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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

KCR mentions success story of the model village in Assembly session

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Adilabad: Collector Sikta Patnaik urged the people living in low-lying areas to be alert in view of heavy rains forecast by Indian Meteorological Department on Tuesday and Wednesday. Sikta instructed officials concerned to be cautious and to take steps for shifting people residing in low-lying areas to safer places. She requested public representatives to ensure […]

Adilabad: The immersion of Lord Ganesh idols went off peacefully in Adilabad, Mancherial, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad and Nirmal districts on Sunday evening. The devotees from all walks of life performed special prayers to the god of wisdom, who eliminates obstacles, and bid adieu to Lord Ganesh on the culmination day of nine-day festival. The pandal […]

Adilabad: Seven persons including a woman and two minors were arrested for their alleged involvement in murder of a youngster on September 9. The accused were identified as Mavarapu Rajasekhar (22), Mavarapuru Krishnaveni (21), Mavarapu Chandrasekhar (25), Rodda Sai Kiran (19), Mavarapu Shilaja (19) and two minors, all belonging to different parts of Adilabad town. […]

Adilabad: Triggering a controversy, some workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expressed anguish against an industrialist for not including photographs of the party’s State president Bandi Sanjay and district president Payal Shankar in flex posters put up in different parts of Adilabad town to welcome Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Thursday. Finding fault […]

Adilabad: District Collector Sikta Patnaik said the model village Mukhra (K) brought recognition to the Adilabad district and was inspiring many other villages in the district. She visited the village and took part in a slew of programmes as part of Swachata Hi Seva fortnight under Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav on Wednesday. Sikta inspected Palle […]

Adilabad: Dr Raju Ramekar, an Adilabad town-based radiologist, achieved rare copyright from the Central government for designing a horizontal line below the letter L in English, an emphasis that would help in pronouncing ळ (LA) that is widely used in Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. In April, Raju proposed the horizontal line […]

Adilabad: The two-day tour by Chowrasta Band in Mancherial, Asifabad and Adilabad districts ended on Sunday. They covered different parts of the three districts as part of their busking, a first-of-its-kind musical trip from Lambadipalli of Karimnagar to Adilabad. During their tour, music director and singer Yashwanth Nag, who was the key member of the […]

Adilabad: Agrarian community celebrated the annual Polala, a festival of thanksgiving to farm animals for toiling for their masters, on a colourful note across erstwhile Adilabad on Tuesday. As part of the festival, the farmers bathed the bullocks in nearby irrigation tanks. They then decorated the farm animals with vibrant colours and joon (colourful cloth) […]

Adilabad: Irrigation projects received copious inflows from upstream areas, following incessant rains lashing in several parts of the erstwhile Adilabad district on Tuesday. Incidentally, several parts of the district registered heavy to moderate rains from Monday night till Tuesday morning. According to a bulletin released by the authorities concerned, Sripada Yellampalli project at Gudipet village […]

Adilabad: Irrigation projects received copious inflows from upstream areas, following incessant rains occurred in several parts of erstwhile Adilabad district on Tuesday. Incidentally, several parts of the district registered moderate rains from Monday night till Tuesday morning. According to a bulletin released by authorities concerned, Sripada Yellampalli project at Gudipet village in Hajipur mandal registered […]

Adilabad: Adilabad police organised a free mega health camp for tribals living in 16 remote habitations at Vayipet village in Sirikonda mandal on Monday. In-charge Superintendent of Police M Rajesh Chandra was the chief guest at the event. He was joined by District Medical and Health Officer Dr Rathod Narender. Speaking on the occasion, Rajesh […]