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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Kothagudem: Four Maoist sympathisers hailing from Chhattisgarh were arrested by police in Cherla in the district on Tuesday. Sodi Sona, Sodi Sonu, Sodi Urra and Madakam Sandeep were naxal sympathisers arrested by a joint team comprising Cherla police, CRPF 151 Bn and 204 CoBra personnel during inspections in Cherla, informed Bhadrachalam ASP, Dr. Vineeth G. […]
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Kothagudem: Police seized dry ganja worth Rs 1.2 lakh and arrested two persons at Manugur in the district. An auto rickshaw and two mobile phones were also seized. In a statement, ASP Dr. Shabarish P on Saturday informed that SI Purushotham and staff conducted vehicle inspections at Hanuman temple area on Friday evening. Two persons […]
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Kothagudem: A goods train derailed after the Maoists sabotaged a railway track in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh State. The goods train was on its way to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh carrying iron ore from the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) mines at Kirandul in Dantewada district. Railway traffic on Kirandul-Visakhapatnam route came to standstill following […]
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Kothagudem: A massive protest rally was taken by the district Congress leaders here on Thursday demanding the State and Central governments to take steps to procure entire paddy produced by farmers in the State. The rally was led by the TPCC Vikalangula Vibhagam chairman Muthineni Veeraiah and district Congress leader Naga Seetharamulu. Speaking to the […]
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Kothagudem: Police arrested five persons and seized dry ganja worth Rs 47.68 lakh from them at Housing Board Colony here on Thursday. DSP G Venkateshwara Babu informed media persons that a team of police while conducting vehicle inspections found two cars moving suspiciously. Upon inspection of the vehicles, police found around 238.4 kg ganja hidden […]
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Kothagudem: TRS candidate for Khammam Local Authorities’ Constituency (LAC) MLC election, T Madhusudhan has urged local bodies’ elected members in the district to support him in the election. He along with MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy held a meeting with the elected members at Paloncha on Thursday. The candidate said that all the elected members of […]
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Kothagudem: A massive protest rally was taken by the district Congress leaders here on Thursday demanding the State and Central governments to take steps to procure entire paddy produced by farmers in the State. The rally was led by the TPCC Vikalangula Vibhagam Chairman Muthineni Veeraiah and district Congress leader Naga Seetharamulu. Speaking to the […]
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Kothagudem: Proving the fact that love can overcome any hindrance, a man has married a physically challenged and orphaned woman despite his parents’ disapproval. Twenty eight-year-old Nuti Vasantha Rao of Yellandu fell in love with Madakam Narasamma of Manugur, both belonging to Scheduled Tribes, after they met in a marriage ceremony of their relatives an […]
