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Hyderabad: A plea challenging the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's (GHMC) ward delimitation notification was filed in the Telangana High Court on Monday, December 15. GHMC commissioner RV Karnan issued the notification on December 9. The petitioner, C Vinay Kumar, a resident of Chikkadpally, challenged the preliminary notification, claiming that the GHMC commissioner did not consider his objections regarding the notification. Kumar urged the High Court to direct the civic body commissioner to duly consider his objections before issuing the final notification regarding delimitation of wards. A counsel representing Kumar stated that the preliminary delimitation exercise has resulted in widespread confusion among voters across various divisions. Citing an example, the counsel argued that the notification proposes to change the name of the erstwhile Ramnagar Division-87, which was previously known as Chikkadpally Division, to Bagh Lingampally Division-164, despite the earlier nomenclature having existed for several decades, even prior to the formation of GHMC in 2007. The counsel added that prior to the 2009 GHMC elections, Chikkadpally Division was renamed as Ramnagar Division-87 and the said name continued uninterruptedly during three successive GHMC elections held in 2009, 2016 and 2020. He also contented that altering the division names once again would cause significant confusion among the public and voters. The petitioner also expressed concerns that the delimitation process could potentially lead to diversion of funds earmarked for developmental works in specific divisions. Kumar said that funds allocated for particular divisions may be reallocated to newly merged divisions, thereby depriving residents of the original colonies or blocks of the intended benefits of developmental projects. After hearing the petitioner's argument, Justice B Vijaysen Reddy that the petitioner did not appear to have sufficient grounds to raise the objections. The High Court adjourned the matter and directed the Registry of the High Court to list the writ petition in the Motion List.
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara on Monday issued notices to the state of Telangana and other authorities concerned in response to a PIL seeking protection of government land from alleged encroachment and unauthorised construction. The PIL was filed by the Erraboda Weaker Section Colony Welfare Association, represented by its president P Sridhar Reddy. The petitioner sought judicial intervention against the alleged inaction of the authorities on representations submitted by the association, requesting st ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Waters of the swollen Musi River flooded the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) in Hyderabad on Saturday, September 27. The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) was forced to divert buses to alternative points to ensure safety of passengers in the Dasara and Bathukamma rush. Buses to the MGBS were rerouted from the following depots: Inundation was witnessed in some colonies along Musi as water levels swelled after heavy rains and release of water from Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs. Low-lying area families are being relocated to relief camps. Telangana ch ...Read More >
In the aftermath of heavy rains lashing Hyderabad, the Musi River overflowed near the Chaderghat bridge. This came after the gates of Hyderabad's twin reservoirs, Himayatsagar and Osmansagar, were opened following the downpour, PTI reported. With the Musi River in spate in Hyderabad as well as other parts of Telangana, about 1,000 people residing in low-lying areas were evacuated and shifted to relief camps, PTI quoted officials as saying on Saturday. Houses near the river were flooded after th ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: After four days of relentless downpours, Telangana is expected to have a brief respite on Monday, with no rainfall alerts issued. However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) placed the state under a yellow alert for thunderstorms. IMD data showed that Papannapet in Medak district received the heaviest 24-hour rainfall at 10.6 cm, followed by Manoor in Sangareddy with 9.28 cm and Nallabelly in Warangal at 9.15 cm. The statewide average rainfall for the day stood at 7.3 mm, notably higher than the normal 4.3 mm. Warangal's Sangem recorded the day's highest maximum temperature ...Read More >
Hyderabad: With the expansion of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to 300 wards, the civic body is set for a major administrative overhaul. GHMC is likely to add more than 20 new circles and four additional zones to manage the expanded jurisdiction more efficiently.If finalised, GHMC will operate with 50 circles and 10 zones, up from the existing 30 circles and six zones. Sources also indicated that the structure could be scaled up further -- to 60 circles and 12 zones -- dependi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court was not inclined to restrain HYDRAA from exercising its duties over the Rs 100- crore worth open space measuring 2,000 square yards situated in Road No. 1, Jubilee Hills, which was claimed as the space for public amenities according to the Jubilee Hills Cooperative Housing Society. Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy was dealing with a petition filed by P. Satyanarayana contesting HYDRAA Order No. 1393/COMM/HYDRAA dated August 19, 2025, for evicting him from the said land. He alleges the order is illegal, arbitrary, and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitu ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday disposed of a writ challenging the delimitation preliminary notification, dated December 9, issued by the GHMC commissioner, while directing authorities to consider the objections raised by the petitioner, in accordance with law. The writ, filed by C Vinay Kumar of Chikkadpally, was heard by a single bench of Justice Bollam Vijaysen Reddy. The petitioner questioned the delimitation exercise on the ground that the objections submitted by him to the preliminary notification had not been objectively considered by the GHMC before proceeding to finali ...Read More >
Haridwar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj on Sunday demanded that hotel, dhaba and eatery owners on the Kanwar Yatra routes should display their names and identities on boards outside their business establishments. The owners, who hide their identities under fake names, on the Kanwar Yatra routes should not be spared, he told reporters here. "Tampering with faith of the Hindu devotees during the Kanwar Yatra will not be tolerated," said the Unnao MP. The food shops on the Kanwar Yatra routes should have a board outside with the names of their owners clearly written on them, h ...Read More >
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HYDERABAD: Thousands of families have been evacuated from their homes in Chaderghat and surrounding areas after the Musi River overflowed its banks overnight on September 26-27. The severe flooding was triggered by the release of approximately 35,000 cusecs of water from the Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar reservoirs, submerging several low-lying residential colonies. Also Read: 15,000 Telangana Girls to Get ₹30,000 Annual Azim Premji Scholarship 2025 | Apply Online by Sept 30 Deadline The sudden rise in water levels inundated neighborhoods including Moosa Nagar, Shankar Nagar, Vinayak Vidhi, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA from Malakpet, Ahmed Balala, on Tuesday, December 16, alleged that the delimitation of new GHMC wards was aimed towards damaging his party. On December 9, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation issued a preliminary delimitation notification after the state government announced the decision to merge of 27 urban local bodies into the corporation. The notification doubled the number of wards from the current 150 to 300. Citizens were asked to submit their suggestions or objections at the circle/ zonal offices within a week. Howe ...Read More >
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Bengaluru Crime: A woman's body, believed to be between 30 and 35 years old, was found stuffed inside a sack and dumped in a garbage truck in Bengaluru early Thursday. The identity of the woman is yet to be confirmed. Police said the sack was discovered by BBMP sanitation workers who immediately alerted the authorities. The body was found with her hands and neck tied, raising strong suspicion of murder. Officials stated that the body had been placed inside a gunny bag before being thrown into the garbage vehicle. Joint Commissioner of Police, C Vamsi Krishna, confirmed that the body has been ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The central drugs laboratories have found 55 samples manufactured by various firms in June to be "not of standard quality", health ministry officials said on Friday. Further, state drugs testing laboratories have identified 130 drugs samples as 'not of standard quality', they said. Also Read | Chhattisgarh: 6 Bodies of Naxals Recovered in Ongoing Encounter With Security Forces in Narayanpur. According to routine regulatory surveillance activity, the list of 'not of standard quality' and spurious drugs are being displayed on the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisa ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A writ petition was filed before the Telangana High Court challenging the preliminary notification dated December 9, issued by the GHMC on delimitation of divisions. The Telangana High Court will hear the petition on Tuesday. When the matter was mentioned as a lunch motion on Monday, Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy observed that, prima facie, the petitioner may not have strong grounds, but directed the Registry to list the petition in the motion list and adjourned the case to Tuesday. The petition by C. Vinay Kumar, a resident of Chikkadpally, questioned the proposed merger of certain h ...Read More >
Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Gayatri Prajapati was attacked by a fellow inmate inside Lucknow Jail on Tuesday. The scuffle took place within the jail premises, after which prison authorities launched an internal inquiry. According to a statement issued by Dr Ramdhani, DIG Prisons, Lucknow Range, the incident occurred after Prajapati allegedly used abusive language towards another inmate, Vishwas Rajput. In response, Vishwas attacked Prajapati using a sharp object inside the cell. DIG Prisons clarified that the incident was not premeditated and dismissed any spec ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana high court will continue hearing on Tuesday a petition filed by C Vinay Kumar, challenging Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's (GHMC) preliminary notification for ward delimitation. Justice B Vijaysen Reddy, who heard the matter on Monday, while prima facie observing that the contentions raised by the petitioner will be rejected, posted it to Tuesday for further hearing,The petitioner, a resident of Chikkadpally, objected to the proposed merger of certain houses from the existing Ramnagar division (now proposed as Bagh Lingampally division-164) with the Adikmet divis ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: C Vinay Kumar of Chikkadpally, Hyderabad, on Monday moved a lunch motion petition before the Telangana High Court challenging the preliminary delimitation notification dated December 9, issued by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner. In his petition, Vinay Kumar alleged that the GHMC commissioner issued the preliminary notification without considering objections submitted earlier. He sought a direction to the civic body to examine those objections before issuing the final delimitation notification. Counsel for the petitioner argued that the exercise had ...Read More >
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Monday witnessed vehement protests against the ward delimitation notification, with legislators across parties presenting their reservations before Commissioner R. V. Karnan. A team of legislators from Congress party including Khairatabad MLAs Danam Nagender, Serilingampally MLA Arikepudi Gandhi, MLC Balmoor Venkat and corporator Baba Fasiuddin met the GHMC Commissioner, and submitted objections against the delimitation exercise. Speaking to ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday, July 7, issued notices to several private parties in connection with a petition filed by Congress MLAs challenging the lack of action regarding the allotment and ongoing constructions on 27.18 acres of government land in Survey No. 27 of Serilingampally mandal, Ranga Reddy district. The petitioners -- ruling party MLAs Anirudh Reddy, Yennam Srinivas Reddy, Muralinaik, and Kuchikulla Rajesh Reddy -- filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) questioning the authorities' inaction over the land allotment and subsequent constructions. The bench, compri ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the Hyderabad Disaster Management and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) and the Jubilee Hills Cooperative Housing Building Society to respond to a petition challenging an eviction drive. In August, HYDRAA had issued eviction notices for a 2,000 sq yard land worth Rs 100 crore in Jubilee Hills. HYDRAA stated that the land falls under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits according to a layout approved in 1991. The agency said the petitioner, P Satya Narayana, encroached on the land by constructing a shed and operating a nursery f ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Apart from political backlash over the doubling of divisions by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) from 150 to 300, following the merger of municipalities and the redrawing of boundaries, there is heavy public outcry over the delimitation exercise believed to have been done "in haste" and "without transparency". People are demanding a thorough review of the entire exercise. Citizens of various divisions have raised strong objections to the recent delimitation process notification by the GHMC. They also decry the high property taxes already being collected without of ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: State BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Thursday slammed the Congress government and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for failing to address farmers' issues despite completing 19 months in office. Speaking at the Kisan Morcha state office-bearers' meeting at the BJP headquarters in Hyderabad, he accused the state government of neglecting farmers due to its skewed policies. He urged party workers to collaborate with the Kisan Morcha to highlight farmers' grievances and counter the Congress' "anti-farmer" stance. He directed the Morcha members to launch agitations, gather grassroots- ...Read More >
Hyderabad: To examine all the objections and suggestions for the delimitation of wards in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi informed that a five-member committee has been formed. She said the delimitation of wards was notified based on a comprehensive study by the Centre for Good Governance (CGG). The Mayor said that the GHMC expansion marks a new era for Greater Hyderabad, bringing more areas under unified governance, ensuring equitable development, better infrastructure, and improved civic services for residents. She urged the corporators and ex ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Passengers from Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) in Hyderabad were rescued by Disaster Response Force teams as floods in the Musi River inundated the biggest bus station in Telangana. A dramatic rise in the flood level in Musi after midnight due to massive discharge from the twin reservoirs of Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar since Friday, submerged both bridges in MGBS premises, trapping a large number of passengers. Water from the overflowing river entered the platforms at the sprawling facility, forcing authorities to stop bus services and launch an operat ...Read More >
Officials from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), who attempted to demolish commercial encroachments near the Monda Market of Secunderabad, had to drop their mission in the face of stiff resistance from shop owners here on Saturday. As part of planned demolition drives across the city over the weekend, GHMC officials arrived at the site with earth-mover equipment and heavy police escort. However, large crowds gathered at the location within no time, resisting the attempt. People ...Read More >
Heads up, folks - your long weekend plans might need a little rethinking. Independence Day is landing on a Friday this year, and like always, liquor shops across the state will go dry on August 15. The good news for tipplers? As of now, there's no official booze ban for Krishna Janmashtami on August 16. This isn't the first time Hyderabad's seen such restrictions. Back in February, parts of the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate went dry for three days during the Telangana Legislative Council poll ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) With heavy rain triggering a flood-like situation in parts of Telangana, the state government on Thursday released Rs 1 crore each to the districts for relief operations. Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy announced this during a video conference with District Collectors to review the situation. He directed the Collectors to be alert and take measures to prevent loss of life and property. They were directed to have special focus on low-lying and flood-prone areas. The minister asked the Collectors to cancel leaves of all officials and call back thos ...Read More >
Lucknow: With Eid-ul-Azha on Saturday, the goat markets in the city are bustling with activities, with Muslims making a beeline to select a goat or two for the sacrifice, an obligatory ritual for those who can afford one.In Lucknow, the Bakra Mandis have come up at Joggers Park, Dubagga, Nimbu Park, Herding Bridge (Pakka Pul), Khurramnagar, and Moulviganj.Of these, Dubagga market has established itself as a prominent destination, offering an extensive collection of sacrificial goats up for grabs.This marketplace attracts buyers and traders from nearby districts and states including Jhansi, Kan ...Read More >