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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Kothagudem: Police arrested three persons and seized dry ganja worth Rs 9.6 lakh at Bhadrachalam in the district on Saturday. ASP Dr. G Vineeth informed that ganja was seized during vehicle inspections near forest check post by CI T Swamy and staff. Three persons travelling in a car were found suspicious, their vehicle was stopped […]
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Kothagudem: The water level in River Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district has reached 43 feet on Thursday and officials have issued the first warning. The water level crossed the first warning level of 43 feet at 3.35 am and at 7 pm in the evening the gauge reading was 46.80 feet discharge of 11,38,029 […]
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Kothagudem: The water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district has reached 43 feet on Thursday and officials have issued the first warning. The water level crossed the first warning level of 43 feet at 3.35 am and at 6 am the gauge reading was 43.90 feet, informed the officials adding that the […]
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Kothagudem: The water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district has been increasing slowly and reached 38.70 feet at 6 pm on Wednesday. There has been an increase of 4.2 feet in the water level since 6 pm, on Tuesday, at which the water level recorded was 34.50 feet. District Collector, D Anudeep […]
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Kothagudem: There has been a brief respite from rains that lashed the district for the past couple of days. The weather remained cloudy and major parts of the district remained dry until afternoon hours on Tuesday. A couple of mandals received light rainfall. With rainfall in its upper catchment area in Chhattisgarh Taliperu project in […]
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Khammam: Normal life was thrown out of gear as heavy rains pounded erstwhile Khammam district on Monday, with all the mandals witnessing moderate to very heavy rainfall. Kothagudem district witnessed heavy precipitation and the run-off was very heavy inundating several low-lying areas and cutting off road connectivity to many villages as many streams were overflowing. […]
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Kothagudem: Indian Scouts and Guides Fellowship (SGFI) members came to the rescue of residents whose houses were inundated in flood waters following the heavy rains that lashed the district on Monday. The SGFI members organised ‘Annadanam’ for flood victims in the low lying areas under Srinagar Colony gram panchayat, at Indira Nagar Government Primary School. […]
