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Private traders are allegedly exploiting cotton farmers across erstwhile Adilabad district by offering prices below the CCI's minimum support price and imposing deductions. Farmers blame delayed procurement and weak enforcement, and have urged officials to raid unauthorised procurement centres.

A 30-year-old woman, Arthi, died after allegedly jumping off a moving TGRTC bus at Junni village in Echoda mandal. She was travelling from Nirmal to Adilabad with her mother. Police said no complaint had been received by evening.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao will attend the Raithu Garjana Sabha in Nirmal on Wednesday. Party leader Balka Suman said the meeting would highlight farmers' distress and target the Congress government's alleged failures in addressing agricultural challenges.

RGUKT-Basar officials have denied allegations of supplying contaminated drinking water, claiming old videos are being circulated. Students have rejected the explanation, accusing officials of misleading parents. The university has reportedly been facing a drinking water shortage.

Students at RGUKT-Basar in Nirmal district allege they were forced to consume sewage-like drinking water, raising concerns over contamination and health risks. Parents have demanded safe water supplies, while university officials say samples have been sent for laboratory testing

Irrigation officials have deferred the suspension of water supply from Kadem dam for agricultural needs following protests by farmers in Nirmal and Mancherial districts. Farmers had demanded continued supply until November 30 to protect standing paddy crops.

Scanty rainfall and reduced power supply have forced farmers in erstwhile Adilabad district to hire or buy diesel and petrol engines to irrigate crops. The additional expense is adding to their financial burden amid drought-like conditions.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao welcomed Nirmal youth leader Nalla Vinay Reddy into the party in Hyderabad. The induction comes ahead of the party’s Rythu Garjana public meeting in Nirmal on November 11, which Rama Rao will address.

Two women from Adilabad district were killed when a lorry hit an ambulance at Kadtal village in Nirmal district on Friday. Another woman and the ambulance driver sustained serious injuries. The ambulance was transporting a patient to Hyderabad for treatment.

A Forest Section Officer in Nirmal district was caught red-handed by ACB officials while accepting Rs 12,000 from a timber depot owner in Khanapur. The officer had allegedly demanded Rs 20,000 and was later produced before a special ACB court.

The Telangana Intermediate Education department has removed 35 government junior lecturers from service after universities confirmed that certificates submitted by them were fake. Certificates of 320 more lecturers are under verification, while the Intermediate Education JAC has sought a probe.

Four devotees died in separate Ganesh immersion-related incidents in Nirmal, Karimnagar and Jagtial districts from Wednesday to Friday. Two drowned, one was electrocuted and another reportedly died of cardiac arrest during immersion processions and other related activities across the districts.

Seven passengers were injured after an auto-rickshaw overturned between Palsi and Pardi villages in Nirmal on Thursday. Two passengers suffered serious injuries, while five sustained simple injuries. Police suspect reckless driving and have registered a case against the driver

A 48-year-old government teacher from Nirmal district was killed after the car he was travelling in rammed a stationary lorry on NH 44 near Dichpally in Nizamabad district. Three others travelling with him sustained minor injuries

Four burglars allegedly involved in 25 offences across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were arrested by a task force in Nirmal on Saturday. Police recovered 12 kg of silver, Rs 67,000 in cash, a car and metal-melting machines from them

Four pilgrims from Nirmal were killed and seven others injured after their jeep overturned near Thotamba village in Maharashtra’s Nanded district on Monday. The victims were returning from a temple visit when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle.

Former Khanapur MLA Ajmeera Rekha Naik has been booked over alleged misappropriation of paddy allocated under the Custom Milling Rice process. Officials found a deficit of 9,639 metric tonnes of paddy at her mill, valued at Rs 40.96 crore.

Two boys, aged 10 and 11, drowned while swimming in an irrigation tank at Dodarna village in Nirmal district’s Kubheer mandal on Monday. Sofiyan died on the spot, while Ganesh succumbed during treatment at a Bhainsa hospital

A 26-year-old student from Telangana has been declared brain dead after sustaining critical injuries in a road accident near Ann Arbor, Michigan. Doctors confirmed brain death after a rare complication developed during treatment, while he remains on life support.

Light to moderate rains were recorded across Adilabad and Nirmal districts on Saturday, with several mandals receiving more than 20 mm rainfall. Despite the showers, a few mandals in Adilabad, Mancherial and Kumram Bheem Asifabad continue to face rainfall deficiency.