Telangana Today - Hyderabad - April 08, 2025

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April 08, 2025

RTC unions to go on strike from May 6

The unions of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) on Monday announced statewide strike from May 6. The RTC workers submitted the strike notice to the Labour Commissioner and the Corporation's Managing Director, VC Sajjanar at Bus Bhavan on Monday.

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'Hair lotion' sends bald men to hospital

A desire to have full grown hair landed many bald men in hospital after a barber applied some lotion on their bald pate assuring regrowth of hair.

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State hits new low with zero per cent GST growth

The latest GST data released by the Centre has raised red flags over Telangana's economic health, with the State recording zero per cent growth in GST collections for March 2025 compared to the same month last year.

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LPG price up Rs 50, excise duty hiked on petrol, diesel

The domestic cooking gas LPG price on Monday was hiked by a steep Rs 50 per cylinder across India and CNG by Re 1 per kg, while the government raised taxes on petrol and diesel to shore up its revenues.

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Nintendo announces launch of much-awaited Switch 2

The game is likely to cost US$ 449

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MLR Group chairman makes a huge splash!

Proving that age is no barrier, 81-year-old Marri Laxman Reddy, Chairman, MLR Group of Institutions bagged two gold medals, silver medal and two bronze medals in the recently concluded 7th National Games Swimming Championship for Masters, held at Mohali between April 6 and 7.

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Night skies leave kids ‘star-struck’

TGFDC and HATS join hands to provide perfect setting for enthusiastic sky watchers at Chilkur Reserve Forest

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Workshop on AI readiness

A stakeholder consultation on 'AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) in India' will be held at T-Works on Tuesday.

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Kancha row: lid blown-off potential land scam

But in the meanwhile, the government faced an acute financial crisis and it proposed to raise Rs 10,000 crore internally through tied borrowings and after, auction the land in five phases where part of the sale proceedings was meant to clear the loan and utilise the remaining amount for infrastructure development. The TGIIC is tasked to develop the land for industrial purposes and allot them at incentivised prices to attract investments. But surprisingly, for the first time, the corporation was asked to auction the lands.

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Pickpockets have field day during Ram Navami Yatra

Pickpockets had a field day during the Sri Rama Navami procession in the city on Sunday. Several devotees who had partici-

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Three women injured as lift crashes in Asif Nagar

Three women were report-edly injured when a lift crashed at an apartment complex at Murad Nagar in Asif Nagar on Sunday night.

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23-yr-old dies in accident

A 23-year-old youngster died in a road accident at Amberpet on Sunday.

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Woman, six-year-old son die

A woman and her six-year-old son died allegedly due to poisoning, police said, adding the residents of Rudrangi, Kasula Pushpalatha (35) and her son Nikhil (6) consumed diarrhoea medicine following vomiting and diarrhoea on Sunday night.

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Distressed teacher dies in Khammam

A retired government teacher reportedly died of illness after non-payment of retirement benefits, even after months of his superannuation in Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka's constituency.

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Pattabhishekam of Lord Rama held at Bhadradri

The 'Pattabhishekam' (Coronation) ceremony of Lord Rama was performed in a spectacular manner at Bhadrachalam's Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Devasthanam, popularly known as 'Dakshina Ayodhya' on Monday.

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Land row triggers differences in Congress

Felling of trees, protests have left party leaders on backfoot, says senior leader

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Newly elected MLCs take oath

Legislative Council chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy and Monday administered the oath to the newly elected MLCs, in-cluding the Teachers and Local Authorities.

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30 fall ill after drinking adulterated toddy

Nearly 30 persons, includ-ing a few women, fell ill re-portedly after consuming adulterated toddy in Ankole, Durki and Dama-rancha villages of the dis-trict on Monday. The condi-tion of four persons was stated to be critical while one was shifted to Govern-ment General Hospital in Nizamabad for better treat-ment.

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No deer in Kancha Gachibowli land, claims TPCC chief

After a couple of Congress MPs now, TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud has claimed that there were no deer in the entire large land at Kancha Gachibowli.

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Bhatti directs cops to drop cases against students

Heeding to the pressure from different sections, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Monday directed the police to withdraw the cases booked against students of the University of Hyderabad in connection with the Kancha Gachibowli land controversy.

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Change of guard at CPI(M)

Facing an existential crisis, marked by a steady erosion of support base across the country, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has opted for a generational change of guard, with the election of MA Baby as its new general secretary.

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Suspecting Muslims, subordinating rights

Waqf Bill violates the promise of equality, not just by treating equals unequally, but by doing so based on entrenched religious stereotypes

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Cong learning from mistakes in Bihar: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday asserted that his party was \"learning from its mistakes in Bihar\" where the party had been lax in bringing about all-round development through empowerment of the down-trodden classes.

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Amaravati gets Rs 4,200 crore

Centre releases sum after 1st disbursement from World Bank

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Teacher rapes minor student

A 32-year-old teacher was arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl at her home, police said on Monday.

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Badminton coach sexually abuses teen

A badminton coach was arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl at her home, police said on Monday.

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BJP slams K'taka Minister's comment on molestation

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said what incidents like molestation of women do occur “here and there” in Bengaluru like Bengaluru.

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Black Monday wipes out Rs 14 lakh crore

All Sensex firms, except Hind Unilever, end lower, Tata Steel falls the most

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China's frequent military drills worry Taiwan

It is feared that they may escalate into an attack

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‘Our bowling unit has been doing well’

Gujarat Giants pacer Prasidh Krishna who played a vital role in the team’s victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL league match here on Sun-day night, says that coming on after power-play definitely helps when the scoreboard shows two or three wickets down.

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Vettori backs SRH batting prowess

For any head coach of an IPL franchise wouldn't like to be in a position where the team has had four or five successive games like Daniel Vettori of Sunrisers Hyderabad is in now.

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Knight Riders, LSG aim to maintain consistency

Sunil Narine will come face-to-face with his 'clone' and big-hitting Digvijay Singh when Kolkata Knight Riders host Lucknow Super Giants in a high-stakes IPL encounter here on Sunday.

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RCB holds its nerve to win thriller against MI

Skipper Patidar's 64 off 32 balls, Krunal Pandya's 4-wicket haul helps in victory

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MI bids emotional farewell to Charlotte

Charlotte Edwards, who coached the team to two WPL titles, will be missed by the Mumbai Indians' OneFamily and her legacy will develop over the course of three years.

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Pressure on ‘thala’ as Chennai takes on Punjab

The distinct lack of fire-power in Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings needs to ad-dress ahead of their IPL clash against Punjab Kings here on Sunday.

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TFA names under-20 squad for Nationals

Telangana Football Association named the State under-20 team for the National Championship to be held in Nagpur (Chhattisgarh) from April 10, according to G Palguna, secretary.

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Santhosh wins powerlifting championship

Santhosh won the 40-50 kg category in Lifecpan powerlifting championship here.

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Ritesh, Susheela win Next Galleria Chess

Ritesh Maddisetty and R.Sai Susheela won the boys’ and girls’ titles respectively in the under-15 category of the Next Galleria Mall State chess tournament here.

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ISL: Mohun Bagan storms into final

Beats Jamshedpur FC 2-0 in second leg of semifinal

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Urvashi on trolls comparing her to Nora Fatehi

Actress Urvashi Rautela has addressed the social media trolls who compare her to fellow actress Nora Fatehi.

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Rakul shares simple daily practices to boost well-being

On World Health Day, actress Rakul Preet Singh took to social media to share some easy and effective daily practices that can significantly improve overall well-being.

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Tahira Kashyap's breast cancer relapses

Filmmaker Tahira Kashyap on Monday said she is set to have another go at breast cancer as the disease has returned after seven years.

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Priyanka poses with Nick at his Broadway show

Actress-producer Priyanka Chopra is over the moon with her husband Nick Jonas's work in the Broadway musical 'The Last Five Years'.

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Samantha expresses gratitude for journey of producing film

Actress Samantha, who has turned producer with the film 'Subham', on Monday defined the unit of the film as a 'small team with big dreams' and expressed gratitude for the journey of producing and creating this film along with her team.

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