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Hyderabad: The Chandanagar Police arrested seven people who created fake documents to claim ownership of a government land belonging to the Social Welfare Department on Wednesday, April 1. The land has been handed over to the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) for protection. The case is concerning a piece of land owned by the Social Welfare Department in survey numbers 373, 374 and 375 at Gangaram in Chandanagar village of Serilingampally mandal in Rangareddy district, which was designated as an open space meant for a community hall or park. Seven people, including mastermind N Niranjan, allegedly created fake house numbers, property tax identification numbers (PTIN) and pictures of houses as if they were constructed, as an attempt to mislead the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) for claiming ownership of the land. According to Chandanagar Circle Inspector, based on a complaint lodged by the members of "Jai Bhim Association," the perpetrators were arrested and sent for judicial remand. The accused have reportedly been booked under various sections, including criminal conspiracy, forgery and cheating. The HYDRAA officials removed the encroachments, placed a signboard and fenced it, informing the people that it is government land protected by HYDRAA.
Hyderabad: Light to moderate rains over the last month have laid bare the substandard condition of roads in the city, with several stretches developing potholes that are adding to the woes of motorists.While the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) maintains a vast road network of 9,000 km, which includes 2,846 km of blacktop roads and 6,167 km of cement concrete roads, it identified more than 8,000 potholes, averaging almost one pothole per km. The LB Nagar zone, connecting Hyderabad with Vijayawada, alone accounts for 25% of all potholes in the city.Although the civic body initiate ...Read More >
SHIVAMOGGA: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari is scheduled to inaugurate the bridge across Sharavathi backwaters between Ambargodlu and Kalasavalli on National Highway 369E on Monday. The much-anticipated cable-stayed bridge over the Sharavathi backwaters is the longest in the state and second longest in the country, stretching 2.44 km. Built at Rs 472 crore, it will improve connectivity to several villages in Sagar and Hosanagara taluks, as well as to popular temples like Sigandur Chowdeshwari and Kollur Mookambike. The bridge was built to address long-standing co ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Ahead of the property tax payment window deadline on March 31, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has named six defaulters who haven't paid taxes for several years. The list of offenders includes Sri Lakshmi Gayathri Hotels (Rs 6.16 crore), Aurora College in Nampally (Rs 1.28 crore), Goshamahal Sarna Transport (Rs 43.78 lakh), Sony Centre in Goshamahal (Rs 39.68 lakh), Shameem Sulthana Cloth Mall (Rs 35.27 lakh) and Synfosys Business Solutions (Rs 17.94 lakh). The civic body has sealed 100 properties in Hyderabad over property tax defaults so far. More than 30,000 ...Read More >
Medak: Telangana State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Friday appealed to the people to give the committed party an opportunity to meet the aspirations of the poor and downtrodden. Addressing a large gathering of party workers in Medak, the BJP chief remarked that citizens have experienced the rule of the BRS and the Congress party and have had bitter experiences with the deceitful practices of both. He urged people to support the BJP wholeheartedly in the upcoming local body elections as a way to teach the ruling Congress party a lesson for its unfulfilled promises. Rao emphasized that t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police have nabbed five of the six accused in the murder of Communist Party of India (CPI) state council member Kethavath Chandu Rathod at Shalivahana Nagar GHMC Park on July 15. According to the police, there were multiple motives for the murder including financial, political and infidelity issues. Chandu Rathod, and Donthi Rajesh alias Rajanna, who is the state secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation Party; had financial dealings for the past 4 years, though hailing from different parties. One of the reasons for the rivalry began in ...Read More >
Hyderabad, March 31: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials have seized the Hyderabad residence of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa over pending property tax dues. The house is located in the upscale Srinagar Colony area of the city. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Officials took the step after the property tax linked to the residence remained unpaid for a long time. Earlier, the civic body had issued advance notices asking for payment of the dues. However, there was no response. Therefore, revenue department officials visited the property on Tuesday morning and sealed ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 4 (ANI): Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday came down heavily on the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) over its pitch to reconsider the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution while saying that it was 'all talk'. He dared and challenged RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale and top leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the centre to remove the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble. 'Days before, I heard that some RSS person said that we should remove Secular and Socialist words from ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar Gangwar, a teacher at MGM Inter College in the district. According to Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh, Gangwar's complaint says that ever since his recitation of the poem 'Tum Kanwad Lene Mat Jana, Gyaan Ka Deepak Jalaana' (You don't go get Kavad, light the lamp of knowledge inste ...Read More >
Mr. Revanth Reddy for a comprehensive survey on LED lights requirement across the State Directing officials to take steps for effective supervision of street lighting in rural areas, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy instructed them to entrust the setting up and maintenance of LED street lights to sarpanches. The gram panchayats should install street lights wherever necessary, and they should be given the responsibility of their maintenance. Panchayat Raj department officials should survey the ex ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday announced a series of measures to modernise and streamline streetlight maintenance across Telangana, covering GHMC limits, core urban area within the Outer Ring Road and all gram panchayats.He directed officials to install LED streetlights with dashboards, connect all LED networks to the central command control centre in Hyderabad, and delegate maintenance responsibilities to sarpanches in villages. To ensure transparency and efficiency, the CM instructed that a third party audit, including institutions like IIT-Hyderabad, be conducted on LED ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) has prevented encroachment of land in the prime area of Kondapur in Serilingampally mandal, valued at approximately '86 crore. Following Friday's operation in which HYDRAA protected a 2,000-square yard park site at Raghavendra Colony, officials on Saturday secured an additional 4,300 sq.yds land earmarked for public purposes near Rajarajeshwari Nagar, under the Osmania University Teachers' Welfare Society layout in Kondapur. As per the records, the 1978 Gram Panchayat layout comprised about 350 plots, including t ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 1 (UNI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy got peeved with his officials today for their neglect in utilising the amounts for the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) as per rules during the recent heavy rains and floods in the state. Revanth Reddy, who reviewed the damages caused due to heavy rains in the state recently with the concerned officials here, ordered them to expeditiously repair the damaged roads, buildings, breached ponds and water bodies and reconstruct the submerged electric substation. The CM also enquired about the lack of assistance from the Centre despit ...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 >
Srinagar- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday inaugurated a buyer-seller meet here to empower local artisans and boost the economy. "The Chief Minister inaugurated the Buyer-Seller Meet at SKICC today. The initiative aims to empower artisans and strengthen the local economy by creating direct market linkages and promoting local products. The meet is hosting 15 international and 30 national buyers," Omar posted on his official X handle. Talking to reporters later, Omar said the effectiveness of the meet would only be known by year end. "One buyer-seller meet would not solve the problems. ...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 >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and its workers were detained by the police as they were protesting at Lalbazar against the alleged gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College. Claiming links between the accused in the gangrape of a law student in Kolkata and top TMC leaders, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata. Also Read | Bhopal's Aishbagh Railway Overbridge Sparks Outrage Over Hazardous Design; MP CM Mohan Yadav Suspends 8 Engineers, Orders Inquiry. The ...Read More >
Hyderabad: GHMC Commissioner RV Karnan said that March 31 is the last date to avail 90 per cent waiver on interest on property tax dues under the One Time Settlement Scheme. House owners in Greater Hyderabad should pay property tax dues immediately and get 90 per cent concession on interest, said Commissioner RV Karnan. He made an announcement to this effect on Monday. For the year 2025-26, the state government will provide 90 per cent subsidy on interest under the OTS scheme to those who pay their property tax dues by March 31. The Commissioner said that property tax dues will be received ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Commissioner Karnan has urged residents to take advantage of the Early Bird Scheme by paying property tax in advance for 2026 to 2027. An announcement to this effect was issued on Tuesday. He stated that those who pay the entire property tax for the current financial year in advance during April will receive a five per cent discount. However, he clarified that this discount will not be applicable on arrears from previous years. Commissioner Karnan encouraged all property tax payers under the GHMC area to settle their dues early to avail the ...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 >
CHENNAI: AT only 16 years of age, Tayin Arun is at the forefront of a new generation of talented surfers, part of a brand-new movement of Indian surfing. Enjoying an almost meteoric rise in the junior divisions, the surfer broke through to the national surfing team last year, and is now looking to prove his worth with the rest of his teammates at the upcoming ASF Asian Surfing Championships in Mahabalipuram to be held from August 3 to 12. Hailing from Akkarai, Tayin is no stranger to sports. His elder sister Eloksi Arun is a batter for the Tamil Nadu women's cricket team. Reminiscing about hi ...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: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has achieved its highest-ever property tax collection of Rs 2,501.25 crore in the financial year 2025-26. As per GHMC Commissioner R V Karnan, the record collection was completed as the financial year deadline ended at 8 pm on March 31. Between December 2025 and March 2026, GHMC witnessed the highest collection after the introduction of the government's One-Time Scheme. For the financial year 2026-27, the commissioner encouraged taxpayers to make early payments. Property owners will get a discount of 5 per cent if they clear the ...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 >
Municipal authorities say repeated notices went unanswered, leading to the blockade. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Tandur officials blockaded a petrol station over Rs 82,000 unpaid municipal dues * Telangana municipalities face over Rs 3,000 crore in property tax arrears currently * GHMC sealed 100+ commercial properties for defaulting on property tax payments Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Vikarabad: In a dramatic effort to enfo ...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 >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Commercial Tax Department has once again issued a clarification regarding the recent tax notices sent to bakeries, condiments, and tea stalls in Bengaluru. Following earlier backlash, the department had stated that traders with annual turnover below ₹1.5 crore can opt for the Composition Tax Scheme and pay only 1% tax, offering significant relief. Now, in a press release, the department reiterated that traders who have received notices should visit their respective tax offices and submit proper documentation explaining their turnover and eligibility. It clarified that ...Read More >
Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) commissioner A.V. Ranganath felicitated the residents of RK Puram Officers' Colony for their persistent efforts in reclaiming a 3,000-square-yard park from encroachment. Praising them for their decades-long struggle, he called them role models for protecting public spaces and inspiring civic responsibility. The park land, originally designated in a 1968 layout, had been illegally occupied over the years by encroachers who created ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Scattered showers were observed in the city on Friday, causing traffic snarls in several areas. According to data from the Telangana Development Planning Society, Saidabad recorded the highest rainfall at 16 mm, followed by Edi Bazar community hall (Charminar) with 13.8 mm, Musheerabad police station area with 13.5 mm, and Bandlaguda with 12.5 mm.The downpour led to traffic disruptions across the city. The Musarambagh bridge was closed after the Musi river overflowed on Friday, forcing ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has seized a property located in Srinagar Colony, Venkateshwara Hills under Yousufguda Circle-38 limits in Hyderabad yesterday evening, which is registered in the name of the late former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. According to GHMC Revenue Wing officials, the property has accumulated pending property tax dues of over Rs 82 lakh since 2017. They stated that the outstanding dues amount to Rs 82.91 lakh after applicable rebates under the One-Time Settlement (OTS) scheme. The GHMC is offering an OTS scheme for the 2025- ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Search operations continued on Monday for three persons washed away in two drains in Hyderabad following heavy rains on Sunday evening. Personnel of Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA), Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), and police were searching for two men washed away in Afzal Sagar nala in Habeeb Nagar in the heart of the city. Arjun (26) and his relative Ramu (25) were washed away in the floodwater in the nala. Similarly, rescue workers continued to search for a 24-year-old youth who fell into a nala in Vinobha ...Read More >