1. A farmer couple from Padamata Narsapuram village of Khammam district in Telangana are the latest to come forward to claim 'Geeta,' a deaf and dumb girl who was found near the Pakistan border many years ago. The couple say, that Geeta is their long lost daughter 'Rani.' Read more.
2. Thirty-five persons were arrested in connection with the attack on Marredpally police station here last week. A mob of around 200 people, carrying weapons, ransacked the Marredpally police station last Monday. Five officers, including two sub-inspectors, were injured in the attack. Read a report in The New Indian Express.
3. A realtor has been arrested for cheating more than 1,000 people, including several NRIs and top government officials, while earning around Rs 25 crore from the act. The accused, Y. Prabhakar Sharma, would lure people, promising them an exclusive Brahmin housing colony named “Veda Gayatri Agraharam” in Chegur village of Kothur Mandal, Deccan Chronicle reports.
4. Even as the Telangana government is making swift moves to implement its new excise policy, some of the initiatives, will take some more time. For instance, while the new policy is set to come into force from October 1, the introduction of wine lounges and pubs with microbreweries are expected to take some time. Read a Times of India report.
5. All major land acquisition hurdles have been overcome, contracts with leading global firms for various components are in place and the monies too are sewn up nicely. Now, a big question mark looms large over the Hyderabad Metro Rail, meeting its deadline, which means the entire project across 72 km in three corridors has to be completed by 2017. Read The Hindu's report.