Top 5 Latest News Updates from Hyderabad Today
On Thursday, Hyderabad experienced two major fire accidents. The first occurred in Swapnalok, one of the largest commercial complexes in Secunderabad, while the second was at a pharma company in Jeedimetla. Sixteen people were trapped in the building, with six fatalities due to suffocation. Doctors declared five of them brought dead while being taken for treatment at Gandhi hospital, and another person is said to be in critical condition. The deceased were identified as Sravani, Prameela, Prasanth, Triveni, Vennela, and Shiva. The fire broke out at around 6:45 pm on the fifth floor and quickly spread upwards. Ten firefighters, DRF teams, and police were dispatched to Swapnalok Complex. Although there was confusion about how many people were trapped in the inferno, all related departments took up firefighting and rescue operations in a timely and efficient manner.
The Swapnalok fire accident claimed the lives of six young people, leaving five families in Warangal and Mahabubabad districts grief-stricken. Upon receiving news of the accident, family members rushed to Hyderabad and were devastated upon seeing the bodies of their children at Gandhi Hospital.
In other news, BJP-supported candidate A Venkata Narayan Reddy is leading over BRS-supported candidate G Chennakeshava Reddy in the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahabubnagar Teachers Constituency. The Election Commission expects to announce the final result early Friday morning. The counting process involved 1,500 personnel working in three shifts at the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium. The authorities arranged 28 tables for counting, with one supervisor and observer assigned to each table. The counting staff arranged each bundle with 100 votes, and section 144 was imposed by the police in the premises.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) uncovered crucial evidence related to the paper leak of competitive exams being conducted by Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) on Thursday. The officials discovered that the prime suspect in the Assistant Engineer (civil) question paper leak case, Praveen Kumar, had copied around five question papers of various tests to be conducted by the TSPSC.
Finally, three BRS leaders were nominated to the State Legislative Council under the MLA quota and were declared elected unanimously. The leaders include Deshapati Srinivas, K Navin Rao, and Ch Venkatarami Reddy, who is also the OSD to Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
