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A 78-year-old man, Kalvakota Vijayender Rao, died of starvation in Garshakurthy village of Karimnagar district. Once from a landlord family, he lived alone in poverty, struggled with illness and lack of food, and was unable to withdraw his pension

Speaking to the media, BJP Legislative Party leader A Maheshwar Reddy alleged that the budget was full of debts and that the budget would further increase the State's debts.

Minister said there were no power cuts in the State and that power supply was stopped only during regular maintenance or laying new power lines

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao issued orders hiking the quantum of pension being given to them from Rs 3,016 to Rs 4,016 per month

After talking to the staff, he found that the amounts of some farmers and pensioners were held back by the branch staff as the farmers could not pay the loans for a while.

Fighting for Aasara pension amount claimed the life of a youth, bizarre incident took place in Vijayapuri colony of Jagtial

Welfare schemes have been provided to cater to the poor in the State, said Karimnagar Mayor Y Sunil Rao.

Along with Mahmood Ali, other TRS leaders were participating in the program when the local BJP corporator Shashikala created ruckus over protocol related issues.

Telangana is perhaps the only State, which was extending Aasara pensions to elderly, differently-abled, widows, single women, HIV infected, filaria infected (Grade 2-3), handloom weavers, toddy tappers and Beedi workers.

Kothagudem: Government Whip Rega Kantha Rao challenged BJP and Congress ruled States to implement welfare schemes being implemented by the TRS government. He said Telangana government was the only government in the country to implement the highest number of welfare schemes for the poorer sections. The government spends Rs 12,000 crore per year at the […]

Adilabad: Over 70,000 persons aged above 57 years are set to benefit under Aasara pension scheme in Adilabad district with the government announcing to provide the social security pensions to 10 lakh persons in State to mark diamond jubilee celebrations of Indian independence for the first time. So far, the scheme is being extended to […]

Hyderabad: Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) will be the first Cantonment in the country to receive free drinking water supply, said Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav. “Out of the 62 Cantonment Boards in the country, the SCB in the Telangana is the only Cantonment board where every household will receive 20,000 litres free drinking water […]

Khammam: There are a total of 3,085 active filariasis cases in erstwhile Khammam district as of September 14, 2021, said the district health officials, with as many as 2,816 cases in Khammam district alone. However, with the State government’s efforts to eradicate lymphatic filariasis from the State, the disease is showing a declining trend in […]

Kamareddy: Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy on Saturday said that his ultimate aim was to ensure an own house to the homeless families in the district. The Speaker inaugurated 40 double bedroom houses, newly constructed school building, Rythu Vedika and Ramalayam temple function hall apart from laying foundation stone for other government buildings here. Speaking […]

Says 450 Anganwadi workers will be promoted as supervisors

Persons, eligible under the new rules, will have to apply before August 31 at MeeSeva or e-Seva centres.

Minister convened a meeting with officials to discuss measures to be taken in the wake of age reduction to avail Asara pensions

Says schemes introduced by KCR turned Telangana into a progressive and forward-looking State

Over Rs 4,155 crore for disbursal of pensions scheme already released by State

Finance Minister Harish Rao said that the BJP leaders have mastered the art of spreading make-believe lies through statements, pamphlets and social media