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A woman constable in Warangal allegedly died by suicide at her in-laws’ house. A suicide note reportedly accused a fellow constable of harassment and mental torture. Police have registered a case of abetment to suicide and launched an investigation. Based on a complaint filed by the deceased woman’s relatives, a case was registered against the accused under charges of abetment to suicide and other relevant sections, and an investigation into the matter has been initiated, police said.

A 45-year-old woman lost her life due to an electric shock at her residence in Yellanda village of Wardhannapet mandal in the district on Monday. The incident took place when the deceased, Oora Sammakka, was hanging a towel on a clothesline. She suffered a severe electric shock as electric current was flowing through the line and fell unconscious. Her family members immediately rushed her to the Government Hospital at Wardhannapet. Doctors at the hospital confirmed that she had already died by the time she arrived.

SR University, Warangal, recorded over 1,500 internship opportunities and strong placements in 2026, with the highest package reaching Rs 44 lakh per annum. Over 1,300 students were placed across leading companies, including Accenture, Cognizant, Amazon and Deloitte. The university showed strong placement performance among major recruiters, including Accenture (254 placements), Cognizant (165) and Capgemini (57) along with opportunities in Virtusa, Infosys, TCS, Deloitte, BNP Paribas and several other reputed organisations.Students also secured placements across management, core engineering and agriculture sectors in companies such as Amazon, Cisco, Real Page, JP Morgan Chase, Flipkart Neev, IDBI Bank, DeltaX, Quadrant Technologies, Home First Finance, Oasis Automation, Berger Paints, Reliance Brands Limited, Asian Paints, Blue Star, Syngenta, Bayer Crop Science and others, Sunil Reddy informed.

A farmer died of cardiac arrest while waiting at an agricultural market in Warangal district on Sunday. Farmers alleged prolonged procurement delays were causing distress to cultivators. Similar incidents of farmers collapsing at procurement centres were reported in multiple Telangana districts recently. Farmers are charging that the officials were delaying procurement since last one month and subjecting the farming community to a lot of distress. Incidents of farmers collapsing at procurement centres occurred at Nalgonda, Rangareddy and Jayashankar Bhupalpally districts last week. 

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Hyderabad, apprehended a man during an undercover operation in Warangal for allegedly trading protected Indian Red Sand Boas. Two live snakes were seized and handed over to forest officials for further action under the Wildlife Act, 1972. Acting on the information, the DRI team conducted an undercover decoy operation on Saturday and caught the individual. “The person was carrying a bag. On searching the bag, two live Indian Red Sand Boas (Eryx johnii) were recovered,” said an official of the DRI.

Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar dismissed Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s allegations that G Kishan Reddy was obstructing Hyderabad Metro phase-2. He said the Centre remained committed to Telangana’s development and also defended the SIR exercise regarding illegal infiltrators. Nobody has the right to remove the votes of Indian citizens, he made it clear and demanded a categorical reply from the Congress party on whether the votes of illegal infiltrators should be removed.

Sundaram Finance celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Warangal branch, highlighting its contribution to expanding financial access in the region. Company representatives credited customers, employees and their families for the branch’s sustained growth and success over the years. “Established in 2000, the Warangal branch has played a vital role in expanding financial access in Warangal, often serving customers who were outside the reach of mainstream finance. Small business owners, first-time borrowers, self-employed professionals and transport operators have all found a dependable financial partner in this branch,” said Ramalingam P, Senior Branch Manager, Warangal Retail Branch.