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Despite early and above-normal 2025 monsoon rainfall, Telangana’s Kharif sowing lags 2020 levels by 3.55 lakh acres due to dry spells, urea shortage, rising input costs, and delayed irrigation. Paddy area rose slightly, while pulses and cotton showed moderate growth

Farmers across Telangana are facing steep hikes in cultivation costs due to high prices of fertilizers, seeds and labour. Paddy, cotton and chilli growers report rising debts as crop prices remain low, leaving small and tenant farmers with mounting financial stress

NTPC Ramagundam has won the CII Excellent Energy Efficiency Plant Award 2025 for the fifth time, recognising its leadership in energy efficiency, environmental stewardship, and operational reliability. The plant continues to set benchmarks for sustainable and innovative practices

Singareni Collieries Company Limited will promote around 150 Equipment Project operators in open cast mines. Operators will advance from EC-D to EC-C and EC-C to EC-B, as a one-time measure, following instructions from Chairman and Managing Director N Balram.

SBI has agreed to support Singareni Collieries Company Limited’s upcoming “Singareni Global” projects. SCCL plans to expand into critical minerals, gold and copper exploration, and large-scale renewable energy ventures, including solar, thermal, pumped storage, green hydrogen, and methanol production

The CBI has begun investigating the 2021 murder of advocate couple Gattu Vamana Rao and Nagamani. A team visited their home in Manthani, the crime spot in Kalvacherla, and met family members after the Supreme Court ordered a CBI probe

Ten labourers and five sand tractors were stranded in the Manair river near Gattepalli of Sultanabad mandal on Tuesday as water levels suddenly rose. Police, with the help of locals and ropes, rescued the workers and brought them to safety

Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) will, for the first time, appoint women General Assistants and Badili workers as heavy machinery operators in opencast mines. Eligible women will receive training in Sircilla before appointment. SCCL is also reviving women security guard roles

Farmers in Katikanapalli, Peddapalli, prevented a fertiliser shop owner from illegally diverting 22 bags of urea. Police seized the consignment and reloaded it into the godown. Urea distribution is carried out with Aadhaar and Pattadar passbook verification

A Fast Track Special Court in Peddapalli sentenced S Ramesh to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Upparapalli, Odela mandal, in 2022. Judge K Sunitha also imposed a Rs 21,000 fine and directed Rs 5 lakh compensation to the victim

A Peddapalli district court sentenced a man, Shaik Sarvar, to ten years in prison and fined him Rs.5,000 for attempting to rape a Class 5 student in 2019 at a school in Godavarikhani. He was convicted under the POCSO Act

Peddapalli-based rural photographer Erukulla Veeresham won two State-level awards in a competition organised by the I&PR Department on World Photography Day. His works on welfare schemes earned prizes in the Rajiv Yuva Vikasam and Rythu Bharosa categories

Telangana continues to witness alarmingly high Caesarean deliveries, with Jagtial recording 75.1 per cent in July. Three districts from the erstwhile Karimnagar figured among the State’s top five. Experts cite medical, social and cultural reasons for the surge

At a Prajavani programme in the Collectorate, a youth tried to consume pesticide after officials failed to honour a job promise made to his family following his father’s death. Alert staff rushed him to hospital, preventing a tragedy

RFCL in Peddapalli faces repeated shutdowns due to ammonia pipeline leakages, disrupting urea supply during peak season. Farmers struggle with shortages, while political leaders allege conspiracy behind the frequent closures.

Following heavy inflows from rainfall and upstream Kaddam project releases, Sripada Yellampalli reservoir is releasing water. Authorities have issued safety alerts to residents, farmers, fishermen, and shepherds near Godavari River banks as the reservoir currently holds 15.55 tmc ft of water

ACB arrested Peddapalli mandal surveyor Pendyala Sunil and private surveyor Rajender Reddy for allegedly taking a Rs 10,000 bribe to speed up a land survey request. Evidence included a voice recording and bank transfer details before their arrest

Police constable Anil from Karimnagar, who had attempted suicide by consuming pesticides two days ago, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Peddapalli on Sunday. Police are investigating the cause of the incident.

A TGGENCO employee, Raju, died by suicide inside the power station in Thurkalamaddikunta, Peddapalli, on Wednesday. Police registered a case and began an investigation. The body was shifted to the local hospital for postmortem. The reason is still unclear.

In a dramatic rescue in Peddapalli district, fifteen women agricultural labourers from Goureddypet were stranded midstream while crossing the overflowing Nakkalavagu rivulet after a day's work in Mallial.