A total of 75 adulterated liquor bottles worth nearly ₹1.5 lakh were seized by the State excise officials during a raid conducted at Trops Bar in Ayyappa Society in Madhapur.

Bar manager V. Satyanarayana Reddy and staff member Punith Patnaik from Kukatpally, were arrested for mixing cheap alcohol into premium bottles at the bar.

The incident came to light when the officials from the Lingampally excise station visited the premises after discovering that the bar’s licence was not renewed. Suspecting irregularities, the officials carried out a thorough inspection. The arrested individuals were found tampering with high-end liquor bottles, filling them with low-priced alternatives.

Bar licence holder Uday Kumar Reddy was also named in the case. Further investigation are under way.

CHENNAI: To attract foreign investment and technological know-how in key industries, Tamil Nadu govt will establish an industrial park near Chennai for Taiwanese suppliers and component makers in electronics, technical textiles and non-leather footwear, industries minister T R B Raaja announced in the assembly on Friday.
It is expected to attract investments to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore and has potential for creating 20,000 jobs.
Later, Raaja told the press that as the electronics, non-leather footwear industry in the state expands, a lot of Taiwanese companies have shown interest to invest. “There is a demand for creating a cluster of industries at a single location,” he said. Tamil Nadu has seen a lot of investments from Taiwan in recent years.
Replying to the debate on the demand for grants for the industries department, Rajaa announced a slew of industrial parks, including setting up of Sipcot Tex in Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram and Tuticorin. The effort is to diversify the state’s textile industry and these parks will be established along with industry bodies. They will have plug and play facilities and focus on readymade textiles.
Sipcot industrial park will be set up at Chinnasalem in Kallakurichi (450 acres), Sankarankovil in Tenkasi (150 acres), Karaikudi in Sivakasi (100 acres) and Vellore (250 acres). They are expected to bring cumulative investments of Rs 1,650 crore and 19,000 potential jobs. Govt will also establish a 125-acre non-leather footwear park in Tirupattur, which is expected to bring ₹250 crore investments, and establish a Neo-Tidel park in industrially backward Nagapattinam.
“Tamil Nadu global investor’s meet 2024 had received commitment of Rs 6.64 lakh crore investments and the state has converted 72% of them into actual investment. It is a remarkable rate of conversion,” the minister said.
“The GIM 2019 (held during the AIADMK govt) has a conversion of 36.23% despite the efforts made by our govt subsequently. Since 2021, our govt has inked 897 MoUs, attracting Rs10,27,547 crore investments, out of which 722 MoUs has been materialised with the companies beginning construction or rolling out products,” Raaja said.
In a change from the past, in four years southern Tamil Nadu received 30.32% of the investments into the state with an industrial boom happening in Tuticorin and Tirunelveli, he said, adding that the delta districts have received Rs 35,000 crore investment.
Raaja said Samsung has decided to make an additional investment of Rs 1,000 crore in the state. He said Guidance desks will be set up in the US, Germany, South Korea and Vietnam and the previously announced Japan desk will start functioning in May.

Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has said that the National Dam Safety Authority‘s (NDSA) report on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is a direct indictment of the previous BRS govt, revealing serious flaws in the project’s design, construction, and maintenance. He demanded that BRS leaders issue a public apology to the farmers of Telangana.
Speaking to the media at the Bharat Summit 2025 at HICC on Friday, Uttam Kumar Reddy said the state govt would thoroughly study the NDSA report and hold a detailed discussion during the upcoming cabinet meeting.
“BRS leaders should have some shame. The NDSA report clearly states the design was faulty, construction was faulty, and operation and maintenance were faulty. There was no proper soil testing or geophysical investigation,” he said.
‘BRS mortgaged T future’
The minister accused the previous administration of mortgaging Telangana’s future, alleging that the BRS borrowed over ₹1 lakh crore at high interest rates for a project that failed under its own watch.
“You claimed Kaleshwaram was a wonder. But you designed it, you built it, and it collapsed during your regime,” he added.
He further alleged that key barrages—Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla—were barely functional despite being showcased as a monumental achievement by the BRS government.
“Even with these non-functional structures, Telangana recorded record paddy production during the vanakalam season. That success belongs to the resilience of our farmers, not your failed engineering,” he said.
‘Not politically driven’
Responding to accusations that the NDSA report was politically motivated, Uttam clarified that the NDSA is an independent central agency comprising India’s top dam safety experts.
“This body was constituted while BRS was in power. Neither CM Revanth Reddy nor I appointed it. You should be ashamed that your project has been indicted by an institution created during your own rule,” he said.
The minister called the flaws in the Kaleshwaram project a “grave betrayal” of Telangana’s farmers and assured that those responsible would be held accountable.
“We will ensure this betrayal does not go unpunished. Those who built this project and enabled its flaws will face consequences,” he said.