Bapu Rao was already facing stiff competition from 42 aspirants including former MP Ramesh Rathod, Dr Sumalatha and Tudumdebba leader Kotnaka Vijay apart from ZP chairperson Rathod Janardhan
Eleven members of Nirmal Cycling Club (NCC) organised a trip titled 'Jagaran Ride' from Nirmal to Janath mandal centre and back, spanning a distance of 210 km on Friday evening.
In Adilabad district, devotees made a beeline to Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy temple in Sirichelma and the ancient cave temple Sri Someswara Swamy Alayam at the famous Kuntala Waterfalls
The Union government failed to realise long pending dreams of the public such as revival of Cement Corporation of India's unit, creation of a textile park and Adilabad-Armoor railway line, said Jogu Ramanna
Commenting about the Lord Ram's Temple in Ayodhya, Modi said Telangana had played a pivotal role in the Pran-Pratishtha of Ram Mandir and has a bigger role to play in realizing a Viksit Bharat.
Stating that Adilabad was drought-prone and backward district, the Chief Minister said the State government was proposing irrigation project Tummadihati and was prepared to bear the compensation towards acquisition of 1,850 acres in Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders said Revanth Reddy would request Modi for revival of the Cement Corporation of India's sick unit in Adilabad and Armoor-Adilabad railway line via Nirmal, which were long pending dreams of people from this region.
Uncertainty prevails over Bapu Rao's future with the party learned to be reluctant to re-nominate him. Internal bickering among four MLAs and Bapu Rao is attributed to the delay in declaring the candidate for Adilabad segment
Asking students to reach their respective centres by 8.45 am, the BIE said students who reach late after 9 am would be given a five minutes grace period.
A 31-year old fisherman was electrocuted when he touched water through which electricity was passing in a stream where he was fishing on the outskirts of Undam village in Tamsi mandal
Adilabad Collector PS Rahul Raj was transferred and was replaced by Rajarshi Shah, an IAS officer of 2017 batch and Kumram Bheem Asifabad Collector Borkade Hemanth Sahadeorao was replaced by Sneha Shabarish from the 2017 batch
Adilabad District Intermediate Education Officer Ravinder said that 9,690 students out of the total 10,424 pupils attended the first day of the examination.
