Tag: HYDERABAD

  • Hyderabad police to crack down against illegal use of sirens

    Hyderabad police to crack down against illegal use of sirens

    Hyderabad: Hyderabad police commissioner CV Anand on Monday asked the traffic cops to conduct a special drive against the illegal use of sirens in the city.

    The police have been directed to detain and seize all vehicles using unauthorized sirens.

    Hyderabad police to take action against ambulances
    The commissioner also directed the traffic cops to check ambulances, which have been reported to be using sirens even when they are not carrying patients or carrying fake patients. The use of sirens in such cases creates a disturbance in traffic flow and could cause accidents.

    Responding to a tweet that highlighted the illegal use of sirens by a vehicle on April 23 from Tolichowki to Rethibowli, the commissioner agreed that the illegal use of sirens by all and sundry is creating a lot of traffic issues and disturbing the maintenance of traffic flow. He urged the public to keep reporting vehicles that are illegally using sirens and provide proof of such incidents.

  • MEA team up with Telangana police to protect Indian workers in Gulf

    MEA team up with Telangana police to protect Indian workers in Gulf

    Hyderabad: A delegation of officials of the Ministry of External Affairs led by Dr. Ausaf Saeed, Secretary CPV & OIA called on Chief Secretary Shanti Kumari. The meeting was attended by External Affairs Ministry Official Brahma Kumar, Joint Secretary, Regional Passport Officer Hyderabad D Balaiah and other officials.

    The meeting discussed the issues of NRIs and the possibility of employment opportunities in foreign countries. The state government reviewed the employment generation measures through Telangana Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited.

    Dr. Ausaf Saeed while referring to the employment opportunities and changing trends for Indian youth in foreign countries, said that youth should be trained as per international standards. He advised to provide training to the youth before leaving so that they do not have problems in employment. Dr. Saeed suggested expanding the role of Overseas Manpower Corporation limited.

    Dr. Ausaf Saeed and Director General of Police participated in the awareness session aimed at guiding the public legally in terms of foreign migration and employment. Commissioner of Police C V Anand, Rachakonda Commissioner of Police D S Chauhan and other officials attended the meeting.

    To avoid exploitation by illegal agents, awareness was emphasized so that the public does not fall prey to fraud in the matter of appointments. The meeting resolved to ban illegal recruitment agents.

    Dr. Ausaf Saeed advised the job seekers going abroad to be made aware of immigration and other rules. A significant number of skilled workers from Telangana are employed in gulf countries. The Ministry of External Affairs is in constant touch with the Telangana government to take steps for the welfare and safety of NRIs. He said that the Central Government will extend all possible cooperation in the matter of safe and legal departure of workers.

  • Eight-year-old boy killed in Hyderabad, family suspects human sacrifice

    Eight-year-old boy killed in Hyderabad, family suspects human sacrifice

    Hyderabad (IANS) | An eight-year-old child was brutally murdered in Hyderabad. The family of the deceased has suspected it to be a case of human sacrifice. But the police said that they have no proof of this. Abdul Wahid’s body was found in a drain in Moosapet in the early hours of Friday.

    The boy had gone missing from his house in Alauddin Koti area of Sanat Nagar on Thursday. After this the family lodged a complaint with the police.

    Police have arrested Imran, a transgender and four others on charges of murder. The victim’s family ransacked his house and claimed to have found signs of human sacrifice.

    However, the police say there was a financial dispute between Imran and the boy’s father Wasim Khan. Due to this the boy was killed.

    Based on the CCTV footage installed in the area, the police arrested Imran. Imran has confessed to killing the boy and throwing the body in the drain.

    According to the victim’s family, Imran had ordered a packet of ORS from the boy. When the boy went to Imran’s house to deliver the packet, he caught him.

    The accused strangled her to death by forcibly immersing her head in a bucket full of water. After the child was confirmed dead, Imran, with the help of an auto rickshaw driver, dumped the body in a water bucket and a bag and dumped it in a drain.

    There is an atmosphere of tension in the area due to the murder. Deputy Commissioner of Police Srinivasa Rao said a dispute over financial matters led to the murder of the boy. However, he added that if the victim’s family suspects that it was a case of human sacrifice, they will probe the matter from that angle as well.

    Animal Husbandry Minister T. Srinivas Yadav also visited the fields. He clarified that it was not a case of human sacrifice, but assured the victim’s family that the guilty would not be spared.

    He said that fast track courts would be set up to ensure speedy trial and punishment.

    –IANS

  • Two more arrested in TSPSC paper leak case

    Two more arrested in TSPSC paper leak case

    Hyderabad (IANS) | The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) exam paper leak case has arrested two more accused. Mibaiyya and his son Janardhan, residents of Mahbubnagar, have been arrested. In this, the number of people arrested so far has increased to 19. Mibaiyya had allegedly paid Rs 2 lakh to Lavadyavath Dhakya, one of the accused already arrested in the case, for the question paper of the examination conducted by TSPSC for the recruitment of assistant engineers. Janardhan appeared in the examination.

    Dhakya is the husband of a teacher, Renuka, who had received question papers from prime accused Praveen Kumar, an employee of TSPSC. He had bought the question paper for his brother Rajeshwar Nayak, who appeared in the AE exam. He along with Dhakya had sold question papers to others.

    The TSPSC scam came to light on March 12, due to which 15 accused were arrested by canceling Group 1 preliminary exam, assistant engineer, AEE and DAO exams.

    Praveen, who worked as an assistant section officer in TSPSC, and Rajasekhara Reddy, a network administrator in ATSPSC, had allegedly stolen question papers of some exams from a computer in a confidential section of the commission and sold it to other accused.

    The SIT had last week informed the Telangana High Court that it has arrested 17 accused in the case since March 13. She also informed the court that she is trying to arrest one more accused from New Zealand.

    The exam paper leak case created a sensation in Telangana. Opposition parties Congress and BJP blamed the BRS government for the leak affecting lakhs of unemployed in the state.

    The SIT summoned TSPS President Janardhana Reddy, Secretary Anita Ramachandran and member B.K. Linga Reddy has also been questioned.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also probing allegations of money laundering in the case. Earlier this week, it questioned Praveen Kumar and Rajasekhara Reddy.

    ED officials are believed to have interrogated both the accused on the basis of inputs received from Shankar Lakshmi, in-charge of the confidential section cell at TSPSC. She appeared before the ED on April 11 and was questioned for over 10 hours.

    It was from the computer in the confidential section that Praveen and Rajasekhar had stolen question papers of various examinations conducted by TSPSC for recruitment in government departments.

    –IANS

  • KCR govt can’t take credit for Telangana villages receiving awards: BJP leader

    KCR govt can’t take credit for Telangana villages receiving awards: BJP leader

    Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president NVSS Prabhakar on Tuesday said that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led government cannot take credit for the villages in Telangana receiving more national gram panchayat awards.

    Talking to ANI, Prabhakar said, “The national awards for gram panchayats have been announced. Telangana, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are some states that bagged these awards. These awards have been given for the proper implementation of central government schemes in rural areas. This award is not given to the KCR government. This is not for the activities or schemes they (state government) have brought in.”

    “It has been given for the work of the gram panchayats in regard to individual toilets, cleanliness, the Swatch Bharat project and others. This award is given for the proper implementation of these programs which helped the rural areas. We congratulate the sarpanches of these villages for this achievement”, Prabhakar added.

    Earlier on Monday, CM KCR appreciated Telangana gram panchayats on receiving 13 out of the 46 national awards.

    The awards were presented by President Droupadi Murmu in Delhi on Monday.

    KCR congratulated the village administration and other officials for receiving the ‘National Conference on the Promotion of Panchayats – Awards ‘ held at the Vigyana Bhavan in Delhi on Monday.

  • Murder of sick mother by strangulation

    Murder of sick mother by strangulation

    Hyderabad (IANS) | In Telangana, a man killed his mother thinking she was a burden and then buried her. The shocking incident took place in Kamareddy district of Telangana.

    According to the police, a person named Chinna Balayya strangulated the bedridden mother E. Balavva (80) to death with a cloth and later buried her.

    A few days back, Balaiah had told his neighbors in Sadashiv Nagar that his mother had gone missing. She claimed that the room where she was staying was locked from outside.

    However, a local public representative was suspicious. Biraiya, a member of the Mandal Parishad Territorial Committee (MPTC), lodged a complaint with the police. Shocking revelations were revealed in the police investigation.

    Balayya has confessed to killing his mother. He told the police that she had become a burden to him and he was unable to take care of her. On the night of 13 April, he strangled his mother to death with a cloth. He then took her body to an isolated spot behind a rice mill and buried it.

    In the presence of local administrative officials, the police took out the body on Monday and sent it for postmortem. Circle Inspector Raman said, “We have arrested the accused and further investigation is on.”

    –IANS

  • Ex-journalist abducted, murdered near Hyderabad

    Ex-journalist abducted, murdered near Hyderabad

    Hyderabad (IANS) | A former journalist was abducted and murdered by unknown persons on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The police gave this information on Monday. Some unidentified people dropped the body at a hospital in Gachibowli area of the city around 2 am. On being informed by the hospital authorities, police rushed there and identified him as Mamidi Karunakar Reddy (29), who was abducted from Kottur near Hyderabad on Sunday night.

    According to the police, Karunakar was going from Cheguru to Timmapur in a car along with his friend Sridhar Reddy.

    Some unidentified persons in a vehicle stopped them and took away Karunakar after beating up Reddy.

    After getting the information, the police started raids to rescue the former journalist.

    Later some people left the body at the hospital and fled.

    Police registered a case and sent the body to Osmania Hospital for postmortem.

    Reddy alleged that Karunakar was abducted by relatives of Kottur mandal level public representative Madhusuhan Reddy.

    According to the police, Karunakar was earlier working in a newspaper. Later he started working as a document writer near Kottur Tehsildar’s office.

    Karunakar was also working with MPP Madhusudan Reddy and his supporters in land deals. However, recently they had differences with him.

    Karunakar’s family alleged that Madhusudan killed him because he feared that he might reveal his irregularities in the land deal.

    Relatives of Karunakar staged a protest in Kottur demanding immediate arrest of the accused.

    On the complaint of the victim’s family, the police registered a case against Madhusudan Reddy and four others and started searching for them.

    –IANS

  • TREI-RB to open online applications for posts of lecturer in degree, junior colleges today

    TREI-RB to open online applications for posts of lecturer in degree, junior colleges today

    Hyderabad: The Telangana Residential Educational Institutions Recruitment Board (TREI-RB) is set to begin accepting online applications for the posts of lecturer, physical director, and librarian in degree colleges today. The recruitment board will also start accepting applications for junior lecturer, physical director, and librarian posts in junior colleges on the same day. It opens up opportunities for candidates aspiring to work in various educational institutions across Telangana.

    According to the initial notification issued by TREI-RB, there are 868 vacancies in degree colleges available in the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society, Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society, and Mahatma Jyothiba Phule Telangana Backward Classes Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society. Meanwhile, there are 2008 vacancies in junior colleges available in the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society, Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society, Mahatma Jyothiba Phule Telangana Backward Classes Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society, and Telangana Minority Residential Educational Institutions Society.

    Subjects Total vacancies
    Telugu 55
    English 69
    Mathematics 62
    Statistic 58
    Physics 46
    Chemistry 69
    Botany 38
    Zoology 58
    Computer Science 99
    Geology 6
    Bio Chemistry 3
    Bio Technology 2
    History 28
    Economics 25
    Political Science 27
    Commerce 93
    Journalism 2
    Psychology 6
    Micro Biology 17
    Public Administration 9
    Sociology 7
    Business Administration 14
    Physical Director 39
    Librarian 36
    Total 868
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  • Telangana DGP asks police officials to be vigilant in election year

    Telangana DGP asks police officials to be vigilant in election year

    Hyderabad: The Director General of Police of the state Anjani Kumar, while stating that assembly elections are approaching in Telangana asked the police officials to be more vigilant in keeping peace and security. He issued these orders during a high-level meeting held at the DGP office with the CPs and SPs who came to participate in the unveiling of the tallest 125 feet statue of Dr. BR Ambedkar in Hyderabad.

    Speaking on the occasion, Anjani Kumar said that all the police officers of the state should be reoriented to build a new society in the spirit of Dr. BR Ambedkar.

    DGP Anjani Kumar, who paid floral tributes to Ambedkar’s portrait, said that it was a privilege to participate in the unveiling of the 125 feet statue of Dr. BR Ambedkar, which is historically the largest in the country.

    Speaking on the occasion, he said that ensuring peace, and security and quantifying the work from special branches is very important in the election year. He also said that it is equally important to sensitize the state protectees as part of keeping the law and order. He said that the police force should work with new strategies to tackle new challenges. The DGP said that the village visit and community outreach program held by the department in the month of February had received an overwhelmingly positive response from all the districts and asked the police officials to hold several such meaningful and productive programs.

    Reeling out the statistics related to deaths due to road accidents in the state, Anjani Kumar asked the police officials to identify the hot spots of the road accidents along with the officials of the concerned roads and buildings department and undertake road engineering to prevent the road accidents.

    Stating that there is an increase in cyber-crimes in the world as well as in Telangana state, he wanted the officials to take special measures to make people aware of all the cyber-crimes that are taking place in the state. He said that cybercrime was not limited to cities and towns but also spread to the villages of the state and added that creating awareness among the people was the only way to prevent the cyber-crimes. He asked the officials to train at least 10 police officers in every police station in the state on the subject of cyber-crime besides providing advance training to four Police Constables from each police station of the state to prevent them

  • Hyderabad: Asaduddin Owaisi hosts iftar for US Consul General, Senator Todd Young

    Hyderabad: Asaduddin Owaisi hosts iftar for US Consul General, Senator Todd Young

    Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday hosted an iftar party for the US Consul General Jennifer Larson and Senator Todd Young.

    Later, Jennifer Larson took to Twitter to share her experience at the iftar party. She wrote, “For @SenToddYoung’s last event in #Hyderabad, we attended an iftar hosted by MP and AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi. It was fitting to conclude a great visit with outstanding food and excellent conversation.”