Liquor scam: ACB faces herculean task ahead
The Anti Corruption Bureau is faced with the herculean task of filing chargesheets in the liquor scam involving top politicians, excise officials and liquor dons. Many of the accused are out on bail a
Major fire guts city ink factory
A massive fire broke out in the storehouse of an ink company, Bharat Flexo Graphic Printing Ink, in Jeedimetla industrial area on Wednesday. As many as 10 fire tenders battled for more than eight hou
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
Fire: Official negligence to the fore
Wednesday’s fire mishap in an ink manufacturing unit at Jeedimetla has once again brought to the fore the risk to people's life due to negligence by corrupt officials. The factory of the Bharat Flexo
State to identify school dropouts
There are about 40,000 dropouts and children who do not go to school in the old city alone, according to initial surveys. Officials expect the numbers to go up considerably if a door-to-door survey
I-Day double-joy for Muslims
For Muslims, this Independence Day is more special as it falls on Ramzan 26, the eve of Shab-e-Qadr. However, very few Indians, even Muslims, know that August 15, 1947 also coincided with Shab-e-Qadr.
Rao-Saraswat link still a big mystery
Mystery still shrouds the association between the director general of DRDO V.K. Saraswat, and the CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science (AIMSCS) at University of Hyde
New uranium hotspots identified
The city-based Atomic Minerals Directorate has identified new sources of uranium at Koppunuru in Guntur district and Bichun and Nayagaon areas of Jaipur district. If tapped, the new uranium resources
Talk of change in leadership makes CM laugh
Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday laughed away rumours that he might be replaced soon. “It’s all your imagination; you are creating the buzz,” he told reporters amid laughter. He was att
DRDO slams ‘faulty’ audit process
The Defence Research and Development Organisation has gone on the defensive about the much talked about report of an internal audit by the finance wing of the ministry of defence, and has alleged that