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Adilabad: In a tragic incident, a woman and her son committed suicide by consuming a pesticide within a gap of an hour after a heated argument over their failure of crop raised in a agriculture field leased by them at Dampur village in Gudihathnoor mandal on Friday night. The incident came to light on Saturday. […]

Nirmal: Two youngsters accidentally got washed away in a stream when they went for a swim while picnicking with three other friends at Gangapur village in Utnoor mandal on Thursday. The bodies are yet to be fished out. Utnoor Inspector Saida Rao said that the victims were Ayan (18) of Mobinpura Colony in Utnoor and […]

Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department-Hyderabad (IMD-H) on Thursday issued a light to moderate thunderstorm with rain alert, asking people to plan their commute accordingly. In a release issued at 11:15 am, the weather agency said that rains are very likely to occur in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Siddipet, Adilabad, Nirmal, Yadadri, and Nagarkurnool districts during the […]

Adilabad: As many as 30 girl students of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya were hospitalized when they suffered food-poisoning at their mess in Bhela mandal centre on Monday. The students were admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Science (RIMS)-Adilabad after they had vomiting and diarrhea when they had dinner at the mess on Sunday evening. […]

Adilabad: Demand for creation of new mandals is getting louder in erstwhile Adilabad district day by day with the State government declaring 13 new mandals in different districts recently. On July 23, the government gave its nod to carve out 13 more mandals in nine districts to ease administration. It has spurred demands for creation […]

Nirmal: Adilabad MP Soyam Bapu Rao was arrested on Sunday as he was proceeding to Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technologies (RGUKT)-Basar to extend his solidarity to students, at Manmad village in Lokeshwaram mandal. Police have set up checkposts to prevent the arrival of political leaders coming from various directions to visit the protesting […]

Adilabad: Collector Sikta Patnaik instructed officials concerned to continue to carry out sanitation drives for preventing spread of seasonal diseases. She toured Gudihathnoor mandal centre on Wednesday. Sikta initially visited two schools and shared suggestions with teachers of the institutions. She told the teachers to provide quality food cooked in hygienic environs. She asked them […]

Adilabad: After a lull, rains returned to Adilabad district. Several parts of the district saw moderate rains disrupting normal life and wreaking havoc to farmers on Tuesday. The average rainfall of the day was measured to be 27.4 mm. Tamsi mandal had the highest rainfall of 71 mm, followed by Adilabad Rural mandal which experienced […]

Adilabad/Nirmal: Several parts of both Adilabad and Nirmal districts received light rains on Saturday. Hilly streams were flooded and irrigation projects received inflows. As per a weather report available on the website of Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS), the average rainfall of Adilabad district was measured to be 34.2 mm. Neradigonda mandal received the […]

Adilabad: Nine persons were arrested for allegedly involving in banned gambling on the outskirts of Ankoli village in Adilabad Rural mandal on Saturday. Liquid cash of Rs 16,560, six mobile phones and four motorbikes were seized from them. Adilabad Special Branch Inspector J Krishnamurthy said that the accused persons were Shaik Nayeem, Sadiq Ali, S […]

Adilabad: Forest minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy lamented that the union government was extending aid to Telangana for registering heavy losses caused by natural calamity. He toured Indervelli mandal hit by rains on Saturday. Indrakaran said that the Centre did not respond to a request made by the State government for an immediate relief of Rs […]

Adilabad: People living in rural parts of erstwhile Adilabad district faced the double whammy of incessant rains that damaged tacky transportation system. Their woes were amplified by the six-day long unprecedented downpours that battered the roads, bridges and culverts. The district saw heavy rains from July 9 to 14, disrupting normal life. Flooding streams breached […]

Adilabad: Activists of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) took out a rally in protest of the union government’s decision to impose Goods and Service Tax of 5 percent on dairy products, here on Wednesday. Led by Adilabad municipal chairperson Jogu Premender, scores of members of TRS gathered at Telangana Chowk and raised slogans against the Centre […]

Adilabad: A notorious ganja smuggler was arrested for allegedly murdering a degree student a few days back. He was produced before pressmen here on Tuesday. A knife used for committing the crime was recovered from him. Adilabad DSP V Umender said that the accused person was Thorat Preetham from Ambedkar nagar in the district headquarters. […]

Adilabad: Suresh Pataskar, an RTI activist passed away here on Monday. He was suffering from age-related ailments. He was 84 and survived by two sons and a wife. Suresh earned fame for raising various challenges and for striving for creation of rail infrastructure to the district. He is credited with the introduction of Krishna Express […]

Hyderabad: Director-General of Police M Mahendar Reddy on Friday laid foundation stone for construction of Bharosa Centres in five districts – Adilabad, Nizamabad, Mahbubnagar, Jogulamba-Gadwal and Mahbubabad. Speaking on the occasion, he said efforts were on to set up Bharosa Centres in all the districts in the State. The police department was according top priority […]

Adilabad: Irrigation projects saw a steep decline in inflows following slowing down of incessant rains in upstream areas on Thursday. This has cheered the public residing in villages downstream. Kaddam Narayana Reddy project of Nirmal recorded inflows by 1.55 lakh cusecs. The water level reached 685 feet as against the full reservoir level of 700 […]

Adilabad: Incessant rains continued to pound erstwhile Adilabad for the sixth day in a row on Thursday, affecting normal life. As per a weather report available on the website of Telangana State Development Planning Society, The average rainfall of Nirmal district was measured to be 130 mm. Khanapur mandal had the highest rainfall by 294 […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Two members of a rescue team of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)-Mandamarri unit, went missing while they were shifting a pregnant woman to a hospital by crossing a road which was inundated by floods on the outskirts of Ainam village in Dahegaon mandal on Wednesday. Their whereabouts are yet to be traced. […]

Adilabad: Three persons including two women of Nirmal district were killed on the spot and another woman sustained injuries when a four-wheeler in which they were travelling rammed into a tree on the outskirts of Godariguda village in Utnoor mandal on Wednesday. Utnoor police said that the victims were Gade Savitha (38) of Ambakanti village, […]