Biodiversity successes to be showcased
The state Biodiversity Board and forest department will be showcasing the success stories of biodiversity committees on the side-lines of COP-11. Examples of access benefit sharing, where locals are p
Sniffer dogs now have their day
Sniffer and tracker dogs of the state police have now got something to bark about. The dogs are to be insured for a sum of Rs25,000 and the home department has given approval for the same on Friday.
GMR, GVK, Lanco on CAG list
Following the CBI raids on Nava Bharat Power Private Limited and its promoters, Y. Harish Chandra Prasad and P. Trivikrama Prasad, the coal allocations of Rampia in Odisha are under scrutiny. Nava Bh
Shortage of staff hits anti-poaching squad
Wildlife hunting is continuing unabated on the city's outskirts where poachers are using firearms openly.
The Anti Poaching Squad, which has the entire state to cover, and is equipped with only two p
Outcry over move to shift cell towers
The decision of the Union ministry of forest and environment to relocate mobile phone towers has irked the anti-Naxal agencies of the state and Centre. The state wildlife department is formulating it
Row over Hare Krishna temple turns political
The booking of a criminal case against labour minister Danam Nagender for his involvement in an arg-ument with the police and staff of the Lakshmi Nar-asimha Swamy temple at Banjara Hills on Thursday
Infosys US staff dies in city office
An Infosys employee working in Florida died under mysterious circumstances at the company’s Gachibowli campus on Tuesday night. The body of Y. Neelima, who had come to the city on July 22 to visit her
Survivors recall the horror: There were screams, smoke
Eyewitnesses who escaped with their lives from the horrific train fire tragedy, can never forget those panic-stricken moments. They recall how the tubelights burst with a loud, explosive sound before
Arrested judge alleges 2 witnesses held illegally
Judge K. Lakshmi Narasimha Rao, arrested in the cash-for-bail case, alleged that the Anti-Corruption Bureau was trying to water down the main case, that of taking cash for granting bail to mining baro
Cops probe if Umesh did puja to harm DG
The Cyberabad police is probing into allegations that senior cop Umesh Kumar had reportedly performed a puja two months ago at a city temple in LB Nagar to harm his rival, director-general of police V