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In order to curb crime against women, Cyberabad Police here has started the process of setting up exclusive women help desks across all its police stations.

The existing reception centres in 40-odd police stations under Cyberabad Police Commissionerate will also act as ‘exclusive women help desks’, Cyberabad Police Commissioner Ch Dwarka Tirumala Rao said.

APSRTC Managing Director A.K. Khan here on Wednesday said new bus services would be run to the interior bus-less villages shortly. He also declared that number of bus services would be increased to the single-bus villages.

The toll in Dilsukhnagar twin blasts has risen to 17 on Wednesday with another injured person succumbing in Yashoda hospital on Tuesday midnight.

Ravi Kumar, 25, of Karimnagar district, who suffered grievous injuries in the blast died after battling for life for 15 days. Ravi Kumar, along with a friend one Tirupati was having snacks on that fateful evening when the blasts occurred. It is learnt that iron nails passed through his body due to the impact of the explosion. Besides, his hands and legs were also fractured. However, his friend Tirupati had died on the spot.

Police were on their toes when anonymous callers claimed bombs were placed at Bhongir in Nalgonda district and in Hyderabad.

Four persons tried to enter the Bhadradri theatre in Bhongir with some bags. Police, who grew suspicious, asked them what they were carrying in the bags. When they asked them to show the contents of the bags, three of the four ran away from the spot. However, the police managed to catch the fourth one, who was identified as resident of Uttar Pradesh. Police took him into custody and were trying to trace the other three.

An inquiry into the alleged illegal appointments in the Telangana University has begun. The inquiry was necessitated by the allegations and complaints that the officials concerned had appointed their “near and dear” ignoring meritorious candidates and there was no transparency.

Telangana issue was raised on the second day too at the Orientation Program for MLAs and MLCs on Standing Committees.

The East Zone team of Commissioner’s Task Force arrested an inter-state gang of eight people which was allegedly involved in the black-marketing of tickets of India-Australia second cricket test match being played in Hyderabad.

The custodial interrogation of two suspected IM operatives continued for the third day today in connection with the February 21 twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar here that left 16 people dead, NIA officials said.

“The questioning of Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan is continuing,” a senior NIA officer said even as he denied reports being carried by TV channels that two more suspects were picked up by the agency.

“No one else apart from the two IM operatives (Maqbool and Imran) are being questioned,” he said.

The State government is taking measures to extend all possible assistance to the kin of those killed in the twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar on February 21.

A press release from the Chief Minister’s Office has stated that the kin of 16 members, who died in the blasts, were paid ex gratia of Rs 6 lakhs each. While 100 people, who suffered simple injuries were treated in the hospitals at the government’s expenses, 62 of them were discharged after full recovery. Among the remaining, 24 persons were paid Rs one lakh each and 38 people were given Rs 50,000.

Balladeer Gaddar has alleged that the ‘Vastunnaa Meekosam’ pada yatra of the TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu was for regaining power and not for the people of Telangana or the welfare of the region.

State BJP official spokesperson NVVS Prabhakar has alleged that former chief minister late Dr Y S Rajashekar Reddy’s son-in-law Bro. Anil Kumar has turned out a synonym for illegal activities.

The TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao today called for greater efforts to ensure that women get equal rights and opportunities.

Addressing a programme organized by the TKF on the occasion of the World Women’s Day at the Indira Priyadarshini auditorium here on Sunday, he said though India has great human resources, 20 per cent of the population was being excommunicated in the name of Dalit and lower castes. He said it was most unfortunate for the country that women who form half of the society were being confined to the kitchens.

Terminated constable, Giri Prasad Sarma, has requested the unemployed youth and ex-service men to join him in creation of private police stations at every village state-wide. He appealed AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi, to take the initiative in bringing necessary reforms in the working style of MLAs and MPs, so as to control corruption and relevant crimes.

The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad in a notification Prohibited
holding any kind of public meetings and processions within the City, without obtaining prior permission from the Police concerned.

Telangana Political JAC convener Prof. Kodandaram here on Saturday declared that “Sadak Bandh” (road blockade) would be organized on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru national highway on March 21. He said the Sadak Bandh would paralyse the vehicular traffic from Shamshabad in Ranga Reddy district to Alampur in Mahbubnagar district.