1. More for Umrah During Summer Holidays
Despite the rise in airfares, Hyderabadis are queuing up to perform the Umrah in the summer as the holy month of Ramzan is coinciding with school vacations this year.
Over 10 percent of families are taking their children along for the Umrah. Given the demand, many tour operators have already met their booking targets.
(Source: Deccan Chronicle)
2. Congress MLAs to Merge with TRS in 4 Days: Defectors
While the Telangana Congress leadership is confident that no more MLAs will join the TRS, defected legislators announced that the the Congress Legislature Party with the TRSLP will be completed in four days.
Legislators R Kantha Rao, Chilumarthy Lingaiah and Haripriya Naik came to the TRS office on Sunday to collect B-Forms to nominate candidates for the forthcoming ZPTC and MPTC elections.
(Source: Deccan Chronicle)
3. Youth Kills Deer for Party, Held
A youngster who had hunted a deer to provide venison for a party was apprehended at Yalal in Vikarabad on Saturday night. The arrest was made after the forest department and police officials received a tip-off that venison was being served at a party that had been organised in the village.
(Source: Deccan Chronicle)
4. Angry Students and Parents Protest Against TSBIE
Despite Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education’s (TSBIE) attempt to downsize the controversy over the alleged fudging of results, scores of students and parents staged a protest in front of Vidya Bhavan in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Alleging irregularities in paper correction, they demanded that the Board acknowledge its lapse. Apart from marking present students as absent, cases of non-addition of practical marks of at least 500 students have also come to the fore.
(Source: The New Indian Express)
5. Fake Cop Apprehended
The sleuths of the Commissioner’s Task Force, West Zone, apprehended a man while he was impersonating a police officer of the Intelligence wing, and cheating people on Sunday.
The accused, MV Ravichandra, was nabbed in front of Rekha Residency in Samrat Colony, West Marredpally, on Sunday while in possession of a fake police identity card.
(Source: Deccan Chronicle)
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