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Hyderabad: An assistant engineer, a lineman, and their agent were caught for bribery by the Telangana Ani-Corruption Bureau (ACB) at the TGSPDCL office in Ghatkesar mandal, Medchal-Malkajgiri district on Tuesday, November 26. The arrested have been identified as Balaram Naik, assistant engineer, Hemanth Naik, a lineman and their agent B Mahesh. According to Telangana ACB, the arrested officer Balaram Naik demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000, meanwhile, the lineman Hemanth Naik demanded Rs 5,000, from a consumer, for doing official favours. The officers demanded bribes for the approval of line clearance (LC) to shift an 11 KV line from an old electric pole to a new pole. The accused demanded that the complainant pay the bribe through another man, identified as B Mahesh, who worked for the officials as a receiving agent. The ACB officials recovered the bribe money from the possession of Mahesh, which turned positive in the chemical test. The arrested trio were produced before the first additional special judge for SPE and ACB cases, Hyderabad. Telangana ACB urges the citizens to report any incidents of bribery in the state, at the toll-free hotline 1064.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 24 (ANI): Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Rajyasabha MP Dr Laxman met the Gau Rakshak who was injured in gun firing in Pocharam of Medchal-Malkajgiri district, Telangana. The Union Minister visited Yashoda Hospital in Secunderabad along with Rajya Sabha MP Dr Laxman, BJP Deputy floor leader Payal Shankar, State leaders Gangidi Manohar Reddy, J Sangappa, and others, to meet Prashant Singh (Sonu Singh), who was injured in the firing while protecting cows and is currently under treatment. Also Read | Did India's Manika Vishwakarma Win Miss Universe 2 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel looking into the levy of user fees or toll charges on National Highways (NHs) has raised concerns over the current practice of "perpetual tolling" even after project costs are recovered and a 3% annual escalation, irrespective of the highway quality, traffic volume, or user affordability.While recommending rationalisation and substantial reduction in toll charges on such stretches, its report has also mooted a "tariff authority" for toll fixation. The Public Accounts Committee headed by Congress MP K C Venugopal said, "Any continuation of tolls beyond this poin ...Read More >
An investigation by the Hyderabad Disaster Response & Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) has confirmed the alleged violation of Musi river and a connected stream by a real estate developer at Manchirevula village of Gandipet mandal in Ranga Reddy district. HYDRAA carried the investigation into the project through physical inspection and on the basis of satellite data and topographic sheets before coming to the conclusion about encroachment by Sri Aditya Kedia Realtors LLP, for a project constituti ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Officials of the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Saturday, October 25, fenced a public utility land measuring 4,300 sq. yards, valued at around Rs 86 crore, in Kondapur, Serilingampalli mandal of Rangareddy district. Criminal cases have been registered at the Gachibowli police station against those accused of attempting to encroach on the land. The land is located within the Osmania University Teachers' Welfare Society layout at Raja Rajeshwari Nagar, Kondapur, which originally consisted of 370 residential plots approved by the gram panchayat i ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Two officials of Medchal and Malkajgiri districts were caught red-handed by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 on Thursday, June 5. Bill collector of Shamirpet ward office, K Ram Reddy and computer operator in Thumkunta municipality, A Sravan, of Medchal-Malkajgiri district demanded a bribe for an official favour "to complete the mutation process of the house of the complainant." Citizens facing bribe demands from public servants are urged to contact the ACB through its toll-free helpline 1064. The bureau also receives compl ...Read More >
The Telangana government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh for the kin of state residents who died in a bus fire in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district. Injured individuals will receive Rs two lakh in financial assistance and advanced medical care. The accident occurred when a Bengaluru-bound bus from Hyderabad collided with a two-wheeler, resulting in 20 fatalities. The Telangana government on Friday announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh to the kin of those from the state who died in a ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana Drugs Control Administration has seized a huge stock of antibiotics worth Rs 1.33 crore from a manufacturing facility on Wednesday. The seizure was made for exporting products manufactured by other pharmaceutical companies to Russia falsely under their own name and for unauthorized packing of antibiotics. The company is located in Biotech Park, Karakapatla, Siddipet District. "Based on credible information, officials from the Drugs Control Administration conducted a raid on November 26th at the manufacturing facility located at Karakapatla, Siddipet District, and de ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A day after the Kurnool bus accident that claimed 19 lives, the Road Transport Authority (RTA) intensified inspections of contract carriage buses across Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal, and Malkajgiri districts. The large-scale drive launched early Saturday exposed widespread safety violations and permit breaches in the private passenger transport sector. Inspections began at 4.30 am, with enforcement teams deployed at key transit points to check private buses on inter-state routes. In a single day, the RTA booked 68 cases, collected Rs 1.17 lakh in compounding fees, and seized fou ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 27 (ANI): The drugs-control-administration">Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, seized a huge stock of antibiotics worth Rs 1.33 Crores from a manufacturing facility on Wednesday. The seizure was made for exporting products manufactured by other pharmaceutical companies to Russia falsely under their own name and for unauthorized packing of antibiotics. The company is located in Biotech Park, Karakapatla, Siddipet District. According to a Drug control official," Based on credible information, officials from the drugs-control-administration">Drugs C ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bandhan Bank's net profit in the first quarter of FY 2026 recorded a 65% slump at Rs 372 crore compared with Rs 1,063 crore posted in the year-ago period. Partha Pratim Sengupta, MD and CEO of the bank, attributed the decline to stress in microfinance asset.Even though the bank's total business grew by 11% to Rs 2.8 lakh crore last year, a 119% rise in provisions due to write-offs and high slippages in the microfinance book brought its Q1 net profit down, Sengupta said. "The loan book could not be raised because of guardrails. But those regulations were necessary. We hope that from Q3 ...Read More >