In yet another case of lovelorn tragedy, a 24-year-old boy in Telangana's Jayashankar Bhupalapally district committed suicide on Sunday following the death of his lady love.
It looks like construction majors Larsen and Toubro (L&T) and Shapoorji Pallonji are likely to be selected for the construction of the much-hyped secretariat complex of Telangana government in Hyderabad.
If Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has his way, there are going to be major cuts in the budgetary allocations to various departments this year.
The recent heavy rains and floods in Telangana has caused a huge loss to agriculture, infrastructure and properties, estimated to be around Rs 9,400 crore, the Telangana government said on Thursday.
Former Home Minister and Member of Legislative Council Nayani Narasimha Reddy died while undergoing treatment at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad just past midnight.
Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana, which is going all out to win the by-elections to Dubbak assembly seat in Siddipet district, is said to be planning to rope in Jana Sena Party chief and power star Pawan Kalyan for the campaign as a last-ditch effort.
The heavy rains that have wreaked havoc in Hyderabad throwing the normal life out of gear for the last two weeks has caused immense damage to the reputation of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government.
The much-publicised Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) on Godavari river in Telangana was built without taking environmental clearance. It was granted only after the completion of the project.
The Telangana government led by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, which has been facing allegations of utter negligence in coming to the rescue of the people affected by heavy rains and flash floods in Hyderabad for the last one week, has finally woken up.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday announced Rs 10,000 as immediate assistance to each household affected by the floods in and around Hyderabad.
Heavy rains and flash floods have caused untold misery to hundreds of families in Hyderabad as many of them lost everything in the worst natural calamity to strike the city in recent years.
Battered twice by heavy rains and flash floods twice during the last one week, Hyderabad and its surroundings are likely to see another spell of intense rainfall as the weather office forecast more downpour on Sunday.
Heavy overnight rain left several parts of Hyderabad flooded. The heavy rain caused the Hyderabad's Balanagar Lake breach its boundaries last night, causing huge flash floods in nearby areas.
The major accident that happened in Kalwakurthy Lift Irrigation Project in Yellur village of Nagarkurnool district on Friday night has exposed the indifferent attitude of the Telangana government.
The devastation caused by torrential rains and flash floods in and around Hyderabad this week is another grim reminder of the havoc played with the chain of lakes and storm water drains that were working as a natural flood control system.