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Hyderabad: The Dr G. Sanjeeva Reddy Group (GSR) won a landslide victory in staff union elections at Vazir Sultan Tobacco Industries Ltd, Toopran. The Dr GSR Group was led by its president Dr G. Sanjeeva Reddy, who heads the Indian National Trade Union Congress (Intuc). “This landslide victory reflects the unwavering trust and confidence placed […]
Hyderabad: BJP MP D.K. Aruna has called for an end to the politicisation of the Sandhya Theatre incident. The BJP leader visited KIMS Hospital to check on the health of Sri Tej. She expressed her sorrow over the tragedy where a family, simply there to enjoy a movie, faced the devastating outcome of a woman’s […]
Kochi: A female engineering student was killed and a youth sustained injuries when a huge palm tree branch fell on their motorcycle near Kothamangalam on Saturday. Ann Mary C V (21), a native of Thrissur, was riding pillion on the bike driven by her college mate Altaf Aboobacker (21) around 6 pm at Chembankuzhy near […]
Hyderabad: Telangana has made significant progress in several health indicators between 2014 and 2020. However, challenges such as anaemia among women and children continue to require urgent attention, according to data in the Reserve Bank of India’s handbook of statistics on Tuesday. Telangana’s birth rate declined from 18 per 1,000 population in 2014 to 16.4 […]
Hyderabad: The state government on Thursday informed the Telangana High Court that it has constituted statewide task force committees, which will ensure that food poisoning issues won’t crop up again. Additional advocate general Imran Khan submitted that state-level and district-level panels would inspect implementation of the mid-day meals scheme in all government schools and keep […]
Chennai: Heavy rains pounded several parts of north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Saturday, under the impact of Cyclone ‘Fengal,’ affecting normalcy and prompting evacuation. The downpour was accompanied by gusty winds and what began as intermittent rainfall in coastal regions on the night of November 29, gradually became steady leading to inundation in several […]
Hyderabad: The final acts of two elderly women, who had no prior connection with medicine, have left the medical fraternity overwhelmed and inspired. The two women, 92-year-old E. Venkata Ratnamma and 78-year-old V. Hymavathi, belonged to the same family and passed away within a week of each other. Both had decided to donate their bodies […]
Vijayawada: Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha has claimed that the crime rate in Andhra Pradesh has come down during the past five months of the alliance government. The minister was replying to questions in the Legislative Council on Monday from members Varudu Kalyani, Mondikota Aruna Kumar and Chandragiri Yesuratnam. Vanitha came up with a comparison of […]
Hyderabad: Health minister Damodar Rajanarsimha directed Drug Control Authority (DCA) Director-General V.B. Kamalasan Reddy to take stringent action against entities involved in the manufacture and sale of spurious drugs. Emphasising the threat to public health posed by such practices, he directed the officials to hold comprehensive and intensified inspections of pharmaceutical manufacturing units, retail pharmacies, […]
Vijayapura: Vijayapura witnessed a large-scale protest on Sunday, as religious leaders, farmers, and BJP leaders rallied against the Waqf Board’s ownership claims over various lands, including agricultural properties. The protest, led by prominent religious seers and political leaders, included a march from the historic Siddheshwar Temple to the Deputy Commissioner’s Office. Under the banner “Waqf […]