Hyderabad, March 22 (IANS) Two persons were killed and one injured when a portion of a slab caved in at an apartment in the Begumpet area here on Sunday, police said.The incident occurred at Methodist Colony in Kundan Bagh, under the limits of the Panjagutta Police Station.Two persons working as electricians died in the mishap, while the house owner sustained critical injuries.The victims were identified as Devidas (56) and Vivek (32), both residents of Seetharambagh in Asifnagar.According to th…
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Hyderabad, March 10 (IANS) Police in Telangana’s Khammam town on Tuesday detained Telangana Jagruti president K Kavitha, who has been on an indefinite fast since Monday night, demanding justice for families displaced from a land parcel in the town.Police forcibly shifted her to Hyderabad but she continued the fast at Telangana Jagruthi office.She declared that she would continue the fast till justice is done to the affected families.Kavitha alleged that several poor families were forcibly evicte…
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Sunday alleged that a “bulldozer regime” is being run in Telangana under the Congress government. He said that from the very day Revanth Reddy assumed office as Chief Minister, the state has been witnessing large-scale demolition of houses and harassment of citizens.KTR accused the Chief Minister of focusing only on demolishing homes, selling lands and promoting what he termed as a “real estate broker…
Hyderabad, Feb 11 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minster A. Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka cast their votes for the municipal elections on Wednesday.The Chief Minster reached Kodangal in Vikarabad district by a helicopter from Hyderabad and cast his vote at a polling centre at Zilla Parishad High School.Revanth Reddy, who represents Kodangal Assembly constituency, exercised his franchise for elections to Kodangal municipality.After his return to Hyderabad from Kodangal, …
Hyderabad, Jan 13 (IANS) There are 52.43 lakh voters in 118 municipalities and five municipal corporations in Telangana, reveals the final voter list published by the State Election Commission on Tuesday. The municipalities and corporations have 2,996 wards. The total number of voters is 52,43,023, comprising 25,62,369 men, 26,80,014 women and 640 others.Stepping up the arrangements for the upcoming municipal elections, the Election Commission has mapped and confirmed municipality-wise voters.Th…
Hyderabad, Jan 11 (IANS) The Hyderabad-Vijayawada national highway was teeming with vehicles on Sunday as thousands of families were heading to their native places for Sankranti, the biggest festival in both Telugu states.Cars, buses and other transport vehicles queued up at toll plazas even as authorities have taken special measures to ease the congestion.A huge rush was seen at Pattangi toll plaza near Hyderabad since early hours of Sunday, with people heading to towns and villages in Telangan…
Tirupati, Jan 6 (IANS) A man allegedly killed a woman after she refused to continue their extramarital relationship and later died by suicide in Tirupati, police said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Somasekhar, who was working as gas delivery boy, slit the throat of the victim, identified as Lakshmi, at his room on Monday.Both the accused and the victim were in their early 30s.Lakshmi, a native of Khammam from neighbouring Telangana State, had been residing in Jeevakona area along with her…