Mancherial: Members of Tudum Debba, a tribal rights organisation and various tribal rights bodies staged a rasta-roko on Dandepally-Mancherial road, condemning the ‘indifference attitude’ of forest officials in evacuating tribals at Koya Pochagudem, in Dandepalli mandal centre on Monday. The leaders of the organizations alleged that the officials of the forest department were coercively evacuating […]
Mancherial: Several parts of the district saw rains and hailstorms, causing some damage to agriculture crops Friday. Mancherial, Jannaram, Jaipur and Chennur mandals of Mancherial district and Narnoor of Adilabad district registered moderate rains, somewhere between 15.4 mm and 64 mm. Dandepalli, Luxettipet, Nennal, Naspur and Hajipur mandals witnessed light rains. Tiryani mandal of Kumram […]
Mancherial: In a novel gesture, Mancherial police constructed a culvert across a water canal at interior Ootla village in Dandepalli mandal as part of community policing on Monday. Mancherial Assistant Commissioner of Police Akhil Mahajan took part in the initiative and set an example to others. Akhil said that the policemen would not only protect […]
Mancherial: About 10,000 Adivasis belonging to several parts of erstwhile Adilabad district and neighbouring Maharashtra thronged Padmalpuri Kako Etmasur temple on the banks of Godavari at Gudirevu village in Dandepalli mandal on Sunday. They visited the shrine as a prelude to Dandari-Gussadi, an important cultural and religious affair of the ethnic tribes. The tribals performed […]
Mancherial: A 62-year-old farmer died of electrocution when he came in contact with a pipe through which electricity was passing while he was operating an electric motor at his agriculture field at Nelki Venkatapur village in Dandepalli on Thursday. This is the third such incident reported from this mandal this week. Dandepalli Sub-Inspector T Srikanth […]
Bagyalaxmi and her husband Satish told reporters that they were stranded in the town but were relieved when they were provided transportation by the DCP
Mancherial: In a bizarre incident, a woman ended her life by hanging after she was reprimanded by her husband for being addicted to tobacco chewing in Dandepalli mandal centre on Sunday. Dandepalli Sub-Inspector Srikanth said the deceased woman was Enagandula Jyothi (30), mother of two daughters aged below 5 and the wife of Satyanarayana from […]