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Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Police is gearing up to ensure a peaceful Ganesh festival, with Cyberabad Police Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra on Thursday asking officials to ensure incident-free celebrations and at the same time, to keep an eye on trouble-mongers on social media. The Commissioner, who held a coordination meeting with senior police officials and representatives […]

Hyderabad: A two judge panel of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice S Nanda on Thursday made it clear that Ganesh idols made of PoP cannot be immersed in Hussain Sagar and other lakes across the twin cities but only in baby ponds constructed by GHMC for the said purpose. The […]

Hyderabad: A two judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and S Nanda on Thursday affirmed that the court cannot interfere in how religious practices shall be performed as it is not their duty. In a writ plea filed by Om Prakash seeking to not ban the Ganesh idols made of […]

Hyderabad: To promote eco-friendly Ganesh idols, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is conducting awareness campaigns in schools. As part of the exercise, the civic body officials, along with the school management, encouraged the students to use clay idols instead of the ones made with Plaster of Paris (PoP). “The students were briefed on the […]

Hyderabad: With artisans turning busy making idols for Ganesh Chaturthi festivities that commence on August 31, efforts have been initiated by the city administration to promote eco-friendly idols and dissuade the ones made of Plaster of Paris and with synthetic colours. As part of the exercise to encourage idols that do not add to the […]

Hyderabad: One of the largest cleanup operations taken up in the city, to clear debris of Ganesh idols from water bodies in the city, has seen a massive 17,862 tonnes of debris being removed in the last three days. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) along with Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has taken up […]

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 […]

Khammam: All arrangements were in place for Ganesh immersion that to be held on Sunday in the district, stated District Collector VP Gautham. He, along with Commissioner of Police Vishnu S Warrier, inspected immersion locations at Prakash Nagar, Kalvoddu, Munneru stream area and others here on Saturday. He directed the officials to ensure that devotees […]

Nalgonda: The district authorities have completed all the arrangements for immersion of Ganesh idols on Sunday at select places in Nalgonda district. In all, 1,750 Ganesh idols were installed by devotees across the district and nearly one third of them have already been immersed in nearby water bodies. The district police made elaborate security arrangements […]

Warangal: All the arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of immersion of Ganesh idols to be held on Sunday at Hasanparthi tank, Bandham tank, Padmakshi Gundam (pond), Kota pond, Chinnawaddepalli tank and Ursu tank under Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) limit. The immersion is scheduled to begin around 9 am on Sunday to […]

Karimnagar: Elaborate arrangements have been made for the immersion of Ganesh idols to be held in Karimnagar on Sunday. People, who had stayed away from the Ganesh festival last year in the wake of Covid pandemic, have installed idols in a big way. And the district administration has made elaborate arrangements for the event. Three […]

Hyderabad: Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi on Thursday thanked the Supreme Court for allowing the immersion of Lord Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP), in Hussain Sagar and surrounding water bodies. In a statement, the Samithi general secretary, Bhagavanth Rao said, “We wholeheartedly welcome the timely judgement which has taken care of the sentiments […]

A bench headed by chief justice N.V. Ramana made it clear that the court will allow it for the last time - the immersion of idols -- this year, and no more immersion from next year.

Rajanna-Sircilla: This is a touching story, even if it involves ‘theft.’ A 13-year-old boy stole the laddu from a Ganesh idol in Markandayanagar of Vemulawada town on Monday night in the belief that it would cure his ailing mother. The boy’s mother has been suffering from seizures for the past one month. Friends and well-wishers […]

Hyderabad: The State government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Telangana High Court banning immersion of Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris in the Hussain Sagar, Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav said on Tuesday. In a meeting with the Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi and Vishwa Hindu Parishad here, the […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justice T Vinod Kumar on Monday reserved orders on a review petition filed by the State government seeking modifications to the orders on Ganesh immersion. The court had, on Thursday last, issued guidelines regarding immersion of Ganesh idols […]

Hyderabad: The State government will file a review petition seeking permission to immerse Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) in Hussain Sagar lake for this year, according to Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav on Sunday. The Telangana High Court had directed authorities not to allow immersion of Ganesh idols made of Plaster […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed authorities not to allow immersion of Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris in the Hussain Sagar lake here. The court also imposed certain restrictions on immersion and asked authorities to build a rubber dam and take other necessary steps to check the pollution in the water […]

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has called upon the citizens to install only clay Ganesh idols by staying away from using the idols made up of Plaster of Paris (POP). Addressing a gathering after launching the distribution of clay idols by BC Corporation, the Minister said several NGOs, spiritual organisations, individuals and even the […]

Hyderabad: Ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar in the presence of MA&UD Special Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar inaugurated clay idol distribution programme on Friday. The State government is planning to distribute 70,000 clay idols through the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) to promote eco-friendly idols. The clay idols will be distributed to the […]