Telangana Today - Hyderabad - April 15, 2025

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April 15, 2025

Traffic cop booked for man's death

A traffic police constable was booked for alleged negligence in connection with the tragic death case of Joshi Babu (34), a carpenter during a regular traffic checking at Balanagar on Sunday.

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Children get locked in car, die of suffocation

In a tragic incident on the city outskirts, two children allegedly died of suffocation after being trapped inside a locked car near their house in Damaragidda, Chevella on Monday. Identified as Tanmaya Sree (5) and Abhinaya Sree (4), the children who were playing, reportedly entered into a parked car in front of their house.

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Another Cong MLA eyes Cabinet berth

The Congress is witnessing serious internal strife with MLAs openly challenging the party leadership in their quest for a ministerial berth.

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Hotel fire: SRH team shifted

A fire broke out at the Park Hyatt Hotel, Banjara Hills, where the Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL team was staying, on Monday afternoon.

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Choksi arrested in Belgium

Absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium following an extradition request by Indian probe agencies for his involvement in the Rs 13,000 crore PNB bank loan “fraud” case, official sources said on Monday.

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Modi slams Cong for felling Kancha trees

The controversy surrounding the destruction of rich biodiversity in Kancha Gachibowli has drawn Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attention as well, with him alleging that the Congress government’s action reflected complete disregard for nature.

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A blend of mystery, strategy and nostalgia

Blue Prince is the Indie game to beat this year

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Pawan Kalyan’s wife fulfills vow at Tirumala

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan’s wife Anna Lezhneva on Monday offered prayers at the Sri Venkateswara temple at Tirumala to fulfill her vows following the safe recovery and return of their son Mark Shankar, who was injured in a fire accident in Singapore last week.

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Infant triumphs over cancer

A 12-month-old infant, a resident of Lalaguda, Hyderabad, has triumphed over cancer and recovered swiftly from cancer following a complex surgery at KIMS, Secunderabad.

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KIMS signs pact with Medtronic

Hyderabad-based Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Group of Hospitals on Monday announced its MoU with Medtronic to upskill young surgeons on advanced surgical procedures across its health care facilities in

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Masala-ripened mangoes hit market

Being cheaper and easily available traders continue to use it to artificially ripen the fruit

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Bower School launches UG entrepreneurship program

Bower School of Entrepreneurship announced the launch of its undergraduate program in entrepreneurship at the Bower UG Summit, T-Hub, Hyderabad. Applications for practically-led program are now open for the academic year starting in 2025.

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Fire Services Week begins

The Fire Services Week was inaugurated on Monday at Fire Brigade Section of Ordnance Factory, Medak in the presence of Chief General Manager (CGM), Ordinance Factory of Medak, SS Prasad.

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Volunteers remove 3,200 kg plastic from Peeran Cheruvu

Akshayakalpa Organic has adopted 35-acre Peeran Cheruvu Lake, PBEL City, Hyderabad, for its ecological restoration.

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Doctor saves critically ill man mid-air

A general physician from Hyderabad successfully managed to revive a 74-year-old critically ill passenger mid-air in an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Hyderabad on Sunday.

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SBI donates two e-vehicles to Yadagirigutta temple

Chairman, State Bank of India (SBI), Challa Sreenivasulu Setty on Monday during a visit to Yadagirigutta temple donated two electric vehicles as part of bank’s CSR initiative.

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Cheats target bank accounts of women

Cyber fraudsters misuse them as mule accounts, say police

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CDFD inks pact with NFSU

Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) announced that it has signed MoU with National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar, to strengthen collaboration in the field of forensic biotechnology.

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Farm labourer dies in mishap

A farm labourer Dasari Kanakamma (55) died and other injured in a road accident that took place at Venkatraopalli of Tekumatla mandal on Monday.

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Villa Verde luxury project launched

Villa Verde, the luxury villa project of Cybercity Developers, consisting of 89 high-end villas ranging from 300 to 440 square yards in a development area of 13.4 acres, has been launched at Green Hill Road, Hitec City.

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Ambedkar Jayanti fete in Karimnagar

The birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar was celebrated on a grand scale in the erstwhile Karimnagar district on Monday.

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Woman protests over ‘discrimination’

Differences in SC communities came to the fore on the occasion of Dr BR Ambedkar Jayanthi celebrations held at Court Chowk here on Monday.

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Japanese honour for AIG Hospitals Chairman

Founder chairman of Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) Hospitals, Dr D Nageshwar Reddy has become the first Indian gastroenterologist to receive the prestigious international honor ‘Legends of Endoscopy’ award from Japanese Gastroenterologists.

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Mancherial boy enters record book

Namani Ram Aksharesh, a four-and-a-half-year old boy from the town has entered the International Wonder Book of Records (IWBR) by reciting 300 facts including Telugu years, months, thithulu, State capitals, national symbols, planets, inventions, historical monuments, etc., within eight minutes.

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Tiger Protection Force to be deployed in forests

Aims to ensure protection of big cats and to check poaching of wild animals

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Kavitha allowed to pay tributes after protest

High drama unfolded at Necklace Road on Monday as police prevented BRS MLC K Kavitha and other leaders from paying tributes to the 125-foot statue of Dr BR Ambedkar and memorial here on his birth anniversary.

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Apologise to Dalits, KTR to Congress

Charging the Congress government with failure to implement even single promise from its Chevella SC Declaration, BRS working president KT Rama Rao demanded that the party leaders apologise to the Dalit community for their betrayal.

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Congress acting against Ambedkar’s vision: Harish

Former Minister T Harish Rao accused the Congress government of acting against the vision of Dr BR Ambedkar by scrapping several schemes launched by the BRS government for empowerment of Dalits in the State.

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Komuravelly temple revenue doubles in five years

The revenue at the Sri Komuravelly —Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple is increasing gradually over the years, proportionate with the rising number of devotees to the temple as well.

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Tallest Ambedkar statue finally opened for public

After being closed to the general public for over a year, the 125 feet statue of Father of Indian Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar next to the Secretariat was opened to people on Monday.

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Woman killed in attack by husband

A man attacked his wife and mother-in-law with a pestle at Pedda Kanjerla village in Patancheru mandal on Monday.

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Group-I ‘scam’: BRS MLA seeks probe

BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy has termed the Telangana Group-I examination results the biggest scam in the country and demanded their immediate cancellation.

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Setback for Act East Policy

Manipur conflict has impacted State’s socioeconomic standing, and brought a noticeable slowdown in Act East initiatives

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Congress cares a hoot for SCs, ST's, says Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress on the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, accusing the party of turning Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OBCs into “second-class citizens” while in power.

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BSF officials visit riot-hit Murshidabad

Senior Border Security Force (BSF) officials on Monday visited the violence-hit areas of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, assuring residents of all necessary assistance to restore peace and ensure their safety.

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Parties trade charges in bid to claim Ambedkar’s legacy

The birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, whose political influence surged with the passage of time, on Monday was marked by bitter trading of charges between the ruling BJP and the opposition parties as they fought for his legacy.

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Unable to bear wife’s “torture”, techie tries to end life

In a shocking case, a techie tried to commit suicide near the Governor’s residence here after alleging that he was unable to bear the torture of his wife.

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Rare Indian ‘Golconda Blue’ diamond to go under hammer, may fetch Rs 430 crore

A rare piece of India’s royal heritage, ‘The Golconda Blue’ — a historic diamond once owned by the Maharajas of Indore and Baroda — is set to make its auction debut at the Christie’s “Magnificent Jewels” sale in Geneva on May 14.

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Waqf Act protest: No let up in Bengal violence

Supporters of ISF clash with police in South 24 Parganas, several injured

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Govt to allocate major chunk of funds to new-age startups

The Commerce and Industry Ministry will allocate a major part of the second Rs 10,000 crore Fund of Funds Scheme (FFS) for startups to budding entrepreneurs in sectors such as new-age technology, artificial intelligence, and machine building, an official said.

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DRL lays off staff earning above Rs 1 cr

Offers voluntary retirement to those aged 50-55, reports say

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PIOs to be fielded for polls, says Wong

The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) will certainly include members of the Indian community in the upcoming general election, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Sunday, acknowledging the ethnic group’s outsized contributions to the country in many areas, including in businesses, industries and public services.

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Japan’s population declines for 14th consecutive year

Japan’s total population, including foreign residents, amounted to 123.802 million as of October 1, 2024, data from Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed on Monday.

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Sheikh Hasina’s niece denies corruption allegations

Labour Party MP Tulip Siddiq, the niece of Bangladesh's deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has denied any wrongdoing after reports emerged of an arrest warrant issued by Dhaka’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

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Trump threatens CBS ‘60 Minutes’

President Donald Trump bitterly attacked “60 Minutes” shortly after the CBS news magazine broadcast stories on Ukraine and Greenland on Sunday, saying the network was out of control and should “pay a big price” for going after him.

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Hamas claims killing Israeli soldiers

Says its fighters targeted a special forces unit in Rafah

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Pak train halted over security concerns

The Bolan Mail train from Karachi to Quetta was stopped at Jacobabad railway station due to security reasons, Pakistan Railways officials said.

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China ensures stability: Xi

Says will deepen ties with neighbouring countries amid tariff war with US

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Ecuador re-elects President Nobao

Ecuadorian voters weary of crime on Sunday reelected President Daniel Noboa, a conservative young millionaire with a divisive no-holds-barred crimefighting record, but his opponent vowed to seek a recount over what she described as “grotesque” electoral fraud.

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Punjab under pressure after Hyd shocker as they face KKR

The team which was going strong suddenly had a reality check

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Sunrisers sign up Smaran

Sunrisers Hyderabad signed up Smaran Ravichandran for Rs 30 lakhs in place of the injured Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa for the rest of IPL season.

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Tilak reveals why Mumbai ‘retired him out’

Hyderabad’s Tilak Varma, one of the mainstays of Mumbai batting line-up in the ongoing IPL, reveals that the decision to ‘retire him out’ during the match against LSG “was made for the team’s purpose”.

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Shaik Rasheed’s IPL dream comes true

Shaik Rasheed became another Telugu-speaking cricketer to make his debut in IPL when he opened the batting with New Zealander Rachin Ravindra for the Chennai Super Kings in Lucknow on Monday night.

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Karun Nair makes an impact!

In December 2022, Karun Nair, the best batter across all formats in domestic cricket, virtually pleaded on his social media post - ‘One more chance’!

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Stunning comeback for Karn

For the 37-year-old, legspinner Karn Sharma of Mumbai Indians it was a fairytale comeback, playing a game after a gap of six years, when he returned with a match-winning spell of 4-0-36-3 against Delhi Capitals in the IPL league match in Delhi on Sunday night

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At last, Dhoni the finisher is back

Chennai Super Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants in a thriller

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FC Goa part ways with Armando

Indian Super League (ISL) side FC Goa have announced the departure of forward Armando Sadiku ahead of KSC on April 21.

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Hyderabad cricketers selected for BCCI Under-23 camp

The All-India Women’s Selection Committee has selected M Mamatha and Yashasri, for the BCCI Emerging under-23 women’s high-performance camp to be held at Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.

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Dronacharya of archers take a bow

At 63, Shankaraiah scouts for talent and nurtures them

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Punjab FC bags ISL award

Punjab FC has been awarded the Indian Super League award for Best Elite Youth Programme for the 2024-25 season, in recognition of the club’s outstanding contribution to youth development and its successful integration of academy players into the senior team.

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Ranga Reddy, Medchal emerge champions

Ranga Reddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri won the titles in men’s and women’s sections respectively in the seventh Telangana State senior rugby championship at Gymkhana Ground here.

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Karthik wins State open prize money title

Top-seeded and FIDE-rated Ch Karthik Sai won the State Open Prize Money chess tournament organised by Pragathi Chess Academy with 7.5 points

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What exactly happened with Vishwambhara teaser?

In a surprising turn, Vishwambhara—the highly anticipated socio-fantasy film starring Megastar Chiranjeevi—came under fire for its teaser visuals, which fans slammed for poor quality. Now, the reason is out.

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Shruthi Haasan's favourite place to chill

Actress Shruti Haasan revealed that her favorite place to chill is her 'gorgeous concrete kitchen' at home.

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Here’s what Abhishek gifted Big B

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan revealed the special gift his actor-son Abhishek Bachchan gave him and shared why it was a thoughtful present.

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Vidya Balan dons Kanjivaram silk saree for Tamil New Year

Actress Vidya Balan donned traditional Kanjivaram silk sarees to mark the celebration of Tamil New Year.

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Kareena Kapoor, Prithviraj Sukumaran to star in Meghna Gulzar's 'Daayra'

In a powerful new collaboration, Kareena Kapoor Khan is set to share the screen with Malayalam superstar Prithviraj Sukumaran in filmmaker Meghna Gulzar’s upcoming project, “Daayra.”

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KUSHI CHERISHES SRIDEVI'S WARDROBE

SAYS SHE STILL WEARS HER LATE MOTHER'S CLOTHES

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Are Anupama, Dhruv more than just co-stars?

Social media is buzzing with speculation that something special might be brewing between actress Anupama Parameswaran and actor Dhruv Vikram, son of Chiyaan Vikram.

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This is what Avika Gor's perfect day off looks like

Actress Avika Gor revealed that her idea of a perfect day off is unwinding with her family and reconnecting with old friends, a simple joy which she says keeps her grounded.

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