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ACB officials registered a case of criminal misconduct against the secretary of Regalla gram panchayat of Laxmidevipalli mandal in the district for allegedly demanding bribe from a person.

Ganja weighing 1186 kg and worth Rs 3 crore was burnt by AWS Consulting Limited using an incinerator.

The dissatisfaction among party leaders was evident at a recent awareness meeting held by the District Congress Committee in Kothagudem town regarding the state government's caste enumeration. The meeting was attended by MLAs K. Kanakaiah (Yellandu), P. Venkateshwarlu (Pinapaka), Tellam Venkat Rao (Bhadrachalam), and T. Adinarayana (Aswaraopet), along with members of the BC Commission and district Congress president Podem Veeraiah.

The incident occurred when the deceased, Ch Upender Rao (48) and D Ratnam (55) of Kalimata temple area in the town were removing an iron flag post at the school

Forest officials emphasized that supplying electricity to agricultural lands near the forest could pose a danger to wild animals, as farmers might install electric fences to protect their crops from wild boars, buffaloes, and other wildlife. On Saturday, ITDA project officer B. Rahul, along with forest and electricity officials, visited the village. The electricity officials informed him that 25 poles would need to be installed to create a three-phase electricity line, enabling tribal farmers to irrigate their crops using borewells.

For the last several years, the mobile court cases have been heard by officers on full additional charge (FAC). Over 6,000 cases have been pending in the court which has a territorial jurisdiction of Scheduled Area covering 28 mandals of erstwhile Khammam and Mulugu districts.

It might be noted that municipal administration and urban development principal secretary M Dana Kishore has on October 15 issued a GO No: 177 constituting the urban development authority.

The protesting women demanded the State govt follow the police policy of TN and K'taka States. The TGSP personnel should be allowed to serve at one place for at least five years and the number of leaves in a month should be increased, they said.

According to ACB DSP Y. Ramesh, the accused, Jinugu Nagaraju, demanded a bribe of Rs 65,000 from the complainant, Guguloth Nagaraju. He requested the money to avoid filing a case against Guguloth, who was allegedly using electricity illegally from his uncle's house for construction work at his site in Karakavagu, Paloncha mandal.

The grieving woman suffered a heart stroke while her son’s body was being taken to the graveyard for final rites.

Former MP Midiam Babu Rao took part in the protest extending solidarity to the land oustees, who staged a dharna in front of RDO office here on Monday.

The deceased, Kunja Biksham (41), was found dead in a check dam near the village on Monday. According to locals, Biksham's nephew, Kunja Pravin, and a close relative, Malkam Gangaiah, took him to the area near the check dam on Sunday night under the pretense of drinking alcohol.

Khammam Commissioner of Police Sunil Dutt said police were performing their duties sacrificing their lives for people of the country and the police system plays a very important role in maintaining law and order.

The tribal leaders want gram sabhas to be organised under the provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) PESA Act, 1996 for the selection of beneficiaries of Indiramma houses

Addressing the key functionaries of the party at a daylong meeting BRS district president Rega Kantha Rao said the party leadership would always stand by the cadres and protect them

The family members of underground Maoists were making efforts to bring them out of the party as part of ‘Operation Cheyutha’ being implemented by the district police.

The student’s parents, who found finger marks on him questioned the school management on Wednesday

Two youths, Sode Naresh (35) and Sode Saraiah (26) of Buddhagudem village in Burgampahad mandal died on the spot when the motorbike on which they were travelling hit a road divider at Indiranagar Colony in Paloncha mandal

The leopard killed a dog belonging to a farmer at a chilli field at Suraram village in the mandal and dragged it into the nearby forests

The previous Congress government's implementation of the same Indiramma Housing Scheme in Kothagudem district could reveal the Congress approach to the scheme.