Hyderabad Dec 26 PTI A war of words broke between Telangana Rashtra Samithi and BJP after Chintapandu Naveen Kumar popularly known as Teenmar Mallanna who recently joined the saffron party allegedly posted derogatory comments on Minister K T Rama Raos son in the social media Irked TRS sympathizers allegedly attacked the office of Naveen Kumar who runs a youtube channel on Friday night and ransacked it The videos of the attack went viral in the social media When contacted Malkajgiri Assistant Commissioner of Police on Sunday said they have received a complaint from Naveen Kumar and the case is under investigation We are looking to identify the alleged attackers the ACP told PTI Condemning the attack the BJP Nizamabad Lok sabha member said it was a cowardly act I condemn the cowardly attack on TeenmarMallanna by hooligans of TRS party Every attack on BJP and its cadre is a desperate evidence of the growing fear among CM KCR and his son KTR of losing power Telangana police must act and unveil the perpetrators behind this attack he tweeted Earlier K T Rama Rao slammed for dragging children into political issues and indulging in body shaming Sri JPNadda Ji Is this what you teach BJP leaders in Telangana Is it Sanskar to drag my young son body shame him through ugly political comments in BJPs mouthpiece You dont think we could reciprocate in the same coin against Amit Shah Jis or Modi Jis family he tweeted on December 24 In another tweet he said unfortunately freedom of speechexpression has become the right to abuse and indulge in mudslinging and masquerading in the guise of social media journalism apparently conferring immunity to spread canards and dish out absolute trash Social media has become a haven for anti-social behavior he tweeted PTI GDK APR APR

Hyderabad Dec 23 PTI Telangana on Thursday recorded 177 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 680251 while the toll rose to 4018 with one more fatality The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation accounted for the most number of fresh cases with 93 followed by Rangareddy District 16 a health department bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM No Omicron case was reported today The number of recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 190 people recuperating from the disease taking the cumulative numbers to 672637 Active cases stood at 3596 the bulletin said Over 38000 samples were tested today taking the total number tested so far to 294 crore The samples tested per million population were nearly 791 lakh PTI GDK BN BN

Hyderabad Dec 23 PTI In the biggest ever haul of cocaine in Telangana the Cyberabad Police on Thursday said 183 grams of the narcotic substance was seized and three people including a drug peddler were arrested in this connection A police team on Wednesday apprehended two persons consumers from a flat here along with two grams of cocaine and based on their information the police took into custody the drug peddler who is an Arabic Tutor from his house and seized 181 grams of cocaine and 44 ecstasy tablets In addition to this three mobile phones were also seized The value of the seized items is estimated at Rs 2628 lakh Cyberabad Police Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra said adding this is the biggest haul of cocaine till date in Telangana The drug peddler told police that in view of the New Year he procured huge quantity of cocaine from the main organiser and drug supplier Zude alias Chris belonging to Nigeria and a resident of Goa who is absconding The accused further disclosed that he brought cocaine many times from Goa and sold it in Hyderabad police said The Commissioner said during 2021 till now a total of 202 cases were registered by Cyberabad Police and as many as 419 accused were arrested from whom ganja hashish oil weed oil MDMA Opium ecstasy pills LSD papers were seized Preventive Detention PD Act was invoked against 23 drug offenders Police has stepped up its drive against ganja trade in Cyberabad Commissionerate limits and continuous raids are being conducted on a daily basis Raveendra said Bulk buyers local retailers and drug transporters were on police radar in order to curb ganja peddling and usage the senior police official added PTI VVK BN BN

Hyderabad Dec 22 PTI A 24-year-old labourer died after an accidental fall into a well outside the compound wall of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Raos farmhouse in Siddipet district of Telangana on Wednesday police said A senior police official said the labourer along with some others was cleaning the well on Tuesday evening when the mishap occurred His body was fished out this morning and sent for a postmortem Raos farmhouse is located at Erravalli village in the district The labourers father has told the police that his son had a history of fits the official said A case was registered the official added PTI VVK NVG VVK NVG NVG

Hyderabad Dec 20 PTI The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation CDSCO has approved the extension of Bharat Biotechs COVID-19 vaccine Covaxins shelf life up to 12 months from the date of manufacture the vaccine-maker said This approval of shelf life extension is based on the availability of additional stability data which was submitted to CDSCO With the shelf life extension hospitals can now utilise the stock to avoid vaccine wastage a press release said Covaxin is approved for use under the 28-day multi-dose vial policy from Drug Controller General of India and the WHO Emergency Use Listing WHO EUL Covaxin Open Vial is stable at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius for 28 days and not required to be discarded immediately in a day or at the end of immunisation session Bharat Biotech said it believes in doing a bit for the environment The multi-dose vial policy saves money for procurement agencies by reducing the cold chain logistics and management thereby reducing the carbon footprint costs related to open vial wastage cold chain distribution cold chain storage and biomedical waste disposal among others Most importantly we believe in being environmentally friendly by reducing the quantum of packing materials and single-use plastics that are utilised in vaccines manufacturing storage distribution and disposal the company said PTI GDK NVG NVG

Hyderabad Dec 18 PTI The Indian Air Force is continuing deployment in Eastern Ladakh as the standoff with China still persists and the Force is ready to enhance the presence of troops if need arises IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari on Saturday Addressing reporters on the sidelines of a Combined Graduation Parade at the Air force Academy in Dundigal near here he said Like you said the standoff does continue Disengagement has taken place in certain areas in Eastern Ladakh But the complete disengagement has not yet been done I would not like to go into the details but suffice to say we are deployed we are prepared to take on any challenge that may face us in that area with the shortest of notice The Air Force Chief was replying to a query on the standoff with China in Eastern Ladakh area He further said the status quo with regard to the deployment of forces in the region continues at the same level as April last following the Galwan incident Of course if necessary there will be We will enhance the deployment if the need arises he replied when asked if there will be further deployment of forces To another query Chaudharay said the IAF is aware of the threats which come in the form of multiple domains and not merely the physical and kinetic domains from the neighbouring country External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the standoff was a result of China not following agreements and acting like a party that has violated a contract PTI SJR GDK ROH ROH

Hyderabad Dec 17 PTI A man died after allegedly being beaten up by some hotel staff members here who suspected his intentions when he went into the hotels cellar after midnight police said on Friday The man a labourer from Odisha entered the cellar on December 15 when some staff members were celebrating the birthday of a colleague there they said They allegedly questioned him and beat him up Those working at the hotel found his fathers who lives in Odisha mobile number in his pocket and told him about the incident on Thursday morning The father informed his daughter-in-law and she took her husband home She did not take him to hospital as there were no major visible injuries The man however died at home She then informed police about the incident A case of murder was registered and investigation was in progress police said It was not immediately clear as to why the man entered the hotel cellar after midnight they added PTI SJR BN BN