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Kothagudem: A sarpanch who attempted suicide in Sujatha Nagar mandal in the district on Tuesday has died undergoing treatment on Thursday. The deceased, Bhukya Kumari (30), was sarpanch of Komatipalli thanda in the mandal. She consumed poison because of family problems and was rushed to the District Hospital in Khammam, where she died after battling […]

Kothagudem: A man died and his wife suffered injuries in a lightning strike at Anjaneyapuram village of Yellandu mandal in the district on Tuesday night. The deceased A Ramulu (52) along with his wife Venkatamma was returning home after working in their agriculture field when the incident took place. Ramulu, who fell unconscious following the […]

Kothagudem: The administration of Bhadradri Kothagudem district has identified as many as 16,044 families are affected by the recent Godavari floods. An amount of Rs.16 crore would be deposited in the accounts of the flood victims in the district, each Rs 10, 000. According to officials 74 villages in seven mandals of Bhadrachalam and Pinapaka […]

Kothagudem: A sixth standard student fractured one of her legs and suffered injuries after jumping from a school building at Chandrugonda in the district on Tuesday. The student, Prameela of Tungaram in Chandrugonda mandal recently joined Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyala (KGBV) at Chandrugonda. As she could not adjust to the new surroundings at the school […]

Kothagudem: As part of the eight phase of ‘Operation Muskan’, which is aimed at eliminating child labour, the district police rescues 67 child labourers. Superintendent of Police Dr. Vineeth G informed that five teams were formed across the district to prevent child labour. Inspections from July 1 to 31 carried out at locations where the […]

Kothagudem: An NGO has lent a helping hand to a poor family by arranging money required for an infant’s liver transplantation surgery. It was said that a month old child, Meghanath, has been diagnosed with a liver complication and doctors suggested a liver transplantation. The child’s father Ananthula Ravi Kumar of Anishettypalli in Laxmidevipalli mandal […]

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: Three forest beat officers and two section officers were injured in an attack by Guthikoya farmers at Mangaligumpu of Maddur gram panchayat in Chandrugonda mandal in the district on Friday. The injured forest officers were admitted to government hospitals at Chandrugonda and Kothagudem. It was said that the forest officials went to the tribal […]

Kothagudem: Addressing SI and constable job aspirants at the valedictory of free job coaching classes at Kothagudem School of Mining (KSM) here on Friday, Superintendent of Police Dr. Vineeth G stated that “with discipline in life and hard work one could easily achieve his or her goal”. The coaching classes were organised under the aegis […]

Kothagudem: The State government has extended the last date to regularise the SCCL lands under GO 76 to August 12, informed MLA Vanama Venkateshwar Rao. Speaking to the media along with the District Collector Anudeep Durishetty here on Thursday, he said those built houses on the SCCL lands, which the company surrendered to the government, […]

Kothagudem: Relief has been pouring in for flood affected families living in the villages on the banks of river Godavari in the district. Sathupalli MLA S Venkata Veeraiah along Khammam TRS district president, MLC Tata Madhusudhan distributed kits with blanket, saree, shirt, lungi, scarf, plate, tumblers and cooking utensils worth Rs 5 lakh as part […]

Kothagudem: The SCCL management has hiked scheduled rates of civil contract work tenders to be called by the company for execution in all its areas in the State. According to officials there has been an average increase of 20 percent in the scheduled rates. This increase came after a gap of five years following the […]

Kothagudem: A tractor trolley got washed away in Palavagu in Allapalli mandal in the district on Saturday. The incident occurred on a road stretch between Markodu and Regalla when forest staff was returning after dumping plants in the local forest. The tractor trolley was caught up in the bushes on the banks of the stream.

Kothagudem: Police arrested two Maoist sympathisers at Nallabelli of Dummugudem mandal in the district on Saturday. Bhadrachalam ASP, B Rohith Raj in a statement informed that the local Inspector of Police M Ravi Kumar and staff along with the personnel of CRPF 141Bn-G while conducting vehicle inspections at Nallabelli spotted two bike riders trying to […]

Kothagudem: With the inundation in flood affected villages subsiding the district administration has intensified its efforts to restore civic amenities in the affected villages in the district. Panchayat Raj Director M Hanumantha Rao, Khammam District Collector VP Gautham, Commissioner of Police Vishnu S Warrier, who were on flood relief duty, visited several flood affected villages […]

Kothagudem: The volunteers of Animal Warriors Conservation Society of Hyderabad have come to the rescue of stranded pet, stray animals and birds in flood affected areas on the banks of the river Godavari. A team of nine members, including the society founder P Pradeep, J Santoshi, Sanjeev, Raghav , Prabhu, Manish, Chetan and Ramakrishna travelled […]

Kothagudem: The flood situation in river Godavari has been easing and the water level has come down below the danger level of 53 feet at 3pm on Tuesday. The water level was 50 feet at 7 pm. With the water level receding in the river and inundation subsiding in the flood-affected areas sanitation work was […]

Kothagudem: In a kind gesture towards the cancer patients an MBBS student from Kothagudem has donated her hair for the purpose of making hair wigs for the patients. The student, Devanapalli Akshaya Ramesh, studying MBBS second year at Surabhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Siddipet wanted to help the cancer patients who lose hair due to […]

Kothagudem: An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter arrived in Kothagudem during afternoon hours on Saturday to carry out relief measures in flood affected areas on the banks of river Godavari in the district. The IAF arranged the chopper for the relief operations following a request by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao as Transport Minister Puvvada […]

Hyderabad: Following the directions of Chief Minister, K.Chandrashekhar Rao, Health Minister T Harish Rao on Saturday held a review meeting with district health officials and medical officers. In the review which was also attended by Health and Medical department’s principal secretary Syed Ali Mortaza Rizvi, the Minister discussed the steps to be taken on war […]