‘Bureaucracy should be off politicos’ hook’
Bureaucracy has been hit hard by political interference, leading to corruption and other unhealthy practices affecting governance, said Mohammed Ali Rafath, managing director of AP Dairy Development C
Nims, Arogyasri Trust in a bind over due amounts
A tussle is on between the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences and the Arogyasri Trust. While vigilance officers from the Arogyasri Trust visited Nims regarding payment of bills and patient care, Ni
Mantris to be paid legal fee
After delaying the matter for nearly four months, the state government decided on Saturday to provide free legal aid to five out of the six ministers, while ignoring the eight IAS officers, who had re
COP-11: Overhead cables, removal plans still hanging
A crucial part of the project to beautify the city for the forthcoming international bio-diversity conference (COP-11) — the removal of overhead hanging cables from the main arterial roads to be used
IITian arrested for harassing girl
An IIT-Delhi student was arrested by the state CID cyber crime sleuths for harassing a girl by uploading obscene content and sending her vulgar emails. According to additional DG (CID) S.V. Ramana Mur
Med seats: TRS approaches Guv
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti on Saturday sought Governor E.S.L, Narasimhan’s immediate intervention on the injustice done to Telangana with regard to setting up medical colleges, increase in medical s
Three held for phishing, duping bank customer
The state Crime Investigation Department’s cyber crime sleuths arrested three people who duped a bank customer by collecting his bank account details from his mobile phone service provider. According
City set for Bonalu today
Arrangements are being made for the smooth conduct of the Bonalu festival at Ujjaini Mahankali temple and other temples in Secunderabad on Sunday. All the city temples have been decked up, and the fes
Heavenly Trust swindles Rs 500cr
It has come to light that one Heavenly Inter Denominal Mission (HIM) Trust has swindled Rs 500 crore from more than one lakh families across Andhra Pradesh in over a year’s time under the guise of a “
Fire at Secretariat damages computers
A minor fire broke out at the Secretariat’s B-block on Saturday. Ironically, the incident took place soon after Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy conducted a review meeting on fire safety measures at h