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Kothagudem: The demand for demerger of five gram panchayats of Telangana merged with Andhra Pradesh at the time of bifurcation is gaining momentum once again. Different political parties in Bhadrachalam took to the streets in support of their long-pending demand. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had also made a statement in the State Assembly in […]

Kothagudem: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unfit to speak of equality, Animal Husbandry Minister Talsani Srinivas Yadav said on Monday. Taking a dig at the Prime Minister’s recent assertion in Hyderabad that Centre was committed to eliminate inequalities in the country, the Minister alleged that Modi was promoting inequality in the country but not equality […]

Kothagudem: A tiger on the prowl has killed a goat in the forests at Pedda Gollagudem village of Dammapet mandal in the district during late evening hours of Wednesday. According to the forest officials the incident occurred when a shepherd was returning home along with a herd of goats and sheep of a farmer N […]

The deceased women belonging to SC Colony in Sujatha Nagar mandal were travelling in the goods vehicle to go to Chandrugonda to work in a chilli field there.

Kothagudem: The Student Federation of India (SFI) district committee appealed to the State government to start physical classes in educational institutions across the State. The SFI district secretary B Veerabhadram, in a statement here on Thursday, wanted the GO 4 issued ordering closure of educational institutions should be revoked immediately to start direct classes. He […]

Kothagudem: The State and Central governments have been making efforts to protect the rights of girls in the country, said the first additional junior civil judge K Deepa. Various programmes have been taken up to raise awareness about the rights of girls, on the importance of girl’s education, their health and nutrition, and social development. […]

Kothagudem: Chief Secretary (Irrigation) Rajat Kumar has directed the officials to complete construction works of Sitamma Sagar Multipurpose Project by the end of May. He along with CMO Secretary Smita Sabharwal, Engineer-in-Chief Muralidhar Reddy and L&T CEO Subramanyam inspected the construction work of the project at Ammagaripalli village of Aswapuram mandal in the district on […]

Kothagudem: The district task force team took up a demolition drive of illegal structures in Kothagudem on Tuesday. The task force team comprising R&B, revenue, police, irrigation and municipal officials partially demolished two structures at Gautham Nagar in Patha Kothagudem. The local councillors tried to resist the demolition but were taken into custody by police. […]

Kothagudem: The ritual of ‘Uttara Dwara Darshanam’ was performed with grandeur as part of Mukkoti Vaikunta Ekadashi celebrations at Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Temple at Bhadrachalam in the district on Thursday. The beautifully decorated Uttara Dwaram was opened for the devotees during early hours at 5 am amid chanting of Vedic mantras and hymns by […]

Hyderabad: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Director (Operations) S Chandrashekhar on Tuesday requested the manufacturers to supply 600 tonnes of explosives continuously every day for overburden removal from mines. He gave these instructions to the representatives of eight private companies, which are supplying explosives, through a video conference from Kothagudem. On an average, only 475 […]

Kothagudem: The local MLA’s son Vanama Raghavendra Rao alias Raghava accused in Old Paloncha familicide case was shifted to Khammam district jail on Tuesday. He was named in a suicide note purportedly left by businessman, M Naga Ramakrishna, who committed familicide on Jan 3. The MLA’s son was arrested on last Friday and on Saturday […]

Kothagudem: Police nabbed six inter-state gang of robbers who robbed a branch of SBI Bank at Lakshminagaram village of Dummugudem mandal on Dec 14 last year. The gang cut the CC cameras and the alarm system wires inside the bank, smashed the safe locker in the bank’s strong room, looted an amount of Rs 19.35 […]

Kothagudem: The Maosist Cherla local guerrilla squad (LGS) commander Rajitha was hiding in Chhattisgarh under the protection of her husband and top Maoist Damodar, district police said. A statement on Monday said they have credible information that Rajitha fled to Chhattisgarh fearing for her life after the encounter in Pesarlapadu forests in Chhattisgarh on Dec […]

Kothagudem: A woman and an autorickshaw driver were killed on the spot when a speeding lorry hit the autorickshaw in which they were travelling at Hemachandrapuram near here on Monday. The deceased were identified as Enaganti Dhanamma (55) of Karukonda and the auto driver Satyanarayana (40) of Coolie Line in Kothagudem. Dhanamma’s son Ramesh and […]

Kothagudem: A court here on Saturday remanded the local MLA’s son Vanama Raghavendra Rao alias Raghava to judicial custody following his arrest in the case of abetting a businessman and three members of his family to suicide at Old Paloncha. He was on the run after an FIR was registered by Paloncha police in the […]

Hyderabad: State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday demanded that the State government punish Vanama Raghava, wanted in connection with the death of four members of a family in Kothagudem, in public. “Instead of directly arresting Raghava and remanding him, the people should punish him stringently. This will also instill confidence among people and […]

Kothagudem: The bandh called by the CPI and CPI (ML) ND demanding arrest of the Kothagudem MLA’s son Vanama Raghavendra Rao, who was accused of abetting the familicide of a debt-ridden businessman, passed off peacefully in Kothagudem and Paloncha on Friday, though there were tense moments for a while. The CPM, TDP, BJP, BSP and […]

Kothagudem: This year’s Republic Day parade in New Delhi will be a special day for Telangana, Kothagudem district as well as classical dance form Kuchipudi of Telugus. A Kuchipudi troupe comprising 10 skilled dancers of Kothagudem have been selected to showcase their talent in the Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath, the ceremonial boulevard in New […]

Kothagudem: A youth was electrocuted when he accidentally came in contact with live electric wires in Cherla mandal in the district on Tuesday. According to sources, the deceased, G Ganapathy (26) of R Kothagudem village in the mandal went to his maize field during early morning hours to water the crop. As the irrigation pump […]

The deceased were identified as M Naga Ramakrishna (45), his wife Srilakshmi (40) and one of their 14 year old twin daughters, Sahiti and Sahitya, whose identity was yet to be ascertained.