Dennis Marcus Mathew

This #photo in @TelanganaToday of a baby smiling at cops who rescued him from his kidnappers in #Hyderabad is so cute! #WorldSmileDay

The second biggest and second brightest full moon of 2025 - the Cold Supermoon is what they called it… #Supermoon #ColdSuperMoon

A city and its people, caged in the emptiness of those with power… The Statue of Emptiness, Khajaguda. #Hyderabad

#Telangana rural local body elections to be held in five phases; Code of Conduct comes into vogue: Telangana’s rural local body elections, including Gram Panchayat, MPTC, and ZPTC, will be held in five phases from October 23 to November 8. Model Code of Conduct is now in effect. telanganatoday.com/telangana-rura…

Election schedule for rural local bodies in #Telangana released, polling in 31 districts Telangana’s State Election Commission announced the schedule for rural local body elections, with polling in 31 districts from October 9. Over 1.67 crore voters will elect representatives to MPTCs, ZPTCs, and Gram Panchayats under strict Model Code of Conduct guidelines. telanganatoday.com/election-sched…

Telangana Govt to take over Hyderabad Metro Phase-I, L&T exits: The State government has agreed in principle to take over Hyderabad Metro Phase-I by assuming Rs 13,000 crore project debt and paying Rs 2,000 crore to L&T for equity. L&T exits the project, refusing to participate in Phase 2 expansion as equity partner… telanganatoday.com/telangana-govt…

The last of the original Reds… Former Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan, one of the last surviving comrades of the CPI(M)’s founding generation, passes away at 101. VS seen through my camera lens in 2011… A true mass leader, probably the last of that kind... #VSAchuthanandan

#OperationSindoor: 1971 Indo-Pak war hero CV Parker says Pakistan has to pay for Pahalgam terror attack... As India continues to hail its Armed Forces for Operation Sindoor, down South in Secunderabad’s Vayupuri, there is one man who was the country’s hero for a similar air attack way back in 1971. All of 93 years now, “partially blind and partially deaf” in his own words, Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker (Retd) is still “preoccupied” with his own chores at home. But he has not disconnected from what is happening on the border. “Pakistan has to pay for Pahalgam,” was his response when contacted. Read more about #CVParker here: telanganatoday.com/hyderabad-1971…

OPERATION SINDOOR #JusticeServed Target 2 – Gulpur Terrorist Camp at Kotli. Distance – 30 Km from Line of Control (POJK). Control Center and Base of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Used for revival of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. DESTROYED AT 1.08 AM on 07 May 2025. #OperationSindoor #IndianArmy @DefenceMinIndia @SpokespersonMoD @HQ_IDS_India @IAF_MCC @indiannavy

OPERATION SINDOOR #JusticeServed Target 1 – Abbas Terrorist Camp at Kotli. Distance – 13 Km from Line of Control (POJK). Nerve Centre for training suicide bombers of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Key training infrastructure for over 50 terrorists. DESTROYED AT 1.04 AM on 07 May 2025. #OperationSindoor #IndianArmy @DefenceMinIndia @SpokespersonMoD @HQ_IDS_India @IAF_MCC @IndiannavyMedia

Scientists have for the first time de-extincted a line of beasts whose live gene pool long ago vanished! This @TIME story says the dire wolf isn’t the only animal that Colossal, founded in 2021 and currently employs 130 scientists, wants to bring back. Also on their de-extinction wish list is the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger. time.com/7274542/coloss…

Kancha Gachibowli deforestation: Centre asks Telangana government for factual report... The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest has intervened in the clearing of 400 acres of forest land in Kancha Gachibowli here for auction, demanding a factual report on the matter from the State government. In a letter to Additional Chief Secretary (Forests), Telangana, on Wednesday, Assistant Inspector General of Forests S Sundar said the Ministry had come to know about the “illegal felling and removal of vegetation” in Kancha Gachibowli by TGIIC. There were also various news reports in print and social media in this regard alleging damage to the wildlife found in the said land, its lakes and to the unique rock formations found in the area, he said, adding that the Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Bhupender Yadav was also in receipt of various representations from Members of Parliament and other public representatives on the matter. In view of this, the State government was to provide a factual report on the issue immediately, take legal action under the provisions of the Indian Forest Act (or local Forest Act), Wildlife Protection Act and the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, as applicable and also ensure that there was no violation of any other Acts or orders of courts and tribunals. Responding to the Centre’s intervention, Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy thanked Bhupender Yadav. Stating that this was a significant step towards ensuring accountability, preventing further environmental hazards and protecting the green cover, he said this would also ensure that all actions remain within the legal purview and undergo proper consultation. telanganatoday.com/kancha-gachibo…

Telangana’s farmers call Revanth Reddy’s unfulfilled Rythu Bharosa promise cruel ‘April Fool’ prank... Hopes of farmers in the State had started burning bright after Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy‘s recent promise that Rs.12,000 would be credited into accounts of 90 percent of eligible farmers by March 31. However, with the long awaited Rythu Bharosa payments remaining pending even on April 1, farmers are now saying that the State government had played a cruel #AprilFool prank on them. Farmers are of the impression that Rythu Bharosa would have been of considerable help if it was given at the crucial sowing stage. The inordinate delays have caused frustration among farmers. Many have started falling back on private lending sources for crop investment support. After Revanth Reddy recently announced additional funding for the scheme to implement it in a full-fledged manner and promised payment of the crop investment support before the end of the financial year, Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswar Rao had also assured the farmers on the same lines. The promise was looked upon by the farmers as a Ugadi gift from the government. But it turned out to be just one on the long list of unfulfilled promises of the Congress government. telanganatoday.com/telanganas-far…

Poor response to LRS: Telangana government extends last date for payment of fee till April 30... With poor response from the public to its Land Regularisation Scheme (LRS), the State government has decided to extend the date for payment of the LRS fee and charges with a rebate of 25 per cent up to April 30. Orders to this effect were issued on Wednesday. In February this year, the Congress government had announced regularisation of plots in unapproved and illegal layouts across the State. Accordingly, orders were issued to clear applications under LRS 2020, where around 16 lakh applications are pending for approval. Besides imposing regularisation fee and other charges as per the LRS 2020, the government also offered 25 per cent discount on the same. However, the State government’s plans to fill up its coffers through the LRS failed to yield desired results with not many coming forward to avail of the offer before the last date of March 31. The LRS scheme was made applicable for the nearly 25 lakh applications that were filed between August 31 and October 31, 2020. Accordingly, the government expected that LRS applications processing could generate a revenue of about Rs.10,000 crore. On the contrary, hardly Rs.1,500 crore was generated as only about 4.36 lakh applicants availed the 25 percent rebate offered by the government. Read more here: telanganatoday.com/poor-response-…

SLBC tunnel rescue operations to be wound up in a fortnight, says Ponguleti The rescue operations taken up following the roof collapse accident in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel are expected to conclude within the next 10-15 days, according to Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Wednesday. Over the past 40 days, 700-800 experts have worked tirelessly under official supervision, with 550-560 personnel currently engaged in rescue operations using advanced equipment. Still, the bodies of only two of the eight workers trapped inside the tunnel were recovered.. telanganatoday.com/telangana-slbc…

This forest is no one’s personal property, says Richa Chadha on Kancha Gachibowli lands row... Support for the protesting students is growing by the hour as YouTubers and actors increasingly take to their social media accounts to express their disapproval of the Congress government’s plan to raze 400 acres of urban forest in Kancha Gachibowli, Hyderabad. With actors like Prakash Raj, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee voicing concerns over the issue, it has now gained attention beyond Hyderabad. Read more here: telanganatoday.com/this-forest-is…

Supreme Court rebukes Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy over statement made in Assembly... The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuked Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over his statement made in the state Assembly, saying he was making mockery of the anti-defection law. The Chief Minister had stated that there would be no by-elections even if the MLAs of the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) defect to the ruling Congress. “If this is said on the floor of the house, your Hon’ble CM is making a mockery of the 10th Schedule,” the bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and A.G. Masih, slamming the Chief Minister while hearing petitions filed by BRS leaders, seeking disqualification of BRS MLAs who defected to Congress last year. BRS MLA P. Kaushik Reddy had filed the petition seeking the disqualification of MLAs T. Venkata Rao, Danam Nagender, and Kadiyam Srihari for defecting to the Congress after winning the election on BRS tickets. telanganatoday.com/telangana-supr…

Telangana High Court stays all work on Kanche Gachibowli land... The PIL bench of the Telangana High Court comprising acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara on Wednesday issued directives staying all work, including felling of trees or any other action, on the disputed 400 acres of land at Kanche Gachibowli, over which the University of Hyderabad and the State government have been trading arguments for almost a week now. The stay is till the hearing, which will continue on Thursday, is completed. The bench had taken up hearing of the case pertaining to the proposed act of the State government in putting up 400 acres at Kanche Gachibowli in Serilingampally mandal for auction through the Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC). Kalapala Babu Rao, a retired scientist from the twin cities had filed the writ plea seeking a court direction to declare the State’s action in razing 400 acres of forest land, in pursuance of GO Ms No 54 dated June 26, 2024 issued by the Revenue department, as unlawful and in violation of the Forest Conservation Act 1980. telanganatoday.com/telangana-high…

This @X user, @aravind, has made predictions that have hit the bull’s eye with uncanny precision, be it the fall of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria, that of Sheik Hasina in Bangladesh, and closer home, the crisis that Gautam Adani is in. His posts have warned of a mostly US-run deep state, sometimes by China, being behind most of the above mentioned developments... Read about the predictions of this modern day avatar of Nostradamus here: telanganatoday.com/this-x-user-pr…

Telangana: Killer tiger strikes again; attacks farmer within 24 hrs of killing woman in Asifabad telanganatoday.com/killer-tiger-s…