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New Indian Express
02-06-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
T-Fiber to help women become cable operators
HYDERABAD: In a significant step towards promoting financial independence among women's groups in the state and expanding rural digital infrastructure, Telangana Fiber Grid Corporation (T-Fiber) is gearing up to provide them with opportunities to become cable operators. In the recently held Managing Committee meeting, T-Fiber Managing Director, Venu Prasad announced the decision to support women from Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in local cable operators (LCO) families by facilitating loans up to Rs 4 lakh through Stree Nidhi Credit Cooperative Federation under the Department of Rural Development. These loans are intended for the purchase of necessary cables and other equipment required to operate the service. Eligible LCOs or their women family members who are part of SHGs are encouraged to complete their registration on the T-Fiber portal before the June 10 deadline. This decision is part of a broader push to empower women through digital infrastructure and rural development initiatives. In areas where no applications are received, the opportunity may be extended to unemployed youth with diplomas or technical qualifications, thereby widening the project's social impact. As part of its digital outreach, T-Fiber plans to establish a dedicated broadband unit in every village, to be operated and maintained by local personnel. Currently, over 8,890 gram panchayats have been made service-ready, with the necessary infrastructure in place for high-speed internet deployment. Once fully operational, the initiative aims to connect more than four crore people across 33 districts, 589 mandals, 12,769 gram panchayats, and 93 lakh households, bridging the digital divide and creating new livelihood avenues in rural Telangana.
The Hindu
16-05-2025
- The Hindu
City police crack down on Mumbai-based gang for burglary in Bengaluru
Probing a burglary in a flat in Yelahanka, Bengaluru City Police have uncovered a Mumbai-based gang carrying out house burglaries in multiple cities across the country. Venu Prasad, a resident of an apartment in Yelahanka, alleged that on February 6, when he returned from a short trip outside Bengaluru, he saw the main door of his flat broken open and around 250 grams of gold jewellery missing from the wardrobe. Probing the case, based on CCTV footage and other technical evidence, the police zeroed in on James, 39, an auto driver in Oshiwara, Mumbai and Salauddin Sheikh, 29, also a resident of Oshiwara. However, before the city police could reach them, they were arrested by Surat Police, Gujarat in connection with another burglary case. Police brought them on a body warrant and during interrogation, the duo reportedly confessed to the crime. The accused had reportedly got the gold jewellery converted into 15 gold bars and said they had hidden them in their house in Oshiwara, . Yelahanka Police recovered 175 grams of 15 gold bars and two gold rings of 5 grams weight, totalling to 180 grams worth ₹16 Lakh.
