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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Kothagudem: Paloncha based Nava Bharat Ventures Limited (NVBL) has provided as many as 750 dual desks to government schools in the district. The desks were distributed to around 45 schools in 12 mandals. District Collector Anudeep Durishetty handed over the desks to headmasters of respective schools, informed a release from the NVBL here on Wednesday. […]
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Kothagudem: An agriculture extension officer (AEO) was trapped by ACB sleuths at Papakollu in Julurpad mandal in the district on Wednesday. The accused, Bezawada Manikanta was said to have demanded Rs 30, 000 as bribe to process a file related to Rs 5 lakh Rythu Bima of a deceased female farmer Banoth Chukkali of Annarupadu […]
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Kothagudem: Two banned CPI (Maoist) Party Cherla local guerilla squad (LGS) members surrendered to the district police and 141 Bn CRPF Police. The surrendered Maoists were Madakam Kosa alias Jeevan of Jaggaram in Yetapaka mandal of Andhra Pradesh and Sodi Gangi alias Sodi Lakma of Kistarampadu in Cherla mandal in the district, Superintendent of Police […]
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Kothagudem: As the police remained clueless about the missing dead body of a man, who was electrocuted three days ago in Penuballi forests in the district, family members of the deceased urged police to trace out the body at the earliest. It might be noted that the deceased, M Sunil Kumar of Sanyasi Basti in […]
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Kothagudem: A suspect in a wild animals hunting case has allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at Penuballi village of Chunchupalli mandal in the district during late night hours of Friday. The deceased, Jabba Chanti (24) of the village was summoned by the two-town police for questioning in connection with the electrocution of a hunter, […]
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Kothagudem: A man who went hunting wild animals in Penuballi forests in Chunchupalli mandal in the district had died of electrocution and his body was missing. The deceased, Mallela Sunil Kumar (48) of Sanyasi Basti in Kothagudem, his friends Lavudya Munnalal and G Venkaiah went hunting at around 1 to 2 am on Friday. As […]
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Kothagudem: District Collector Anudeep Durishetty has issued a show-cause notice to the sarpanch of Nagineniprolu gram panchayat in Burgampad mandal in the district for alleged misuse of power and public funds. As per an enquiry conducted by the local Mandal Panchayat Officer (MPO) the sarpanch, B Shravani and deputy sarpanch Y Jhansi Laxmibai have issued […]
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Kothagudem: Nava Bharat Projects Limited (NVBL) of Hyderabad has installed a purified water plant at Dontalabora village near Paloncha in the district on Wednesday. MLA V Venkateshwar Rao inaugurated the plant which was the 22nd RO plant installed by the NVBL as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR). He lauded the company for setting […]
