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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 […]

Hyderabad: A techie is a techie, whether it is in Hyderabad or in Warangal. With many companies such as Cyient, Tech Mahindra and others setting up their centres in IT towers at Khammam, Karimnagar and Warangal, the notion that the description of a techie fits only to those working in the IT Hub in Hyderabad […]

Khammam: A rather strange incident of bat hunting has been reported at Madhira town in the district. The incident took place at Ramalayam in the town a week ago where some non-local hunters laid some rope traps hanging on neem trees on the temple premises. The locals took the matter to the notice of the […]

Hyderabad: The State Health Department on Friday said that it has come across significant errors in the NITI Aayog report, which assessed the performance of government district hospitals in Telangana. The NITI Aayog report on the performance of district hospitals in India was released on Thursday, and it turns out that the public policy think […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao assured that measures would be taken for demerger of five of the seven mandals of erstwhile Khammam district that were merged with Andhra Pradesh to facilitate construction of Polavaram project. He said the seven mandals were merged with Andhra Pradesh in a hasty manner and as a result, a […]

Khammam: Tenth class students of private school came to the rescue of their classmate whose father was suffering from a kidney ailment. B Srinivas Rao of Saradhinagar in the city has been suffering from kidney disease for the past few months. Doctors advised him to go for kidney transplantation as both his kidneys were damaged. […]

Khammam: A human rights activist from Khammam, Mohammed Farah, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the World Human Rights Protection Commission (WHRPC). She was presented the honour at a ceremony at Indian International Center (IIC) in New Delhi on Sep 26, said a release here on Tuesday. She has also been awarded the WHRPC […]

Khammam: After two days of heavy rains, erstwhile Khammam remained dry on Tuesday. Of the 21 mandals, only six mandals received light rain during the day while in Kothagudem, of the 17 mandals, Laxmidevi mandal witnessed a light rainfall of 4 mm, officials said. From Monday 8.30 am to 5 am on Tuesday, very light […]

Khammam: Normal life was hit hard with the heavy rains lashed many parts in erstwhile Khammam district since Sunday night and the rainfall continued on Monday with the passing over of cyclone Gulab. The highest rainfall of 12.6 cm was recorded in Wyra mandal, followed by 11.1 cm in Konijerla, 11.7 cm in Kamepalli mandal […]