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Kothagudem: The CPI (Maoist) has released a souvenir book marking the 20th anniversary of formation of People Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA). In a first of its kind audio message released to the media here on Friday, the Maoist Central Committee Spokesperson Abhay said the party’ s military commission has brought out the 104 page souvenir. […]

Khammam: The allotment of police constables to new local cadres as per GO 317 has been completed in the district, informed Additional DCP (Admin) Gaush Alam. Commissioner of Police Vishnu S Warrier issued orders allotting 2,437 police constables working in the erstwhile Khammam district to Khammam, Kothagudem, Mulug and Mahabubabad districts on the basis of […]

Mulug: Maoists allegedly kidnapped Kursa Ramesh, a former sarpanch of Suraveedu gram panchayat in Venkatapur mandal in the district on Monday evening while he was on his way to Cherla in Kothagudem district. Some people who witnessed the abduction informed Ramesh’s family about it. The former sarpanch’s wife Kursa Rajitha speaking to the media persons […]

Kothagudem: A retired SCCL employee allegedly committed suicide by jumping to death from a bridge on Murredu stream in the town on Monday. The deceased was identified as Kondapaka Satyanarayana (65), a resident of Vidyanagar Colony in Chunchupalli mandal, Kothagudem town, after serving in SCCL at Manugur in the district. The reasons for his extreme […]

Hyderabad: After successful completion of experimental project to use drone flights for delivery of vaccines in the identified airspace in Vikarabad, efforts are on to replicate the exercise in Adilabad and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts. The State Government took up the innovative ‘Medicine from the Sky’ initiative in association with Emerging Technologies Wing of the ITE&C […]

Kothagudem: A team of scientists from CSIR -Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad visited Zilla Parishad High School at Chatakonda and Nava Bharat High School at Paloncha in Kothagudem. IICT Chief Scientist Dr. D Shailaja, Principal Scientists Dr. J Vatsalarani and Dr. S Srilatha (Nodal Officer-Jigyasa programme) and Scientist Dr. Sanjib Paul were among […]

Kothagudem: Outlawed CPI (Maoist) party leaders Azad and Madhu threatening innocent tribal people in the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border villages to attend the naxals meetings, district police alleged. A statement the office of Superintendent of Police here said the Maoists organised a meeting at Pesarlapadu in Chhattisgarh on Saturday and forced adivasis of Kondavai, Korakatpadu, Yerrampadu, Puttapadu, […]

Kothagudem: A Gurukul teacher was found dead under suspicious circumstances at Annapureddypalle in the district.  The deceased S Kalyani (26) of Rompedu of Yellandu mandal was working as science teacher at Social Welfare Boys’ Gurukul. Her colleagues found her hanging from ceiling fan in her residential quarters on Thursday night hours and alerted the police. […]

Kothagudem: A District Police Special Party Commando engaged in combing operations in Cherla mandal in the district suffered injuries in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) allegedly planted by the Maoists on Wednesday. The incident took place in between Battinapalli and Yerrampadu villages in Peddamidisileru reserve forest area on Telangana-Chhattisgarh borders. It was […]

Kothagudem: The Central government lacked sincerity in the implementation of ‘Beti Bachao- Beti Padhao’ scheme, alleged the Student Federation of India (SFI) district committee leaders. The SFI activists staged a dharna at Government Junior College here on Tuesday against the alleged misuse of the scheme’s funds by huge expenditure on advertising. They wanted a probe […]

Kothagudem: The services of NREGS assistant programme officer (APO) of Aswaraopet mandal in the district was placed under suspension for alleged negligence of duties. DRDO G Madhusudhana Raju issued orders suspending the APO, A Srinu. The action against him was taken following a complaint by Ramannagudem sarpanch Madakam Swaroopa and based on an enquiry report […]

Kothagudem: The three-day strike called by Joint Action Committee (JAC) of SCCL trade unions was a success on the first day on Thursday as workers abstained from work on the day. The JAC comprising trade unions like TBGKS, AITUC, INTUC, BMS and CITU called for the strike in protest against the Central government’s decision to […]

Kothagudem: Police seized dry ganja weighing around 524.4 kg and arrested two Rajasthani drivers at Housing Board Colony here on Thursday. DSP G Venkateshwara Babu speaking to press persons at Chunchupalli police station in Kothagudem said the seized ganja was worth around Rs 1.04 crore. A lorry transporting the substance was also seized along with […]

Kothagudem: Police distributed blankets to tribal families living at Mulakanapalli village in Dummugudem mandal in the district on Wednesday. At a programme organised by Dummugudem police, Bhadrachalam ASP, Akshansh Yadav, along with CI, Venkateshwarlu handed over blankets to around 90 families at the Gothikoya habitation located on the Chhattisgarh border. Speaking on the occasion, ASP […]

Kothagudem: A man and his son were electrocuted when they fell into an electric trap at Ranguvarigudem village in Dammapet mandal in the district on Tuesday. According to police, the deceased Podduturi Daniel (43) along with his son P Balu (21) and brother Vijay of the village went out in search of their missing cattle […]

Kothagudem: Chairman and Managing Director of TS GENCO D Prabhakar Rao visited Bhadradri Thermal Power Station (BTPS) at Manugur in Kothagudem district on Monday. He held a meeting with the GENCO officials and reviewed the progress of BTPS fourth unit works. He told the officials to expedite the works and make it ready for commercial […]

Kothagudem: Police seized a huge cache of ganja worth Rs 1.65 crore at Brindavanam village of Chunchupalli mandal in the district on Monday and arrested one person. Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Dutt speaking to the media persons at Chunchupalli police station in Kothagudem informed that the local police while conducting vehicle inspections stopped a […]

Kothagudem: Three village committee members and two militia members of CPI (Maoist) party surrendered before Kothagudem SP and a CRPF 141 Bn official here on Thursday. Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Dutt giving details of naxal’s surrender to media persons said the surrendered naxal activists belong to Kondavai village of Cherla mandal in the district. […]

Kothagudem: The State government and Telangana police have been making persistent efforts to keep the State free of Maoist activities, Director General of Police (DGP), M Mahender Reddy said on Wednesday. The DGP was speaking after a tour of Maoist-affected areas on the inter-State border in Mulugu and Kothagudem districts apart from visiting a police […]

Khammam: As the stage is set for the opening of licenced retail liquor shops for the new liquor policy period 2021-23 on Wednesday, Adivasi, SC and Goud associations are gearing up to check benami traders. The associations wanted the officials to safeguard the reservations the State government provided to the communities ensuring a livelihood to […]