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Kothagudem: A mentally unsound woman was allegedly raped by a man at Marigudem village of Laxmidevipally mandal in the district. The incident that occurred on April 14 came to light on Tuesday as the village elders threatened the victim’s family not to reveal the incident to anyone and suggested settling the matter in the village […]

Kothagudem: Police arrested a Maoist dalam member in the forests of Chintaguppa in Cherla mandal in the district on Monday. Bhadrachalam in-charge ASP, B Rohith Raj speaking to the media at Cherla on Tuesday informed that the local police and CRPF 141 Bn personnel during combing operations spotted four persons moving suspiciously in the forests. […]

Kothagudem: SCCL Director (Finance, PA&W) N Balaram has instructed the company CMO to prepare plans for delivering medicines by courier to ex-employees in the CPRMS-NE scheme. He chaired a general body meeting of National Coal Wage Agreement (NCWA) employees Contributory Post Retirement Medicare Scheme for Non-executives (CPRMS-NE) at SCCL head office, along with Director (Operations) […]

Kothagudem: Registration and Stamps Department’s revenue in the district has increased in the financial year 2021-2022 in comparison to the previous financial year. The department earned Rs 57.50 crore through registration of documents in four revenue divisions, Kothagudem, Yellandu, Bhadrachalam and Burgampad in the district. The revenue in the financial year 2020-21 was Rs 16.85 […]

Kothagudem: The golden jubilee of Nava Bharat Ventures Limited (NBVL) formation day was celebrated at Paloncha in the district on Friday. It might be noted that NVBL formerly known as Nava Bharat Ferro Alloys Limited was incorporated on November 7, 1972 and was promoted by Dr. D Subba Rao and P Punnaiah. It started commercial […]

Hyderabad: The agitation was highly intense and the immediate trigger was the Court Judgement issued on January 3, 1969. The 1969 agitation is an outcome of the severe violation of the Gentlemen’s Agreement in all spheres – most importantly, in employment, education, irrigation and politics. The agitation was highly intense in which, as estimated, 369 […]

Kothagudem: Aswaraopet former MLA Thati Venkateshwarlu’s daughter, T Mahalakshmi has allegedly committed suicide at their residence at Sarapaka in the district on Thursday. According to the sources she hanged herself from a ceiling fan during early morning hours. Mahalakshmi, aged around 25 years, completed her MBBS and was preparing for admission test for postgraduate studies. […]

Kothagudem: The ‘Pattabhishekam’ (Coronation) ceremony of Lord Rama was performed in a majestic manner at the historical Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Temple here on Monday. The event took place at the colourfully decorated Mithila Stadium on the temple premises. The priests brought festival deities from the main temple to the mandapam amid chanting of vedic […]

Kothagudem: Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has arrived in Kothagudem on a two-day visit to the district on Monday early hours. The Governor reached Kothagudem by Secunderabad – Manugur Superfast Express train in a special saloon. She will take part in ‘Maha Pattabhishekam’ of Lord Rama at Sri Seetha Ramachandraswamy Devasthanam at Bhadrachalam. Later in the day […]

Kothagudem: An engineering student died in a road accident at Mylaram cross roads near Kothagudem on Sunday. The deceased, T Pavan Kumar (20) of Yerragunta in Chandrugonda mandal in the district was studying B Tech second year in a college at Sathupalli in Khammam district. He was killed on the spot when a speeding auto-rickshaw […]

Kothagudem: After a gap of two years Sri Rama Navami was celebrated with all its splendour and gaiety here at the historical Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Devasthanam. The celestial wedding of Lord Rama and his consort Seetha was performed on a grand note on Sunday as part of Sri Rama Navami in the presence of […]

Kothagudem: The Maoist Cherla Area LGS action team commander Rajesh and two other dalam members opened fire on police and fled after they spotted a police party in Cherla mandal in the district on Friday. A statement from the district police here on Friday said that Cherla CI, B Ashok got a tip off that […]

Kothagudem: Devotees of Lord Rama planned to distribute around 2,000 Rama Dhwajas (flags) free of cost in the temple town of Bhadrachalam in the district on the occasion of Sri Rama Navami. The distribution programme was launched with the idea of hoisting the Rama Dhwajam on every house in Bhadrachalam. As part of this, Rama […]

Kothagudem: A Home Guard’s daughter secured an MBBS seat and got appreciation from Superintendent of Police Sunil Dutt. Guguloth Mohan has been working in the Home Guard division of Kothagudem district since 2009. The eldest of his two daughters G Niharika (19) secured a seat in the TRR Institute of Medical Sciences, Patancheru, Sangareddy district […]

Kothagudem: A married who attempted suicide by consuming poison on Tuesday died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dummugudem mandal in the district. The deceased, Tellam Seethamma (29) of Gangolu village in the mandal was said to be having an extra-marital affair with a man, Tellam Nagaraju of the village. On Monday […]

Kothagudem: A massive protest was staged here on Wednesday by TRS cadres against the Centre’s refusal to buy yasangi paddy from Telangana. Led by the local MLA Vanama Venkateshwara Rao a large number of leaders and cadres staged rasta-roko on Vijayawada-Jagdalpur national highway at Ramavaram in response to a call given by the Chief Minister […]

Kothagudem: Dead body of a newborn was found at Sri Nagar Colony here on Tuesday. The locals who spotted the body at a vacant plot in the colony informed the police. Laxmidevipalli SI Harika and trainee IPS Kranti Rana Patil inspected the spot and took up investigation into the incident. Now you can get handpicked […]

Kothagudem: An armed reserve constable died and another constable injured in a road accident at Sativarigudem of Laxmidevipalli mandal in the district on Sunday. The incident occurred when the AR constables, Bathula Balaji and Battu Sathish were going to Kothagudem from Paloncha on a motorcycle. A speeding lorry laden with sand, hit the bike from […]

Kothagudem: The annual brahmotsavams of Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Devasthanam at Bhadrachalam in the district have begun on Saturday coinciding with Telugu New Year, Ugadi celebrations. As part of Ugadi rituals, an abhishekam to ‘Moolavarulu’ (the presiding deities) at the temple was performed by the priests during morning hours along with other religious rituals commencing […]

Kothagudem: A two-day medicinal plants exhibition organised at Government Degree College at Paloncha in the district has received good response from teachers and students. A environmentalist, Rayi Venkataiah displayed around 250 varieties of medical plants at the college on the sidelines of a national seminar on ‘Tribal Status in India’ on Thursday and Friday. Speakers […]