Top storyKodad MLA Padmavathi Reddy on Tuesday inspected arrangements for the foundation stone laying programme of a modern centralised kitchen to be built at Rs 9.60 crore at SM Peta in Munagala mandal of Kodad constituency, Suryapet district. She discussed with local leaders the steps needed to conduct the programme successfully. The MLA also reviewed the progress of the kitchen construction works. Local leaders and senior Congress party leaders participated in the programme.
The graduates' MLC election in the combined Khammam, Nalgonda and Warangal districts is not an ordinary election but will decide who speaks for graduates in the Legislative Council, BJP state executive member Rukma Rao said. He was chief guest at a district workshop held Friday at the BJP Khammam district office, chaired by district president Nelluri Koteswara Rao. He said recruitment, filling of vacancies, exam transparency and skill training must be raised continuously, and urged every eligible graduate to register as a voter.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials seized 800 grams of gold jewellery worth about Rs 1.20 crore at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad, Hyderabad. According to officials, a Hyderabad-based jewellery trader was travelling by air from Tiruchirappalli to Hyderabad. Acting on prior specific intelligence that he was moving gold illegally, officers stopped and searched him, finding the jewellery in his baggage. He was taken into custody for testing and valuation. A case has been registered and DRI is investigating the gold's origin and whether others were involved.
Hathnoora police seized a tipper allegedly transporting black soil illegally in Hathnoora mandal of Sangareddy district. The vehicle was taken into custody and shifted to the Hathnoora police station, where officers are examining permits and documents related to the soil transport. Police said legal action would follow if rule violations were confirmed, and that surveillance on illegal transport would continue. Residents were advised to inform officials about unpermitted digging or transport. Experts say deep excavation can affect soil fertility and groundwater recharge.
Poshan Maah–2026 was observed at the Vikarabad district collectorate under Collector Deepak Tewari, IAS. With the message "Our Anganwadi – Our Responsibility", awareness was created among women, pregnant women, nursing mothers, children and girls on nutrition, health and hygiene. An exhibition displayed locally available grains, pulses, greens, fruits and millets, explaining their nutritional value. Officials highlighted immunisation, hot cooked meals and growth monitoring services. The event was organised by the District Welfare Officer, Women and Child Development department.
Ten Congress party workers from Peddanagaram village in Narsimhulapet mandal of Mahabubabad district joined the BRS in the presence of former minister DS Redya Naik. The workers said they were switching parties as they were unhappy with the Congress government's policies. Redya Naik alleged that the Congress government had deceived people in the name of six guarantees. He advised BRS workers to work in coordination at the village level, and welcomed the entrants by draping shawls on them.
Khammam District Collector Divakara TS said in a statement on Tuesday that a fresh voters list is being prepared for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates' constituency on Election Commission of India directions. Those who graduated by October 31, 2023 are eligible, with November 1, 2026 as the qualifying date. The exercise follows a Legislative Council vacancy in March 2027. Form-18 can be filed online or with the AERO; the last date is November 6. The draft roll will be published November 25 and the final roll December 30.
Women, girls and students in Rajanna Sircilla district should not bear harassment silently but complain without fear, District SP Mahesh B. Gite said. Based on complaints received by the She Team in the past two months, 4 FIRs and 5 petty cases were registered against offenders, who were counselled in the presence of their parents. She Team squads keep watch in mufti at identified hotspots, and complaints can be made to 8712656425.
Usha has been appointed joint convener of the BJP Endowment Cell for Hyderabad Central district. The appointment letter was handed over to her in the presence of the party's state endowment cell convener A Surya Prakash, state joint convener D Shivaprasad and state co-convener Niranjan Desai. Hyderabad Central district convener Pochala Prasad, co-convener Thota Mallikarjuna and district co-convener Santosh congratulated her. Usha said she would work for the protection of Sanatana Dharma and temples.
Police carried out a cordon and search operation in Indranagar Colony in Vikarabad town on Tuesday morning as part of community policing. On the orders of District SP Sneha Mehra, CIs, SIs and staff led by the DSP checked houses, vehicles and their documents. The SP said vehicles without papers, liquor bottles, banned gutka, adulterated food items, adulterated chocolates and adulterated chilli powder were found. Amid frequent disputes, two rowdy-sheeters were jailed and shops were told to close by 9 pm.
Forest department officials foiled the illegal transport of wild boars in Telangana's Nirmal district. Bhainsa range officials chased a vehicle from Basara and intercepted it near Navipet, recovering 14 wild boars being moved illegally. Three men in the vehicle abandoned it on the spot and fled on noticing the officials. Officials suspect the animals were being brought from Nanded. The vehicle and the 14 boars were seized and an investigation has begun. A search for the three absconders is continuing.
The Telangana Housing Board said beneficiaries of the Indiramma affordable housing scheme in 16 assembly constituencies under the Hyderabad Core Urban Region have only until the evening of October 9 to pay the Rs 1 lakh first instalment. Of 5,501 provisional allottees selected by lottery, 3,271 (59.46%) have paid. Kukatpally leads with 81.05% and Khairatabad is lowest at 17.16%. Vice-chairman V.P. Gautham said allotments will be cancelled after the deadline. About 35,000 applicants are waitlisted.
Rangareddy district medical and health officer Dr B. Swarnakumari was caught by ACB officials in a case of demanding a Rs 2 lakh bribe. ACB City Range-2 officials said the bribe was sought to return the keys of a sealed physiotherapy centre, avoid further action and issue a new licence. The money was seized from private driver Madduri Krishnaiah while he was accepting the first instalment of Rs 1 lakh. Health inspector M. Srinivas and Krishnaiah were taken into custody. The investigation is continuing.
A 4.3-km, six-lane elevated corridor will be built from Jubilee Hills checkpost to the NFCL junction, GHMC Commissioner R.V. Karnan said. Once complete, traffic will move without signal stops at five major junctions. Karnan said H-City works around KBR Park have been cancelled and the one-way system around the park will be made permanent. Executed under EPC in two packages of Rs 580 crore and Rs 510 crore, the project costs Rs 1,090 crore. Officials estimate savings of Rs 1,200 crore.
Jewellery worth Rs 2 crore, weighing 1.4 kg, was stolen in about five minutes from a CaratLane franchise outlet at Buddhanagar in Medipally on the outskirts of Hyderabad early Monday. Police, citing CCTV footage, said seven men screened the shutter with a white cloth, cut alarm wires, broke six showcases and fled in an autorickshaw with 580 ornaments. A Rajasthan gang is suspected; the auto driver is being questioned.
Checks conducted over three days in the district led to the seizure of 500 ganja plants worth Rs 50 lakh, SP Nitika Pant said on Monday. The operations were carried out under DSP B. Ashok in the Lingapur, Sirpur (U) and Kerameri police station limits. Six cases were registered across the three stations, and five accused were arrested and remanded. This year, 32 cases on dry ganja transport and sale yielded 10 kg and 68 arrests, while 23 cultivation cases saw 27 arrests.
Government Whip and MLA Vemula Veeresham urged farmers to use available water sparingly in view of El Nino conditions. He spoke at a division-level farmer training programme launched on Monday at Nakrekal under the local agriculture department and the ATMA committee. He advised farmers to choose crop varieties that yield higher profits with less water in the Yasangi season, said crop rotation improves soil fertility, and asked them to focus on irrigated-dry crops and pulses. He said the Chief Minister is working for dairy industry development. District Agriculture Officer Vinod Kumar, ADA Vijayender Reddy and market committee chairperson Manjula attended.
Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy said steps are being taken to complete the land survey in every village within one and a half years, with a Bhudhaar number allotted to each land parcel. He reviewed land issues with collectors and officials of the erstwhile Adilabad districts at Nirmal on Monday, along with in-charge Minister Jupally Krishna Rao. He said the last survey was held 125 years ago and disputes persist, and directed transparent surveys and coordination between revenue and forest departments in tribal areas. He said the goal is Indiramma houses for all eligible poor, making Telangana hut-free.
PDSU submitted a representation to District Additional Collector Bhujangarao at Prajavani, seeking compound walls for the ZPHS at Theermanpalli village and the KGBV at Indalwai in Nizamabad district. District general secretary L. Anil and mandal secretary M. Munna Kumar said the absence of walls left the premises unprotected, allowing outsiders and cattle to enter. As girls reside and study at the KGBV, they urged officials to sanction funds and begin construction immediately.
Four people died and several were injured when a private travels bus went out of control and overturned on Ananthagiri Ghat Road near Kerelli village in Vikarabad district on 03.10.2026. Police said the injured were shifted to hospitals. During investigation, bus driver Palthya Vasudev alias Vasu (30), of Sangamesh Thanda, Regode mandal, Medak district, was held responsible, arrested on 05.10.2026 and sent to judicial remand by a court. Dharur Circle Inspector Ch. Raghuramulu said the probe into the causes continues.
