Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao today inaugurated the Rs. 80,000 crore Kaleshwaram irrigation project billed as the world's largest multi-stage multipurpose lift irrigation scheme. The project is a major step towards the goal of "Bangaru Telangana" (Golden Telangana) set by the Mr Rao, or KCR as he is popularly known, who called it his second-biggest dream after the formation of Telangana.

T Raja Singh, the lone BJP legislator in Telangana, is not a stranger to run-ins with the police. But on Wednesday night, the lawmaker allegedly took the acrimonious relationship with the law-keepers to the next level by injuring his head and then blaming them. The BJP leader is the Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from the Goshamahal constituency.

A 24-year-old gang-rape victim allegedly committed suicide in a village under Dataganj police-station in district blaming police for not registering her complaint, officials said. SHO of Dataganj police-station Amrit Lal has been suspended on charges of dereliction of duty, they said. Senior-Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Tripathi said since woman was reportedly raped in Secunderabad in Telangana, case could not be lodged in UP.