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Kothagudem: The Telangana Vibhinna Pratibhavantula Sangham (TVPS) demanded that the District Bar Association remove L Sivaram Prasad, a lawyer, for allegedly causing injustice to his client. It was said that a lorry cleaner, G Sudhakar of Sangam village of Paloncha mandal met with an accident in 2012 in which he lost the toes of both […]

Kothagudem: The District Bar Association will conduct a State level model screening test for candidates appearing for Assistant Public Prosecutors (APP) examination to be held on Oct 24. At a programme at the district court complex the Bar Association president Lakkineni Satyanarayana, vice president T Malleshwar Rao, general secretary N Venkat Rajesh and others released […]

Kothagudem: Four gates of Taliperu reservoir at Cherla in Kothagudem district were lifted to discharge 5087 cusecs of excess water downstream on Wednesday. Though the district remained dry on Wednesday, the project received inflows due to rains in its upper catchment and there has been an inflow of 5542 cusecs into the reservoir, officials said. […]

HYDERABAD: As many as 21,552 tanks out of 43,870 under the territorial limits of Engineer-in-Chief and Chief Engineers across the State received surplus water while 13,451 tanks were filled between 75 per cent and 100 per cent. Kothagudem topped the list with 2,070 tanks receiving surplus water followed by 2,065 tanks in Gajwel and 1,815 […]

Kothagudem: Police arrested three persons and seized ganja worth about Rs 1.25 crore at Brindavanam under the limits of Chunchupalli police station in Kothagudem on Monday. Inspector of Police D Guruswamy told media persons that the seized ganja weighs about 626 kg and was concealed among coconut saplings in a truck. The substance was seized […]

Kothagudem: Posters demanding the Maoists to stop killing innocent villagers by planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the forests appeared in different villages of Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. The posters in the name of Mazdoor Sanghatan (Labour Organisation) were found tagged to trees at Ammapenta and nearby villages under the limits of Kistaram police station […]

Khammam: There are a total of 3,085 active filariasis cases in erstwhile Khammam district as of September 14, 2021, said the district health officials, with as many as 2,816 cases in Khammam district alone. However, with the State government’s efforts to eradicate lymphatic filariasis from the State, the disease is showing a declining trend in […]

Kothagudem: MLA Vanama Venkateshwara Rao said the process of SCCL lands regularisation and distribution of pending pattas under GO No 76 would be completed by the time of Deepavali festival. He held a review meeting with RDO Swarnalatha, Sub-Registrar Ram Kumar and Tahsildar PV Ramakrishna here on Friday. Later, speaking to the media, he said […]

Kothagudem: Police arrested a man for murdering his former employer at Chatakonda in the district on Wednesday. DSP Venkateshwara Babu speaking to media persons at Laxmidevipally police here on Thursday informed that the accused, Shaik Pasha of Chatakonda worked as a machine operator for four years at a steel shop run by a trader, Ketapalli […]

Kothagudem: As many as 14 Maoist militia members of Cherla Area Committee, including three minors, surrendered before the district police and CRPF 141 Bn on Thursday. The surrendered militia members were aged between 14 and 38 years and belonged to Yerrampadu, Rallapuram, Ramachandrapuram, Kistarampadu and Korakatpadu villages of Cherla mandal in the district. Superintendent of […]

Kothagudem: Chimna thanda Gram Panchayat in Sujathanagar mandal in the district has achieved 100 percent vaccination as part of the ongoing special Covid vaccination drive. The District Collector, Durishetty Anudeep attended a congratulatory meeting organised at the thanda on Tuesday and appreciated elected members, health and village officials for achieving 100 per cent vaccination. All […]

Kothagudem: A mistake of concealing surname by a man before his wedding led to a tragic end to the couple’s wedlock, with his wife committing suicide by consuming pesticide at Yellandu in the district. The man himself, is battling for life after he too consumed pesticide as well as jumped into an agricultural well. His […]

Kothagudem: Differently-abled persons’ associations in Kothagudem district have opposed the proposed shifting of the District Welfare Office to old Kothagudem. The leaders of Telangana Vibhinna Pratibhavantula Sangham (TVPS) met District Collector D Anudeep on Monday and submitted a memorandum asking him to immediately withdraw the proposal to relocate the office to old Kothagudem. The TVPS […]

Kothagudem: Six persons, including a woman, were arrested and 70 kilograms of ganja was seized at Bhadrachalam in the district on Friday. Inspector of Police T Swamy informed that SI, S Madhu Prasad and staff conducted vehicle inspections at the local forest check post and found the presence of illicit marijuana in two auto rickshaws […]

Kothagudem: Police seized ganja worth Rs 13.50 lakh and arrested four persons, including a woman, in Aswapuram mandal in the district on Friday. Manugur ASP, Dr. Shabarish P, in a statement informed that the seized ganja was found in a car during vehicle inspections by ASI, K Nageswara Rao and staff at Mondikunta and the […]

Kothagudem: Pamphlets against the Maoist leadership appeared in several villages in Cherla mandal in the district on Friday. The pamphlets published in the name of Adivasi Sanghams accused the Maoists of claiming innocent tribals’ lives by planting booby-traps and landmines in the forests and near tribal habitations. Though the Maoists target police personnel with their […]

Kothagudem: District Collector Durishetty Anudeep has called upon the farmers in the district to take up apiculture to earn good profits. The Collector inaugurated a seven-day apiculture training programme at horticulture nursery at Garimellapadu near Kothagudem on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, he said apiculture could be a self-employment route for youth, tribals and women […]

Kothagudem: The 160th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was celebrated here on Wednesday. Marking Visvesvaraya’s birth anniversary, Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) officials paid floral tributes to him and garlanded his bronze statue at the head office area. Director (Operations) S Chandrashekhar speaking on the occasion said Visvesvaraya was a civil engineer who […]

Kothagudem: Two hunters were electrocuted when they came in contact with live electric wire traps set up to kill wild animals in the forests in Mulakalapalli mandal in the district during wee hours on Tuesday. The incident took place in the forests located in between Pusugudem and Madharam villages in the madal. The deceased were […]

Kothagudem: A former ZPTC member Batta Vijay Gandhi of Burgampahad in the district was expelled from TRS party for indulging in anti-party activities. The decision was taken at the TRS Burgampahad mandal committee meeting on Saturday. It was said that Gandhi had secretly met Telangana Congress party president A Revanth Reddy along with Mulugu MLA […]