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Kothagudem: Water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam has been receding and came down to 41 feet at 7 pm with a discharge of 8.47 lakh cusecs on Wednesday. The district witnessed light to heavy rain during the past 24-hours. A highest rainfall of 7.5 cm was recorded in Gundala mandal while in Pinapaka and […]

Hyderabad: One more person with suspected symptoms of monkeypox, with recent travel history, has been identified by the local surveillance teams in Khammam and is being admitted to Fever Hospital, the nodal centre identified for treatment of monkeypox positive cases in Telangana. The blood and lesion samples from the suspected monkeypox patient will be collected […]

Khammam: A 55 year man was killed in a road mishap at Sathupalli town in the district on Tuesday. The incident occurred when a motorbike on which the deceased, P Venkat Reddy of Kothur area was travelling hit by a school bus. He was rushed to the local government hospital where the doctors declared him […]

Hyderabad: A Transport Sub-inspector from the Regional Transport Office approached the Jubilee Hills police alleging she was drugged and raped by a Home Guard from the same department. The woman officer, who was living separately from her husband, was in 2018 transferred to Khammam district, where she met the suspect Swamy, who worked in the […]

Khammam: Several mandals in erstwhile Khammam district received moderate to very heavy rainfall during the past 24hours and many low lying villages were inundated throwing life out of gear. In Khammam district highest rainfall of 12cm was recorded in Kusumanchi mandal, Nelakondapally and Mudigonda mandals received 10.4 and 10.1 cm rainfall respectively while Khammam Urban […]

Mulugu: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s aerial survey of flood affected areas in erstwhile Warangal and Khammam districts was called off due to inclement weather on Monday. In stead, the Chief Minister left by road to inspect the flood affected areas in Mulugu district on Sunday. As a part of his visit, he will first […]

Khammam: Police seized 63 kg of ganja and arrested five youths smuggling the ganja at Choutapalli village in Kusumanchi mandal in the district on Tuesday night. Kusumanchi CI Koppula Sathish and SI Nandeep along with his staff arrested youths Venkatesh, Naveen, Srinivas, Ramesh and Sriram while they were transporting ganja on a two wheeler. Police […]

Khammam: Dalit Bandhu was an innovative scheme introduced by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao giving the beneficiaries total freedom to select units of their choice, said District Collector VP Gautham. The Collector along with MLA S Venkata Veeraiah handed over units to beneficiaries at Kotha Karaigudem in Penuballi mandal in the district on Tuesday. He […]

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar said that the State government was aiming to provide advanced and better medical care to the common man through Basti Dawakhanas. He inaugurated a Basti Dawakhana Pandurangapuram here on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion he said that more Basti Dawakhanas would be set up in Khammam city in the […]

Hyderabad: The southwest monsoon has been active over Telangana with the State recording above-normal rainfall since June which marks the arrival of the monsoon. The State’s average normal rainfall in June is 129.3 mm and this year, it recorded 150.6 mm during the month. Similarly, the State”s average normal rainfall in July is 244.4 mm […]

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar has directed the district administration to be vigilant in view of the incessant heavy rains in the State. On Monday the minister inspected the flood situation in Munneru stream and Kalvoddu area in Khammam along with Mayor P Neeraja, District Collector VP Gautham, Commissioner of Police Vishnu S Warrier […]

Khammam: With torrential rains in upper catchment area and releasing of water from upstream projects water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in Kothagudem district has been rising steadily. Central Water Commission lower Godavari division has released an advisory forecast stating that the water in the river might reach the first warning level of 43 […]

Khammam: Teja variety chilli fetched a record price of Rs 22, 300 per quintal at the agricultural market yard here on Friday. The price offered for the chilli variety (cold storage stock) was said to be a national record. A week ago the same variety of chilli fetched Rs 22, 000. The chilli was sold […]

Hyderabad: Heavy rains continue to lash several parts of the State since last couple of days. Till 8.30 am on Friday, the highest rainfall of 190.4 mm was recorded at Atmakur, Suryapet, followed by 162 mm at Khanapur in Khammam and 154.5 mm at Nagula vancha in Khammam. As many as 20 locations in Suryapet, […]

Khammam: TRS leaders have strongly condemned BJP’s petty politics with regard to allotment of double bedroom houses to the beneficiaries at Tekulapalli in the city. Speaking to the media here on Thursday Mayor P Neeraja, SUDA Chairman B Vijay Kumar, TRS city president P Nagaraju and others refuted the BJP leader’s allegations of corruption in […]

Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham has directed the education officials to conduct bridge courses for students lagging behind in studies. The Collector along with Municipal Commissioner Adarsh Surabhi inspected the schools selected under Mana Ooru Mana Badi programme to develop infrastructure ,in Khammam city on Wednesday. He interacted with the teachers and students at the […]

Khammam: The Centre was neglecting women’s empowerment by ignoring the demand to ensure 33 percent representation to women in legislative houses, alleged Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. With the initiative of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao a resolution was passed in Telangana Assembly sometime back seeking to give 33 percent reservation to women in legislative […]

Nalgonda: At least, 10 passengers received injuries when a private travels bus hit a lorry on a flyover on National Highway No. 65 at Narketpally on Tuesday early hours. A bus of Orange travels, which was going to Khammam from Hyderabad, hit a lorry, which was going in the same direction. Among the injured persons, […]

Khammam: The bravery shown by Doddi Komaraiah in the Telangana armed struggle against bonded labour should be taken as an inspiration by the present generation, suggested Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The minister along with CPI national leader Puvvada Nageswara Rao and TRS leaders unveiled the statue of Komaraiah at Lakaram Tank Bund on the […]

Khammam: Street dogs attacked a spotted deer at Sathupalli town in the district on Sunday. The deer strayed into residential area at Jalagam Nagar in the town from the local urban park. Then a pack of dogs in the colony chased the deer while biting it. The locals rescued the deer and informed forest officials […]