The victim Devi Das Agarwal was reportedly upset over his son spending all his savings and selling the assets he had acquired through his hard earned money.
Published Date – 11 April 2024, 09:28 PM
Hyderabad: Allegedly upset over financial issues, an insurance advisor died by suicide by jumping from a multi-storied building at Attapur, Rajendranagar on Thursday.
The victim Devi Das Agarwal was reportedly upset over his son spending all his savings and selling the assets he had acquired through his hard earned money.
Police sources said Agarwal came to the apartment complex at Upparpally and went to the tenth floor in the elevator and jumped from there. He fell on the ground and died of grievous bleeding injuries on the spot.
He also demanded for allocation of Rs.20,000 crore in the State budget towards implementation of the BC sub-plan, besides establishing the Most Backward Classes (MBC) department.
Published Date – 11 April 2024, 09:08 PM
Hyderabad:BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Thursday demanded that State government immediately implement the BC Declaration made by the Congress party during the Assembly elections in December last year. He also demanded for allocation of Rs.20,000 crore in the State budget towards implementation of the BC sub-plan, besides establishing the Most Backward Classes (MBC) department.
“It has become a habit for the Congress to make false promises to garner votes from different sections of the society and abandon them after coming to power. Despite promising to implement the BC sub-plan with Rs.20,000 crore, no monetary allocations were made in the recent ‘Vote on Account budget’ for the purpose. However, the BRS will play its role as the main opposition and ensure that all the electoral promises are implemented by the Congress over the next five years,” he said while addressing the 197th birth anniversary of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule at Telangana Bhavan on Thursday.
In commemoration of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule’s bicentenary celebrations to be held in 2027, Rama Rao advocated for the installation of a statue in his honour within the next three years. He highlighted the demand made by BRS MLC K Kavitha for installation of Phule’s statue on the Assembly premises.
He pointed out that the BRS gave the highest number of MP tickets to the BCs for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls, compared to its political rivals which treat them as mere vote banks but refuse to give them appropriate opportunities. While five of 17 MP seats in the State were reserved, the BRS fielded BC candidates in six of the remaining 12 parliamentary constituencies.
The former Minister said the previous BRS government led by K Chandrashekhar Rao walked the path of Mahatma Phule and strove for equal opportunities and rights for all in terms of education and employment. He asserted the BRS’s commitment to providing advice and suggestions to the government as the main opposition in ensuring equality for all.
He stated that besides setting up 1,000 residential welfare educational institutions under the BRS regime, efforts were made to enable talented students from BC communities to pursue higher education abroad with a Rs.20 lakh overseas fellowship. The BRS government had also encouraged traditional and caste-based occupations by providing necessary financial support and skill development initiatives to enable people depending on them earn a remunerative livelihood.
“Former Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Rao took a political risk and implemented Dalit Bandhu and BC Bandhu for the socio-economic empowerment of these communities,” he said.
Former Speaker S Madhusudhanachari and former Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah said Chandrashekhar Rao implemented the principles of Mahatma Phule to wipe out social inequality in Telangana through various initiatives.
Superintendent of Police Kiran Khare said that stringent action would be taken against those who collect hefty rates of interest by running illegal finance firms.
Published Date – 11 April 2024, 07:00 PM
Bhupalpally: Twelve persons were booked for allegedly fleecing the public by charging exorbitant rates of interest by lending loans. Funds Rs 3.71 lakh and documents including leaves of cheque, debit cards, bond papers and land titles, promissory notes were seized in raids conducted on the homes of the financiers by police simultaneously in Prof Jayashankar Bhupalpally district centre, Kataram and Mahadevapur mandals on Wednesday night.
In a statement, Superintendent of Police Kiran Khare said that stringent action would be taken against those who collect hefty rates of interest by running illegal finance firms. He advised the people not to trust illegal money lenders who were fleecing the gullible customers. He requested the victims to approach the police. Identity of the victims would not be disclosed, he added.
DSPs A Sampath Rao, and G Rammohan, Inspectors Naresh Kumar, Nagarjuna Rao, Rajeshwar Rao, Ravinder and several sub-inspectors took part in the raids.
Party leaders demanded that the defected MLAs resign from their posts immediately.
Published Date – 11 April 2024, 08:54 PM
Hyderabad: Upping the ante against MLAs who defected from the party, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has decided to intensify its fight for their immediate disqualification. The party, which has approached the Telangana High Court for their disqualification, will now stage protests with funeral drum beats in front of the residences of all three BRS MLAs who defected to the ruling Congress recently. Party leaders demanded that the defected MLAs resign from their posts immediately.
Speaking to mediapersons at Telangana Bhavan here on Thursday, MLA KP Vivekananda and Padi Kaushik Reddy said the BRS had already lodged a complaint with Speaker Gaddam Prasad seeking immediate disqualification of MLAs Danam Nagender, Kadiyam Srihari and Tellam Venkat Rao who switched to the Congress. They advised the Telangana Assembly Speaker to follow the path of his Himachal Pradesh counterpart who disqualified Congress MLAs for defecting from the party.
“Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is trying to influence the office of the Assembly Speaker. He should be ashamed to release the Congress Lok Sabha election manifesto proposing for automatic disqualification of elected representatives defecting from their original parties, with BRS MLAs who defected to the Congress standing next to him. With its double standards, the Congress is losing its credibility in Telangana,” Vivekananda said.
Kaushik Reddy said the BRS was prepared to take the fight against defected MLAs to a logical conclusion and as part of these efforts, he had already approached the High Court against the undue delay by the Telangana Assembly Speaker to act upon the complaint lodged by the BRS and disqualify the MLAs accordingly. The High Court has posted the case for hearing on Monday, he said.
MLA Kova Lakshmi along with former MLAs A Jeevan Reddy and P Sasidhar Reddy were present.
They staged a protest demonstration on Wednesday demanding the intervention of officials, forcing additional collector Rohit Singh to rush to the marketyard.
Published Date – 11 April 2024, 07:21 PM
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Hyderabad: After protesting against the lack of water supply and demanding compensation for damaged crops, farmers are now moving into the next mode of agitation, with them being meted out a raw deal in purchase of paddy stocks by traders.
A protest on Wednesday in Jangaon has forced the State machinery into action, with cases booked against four traders. Farmers were finding themselves at the receiving end with traders offering Rs.500 to Rs.600 less than the minimum support price in Jangaon.
They staged a protest demonstration on Wednesday demanding the intervention of officials, forcing additional collector Rohit Singh to rush to the marketyard.
The farmers who threatened to burn their stocks out of sheer frustration, relented with the officers assuring them of a remunerative price by taking up the issue with the government.
The procurement exercise for the Rabi marketing season took off on a positive note, with the Civil Supplies Commissioner Devendar Singh Chouhan facilitating paddy purchases right from the last week of March.
With the Civil Supplies Commissioner, who was monitoring the paddy arrivals and purchases in the market yards almost on hourly basis, being away as election observer to Rajasthan, the services of the corporation began to waver.
The government also wrote to the Election Commission to exclude him from the election duty at this crucial juncture, but the Commission did not oblige, officials said.
As the Commissioner was briefed about the Jangaon episode, he ordered a probe into the issue and directed action against the market committee secretary concerned.
Four traders who sought to purchase the paddy from the farmers, offering as low as Rs.1551 per quintal on the pretext that the stocks had excessive moisture content and were poor in quality, were also booked.
Officials termed it “downright cheating” and liable for punishment as the government was firm on buying paddy at the MSP of Rs.2203 per quintal.
In the wake of the Jangaon incident, Civil Supplies officials in particular and the administration in all districts were put on alert, besides being tasked with the job of monitoring the paddy arrivals in marketyards.
Taking a serious note of the incident, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, in a post on X on Thursday, said the government was sincere in grain purchases.
Collusion of market committee officials with traders would not be tolerated, he said, asking the department to file criminal cases against the four traders who tried to cheat the farmers and congratulated the additional collector, who ordered the suspension of the market secretary on the spot in Jangaon.
The Chief Minister wanted officials across the State to be alert and ensure a fair deal for the farmers in grain purchases.
The Civil Supplies Corporation had decided to open 7149 paddy purchase centers, with officials claiming that 5422 of these were already functional in districts where arrivals started picking up.
Over 31,215 metric tonnes of paddy were procured at 443 centres from 4345 farmers, they said. Officials said the paddy purchase centres would commence procurement operations at 1727 more centres before the weekend. The Corporation is planning to procure at least 75.40 lakh metric tonnes in the Kharif marketing season.
Officials said the flag march was conducted to create a sense of confidence among the public in view of the elections.
Published Date – 11 April 2024, 08:30 PM
Hyderabad: In view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Hyderabad Police conducted a flag march at various residential colonies under the Gopalpuram division on Thursday.
Led by Gopalpuram ACP P.Subbaiah, the flag march had the TSSP platoons, CRPF, City Armed Reserve and law and order personnel marching at various places covering hyper sensitive and sensitive areas including Tukaramgate, ACS Nagar, Lohiya Nagar, Mangar Basthi, Sai Nagar, Indra Laxmi Nagar and Two Tiger Chilla under the Tukaramgate PS limits.
Officials said the flag march was conducted to create a sense of confidence among the public in view of the elections.
The Collector enquired farmers about the yield and whether there were any problems with paddy procurement centres while asking them to take care of humidity and wastage.
Published Date – 11 April 2024, 07:24 PM
Collector Dr. Priyanka Ala inspected paddy procurement centres in Annapureddypalle mandal in Kothagudem district on Thursday.
Kothaguedm: District Collector Dr. Priyanka Ala informed that as many as 128 paddy purchase centres have been sanctioned and started across the district to procure yasangi paddy.
The Collector inspected the paddy purchase centers set up by PACS at Paridhi Gumpena and Namavaram of Annapureddypalle mandal in the district on Thursday and told the officials to speed up paddy procurement as harvesting has been completed in many places.
Gunny bags, moisture testing devices, paddy cleaning machines and tarpaulins have been made available at each centre. The Collector enquired farmers about the yield and whether there were any problems with paddy procurement centres while asking them to take care of humidity and wastage.
Paddy should be sent to the mill to which it was tagged and the grain collected on the same day should be transported on the same day. A list of tenant farmers should be prepared and tokens should be given in advance and care should be taken to avoid difficulties in payment of money, Dr. Ala said.
The agricultural officials were directed to encourage the farmers to bring grain as per the quality standards. Later, the Collector inspected the water supply conditions in Namavaram village and asked the locals about the drinking water supply situation.
As the effect of the summer was likely to be high during this season the water resources in the villages should not be wasted and used properly. Even though there was no problem for drinking water in the district, people have to use water judiciously, Dr. Ala suggested.
If the public face problems with the drinking water supply, they should immediately bring it to the attention of the authorities. Officials should be available to the public and water sources such as hand pumps, boreholes and fresh water wells should be repaired and brought into use, she added.
The suspect, Akhil (30) from Satya Nagar in Kacheguda, who works at a private company, befriended a 29-year-old woman from Golnaka working for a pharma company a year ago.
Published Date – 11 April 2024, 07:38 PM
Hyderabad: The Kacheguda police arrested a man on charges of cheating a woman after promising to marry here on Thursday.
The suspect, Akhil (30) from Satya Nagar in Kacheguda, who works at a private company, befriended a 29-year-old woman from Golnaka working for a pharma company a year ago.
He promised to marry her and allegedly raped her several times. Recently, when she asked him about their marriage, Akhil started avoiding her and kept postponing the matter.
Based on a complaint lodged by the victim, a case of rape and cheating was booked and Akhil was arrested.
He was produced before the magistrate and further remanded in judicial custody. The woman was sent to the hospital for medical examination and further to the Bharosa Centre for psychological support.
Congress leaders alleged that Raghunandan Rao was using pictures of Lord Ram in his election campaign in violation of the MCC.
Published Date – 11 April 2024, 07:59 PM
Sangareddy: Congress leaders have lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate M Raghunandan Rao for violating the model code of conduct (MCC).
Congress leaders alleged that Raghunandan Rao was using pictures of Lord Ram in his election campaign in violation of the MCC.
They also shared photographs of BJP cadre distributing calendars to voters in the Medak Lok Sabha constituency.
The calenders had pictures of Lord Ram, M Raghunandan Rao and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Congress leaders have sent a written complaint to the Chief Electoral Officer and Election Commission of India through e-mail.
The arrested persons are Swapna Kumari alias Sapna Garud alias Sanjay (37), from Jeedimetla and native of Maharashtra and a 17-year-old boy from Bharatnagar in Medchal and native of West Bengal.
Published Date – 11 April 2024, 07:43 PM
Hyderabad: The Task Force (North) team nabbed a two cross-dressers including a boy juvenile on charges of impersonating as transgender persons and allegedly extorting money from pedestrians and shop keepers at Lothkunta and Trimulgherry on Thursday. Cash of Rs 3,490 and two mobile phones were seized from them.
The arrested persons are Swapna Kumari alias Sapna Garud alias Sanjay (37), from Jeedimetla and native of Maharashtra and a 17-year-old boy from Bharatnagar in Medchal and native of West Bengal.
According to the Task Force officials, the duo dressed up as transgender persons and extorted shop keepers, motorists and pedestrians at traffic signals and crowded places. They threatened people to give money or resorted to abusing and public nuisance. Based on a complaint, the police arrested them.
Police requested citizens to Dial-100 facility and complaint if they come across such cross-dressers harassing people on roads.
Timely reporting can prevent further disruptions and protect the rights of everyone in our community, they said.
