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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.

Khammam: Economic offences and POCSO Act cases increased in Khammam district in 2021. According to the annual crime report released by the Khammam Police Commissionerate, as many as 291 economic offences have taken place in 2021 while a total of 237 such offences were reported in 2020. Cyber crimes have come down with just eight […]

Khammam: Manugur police station in Kothagudem district and Vemsoor police station in Khammam district have bagged the Best Police Station awards for the year 2021. Manugur police station has won the award in category-3 (300-500 FIRs). The best police stations were selected based on the results achieved related to the parameters such as effective investigation, […]

Kothagudem: As many as 119 Maoists surrendered, 62 arrested and seven important cadres of CPI (Maoist) party have been neutralised in the year 2021, informed Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Dutt. The SP released the annual crime report here on Friday. District police effectively curbed left wing extremism and the district remained free from extremist […]

Kothagudem: Of the 3,123 acres of land required for Seetamma Sagar Multi-Purpose Project (SSMPP), about 510 acres of land has been acquired so far, District Collector Anudeep Durishetty said on Friday. The Collector was speaking after inspecting the project works at Ammagaripalli in Aswapuram mandal in the district at a review meeting with irrigation, revenue, […]

Kothagudem: Whether it is the great Indian temple sculptures, pyramids of Giza, or Mayan civilization, stones are the basic medium of expression. And these very stones are the medium for a group of master sculptures from across the nation gathered in the coal of town of Kothagudem to give shape to their innate feelings about […]

The incident took place during early hours in the day in which the troops of Telangana Greyhounds and Special Party Police engaged in combing operation came face to face with Maoists in the forest area of village Doraguda

Kothagudem: Two persons were arrested in connection with a cheating case in the name of black magic under the limits of the three-town police station. Inspector of Police (CI), D Venu Chander, in a statement here on Friday, said that the accused were identified as Kondapalli Sai Kumar and Inukonda Shiva of Rajanna Sircillla district. […]