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HYDERABAD: About 300 dog carcasses were found dumped in a pit in Jagtial district in the latest case of alleged mass killing of strays in Telangana, taking the total number of dogs found dead in the state this month to nearly 900. The latest alleged killings in Pegadapally, 200km from Hyderabad, occurred Thursday, allegedly on…
HYDERABAD: The Telangana govt announced the launch of Aikam, its flagship autonomous AI innovation entity that is being positioned as a “global proving ground” for deploying artificial intelligence (AI) at scale, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Thursday.Aikam has been designed with an eye on positioning Telangana among…
HYDERABAD: Another 100 stray dogs have been allegedly poisoned to death in Yacharam village of Rangareddy district — about 50 km from Hyderabad — sparking fresh outrage among animal welfare activists. The killings come days after the mass murder of over 500 dogs across three districts in Telangana.It is suspected that here, too, the killings…
HYDERABAD: A major controversy has erupted in Telangana’s Kamareddy and Hanamkonda districts after around 500 stray dogs were allegedly culled using lethal injections over the past week.According to a report by news agency PTI, some elected representatives — including sarpanches — allegedly carried out the killings to “fulfil promises made to locals” during the recent…
HANUMAKONDA: Police booked cases against nine people, including the sarpanches of Shayampet and Arepally villages, in Hanumakonda district for allegedly killing around 300 stray dogs using lethal injections. The incident came to light on Sunday when police and veterinary doctors visited the villages to conduct a postmortem of the buried carcasses.Parkal ACP Satishbabu said that…
Opposition-ruled states Punjab and Telangana on Saturday sought additional fiscal support from the Centre in the Union Budget 2026-27, arguing that the proposed Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) will place a heavier financial burden on states due to its revised cost-sharing formula, PTI reported.The demands were raised at…
Four BBA students died in a high-speed car accident in Mokila late Wednesday night after a birthday celebration. HYDERABAD: Four students travelling in a car died in a road accident in Mokila late Wednesday night, following a birthday celebration for one of the deceased.The group, including one woman, were travelling from Mokila towards Narsingi when…
NEW DELHI: Sparks flew in SC as Telangana opposed Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram-Nallamala Sagar Project (PNSP) with A Revanth Reddy-led govt accusing AP of attempting to misappropriate its share of Godavari water and N Chandrababu Naidu-led govt charging Telangana of attempting to stall farmer-friendly projects even after taking erstwhile capital city Hyderabad.Telangana through senior advocate A…
NEW DELHI: The Telangana legislative assembly has passed a bill that scraps the “two-child norm” that barred individuals with more than two children from contesting in the local body elections.Panchayat raj minister Danasari Anasuya Seethakka, citing the state’s declining fertility rate, lower than the replacement rate, argued that the provision had outlived its relevance.She stated…
HYDERABAD: An old man bends over granite slabs waiting beside a neatly edged pit. Plants line edges. This is not a garden. It is preparation for death. It is his grave. Nakka Indrayya, 80, has dug his own resting place in Jagtial district of northern Telangana, about 200km from Hyderabad. He chose a plot close…
