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Khammam: Former minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao urged IT Minister KT Rama Rao to speed up pending works of Buggapadu Mega Food Park in the district. In 2008, the then government acquired 200 acres of land in the village of Buggapadu in the Sathupalli mandal in the district for the construction of a Mega Food Park […]

Khammam: Old Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC) building in the city which is being transformed into city library with artistic murals has been attracting the attention of the citizens. With the inauguration of the newly constructed KMC building at Gattaiah Centre recently Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar decided to use the old building to establish a […]

Khammam: IT Minister KT Rama Rao was scheduled to visit Khammam to inaugurate several development works in the city on June 11, informed Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The IT Minister would also participate in Pattana Pragathi programme on the day, he said speaking to the media here on Tuesday. Ajay Kumar took part in […]

Khammam: An illegal child trade racket was busted and three persons were booked in a joint operation by Childline-1098 and Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of Khammam police commissionerate. The main accused, Modugu Meri and Uppatla Pulla Rao, who operate the racket and a man Talari Ram Babu, who was ready to sell his newborn girl […]

Khammam: The seven-day Khammam Book Fair has been receiving good response from book lovers who are visiting the fair in large numbers. The book fair is organised by Telangana Sahitya Akademi and Hyderabad Book Trust in association with Khammam Municipal Corporation from June 2 to 8 in Khammam marking Telangana Formation Day. There are 46 […]

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar has directed the authorities to complete all the works prescribed in the ongoing Pattana Pragathi programme in Khammam city. The minister along with Mayor P Neeraja, SUDA Chairman B Vijay Kumar and Municipal Commissioner Adarsh Surabhi inspected Pattana Pragathi works in several municipal divisions on Monday. He took part […]

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar donated Rs 10 lakh to the newly formed Khammam Nagara Kamma Sangham. He attended the inaugural meeting of the sangham held here on Sunday night. Speaking on the occasion he said the Kamma community in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh State was facing troubles but there was no such situation […]

Khammam: After reeling under severe heat wave conditions during daytime, people in erstwhile Khammam district had a sigh of relief as weather turned cool with thundershowers during late evening hours on Sunday. A highest daytime temperature of 45 degree Celsius was recorded in Khammam Urban mandal and Madhira in Khammam district on the day while […]

Khammam: The district CPM leaders condemned the Centre’s decision to sell LPG cylinders at market price to domestic users and limiting subsidy on LPG to Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries alone. In a statement here on Saturday, the party leader P Sudharshan said that the Centre’s decision would impact and impose financial burden on around 21 crore […]

Khammam: With alarming increase in petrol and diesel many are switching over to electric bikes and cars, which of late are gaining popularity among the public, across the nation. Taking a cue from the market trend, a B Tech graduate in Khammam has designed a retrofitted electric car that can give a range of around […]

Khammam: The long-awaited opportunity of securing a government job has come to unemployed youth and they should seize it, suggested a poet-writer and personality development expert Atluri Venkataramana. Addressing Group-I job seekers being trained at the BC Study Circle here on Friday he wanted the job aspirants to be self-controlled and make use of time […]

Khammam: Telangana’s welfare and development programmes have emerged as a role model for other States in the country, said Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. He said the fiscal discipline and progressive approach adopted by the government enabled the State to achieve tremendous growth in the last eight years. Khammam district stood at the top in […]

Khammam: Two persons died in separate incidents in erstwhile Khammam district on Thursday. In an incident at Battulapalli of Kallur mandal in Khammam, a man Seelam Anji (35) died when an auto rickshaw in which he was travelling hit a roadside tree. He was going to join YSR Telangana Party chief YS Sharmila’s padayatra when […]

Khammam: A spotted deer was killed by stray dogs at Sathupalli in the district on Tuesday. According to forest officials stray dogs roaming around Jalagam Nagar Colony have attacked the deer on the surroundings of Sathupalli Urban Park. The locals who noticed that chased away the dogs and rescued the deer. Receiving information about the […]

Khammam: Several parts in erstwhile Khammam witnessed thunderstorms which disrupted normal life on Monday. Karepally, Chintakani, Konijerla and other mandals in Khammam, Yellandu, Julurpad and other mandal in Kothagudem district witnessed unseasonal rains accompanied by high velocity winds and lighting. Trees were uprooted and fell on main roads at many places leading to traffic jams […]

Khammam: An alleged illicit relationship with a married woman claimed the life of a youth in Khammam on Monday. The youth, N Naveen (27) of Allipuram in Khammam city was said to be having illicit relationship with Kalpana of the same locality. For the past one month she was living at her mother’s place at […]

Khammam: The one-town police arrested a couple, including a police constable, for allegedly cheating several people to the tune of Rs 1.88 crore on the pretext of offering jobs in the railway department. The one-town CI, Chitti Babu informed that P Tulasi and D Sunitha of Cheruvu Bazaar area in the city lodged a complaint […]

Khammam: Activists of different people’s organisations and political parties staged a protest against BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s recent controversial remarks made during Hindu Ekta Yatra in Karimnagar. The protesters displayed placards with slogans calling for an end to sectarianism and immediate arrest of Sanjay Kumar for making unconstitutional remarks. They wanted to safeguard […]

Khammam: Three persons died and four injured in separate incidents in erstwhile Khammam district on Saturday. NREGS APO, Srilakshmi (38) died undergoing treatment at Bhadrachalam Area Hospital for the head injury she suffered after falling from a two-wheeler at Morampalli Banjar in Burgampad mandal in Kothagudem district. The incident occurred when she along with a […]

Khammam: Six persons were killed in separate accidents in erstwhile Khammam district on Thursday. In a road accident at Gokinapally in Mudigonda mandal in Khammam district three persons, including a minor, were killed on the spot and two others were injured. The incident occurred when a TSRTC bus of Khammam depot going from Kodad to […]