Ajay Tomar

Ajay is a Correspondent with South First's Telangana bureau based out of Hyderabad.

NCRB 2021 data: 24% hike in child sexual abuse cases in 5 South India states; Tamil Nadu 4th in India
Hyderabad: BJP Gaddiannaram corporator held for kidnapping conspiracy, another party worker absconding

Goods worth lakhs recovered as Hyderabad Police arrests four criminals for different incidents of theft
Veteran journalist P Sainath returns Basavashree award over Murugha Matha sexual abuse case
Karnataka: Police arrest anganwadi teacher who burnt private parts of 3-year-old in Tumakuru

Telangana Police arrests two persons for illegal fingerprint-altering surgeries
Hyderabad: 8 peddlers arrested for selling drugs via dark web; they accepted cryptocurrency!
Decadal numbers: Bengaluru registers most rape cases since 2012 in South India, followed by Hyderabad
People celebrate Ganesh Chathurthi with fervour across South India
Vinayaka Chavithi: Time of the year instilling enthusiasm across sections of society
NCRB 2021 data: Bengaluru most atrocity-prone city for SC people in South India for 7th year
Karnataka: Private school bodies write yet again to PM alleging ‘huge corruption’
Telangana man held in Bengaluru for smuggling 14kg heroin worth ₹100 crore
Rohingyas live in fear of evacuation in Hyderabad camp
Hyderabad court restrains BJP leaders from commenting on K Kavitha in Delhi liquor scam
BJP MLA Raja Singh gets bail hours after arrest for comments against Prophet; party suspends him
Hyderabad: 19-year-old gets 21 years imprisonment for raping 12-year-old girl
Anjaiah and Telugu pride referenced as BJP state chief is trolled for ‘picking up Amit Shah’s slippers’
Marijuana worth ₹1.3 crore seized, 6 peddlers arrested in Hyderabad
Power ban on Telangana and Tamil Nadu lifted after repayment of dues
Calling impactful welfare schemes ‘freebies’ an insult to Constitutional mandate, YSR Congress tells SC
Telangana weavers seek removal of age limit for ‘Nethanna Ku Bima’
Shaz Tamkanat, Urdu poet from Hyderabad who was popular among the masses
Need concrete welfare measures, not political gimmicks, say Nethanna leaders
First in 75 years: Tricolour hoisted, Independence Day celebrated at Bengaluru Idgah Maidan
Officials clueless about gas that leaked at Visakhapatnam’s Brandix, says Sarat Marpu
Hyderabad’s prestigious Golconda Fort marred by vandals
300 cows washed away in Velugodu reservoir
Karnataka government excludes Nehru, features Savarkar on Independence Day ads in newspapers
Hyderabad: Rachakonda Police busts interstate gang; 3 arrested

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