no instructions were given to candidates regarding wearing the mangalsutra or burqa when they were taking the ongoing Group-2 examinations.

HYDERABAD: Telangana State Public Service Commission chairman Ghanta Chakrapani on Saturday stated that no instructions were given to candidates regarding wearing the mangalsutra or burqa when they were taking the ongoing Group-2 examinations. He said that commission did not give strict instructions as was done for candidates writing national exams like Neet and the UPSC tests.

Mr Chakrapani said, “we instructed women candidates not to come wearing expensive jewellery.” He said that in all competitive exams women were told not to wear ear rings in wake incidents of malpractice using bluetooth technology. Any stray incidents that might have occurred at any centre could be brought to the notice of officials at the centre or the nodal officers or even the TSPSC to resolve the issue, he said.

The exam of this magnitude, which witnessed eight lakh registrations, went off smoothly barring a few incidents, he said. He was highly critical of an Opposition party for trying to defame the commission without getting facts right. The commission can initiate legal action against those indulging in mudslinging against the constitutional body, he said. He asked the family members of candidates not to create ruckus at the exam centres, but try to resolve the issue peacefully so that other candidates are not put to inconvenience. Papers-3 and 4 of Group-2 exam will be held across the state on Sunday

TRS finds the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes to check black money good,

Hyderabad: TRS MP Burra Narasaiah Goud on Saturday said that the common man has been put to a lot of hardships from the day demonetisation was announced.  “While the Central government scheme is good, the manner in which it is being implemented is incorrect. It is causing hardships to the common man. Hundreds of people are standing in queue for long hours to exchange notes and deposit cash,” he said. The MP further said that Centre should understand black money also exists in foreign banks.

Hitting back at the Congress criticism of Mission Kakatiya, he said that corruption ruled the roost its rule. Referring to the rumours of shortage of salt, Mr Goud advised people to lodge a complaint with the police if any trader charges more than the MRP on salt.  Elsewhere, taking exception to Congress charges on Mission Kakatiya, Government Chief Whip Sudhakar Reddy said Congress was brand ambassador for corruption and it has no moral right to criticise the TRS.

“TRS is ready for an open debate on the issue. Not only in our country, but many nations abroad, including UK, complimented the state government for Mission Kakatiya. However, Congress is hell bent on criticising it,” he said.

Rain extremities may increase in the coming years in Hyderabad

Environment Protection Training and Research Institute's director general B Kalyan Chakravarthy said that in the last two decades, the city has been witnessing erratic rainfall behaviour.

The events of high intensity rainfall are on the rise. In the year 2000, 23 events were observed with 20mm/hr rainfall, in 2005 these events increased to 28 and in 2008 they further rose to 36. Events of even higher intensity i.e. 40 mm/hr also show a similar exponential increase in Hyderabad, he said.

"While the trends of high intensity rainfall are on the rise, the drainage system of the city is designed to cater to a maximum rainfall intensity of 12mm/hr. This leads to severe flash floods in the city causing loss of property.

"Unfortunately, lakes which serve as natural flood management mechanism in the city are also under pressure of urbanisation, encroached, silted or not functional," he said.

Hyderabad witnessed pounding rains recently causing havoc in some parts that also exposed inadequacies of civic agencies and government in quickly meeting such eventualities.

Based on the data available with Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), and research conducted by EPTRI, a nodal agency on Climate Change for the state of Telangana, senior EPTRI scientist J Sesha Srinivas told that while rainfall is projected to be more or less the same from 2020 to 2050 compared to the previous decades, the "rain extremities" (uneven rainfall) might increase.

Chakravarthy also said the climate model projections prepared by EPTRI in association with IITM predicted an average temperature increase of 1.17 degree Celsius for the Hyderabad region for the period 2020 to 2050. 

Hyderabad Twins, 9, Allegedly Raped By Neighbour

Hyderabad Twins, 9, Nov 04, 2016 14:05 IST

The rape accused lived in the neighbourhood of the children in Hyderabad.
Hyderabad: Twins in Hyderabad aged nine were allegedly exploited for sex work and sexually abused by a neighbour and his teen son for over a year. Their mother allegedly allowed it.

The girls, who study in Class 4, reportedly disclosed the daily abuse to a teacher, who alerted an NGO.

The neighbor Jaffar, 40, and his 16-year-old son have been charged under a stringent law against sexual abuse of children.

The twins have been moved to a rescue home.


According to the NGO, the girls are from Uttar Pradesh and had been living in Hyderabad for a little over a year.

Seven Telangana doctors suspended for unethical practices

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Medical Council (TSMC) has suspended seven doctors, including an orthopedic surgeon who has operated upon a youth to increase his height, for their alleged unethical practices.

Cracking the whip on physicians for "unethical and faulty" medical practices, the council's executive and general body meeting held on Friday passed resolutions unanimously against these doctors, suspending their licence for varying periods, TSMC Chairman E Ravindra Reddy said in a release.


Chandra Bhushan, orthopedic surgeon at city-based Global Hospital, was suspended for a period of two years for ethical infringement and for performing lengthening operation over a young person named Nikhil Reddy, it said.

The operation on Mr Reddy created a controversy as it was performed allegedly without the consent of his parents. The youth continues to suffer from pain post-surgery.

The TSMC suspended another doctor named Namratha, who runs a test-tube centre in Hyderabad, for five years and also imposed a lifelong ban on performing surrogacy, it said.

The council did not provide details of the case which invited disciplinary action against her.

Three other physicians - Rahul Carter, Harikumar Ravva and Minhaj Zafar Nasirabadi - were suspended for six months each for alleged unethical psychiatric practices, the release said.

One doctor T Manoj Kumar was suspended for three months for allegedly performing indiscriminate appendicitis surgeries in Karimnagar. In the same case, seven other doctors were received a warning for their alleged unethical practices, it said.

One Dr Krishna Kant Reddy was suspended for "non-compliance" of civic body orders of displaying MBBS equivalent degree. The suspension will last till he complies with the orders, the release said.

The names of two persons have been recommended to police to initiate legal action for practicing and dispensing allopathic drugs without any qualification, it added.

Telangana; 2 Prisoners Escape from Warangal Central Jail

Warangal Central Prison

In a sensational development, two prisoners out of which one is a murder accused, escaped from Warangal Central Jail on Saturday here.

sanik singh, a court-martial personnel from the indian army and bihar resident Rajesh Yadav who was charged for murder and robbery escaped the prison in the morning at around 3-4 a.m.

As per reports, they used the bed sheets provided to them as a rope to escape from the jail.

Meanwhile, the police have launched a massive manhunt to nab those 2 prisoners.