he tweeted. Rahmath Baig has been associated with the AIMIM party for long and had in the past contested unsuccessfully from the Rajendranagar Assembly Constituency. He was also in-charge of Goshamahal…

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GHMC Mayor orders inquiry into stray dogs attack incident

Meanwhile, to address the issue related to stray dogs attacking people, especially children, the GHMC is planning to start an exclusive dog adoption programme in all its 30 circles File Photo Hyderabad: Following the death of a four-year-old boy after he was attacked by a pack of stray dogs in Amberbet, Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi ordered an inquiry into the whole incident. Speaking to media persons here on Tuesday, the Mayor said, “the incident that claimed the life of a child is very unfortunate. On behalf of the State government, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is providing assistance to the boy’s parents.” The GHMC in a report said the Veterinary Officer of Amberpet Circle on coming to know about the stray dogs attack on…

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Decades on, hitting the right notes!

Pentiah Band, initially called ‘Modern Song Band’, is so popular in Telugu States that bookings have to be made at least six months in advance Apart from functions and events, every year, Pentiah Band pays visits to different temples, including Srisailam and Srikalahasti temples, to perform and play devotional songs. Hyderabad: Any celebratory event in India – be it marriages or festivals – is incomplete without a band and baja, as it has become an inseparable element. Providing that element of music to any celebrations for decades is Pentiah Band. Actually, Pentiah used to play clarinet in the official music band group of the Nizam of Hyderabad and he learned to play other musical instruments during his leisure time. Later, he…

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Revanth resumes yatra after mild sunstroke

 Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief A. Revanth Reddy offer prayers at Hazrat Syed Shah Afzal Biyabani dargah in Kazipet. WARANGAL: Following a mild sunstroke on Friday, TPCC president and MP Revanth Reddy began the 12th day of his padayatra at around 4.30 pm and stated that the Congress high command led by Sonia Gandhi had granted Telangana statehood in order to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of its people but, instead of providing good governance, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and his family had amassed crores of rupees by looting the people. During his padayatra, the TPCC president claimed that he noticed that the Ekashila park and Kaloji Kalakshetram had not been developed. “The Ekashila park which was named after Prof.…

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TS to regularise 13 lakh plots, houses with notarised papers

 Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao in 2016 announced a scheme to regularise ‘sada bainama’ transactions, benefiting owners of such properties. HYDERABAD: The state government is likely to regularise nearly 13 lakh plots and houses that were purchased on notarised documents, on the lines of the scheme implemented for agricultural land holdings with ‘sada bainama’ (agreements written in plain paper). Officials have been refusing to register these properties since the owners do not possess valid sale deeds or purchase documents. This prevents sale and purchase of the properties. People in the rural areas used to sell and purchase agricultural land holdings without registering the same. These transactions were called ‘sada bainamas, which are agreements made on plain paper and not through the…

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Watch: Fire & Rescue personnel rescue 80-year-old woman from well in Karimnagar

A native of Sanjeevnagar of Manakondur, Madhavamma accidentally fell in a domestic well on her house premises in the morning, following whom her family members informed the Fire & Rescue department. Karimnagar: Fire & Rescue Services personnel rescued an 80-year-old woman from a well in Manakondur mandal headquarters on Tuesday morning. A native of Sanjeevnagar of Manakondur, Madhavamma accidentally fell in a domestic well on her house premises in the morning, following whom her family members informed the Fire & Rescue department. Receiving the call from the victim’s son Ravinder at around 6.10 am, Manakondur fire station staff rushed to the spot. Leading fireman G Dharmu got down into the well and brought the woman out of the well using a…

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Telangana among top three Indian States with lowest Maternal Mortality Rates

At present, in the rankings, Telangana with an MMR of 43 is at third position while the first two positions are occupied by Kerala and Maharashtra with an MMR of 19 and 33 respectively. Hyderabad: Measures aimed at addressing maternal deaths in government hospitals have enabled Telangana to be among top three Indian States with lowest Maternal Mortality Rates (MMR). However, efforts would continued to further plug inadequacies in the healthcare delivery mechanism for pregnant women, said the Health Minister, T Harish Rao here on Monday. Speaking at the inaugural of a CME on ‘Infection Prevention, Early Detection and Management Program’ at Government Maternity Hospital, Petlaburj, the Minister outlined a slew of measures specifically aimed at Mother and Child Health (MCH)…

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Forest carbon stock in Telangana increased by 6.68 per cent

Carbon stock plays a critical role in purifying air and water while serving as a tool for flood control and protecting natural resources Telangana has witnessed a carbon density of 76.36 tonnes per ha in 2021 marking a growth of 3.50 percent compared to 2019. Hyderabad: Apart from green cover contribution, the forest department’s contribution to the State economy is also increasing steadily since last few years. In 2022-23, the forestry and logging sub-sector added Rs. 8,853 crore accounting for 3.60 per cent of the Gross Value Added (GVA) by the primary sector and 0.74 per cent of the total Gross State Value Added (GSVA) in the State at current prices. The GVA at current prices by forestry and logging grew…

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Secunderabad Cantonment seat in bypoll focus

 Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao consoles family members of MLA of Secunderabad Cantonment, G. Sayanna, who passed away on Sunday. — HYDERABAD: The demise of ruling party legislator G. Sayanna has brought the Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly seat into focus though none of the three principal rivals – the BRS, BJP and the Congress – is willing to take the gamble just a few months before the state elections are due this year end. The Election Commission of India will have two choices – conduct a bypoll along with the Karnataka Assembly elections sometime in May, or put off till the state elections scheduled in December by invoking Section 151A of the Representation of People Act 1951. Part (a) empowers the EC…

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hree held for ‘planning’ terror strikes in Hyderabad have terrifying track-record

 The arrested have been involved in terror activities in the past. HYDERABAD: Three persons from the city, Mohd Abdul Khaleem, Abdul Zahed and Maaz Hasan Farooq, who were arrested recently for planning to carry out lone wolf attacks and massive blasts in the city, have been involved in terror activities in the past. Khaleem and Zahed, who were acquitted in the case pertaining to suicide bombing at the Old Task force office in Begumpet in 2005, teamed up with Farooq, who along with three others, were caught while attempting to travel to Syria and join the ISIS. They came  back to the city to unleash destruction, police sources alleged. While the acquittal has come as a blessing in disguise for Khaleem…

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