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Advocate-General B.S Prasad, in an additional affidavit said, dengue cases have decreased due to measures taken by the medical and health department.

Telangana High Court directs state to recruit food inspectors,...

The expressed anxiety on keeping back the fill up of posts, which control the contamination of food.

27 Dec 2019 2:02 AM IST

Telangana High Court

PIL in Telangana High Court quotes Speak Out

In support of his contentions, Mr Kumar submitted several illustrated reports published in the Speak Out pages of...

27 Dec 2019 1:59 AM IST

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao

Hyderabad master plan is 10 months overdue

The HMDA, with the help of Central Survey Office, fixed the boundaries of 40 villages and rectified 35,000 survey...

27 Dec 2019 1:57 AM IST

IIT-Hyderabad cracks DNA repair

Scientists work out how repair protein works.

27 Dec 2019 1:54 AM IST

Apex court orders say that the corporation can levy 75 per cent of property tax for full services, 50 per cent for partial services and 33.33 per cent for nil service, apart from collecting tax, according to section 421 of the GHMC Act. (Photo: DC)

Hyderabad: Traffic police ripping off GHMC on ads

Traffic police need permit to carry ads.

27 Dec 2019 1:52 AM IST

According to highly placed sources, Ernst & Young LLP (EY) have been asked to study the local conditions of each urban local body (ULB) and implement the street-vending policy based on certain parameters, including length and breadth of the road, traffic density, population and footfall in that particular zone. (Photo: DC)

First street vending zone to come up near Shilparamam

The civic body has hired a third party agency to study and implement the street-vending policy in the city.

27 Dec 2019 1:49 AM IST

The minimum fare was pegged at Rs 20 and per-kilometre at Rs 11. The JAC is now demanding the minimum fare at Rs 25 and the per-kilometre charge at Rs 15.

Hyderabad: Auto drivers call strike on January 8

The last time the auto fares were revised was in the year 2012 by the Congress government, the JAC said.

27 Dec 2019 1:46 AM IST

The four important sections of COTPA are: Section 4: No person shall smoke in any public place; Section 5: Prohibition of Advertise-ment of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products; Section 6(a): Vendors should not sell tobacco products to minors, and Section 6(b): Shops selling tobacco products are banned within 100 yards of any educational institution.

Hyderabad sees steep rise in tobacco violations

Cops, health officials launch drive to make Hyderabad smoke-free; sales to minor decrease.

27 Dec 2019 1:43 AM IST

Dewatering of any lake or water body is against the law. Since 2014, we have noticed the strategic dissolution of lakes in the city. While attempting to clean the lakes, all inflows to the lake are blocked or shut-off. The only way water can escape is through outflow ducts, which ultimately leads to the Musi river, said Dr Lubna Sarwath, member, Save Our Urban Lakes. (Photo: SUNOJ NINAN MATHEW)

Dewatering Hyderabad lakes pollutes water bodies

Activists argue that as per law, the GHMC has to give a notice to those living downstream about the dewatering.

27 Dec 2019 1:31 AM IST

Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan

Tamilisai Soundararajan directs ACB to probe Kaleshwaram

Everyone told me to go to the Kaleshwaram site in a helicopter but I refused, and took a car ride so I could see the...

27 Dec 2019 1:24 AM IST

N. Thulasi Reddy

Amaravati tense for Cabinet meet

The pro-Amaravati farmers wearing masks showing the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued their protests on...

27 Dec 2019 1:21 AM IST

Sending out a stern warning, Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Thursday said the state government would emulate Uttar Pradesh and confiscate properties of those who caused damage to public properties during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. (Photo: File)

Uttar Pradesh cops unleash terror on protesters: Activists

A reign of terror is prevailing in Uttar Pradesh: Yogendra Yadav.

27 Dec 2019 1:20 AM IST