Telangana

Ex-serviceman held for firing during wedding procession

4:34 pm February 14, 2020

Karimnagar (Telangana): An ex-serviceman was arrested for allegedly opening fire in the air during a marriage procession in Peddapalli district to prevent a quarrel between two groups, police said on Friday. According to the Peddapalli assistant commissioner of police Habeeb Khan,the accused Baddam Tirumal Reddy was an ex-serviceman who had worked in the Jammu and […]

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Two rape accused held, another dies in car chase

9:41 pm February 13, 2020

Sangareddy (Telangana): Two persons have been arrested and another – all the three accused in a case related to the rape of a 32-year-old woman – died in a car accident while trying to escape from the police in Sangareddy district, police said on Thursday. With the help of CCTV footage, the three accused were […]

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Four states yet to implement Ayushman Bharat Yojana

4:20 pm February 4, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Monday said four states of Delhi, West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana have not yet implemented the ambitious Ayushman Bharat Yojana due to which the poor in these states are unable to derive benefits of comprehensive healthcare facilities. Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan said he has personally talked to […]

Doctor, JE held for taking bribe in Rajasthan

3 women working at school of nursing take bribe, caught

9:23 pm January 30, 2020

Hyderabad: Three women, including a principal in-charge of a school of nursing, were on Thursday trapped for allegedly accepting a bribe, anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has said. The principal in-charge was caught in her office when she demanded and accepted Rs 40,000 as bribe from a complainant through two teachers, an ACB press release said here. […]

Woman kidnapped, gang-raped in cotton field

8:05 pm January 26, 2020

Hyderabad: A 36-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped after being abducted from her house in a village near Khammam in Telangana, police said on Sunday. Two persons went to the woman’s house on Friday night and took her to a nearby cotton field after threatening her, the police said. Her husband was asleep in another room […]