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Hyderabad: Former BRS MLC and Telangana Jagruthi President K Kavitha said that SIT investigation into the phone-tapping case should be concluded quickly and that culprits should be punished. Speaking at a press conference in the city, she stated that she expects former Chief Minister KCR to reveal what transpired in the SIT investigation and that it is wrong of KTR to find fault with the probe. “It is not right for KTR to find faults about the SIT investigation. He spoke as if calling for an investigation is a crime. When you are in public life, there will be many issues. Everyone should respect the laws. Cooperate. I suspect that my phone and my husband 's phones were also tapped.” She further stated that if the SIT officials call her for an investigation, she would cooperate. Kavitha said that she appeared before the ED and CBI in the case related to Delhi excise policy scam, even though she did nothing wrong. “No one can save the BRS unless they change their way of...
Nine fishermen from Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, who were detained for the last three months in Bangladesh, have returned home, tv9 telugu reported. On January 29, the Bangladesh Coast Guard handed the fishermen to their Indian counterparts, who then transferred them to local police. Allegations of crossing maritime boundary: The nine fishermen, who had gone fishing in October 2025, were detained by Bangladeshi Navy officials for inadvertently crossing the maritime boundary while fishing in Bay of Bengal. They were subsequently arrested and transferred to Bagerhat jail. Following diplomatic negotiations between India and Bangladesh, the fishermen were released and arrived on the Visakhapatnam coast on Monday, February 2. Who are the nine fishermen? The fishermen are identified as Marupalli Chinnappanna, Ramesh Appalakonda, Praveen, Ramu, Nakka Ramu, Seethaiah. Six of them are from Kondarajupalem village, Bhogapuram mandal, and three from Tippalavalasa village in...
Tirumala Tirupati Temple: A newly-wed couple from Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu had to issue an apology for conducting a photoshoot on the premises of Tirumala Tirupati Temple. The couple identified as Tirumal and Gayathri, got married at Kalyana Vedika in Tirumala, located within the premises of the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple. Later, the couple posed for photos at Gollamandapam, in violation of rules. Unaware of the ban on photography inside the temple, they expressed regret and promptly deleted the images once informed of the rules. As penance for their mistake, the couple expressed their willingness to serve through Sri Vari Seva (service to Lord Venkateswara). They expressed their desire to atone for their mistake through devotional service. Alipiri mandapam development: Meanwhile, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) has initiated measures for the preservation of ancient structures and is making efforts to protect ancient structures, night shelters, and staircases in the...
Cyberabad Police cracked down on Chinese Manja and held special drives across Kukatpally, Miyapur, Madhapur, KPHB, Jeedimetla, to remove the glass-coated thread from the roads, trees, power lines with the support of GHMC workers. Shops selling kites and Manja were inspected and awareness programs were held for school students. Chinese Manja poses a serious risk for two-wheelers, pedestrians, birds and animals. The manufacture, sale, storage and usage is a banned and is a punishable offence, police said. Police urged the public to report any sale or use of banned manja to local police and dispose it off if they come across it. Five-year-old loses life after manja entangles around her neck: On January 26, a five-year-old child was killed after a Chinese Manja slit her throat in Kukatpally area of the city. The child was traveling with her parents on a two-wheeler, when a manja got entangled around her neck, causing severe injuries. She bled profusely and succumbed to her injuries during...
Hyderabad: A nurse was arrested for killing her parents by administering a high dose of anesthetic after they rejected her marriage proposal to her boyfriend. The victims, Dasarath and Lakshmi, lived in Yacharam village, Bantwaram mandal of Rangareddy district, and had one son and three daughters. Their youngest daughter, Surekha, worked as a nurse at a private hospital in Sangareddy. She fell in love with a man she befriended on Instagram and urged her parents to approve their marriage proposal. They rejected it due to caste differences and arranged her engagement to another man, Vikarabad DSP Srinivas Reddy said. Under the pretense of relieving their knee pain, she gave them a fatal anesthetic overdose and staged their bodies to mimic natural deaths. She then called her brother Ashok, claiming their parents had collapsed and fallen unconscious. After a police complaint was filed and an investigation launched, officers discovered the injections. During interrogation, Surekha...
Hyderabad: Devotees gathered in Mulugu district in massive numbers as Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara began in Medaram on Wednesday, January 28. The ‘Maha Jatara’ will begin at 6 PM on Wednesday evening with tribal priests installing the deities of Saralamma, Govindaraju, Pagididdaraju at the altar. Sammakka will be installed at the altar at 6 PM on Thursday, January 29. Medaram Jatara celebrated as state festival since 1998: Medaram Jatara was announced as a state festival in 1998 and will come to an end on January 31. About 21 government departments and 42,000 personnel are involved in putting the event together, including arrival and departure of devotees, security, cleanliness and medical facilities. It is estimated that up to one crore tribal people and other devotees will arrive from across the state and from neighbouring states like Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra. Devotees who show up belong to various tribal sects including – Guttikoyas, Koyas,...
Hyderabad: A 5-year-old girl became the latest victim of killer Chinese Manja, this time in Kukatpally area of the city on Monday evening. She was traveling with her parents on a two-wheeler when a Manja slit her throat and claimed her life. The incident occurred on Kukatpally National Highway near Metro Pillar No 781 in Sumitra Nagar, almost ten days after Sankranti. Chinese Manja entangled around the child’s neck: The five-year-old child identified as Nishvika Aditya, was seated at the front of her father on the motorcycle, when a Chinese Manja got entangled around her neck, causing severe injuries. Upon hearing his daughter’s screams, he immediately stopped the vehicle and saw her bleeding profusely. The parents rushed her to the nearest private hospital, but she succumbed to her injuries during treatment. Background of the family: The child’s parents, D Ramsagar and Padmavathi, who are from BR Ambedkar Konaseema district, settled in Hyderabad. The couple had recently bought...
Hyderabad: A case has been registered against two people in connection with the death of a student in class eight at Borlam Gurukul school in Kamareddy district of Telangana, Tv9 Telugu reported. The police registered a case against auto driver Kashinath and Principal Sunitha after the girl’s family filed a police complaint. The family members have accused the school of negligence in the matter and staged a protest in front of the school. When did the incident take place? The 13-year-old student of Telangana Social Welfare Residential School in Banswada, Kamareddy district, died on Sunday night after falling from a moving auto-rickshaw, which was captured on CCTV cameras. The girl was a resident of Kodicherla village in Madannur mandal and the incident occurred at around 7.40 pm on Sunday night. Officials said that an auto-rickshaw had arrived on campus with plastic chairs for the Republic Day program on Monday, and students helped unload the chairs. After unloading the chairs,...
Hyderabad: YSRCP MP PV Midhun Reddy appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money laundering case linked to Rs 3,500-crore liquor scam, which allegedly took place during YSRCP tenure. The 47-year-old parliamentarian’s statement will be recorded under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), reports said. Vijaysai Reddy appears before ED: He was arrested in July 2025 by the AP SIT and is currently out on bail. His appearance before ED comes after former YCP MP Vijaysai Reddy was questioned by the agency on Thursday, January 22. Vijaysai Reddy has been named as an accused in the FIR filed by the AP SIT and it has been alleged in the complaint that illegal funds have been passed through him to the former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Speaking to the media after ED investigation, Vijaysai Reddy said that he was sidelined in the party from 2020 and alleged that a malicious coterie planted insecurity in Jagan Reddy and he believed the...
Hyderabad: Eagle Force (Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement), a specialised anti-narcotics unit in Telangana, with the help of local police arrested two drug peddlers and a supplier in two different operations in Begumpet and Hayath Nagar, seizing narcotics worth Rs 8 lakh. In Hayath Nagar, officials seized 2.6 grams of Methamphitamine and two drug peddlers were arrested. The men identified as Bhansilal Pnaware alias Rahul Saini, 21, and Yogesh Rankavath, 25, were arrested for consuming methamphetamine. Bhansilal, who is from Nagaur district in Rajasthan, has been living in Hyderabad for over a decade and ran a small chaat stall Balaji Chat Bhandar and Yogesh, also from Nagaur, had been working s a helper at the chaat stall. A third person identified as A Pavan Ode, is absconding and was the person who brought 5 gms of meth to Hyderabad. Out of the five grams, the accused trio consumed 2.4 gms, police said. Efforts are underway to trace the absconding individual. Woman...
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