Telangana RTC to introduce AC sleeper buses next month

on Monday.

These buses will initially be operated to destinations like Bengaluru, Hubbali, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, and Chennai.

TSRTC Vice-Chairman and Managing Director V.S. Sajjanar on Monday inspected a prototype of the AC sleeper bus at Bus Bhavan here. He enquired with the officials about different features of the vehicle and directed them to take steps to introduce these buses as soon as possible.

Hyderabad: (IANS) In another move to provide quality services to commuters, Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) will introduce air-conditioned sleeper buses from next month.

Sixteen AC sleeper buses, equipped with state-of-the art facilities, will be introduced on selected routes, the state-owned transport operator said

Minor girl raped by two persons at Mailardevpally

Hyderabad: A minor girl was raped allegedly by two persons at Mailardevpally on Sunday.

The incident came to light on Tuesday after the victim lodged a complaint with the police. According to the police, the victim who is from Dabeerpura was taken to Vattepally in Mailardevpally on Sunday by her male friend on pretext of a long drive. The friend along with his cousin later sexually assaulted the victim at a house.The girl later returned to her house at Dabeerpura and informed her parents about it. The family approached the Dabeerpura police who registered a ‘zero FIR’ and transferred the case to Mailardevpally. The police are investigating.

According to officials, this is the latest offering from the TSRTC, which recently introduced new super luxury, non-AC sleeper and seater-cum-sleeper buses.

Like non-AC sleeper, the AC sleeper buses have been named Lahari. With a length of 12 metres, the AC sleeper bus has 15 lower and 15 upper berths. Provision has been made to keep water bottle beside the berth. Mobile charging facility has also been provided near the berth.

land subsidy and electricity benefits. Along with the original equipment manufacturers, the state also offered amenities to battery manufacturers and to users to create an ecosystem.

For instance, the users of these public electric vehicles will get a subsidy of ₹ 10 lakh.

“Tamil Nadu’s electric vehicles policy has been revamped to suit the latest requirement. This became more lucrative to investors,” Thangam Thennarasu told NDTV.

The Tamil Nadu government recently unveiled its electric vehicle policy 2023 which aims to garner investments to the tune of ₹ 50,000 crore and generate 1.50 lakh jobs, in a boost to the EV industry.

The automaker would manufacture a lakh and a half cars every year and create a little more than 3,000 jobs. “We expect the roll out towards the end of this year or early next year.

We are so happy about this.

There are similar investments in the pipeline and other investors, including Samsung, have chosen Tamil Nadu for their expansion,” Mr Thennarasu said.

Telangana objects to diversion of Krishna water by Andhra Pradesh

to Tungabhadra Board informing it about the violation of KWDT award by Andhra Pradesh. In contravention to the Tribunal Awards, AP has been utilising water for K C canal from Krishna main river from Srisailam and swapping that quantum of water to Tungabhadra Right Bank High Level Canal from Tungabhadra Dam, he said.

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has taken strong exception to diversion of Krishna water to KC Canal and Tungabhadra water meant for KC Canal and Low Level Canal (LLC) to High Level Canal (HLC) by Andhra Pradesh in violation of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) award.

Telangana urged the Tungabhadra Board to stop the diversion immediately.

Telangana Irrigation Engineer-in-Chief C Muralidhar on Tuesday wrote a letter

Hyderabad real estate most affordable among metros in country

Anarock compared the average property prices in Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Bengaluru. It found that the average property price in Hyderabad is Rs 4,620 per sq ft, which is significantly lower than the average property prices in other cities.

Hyderabad: Despite a steady rise in property prices, driven by factors such as the growing demand for housing, the city’s strong economic growth, and all-round infrastructure development, Hyderabad remains an affordable city to buy property, when compared to six other top metros in the country.

A recent report by property consultant

The real estate market in Hyderabad has been growing at a steady pace, with a surge in demand for residential and commercial properties. The State government’s efforts to develop infrastructure and improve connectivity have played a significant role in boosting the real estate sector and the city is also home to several major IT companies, which attract a large number of working professionals.

He further stated that TB RB LLC has been already utilising its entitled prorata share from Tungabhadra Dam and additionally using Tungabhadra river water for the same ayacut from unauthorised Guru Raghavendra Lift Irrigation Schemes jeopardising Telangana interests at Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme(RDS) , Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar projects. He brought to the notice of the board that diversion of water by AP was in total contravention of the KWDT-I and KWDT-II Awards which do not allow water to be diverted beyond the basin.

KTR calls for timebound dispute redressal

Hyderabad: With the world looking at the China-plus-1 strategy or India for the rest kind of strategy, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao stressed on the need for introducing long-lasting reforms and ensuring dispute redressal in a time-bound manner.

The Minister said with Telangana being ranked top in terms of Ease of Doing Business, the State government was now focusing on improving the quality of doing business and reducing the cost of doing business. Reduction of cost and time and earning goodwill, this was all part of industrial relations. The Telangana government was more focused on ensuring that there were more satisfied customers with early dispute redressal, he said.

In an interview with ANI, S Jaishankar talked about his journey from foreign service to politics and said he had always aspired to be the best officer and get elevated to the post of Foreign Secretary.

New Delhi: Noting that he belongs to a family of bureaucrats and that the political opportunity as a union minister came as a bolt from the blue in 2019, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said that his father Dr K Subrahmanyam was removed as Secretary, Defence Production, by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi soon after she came back to power in 1980 and he was superseded during the Rajiv Gandhi period with someone junior to him becoming the Cabinet Secretary.

In an interview with ANI, Mr Jaishankar talked about his journey from foreign service to politics and said he had always aspired to be the best officer and get elevated to the post of Foreign Secretary.

Mr Jaishankar was Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018 and earlier served in key ambassadorial positions including in China and the United States. His father K Subrahmanyam, who passed away in 2011, is regarded as one of India’s most prominent national security strategists. “I wanted to be the best foreign service officer. And to my mind, the definition