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Khammam: With the Food Corporation of India (FCI) saying no to the procurement of Yasangi paddy, the district administrations in erstwhile Khammam were making efforts to ensure zero paddy cultivation in Yasangi season. Khammam District Collector, VP Gautham on Monday held a meeting with agriculture officials, scientists and seeds dealers to discuss measures to be […]

Khammam: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) has been striving to promote national integrity, said the organisation’s national executive committee member, Mufti Affan. Upholding unity in diversity and brotherhood in the society was one of the foremost objectives of the JUH, he said speaking at a press conference organised by Madrasa Darul Uloom in Khammam on Sunday. The […]

Khammam: The two-day Namasthe Telangana-Telangana Today property show, first of its kind to be held in Khammam, kicked off here on Saturday. Municipal Commissioner Adarsh Surabhi along with ZP Chairman L Kamalraj, SUDA Chairman B Vijay Kumar, DCC Bank Chairman K Nagabhushanam and Mayor P Neeraja inaugurated the property show. Speaking on the occasion, Surabhi […]

Khammam: Khammam Youth Association (KYA), a Khammam-based non-governmental organisation, has donated school kits to students of various government schools. At a programme organised at Bhaktha Ramadasu Kalakshetram here on Friday, MLC A Narsi Reddy, District Employment Officer, K Sree Ram and TS UTF State associate president Ch Durga Bhavani distributed school kits to about 548 […]

Khammam: The trial run of the first ever smart phone-based e-voting system in the State was conducted here on Wednesday. A dummy election was held to test the mobile voting application under the limits of Khammam Municipal Corporation. Eligible voters who registered their names from Oct 8 to 18 in the app participated in the […]

Khammam: With the State government deciding to procure entire paddy produced in Vanakalam season, officials in erstwhile Khammam have begun preparations for the procurement of the produce.According to officials, it was planned to procure about 6.50 lakh metric tonnes of paddy in Khammam and Kothagudem districts. In Khammam district paddy was cultivated in about 2.64 […]

Khammam: As many as 28,595 students are going to be appearing for Intermediate first year examinations that to be held from October 25 to November 3 in erstwhile Khammam. The district officials of Khammam and Kothagudem districts have been gearing up for making arrangements for conducting the examinations in a peaceful manner. Khammam District Collector, […]

Khammam: Assigned land holders at Raghunathapalem in Khammam district complained that some realtors had allegedly encroached their lands and developed layouts illegally. The land owners met District Collector VP Gautham here on Monday and submitted a memorandum seeking action against the realtors. In the memorandum, they said, in 1990, the then government allotted 38 acres […]

Khammam: Leaders and workers of the Left parties and Congress staged a protest at Khammam railway station against the Central farm laws on Monday. The workers and leaders of Left parties and Congress planned a rail roko protest demanding repeal of the farm laws but their attempt was foiled by the police, which led to […]

Khammam: The beneficiaries of double bedroom houses at the KCR Towers at Tekulapalli in Khammam have thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for providing them houses. At a programme at Tekulapalli on Monday, Muslim beneficiaries, who received title deeds of the houses on Dasara, performed ‘Palabhishekam’ to the Chief Minister’s portrait as a mark of […]

It was said that around 12 devotees were travelling in a tractor while the Devi idol was carried on another tractor.

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar said that the people of State were fortunate to have a leader like K Chandrashekhar Rao as Chief Minister who has a vision to develop the State on all fronts. Addressing a meeting of the party workers at Raghunathapalem in the district on Saturday, Ajay Kumar urged TRS workers […]

Khammam: Farmers whose lands were being acquired for SCCL opencast (OC) mine at Rejarla in Sathupalli have demanded better compensation for their lands as per market rate. A group of farmers led by Sathupalli MLA S Venkata Veeraiah met Collector VP Gautham here on Thursday and submitted a memorandum in support of their demand. The […]

Khammam: Telangana’s State festival Bathukamma has gained international recognition because of the efforts by the TRS government, said TRS Lok Sabha Floor Leader and MP, Nama Nageswara Rao. Extending Bathukamma greetings to all the women in the district, in a statement here on Tuesday, he said with the initiative by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, […]

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar distributed CMRF cheques worth Rs 14.33 lakh to 26 beneficiaries at a programme at the Minister’s camp office here on Tuesday. The Minister informed that so far, Rs 8.41 crore worth of CMRF cheques had been distributed to around 1,968 beneficiaries with the help of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar […]

Khammam: The Two-town police of Khammam arrested three persons of Nepali origin for allegedly threatening a hotelier with an air gun. Inspector of Police, Sridhar, in a statement here on Saturday, stated that the hotelier, Tej Bahadur Bohara of Bannikot village of Bajhang district in Nepal, runs a fast food joint near Mayuri Centre in […]

Khammam: Two persons allegedly died by suicide in separate incidents in the district on Saturday. In an incident at Wyra town a 35 year old man, Rami Reddy hanged himself at his residence in the municipality’s second ward. Family disputes were said to be the reason for his extreme act. In another incident, a woman […]

Khammam: The District Hospital in Khammam has witnessed transformation in the past seven years and has become a lifeline for patients from different districts. Patients from across Khammam, Kothagudem, Suryapet, Mahabubabad districts and from Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh visit the hospital for treatment. Before 2014, around 800 out-patients and 84 in-patients used to be […]

Khammam: TRS Lok Sabha floor leader and MP Nama Nageswara Rao has asked South Central Railway (SCR) authorities to speed up pending projects in Telangana. SCR GM Gajanan Mallya held a meeting with Telangana MPs in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The MP who attended the meeting expressed serious displeasure at the railway department’s negligence in setting […]

Kothagudem: Nama Muthiah Memorial Trust, set up by Khammam MP Nama Nageswara Rao, has extended financial assistance to a family that suffered losses due to a fire accident. K Maheshwar Rao of old Mamillavarigudem in Aswaraopet mandal in the district was burnt fully when live electricity distribution lines snapped from poles and fell on the […]