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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Adivasis observed the 81st martyrdom anniversary of tribal legend Kumram Bheem at historic Jodeghat village in Kerameri mandal on Wednesday. About 20,000 tribal people belonging to several parts of the erstwhile Adilabad district and neighboring Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand made a beeline to the tiny habitation and performed special rituals […]
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Adilabad: A self-styled godman and his accomplice were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly cheating the public by promising double returns on their investments in short time. Police recovered Rs 11.70 lakh in cash, two mobile phones, two golden bangles from the duo. Briefing the pressmen about the modus operandi of the two, In-charge Superintendent of […]
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Adilabad: Adilabad District Collector Sikta Patnaik directed the officials concerned to extend their cooperation to a two-member Central team that was touring Adilabad district to inspect works taken up under the Centrally-sponsored funds in five mandals, from October 18 to 24. Addressing a meeting with officials of various departments here on Friday, Sikta said Dr […]
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Hyderabad: With festival holidays extending into the weekend, it is the right time to plan a long drive. And Kuntala waterfalls in Adilabad which are now in full glory thanks to the recent rains, is one such destination. Kuntala is the highest waterfall in Telangana, cascading from a height of 50 meters (150 feet). The […]
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Officials directed to make arrangements for smooth procurement in Adilabad
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Adilabad: The prime accused in the case involving in the theft of the cartons of cigarette and pan masala worth Rs 8 lakh in Adilabad on October 8, has been arrested. He was produced before the media on Tuesday. Already, three persons were arrested in the case and the property was recovered by the police. […]
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Adilabad: A private employee and his aide were arrested for allegedly duping public with promises of providing jobs in Forest department and posing as an IFoS officer, here on Monday. Police also seized Rs 3 lakh cash, computers, printers and two mobile phones from him. Briefing the media after the arrests, in-charge Superintendent of Police […]
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Adilabad: Four people were killed in three separate incidents of lightning in different parts of the erstwhile Adilabad district on Saturday. In the first incident, a 45-year old farmer and his wife were killed after being struck by lightning in their agriculture field at Burkapalli village in Bazarhathnoor mandal. The deceased were identified as Baniya […]
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Adilabad: United Way of Hyderabad (UWH), a Hyderabad-based voluntary organisation, brought respite to 15 women who lost their husbands to Covid-19 by providing them livelihood of their choice. District Collector Sikta Patnaik handed over sewing machines, groceries stores and other business units at a programme held here on Thursday. The units worth Rs 7 lakh […]
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Hyderabad: Sekhar took five wickets while Saikiran slammed 57 in Nizamabad’s narrow one-wicket win over Adilabad Telangana Cricket Association’s under-25 one-day league tournament on Friday. Under-19 one-day league: Medchal 192/8 in 30 overs (Manne Sourav 120, Vamsi 34, Karthik Gonti 3/31) lost to Siricilla 102/1 in 13 overs (Ritwik 56). Siricilla won by 34 runs […]
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Adilabad: In-charge Superintendent of Police M Rajesh Chandra said that steps were taken to ensure justice to the family of the victim of Thatiguda firing incident and to prove the guilt of the offender before a special fast track court, with the help of scientific evidence. Rajesh earlier attended proceedings of a fast-track court which […]
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Adilabad: As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, the Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCI), Southern Region-1 inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with District Collector Sikta Patnaik to provide nutritious supplement food to children in 160 Anganwadi Centres, procurement of basic minimum kit for children and basic minimum kit for Anganwadi centres here […]
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Adilabad: Two persons were booked on the charges of growing prohibited ganja or cannabis in a farm at Arli village in Bheempur mandal on Sunday. About 250 plants were recovered from the farm and were destroyed. The value of these plants was estimated to be Rs 60,000. Special Branch Assistant Sub-Inspector R Ganapathi said that […]
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Mancherial: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), a unit of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), is going to launch a six week legal awareness and outreach campaign, aims at spreading awareness among the people living in the far-flung areas of the country from October 2 to November 14, on the premises District Court complex on […]
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Hyderabad: Around 14,000 candidates from Telangana have registered to appear for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced which is scheduled to be conducted on Sunday. The examination consists of two papers of three hours each. Paper-I will be conducted from 9 am to 12 noon, while paper-II will be held from 2.30 pm to 5.30 […]
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KCR mentions success story of the model village in Assembly session
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Adilabad: As many as 63 motorcycles, three cars and four autorickshaws were seized when their owners failed to produce relevant documents during a cordon and search held at Thatiguda colony here on Friday. Led by Adilabad DSP Venkateshwar Rao, around 80 policemen descended on the colony located on the peripherals of the district headquarters and […]
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Adilabad: Arrangements have been made for distributing Bathukamma saris to eligible beneficiaries in erstwhile Adilabad district from October 2. As many as 8.95 lakh saris would be given to women aged above 18 and beneficiaries of food security scheme cards, helping them celebrate the floral festival with pride in Nirmal, Adilabad and Kumram Bheem Asifabad […]
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Adilabad: A farmer died, allegedly by suicide after consuming pesticide at his field due to depression on account of damage to standing cotton crop in the recent rains at Nagalkonda village in Narnoor mandal. Police identified the farmer as Ade Srinivas (27), from Nagalkonda village. He had taken a loan of Rs 5 lakh and […]
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Adilabad: Rich tributes were paid to freedom fighter and Professor Konda Laxman Bapuji on his birth 106th anniversary celebrated across the erstwhile Adilabad district on Monday. Laxman hails from Wankidi mandal centre of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district. Collector Sikta Patnaik garlanded the statue of Laxman in Adilabad and termed him as a matchless person. She […]
