Fee sop cap draws ire
Another ‘fees row’ has stirred up a storm. This one has to do with the state government’s decision not to bear more than Rs 31,000 per annum as fees for engineering students from economically backwar
WHO scours sewage for polio virus
What’s in a gutter? There is a lot in a sewage that could provide vital clues to crippling diseases like polio, particularly for a country like India, which has just successfully controlled this major
KCR says T-state this month, creates a buzz
Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao's assertion that the Centre would announce a separate state this month has created a stir in political circles, including in his own party. Reiterat
Power sector on verge of collapse
Reeling under losses of about Rs 23,000 crore, the four state Discoms may go kaput any time, leading to a “total collapse” of the entire power sector, officials indicated on Tuesday. While a large nu
CM plea stops gas diversion
Thanks to some impressive damage control on the part of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, the Centre on Tuesday directed the Union ministry of power and energy to stop diversion of Reliance gas to
Dacoit from city arrested with weapons by Nalgonda police
Nalgonda police arrested a dacoit from the city as he was in possession of two weapons illegally.
Police raided the house of Mohammed Dawood Zakir, 39, of Rahmath-nagar in Nalgonda on Tuesday and sei
The return of the queen
She is the queen of Indian badminton. The first Indian ever to win a badminton medal at the Olympic Games. And she is home.
Techie ends life as lover ‘cheats’ her
A techie committed suicide at SR Nagar early on Tuesday as her lover allegedly cheated her by breaking a marriage promise, police said. Twenty-seven-year-old T. Vishalini, a resident of Hindinagar, Go
3 health projects set up for infants, moms
The state government has commenced three new health programmes from Tuesday on a pilot basis at Bhadrachalam and Khammam. The projects include Sishu Sanjeevani (special care for newborn babies) to cut
Woman SI held for accepting Rs 15,000 bribe
Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths on Tuesday arrested a woman sub-inspector while she was accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 to implement a court order and release an accused in a dowry case on bail after ta