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Telangana

Telangana to free 102 life-term prisoners, rights group seeks faster action

Hyderabad: A prominent human rights organisation has praised the Telangana government’s decision to release 102 life-term prisoners ahead of schedule, but called on authorities to move faster and stick to legally mandated deadlines.…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad election officer seeks all-party cooperation for SIR

Hyderabad: Hyderabad District Election Officer (DEO) RV Karnan on Monday, March 23, convened a meeting of political party representatives ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Karnan, who is also…

Hyderabad

Telangana Cabinet approves draft hate speech, parents support bills

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has approved the Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crime Prevention Bill, 2026, to curb inflammatory hate speech and social media posts which could disturb communal harmony and incite…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad doctor who fought false ORS labelling battle receives notice

Hyderabad: City-based paediatrician Sivaranjani Santosh, who fought for eight years against the misleading ORS labelling, is now facing notices from pharma companies for allegedly making defamatory statements to gain social media followers.…
Hyderabad

Fire breaks out at Vijay Nagar Colony hospital, no casualties reported

Hyderabad: A minor fire broke out at a hospital in Vijay Nagar Colony under the jurisdiction of the Mehdipatnam Police Station on Monday evening, March 23. Speaking to Siasat.com, the Mehdipatnam Station…
Hyderabad

UoH partners with Telangana govt for advanced research on census data

Hyderabad: The University of Hyderabad (UoH) and the Telangana Directorate of Census Operations (DCO), Ministry of Home Affairs, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday, March 23, to establish a dedicated…
Hyderabad

Telangana RTC workers demand pay raise, merger into government sector

Hyderabad: The Telangana Road Transport Corporation workers’ union has appealed to the government to clear their pending issues in the Cabinet meeting scheduled for Monday, March 23. According to the workers, increased…

Hyderabad

Late Maganti Gopinath’s daughters among four injured in ORR accident

Hyderabad: Daughters of former Jubilee Hills MLA, the late Maganti Gopinath, were among the four injured after meeting with an accident on Hyderabad’s Outer Ring Road on an early Sunday morning, March…
Hyderabad

Pay retirement dues by April 9: Telangana HC orders govt

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has ordered the state government to disburse retirement benefits of all the government employees by April 9. Several retired employees demanded retirement benefits, including pension fund, gratuity,…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad police arrest 32 in case linked to Vihaan Direct Selling firm

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police, on Monday, March 23, arrested 32 people in connection with four cases of large-scale cheating linked to Vihaan Direct Selling Private Limited, a Hong Kong-based company. The arrests…
Telangana

Telangana gig workers union demands inclusion of minimum wage in draft bill

Hyderabad: TGPWU on Monday, March 23, has urged the government to include the Right to Minimum Wages in the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Draft Bill. In a statement addressed to the…
Telangana

CM Revanth hands over Rs 1 Cr cheques to kin of deceased govt workers

Hyderabad: Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Monday, March 23, handed over Rs 1 crore cheques each to the families of two government employees who died while on duty. Revanth presented the accident…
Hyderabad

Telangana HC serves notices to BRS MLA, Speaker on defection case

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has issued notices to Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender and Speaker of the Assembly Gaddam Prasad Kumar, asking them to reply to the petition filed by Bharatiya Janata…
Hyderabad

BJP’s Chalo Assembly thwarted by police, state president arrested

Hyderabad: The police thwarted Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) attempt to lay siege to the Telangana Assembly on Monday, March 23, by arresting hundreds of party workers, including its state president N Ramchander…
Telangana

Go outside and talk: Bhongir MP loses cool at Congress workers

Hyderabad: During the swearing-in ceremony of the District Congress Committee (DCC), Bhongir Lok Sabha MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy lost his cool at party workers for merely talking. The ceremony happened at…