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Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham asked the officials to make efforts for the expansion of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS) works at field level in the district. He addressed MPDOs, MPOs, APOs and technical assistants at a three-day training programme on the NREGS in Khammam here on Tuesday. Officials should understand the importance […]

Hyderabad: The State unit of Congress party has decided to contest in two MLC Local Authorities Constituencies, including Medak and Khammam of the 12 seats Local Authorities Constituencies. To this effect, the party has decided to field Nirmala Jagga Reddy from Medak constituency and Rayala Nageswara Rao from Khammam constituency. Though, there was serious discussion […]

Khammam: PDSU activists took out a protest rally here on Monday demanding the State government to address problems being faced by students studying in government schools. The union district president and general secretary Azad and V Venkatesh led the rally to the district Collectorate and submitted a memorandum to the DRO, R Shireesha. The orders […]

Khammam: An incident of police registering an FIR against a Sub-Inspector of Police (SI) at VM Banjar police station in Penuballi mandal in the district came to light late. The SI, T Nagaraju was booked under Sections 447 (Criminal trespass) and 167 (Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury) along with […]

Khammam: Two nominations have been filed for Khammam Local Authorities’ MLC Constituency election here on Monday. TRS state secretary, T Madhusudhan along with Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar and MLA L Ramulu Naik submitted his nomination papers as the party candidate to District Collector and Returning Officer, V P Gautham. Earlier in the day the […]

Khammam: An incident of police registering an FIR against a Sub-Inspector (SI) at VM Banjar police station in Penuballi mandal of the district has come to light. Sub-Inspector T Nagaraju was booked under Sections 447 (criminal trespass) and 167 (public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury) along with four others — […]

Khammam: As many as 28 girls studying in a Gurukul at Wyra in the district tested positive for Covid-19. Gurukul principal M Laxmi told mediapersons that the class VIII students were suffering from Covid symptoms for the last few days. Their samples were sent to a lab for testing on Saturday and 13 students tested […]

Khammam: The district BJP leaders demanded the State government to reduce value-added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel. The party district president Galla Satyanarayana and others staged a dharna at the district collectorate here on Saturday office demanding to reduce VAT by Rs 20 per litre on petrol and diesel. The leaders complained that the […]

Khammam: Mild tension prevailed in the district as various women’s organisations staged protests demanding the State government to take measures to curb the sale of liquor in the State. National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) leader P Kalavathi, Progressive Organisation of Women (POW) B Sarala and All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) leader Lalitha and […]

Hyderabad: Businessmen from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and women were among those, who bagged liquor shops that were allotted through a draw of lots across the State on Saturday. The Prohibition and Excise department has carried out the exercise in the presence of the district Collector concerned. It got Rs.1,357 crore as non-refundable application fee collected […]

Khammam: Celebrations erupted in the erstwhile Khammam district following the Centre’s decision to repeal the farm laws. Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar hailed the decision as a victory for farmers across the country. “The heat created by the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao by launching a movement against the farm laws touched the BJP government […]

Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise department has received Rs.1,357 crore as non-refundable application fee collected from applicants for allotting liquor shops in the State. In 2019, the department got Rs.975 crore. It received as many as 67,849 applications for 2,620 liquor shops. On an average, 26 applications were received for each shop. The shops will […]

Khammam: Over 6,000 applications have been filed for liquor licences in Khammam district by 7 pm on Thursday, said the District Prohibition and Excise Officer V Somi Reddy. As Thursday was the last day to submit the applications, a large number of applicants turned out at the Excise office. The number of applications might go […]

Khammam: Construction of the city’s newest attraction, a majestic cable-stayed suspension bridge across Lakaram tank here has been completed. The suspension bridge is ready for inauguration and it will be inaugurated by Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao, said Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. “The suspension bridge will likely be thrown open […]

Khammam: Indian Actor, Sonu Sood is often described as a ‘villain with a heart of gold’ because of the philanthropic activities he did during the Covid-19 lockdown period across the country. Though famous for the negative characters he donned in feature films, the actor has become a real hero winning the hearts of millions of […]

Suryapet: One person died and another received injuries when they came to contact with a live electric wire while tying up a flexi banner near Ranga theatre in Kodad of Suryapet district on Friday. The victim Kandukuri Sunil died on the spot, while Kudumula Venkatesh received serious injuries in the incident. Venkatesh has been shifted […]

Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham directed the officials to speed up the works to rehabilitate the villagers evacuated by SCCL’s Kistaram opencast mine in the district. The Collector on Thursday visited Cherukupalli village where rehabilitation works were underway to relocate as many as 107 evacuees of Jagannadhapuram village of Sathupalli mandal in the district as […]

Mancherial: As many as 45 miners were killed, while 745 workers sustained critical wounds and 755 had minor injuries in 38 accidents reported at underground mines and opencast projects (OCPs) belonging to Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) located in six districts from 2017 to 2021. As per data available with the State-owned coal company, the […]

Khammam: Trade unions representing contract and outsourcing municipal workers have served a strike notice to Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities here on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, the union leaders demanded that the government should pay increased wages to the workers as per the 11th PRC recommendations and GO No 60. It was not the […]

Khammam: Police seized ganja worth about Rs 1.42 crore and arrested two persons in Sathupalli on Thursday. Commissioner of Police (CP) Vishnu S Warrier said the accused, Yogesh Limbaji Thorve and Irfan Sadar Pathan, both from Maharashtra were transporting dry ganja in a truck.During the vehicle check, the police found cannabis weighing around 566 kg […]