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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 […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy on Thursday wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding sanction of rightful projects to Telangana that were approved under AP Reorganisation Act and national status to Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation. The Prime Minister visited Hyderabad to participate in the ISB Graduation ceremony. In the open letter, […]

Nirmal: Forest minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy instructed officials of the Irrigation department to take steps to complete restoration of breached irrigation tanks and ponds and to complete works of package number 27 of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. He conducted a review meeting with the authorities in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Indrakaran Reddy said that 110 irrigation […]

Adilabad: People invent many things, but fail to win patents for their discoveries. As a result, their inventions do go unnoticed. But, a family of the backward Adilabad district earned recognition by achieving two international patents and two copyrights within a year of time. It is waiting to receive two more patents for their inventions […]

Adilabad: Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav was all praise for improving greenery and achieving 100 per cent sustaining of saplings planted under the Telanganaku Harita Haram at Mukhra (K) village in Echoda mandal. He said that the village became a role model to the country by manufacturing vermi compost fertiliser. Yadav was speaking at a […]

Adilabad: The Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA)-Utnoor is striving hard for the economic empowerment of tribals in erstwhile Adilabad district by going the extra mile in helping the younger lot crack the recruitment exams for government jobs. The State government, it may be recalled, had announced its decision to fill 80,039 posts lying vacant with […]