"adilabad"

Adilabad: While the long spell of rains brought cheer to all, the lightning strikes became a cause for concern for the farmers. Evidently, 10 farmers including a woman and a boy were stuck dead by lightning in different parts of erstwhile Adilabad district over the fortnight. Farmers are now tensed by the consecutive deaths caused […]

Adilabad: A tribal woman gave birth to a baby boy while travelling in a bus of Telangana State Road Transportation Corporation (TSRTC) from Utnoor to Chandrapur of Maharashtra at Mankapur village in Gudihathnoor mandal on Sunday. Madavi Rathnala delivered a baby boy when she was commuting by the bus at Mankapur village at around 11.35 […]

Adilabad: In two different incidents, a farm labourer and a woman farmer were struck dead by lightning, while two others sustained injuries in Narnoor and Indervelli mandals on Friday. Medical condition of the injured person is said to be critical. It is eighth incident reported in erstwhile Adilabad district. In the first instance, the victim […]

Adilabad: An aspirant of army job from Narnoor mandal was arrested for allegedly involving in violent protests against the recent Agnipath scheme at Secunderabad railway station on Wednesday. The inclusion of the youngster in the list of accused persons and his arrest created a flutter in the district. It is learnt that Rathod Prithviraj, a […]

Hyderabad: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is all set to conduct the first session of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main in 501 cities including 21 cities in the State from June 23 to 29. The entrance test will be conducted in 22 cities outside India as well. The NTA on Tuesday released admit cards […]

Adilabad: A man, who was addicted to the banned matka, was arrested for allegedly lifting motorbikes parked in different parts of the district centre. He was produced before pressmen here on Tuesday. A total of 18 two-wheelers were recovered from his possession. Superintendent of Police D Uday Kumar said that the accused person was Shafi […]

Adilabad: Farm activities gained momentum with onset of monsoon across erstwhile Adilabad. Farmers began preparing agricultural lands for raising various crops for this Vanakalam season. Farmers began tilling fields, clearing weeds, erecting fences as part of the preparations for the ongoing agriculture season. Some of the farmers are dumping cow-dung and other organic fertilizers to […]

Adilabad: Security has been beefed up to prevent untoward incidents in the district headquarters in the wake of clashes between sections over a social media post, here on Sunday. About 200 armed forces were deployed in different parts of the town to avert untoward incidents following the incident. They were drawn from Telangana State Special […]

Adilabad: A man was arrested and sent to a 14-day judicial remand for allegedly hurting sentiments of a section and promoting enmity between two groups, here on Sunday. Superintendent of Police D Uday Kumar said that the accused person Dongre Pentu from Bhuktapur of the town was taken and produced before a court. A case […]

Adilabad: Tension escalated in Adilabad town on Saturday night, following a social medial post allegedly insulting a religion by a youngster on Saturday night. Even while the police took the youngsgter into custody and locked him up, protesters gathered in front of the police station demanding action. The slogan-raising youth clashed with the police, hurled […]

Adilabad: A farmer died after being struck by lightning when he was taking up some activity in his agriculture field at Dhanora village in Bheempur mandal on Saturday. The victim was Goskulla Ashanna Yadav (50), a resident of Dhanora village. Ashanna died on the spot when the lightning struck him. He was readying his farm […]

Hyderabad: With southwest monsoon just around the corner and expected to make its onset over the State any time now, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)-Hyderabad issued an extended-range forecast stating that southwest monsoon seasonal (June to September) rainfall over Telangana is likely to be above normal. Though the weather agency had earlier predicted the monsoon […]

Adilabad: A war like situation can be sensed in forest fringe villages situated in different parts of erstwhile Adilabad district for the past few weeks. And, this war is between dwellers of these villages and forest department officials. People living on the fringes of forest areas have been tilling the lands allegedly belonging to the […]

Nirmal/Adilabad: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy said that the objective of Palle and Pattana Pragathi programmes was to address challenges of both rural and urban civic bodies. He took part in the fifth edition of the ongoing Pattana Pragathi programme at Ashra and Vijayanagar Colonies in Nirmal on Tuesday. Indrakaran stated that Telangana underwent an […]

Adilabad: The Communist Party of India’s (Marxist) State secretary Thammineni Veerabhadhram termed as a ‘wicked act’ the union government’s decision to sell the sick unit of Cement Corporation of India as scrap. After visting the plant here on Saturday, Veerabhadram said that the Centre either should operate the unit or give lands back to farmers […]

Hyderabad: After a temporary respite from scorching summer conditions, a heatwave is expected to sweep through the State including Hyderabad for the next two days. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD)-Hyderabad, almost all the districts in the State including Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Adilabad, Warangal, Suryapet, Nizamabad, Nalgonda, and Karimnagar will witness soaring temperatures. Temperatures are […]

Adilabad: District Transport Officer Dr Puppala Srinivas said that action would be taken against managements of private recognized schools if they do not get fitness clearances of their buses before reopening of educational institutions. Addressing newsmen here on Tuesday, Srinivas said that erstwhile Adilabad district accounted for 1,009 buses run by educational institutions. He stated […]

Adilabad: Collector Sikta Patnaik advised the tribals to continue to carry forward their distinctive traditions and ethnic cuisines to future generations. She was speaking at a festival of mahua flowers celebrated by the aboriginal tribals at Rimma village in Sirikonda mandal on Tuesday. She was joined by Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA)-Utnoor Project Officer Ankith. […]

Adilabad: A youngster Katkuri Umesh (28) was killed on the spot when an unknown vehicle mowed down a two-wheeler in which he was travelling on national highway 44 at Mandagada village in Jainath mandal on Monday. According to Jaianth Sub-Inspector Bitla Persis, the victim Mahesh hailed from Mandagada village. The accident took place at a […]

Adilabad: In an inhuman incident, a man and his wife brutally murdered their 21-year-old daughter by slitting her throat for reportedly falling in love with a youngster belonging to another religion at Nagalkonda village in Narnoor mandal on Friday. The woman was found dead in a pool of blood and a knife used for killing […]