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Khammam: Two persons drowned in a stream at Papatapalli of Raghunathapalem mandal in the district. The deceased I Mahesh(26) of Railway Colony at Papatapalli and V Veerashekar (38) of Turakagudem in Kusumanchi mandal went for fishing in the evening hours of Monday. They accidentally fell in the overflowing stream and washed away. Their dead bodies […]

Khammam: Light to heavy rainfall in many mandals in Khammam and Kothagudem districts in the past 24-hours disrupted normal life as well as agriculture activity. With the incessant rains in the past couple of days many streams and tanks were overflowing in both the districts. A heavy rainfall of 11.9 cm and 8.3 cm was […]

Kothagudem: Electricity engineers and workers across erstwhile Khammam district have boycotted work and staged dharnas in protest against the Centre’s decision to introduce the new Electricity (Amendment) Bill-2022, in the Parliament on Monday. The protests were staged in response to a call given by Telangana State Power Employees Joint Action Committee (TSPEJAC) and All India […]

Khammam: Preliminary written test for SI posts conducted by Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board passed off peacefully in erstwhile Khammam district on Sunday. Of the 13, 235 candidates who were allotted centres in Khammam district, 12, 062 candidates attended the test at examination centres set up in Khammam and Sathupally. Of the 8152 candidates […]

Khammam: Rich tributes were paid to Prof. K Jayashankar on his birth anniversary by the TRS leaders and officials in erstwhile Khammam district on Saturday. Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar, District Collector VP Gautham, Mayor P Neeraja, SUDA Chairman B Vijay Kumar and others garlanded the statue of Prof. Jayashanker at Dhamsalapuram circle in Khammam. […]

Khammam: The city based Mamata Medical College being run by Mamata Educational Society bagged International Excellence Award- 2022 presented by New Delhi based branding agency, Brand Icon. The college Executive Committee members Dr. Puvvada Nayan Raj and Dr. Puvvada Naren received the award from noted actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood at a ceremony in New […]

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar directed the district authorities to be vigilant and take measures to prevent seasonal diseases. Speaking at a review meeting with the officials here on Thursday he said that the month of August was the most crucial month as it was the time when dengue mosquitoes breed. All measures should […]

Khammam: As many as 127 child labourers have been rescued in the eighth phase Operation Muskan in the district, informed Commissioner of Police Vishnu S Warrier. A total 48 FIRs were registered for violating the norms and engaging minor children in work. Operation Muskan was carried out in July by the commissionerate police in association […]

Khammam: The State government has been working to strengthen the education system in the State and as part of that, English medium has been introduced in government schools, said Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. He along with District Collector VP Gautham distributed free bilingual (English and Telugu) textbooks and uniforms to students at Kasturba Gandhi […]

Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham directed the officials to speed up construction of double bedroom houses in the district. The Collector visited the house’s construction sites under Khammam Municipal Corporation on Tuesday. He inspected the progress of construction of 96 houses at YSR Nagar, 144 houses at Allipur and 192 houses being constructed at Mallemadugu […]

Khammam: A third year medical student of Mamatha Medical College, Kayitha Vinuthna Reddy has been selected for a research programme in Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She will be engaged in a two-months research work in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, informed a release here on Sunday. Vinuthna Reddy […]

Khammam: A seven-year-old boy drowned in an open sump at an under construction apartment at Sri Nagar Colony in Khammam on Sunday. The deceased Ganesh was a child of a watchman working at an apartment in the area. The kid accidentally fell in the sump while he was playing at the site. The local police […]

Kothagudem: TRS MPs, MLAs, MLCs and leaders of erstwhile Khammam district distributed essential commodities and utensils to flood affected families in Aswapuram, Bhadrachalam, Burgampad, Pinapaka mandals in the district Saturday. MPs Nama Nageswar Rao, Maloth Kavitha, Bandi Parthasarathi Reddy and Vaddiraju Ravichandra, Khammam district TRS president, MLC Tata Madhusudan, Government Whip, Kothagudem TRS district president […]

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 […]