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A 95-year-old man was mauled to death by a pack of four stray dogs at Dandepalli in Mancherial district on Thursday. The incident triggered panic among locals, who urged officials to take measures to curb the stray dog menace.

A woman in Mancherial district allegedly died by suicide by jumping into a well at Lingapur village, tying her six-year-old daughter to her waist. Police suspect family disputes as the motive. The bodies were retrieved, and investigation is underway.

A newborn baby was found abandoned at a junction in Naspur mandal centre in Mancherial on Monday. Locals alerted police, who shifted the baby to a hospital. The healthy newborn will later be moved to a child welfare home.

Tribal rights organisation Tudumdebba has demanded the dismissal of Indanpalli Forest Range Officer Laxminarayana over the alleged assault on five tribal youths. The organisation warned of an agitation if action is not taken and sought a comprehensive inquiry into the incident.

Seven students of an Ashram school in Bellampalli, Mancherial district, fell ill after lunch at their hostel on Saturday. Parents suspected stale food caused the illness and demanded improved food quality, better monitoring and accountability from hostel authorities.

Repeated food poisoning incidents in government‑run hostels of Mancherial district have left parents and students anxious, with allegations of negligence by wardens and lack of accountability among officials despite assurances of hygienic food supply.

Mancherial town is facing daily power cuts lasting over an hour, drawing sharp criticism from residents and farmers. NPDCL officials attributed the outages to line maintenance and weather-related disruptions, but consumers complained of inconvenience during social functions and irrigation.

The Telangana High Court has ruled that the birth of twins in a single pregnancy must be treated as one delivery under the State’s two‑child norm. Justice K. Sharath directed authorities to sanction 180 days of maternity leave to a junior lecturer, terming the rejection of her application on the ground of twin births as untenable.

An Intermediate first-year student has gone missing from a Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in Kotapalli, Mancherial district. Police have registered a case and formed special teams to trace her, while parents demanded stronger security measures at government-run residential educational institutions.

A trained sniffer dog named ‘Hunter’, deployed by the Telangana forest department, has become a crucial asset in tackling poaching and teak smuggling across Adilabad and neighbouring districts.

Police arrested BRS cadres across Mancherial district on Sunday while they were heading to join K.T. Rama Rao’s tour of Kannepalli Pump House. Tension flared in Chennur when former MLA Diwakar Rao was stopped and taken into custody, prompting criticism from party workers who accused the government of insecurity. Preventive arrests were also reported in several other mandals.

A land dispute between two brothers in Chandravelli village, Bellampalli mandal, escalated into violence on Sunday when Chandu allegedly attacked his younger sibling Rajesh with an axe, killing him on the spot.

A 63-year-old woman from Venkatraopet village died after being run over by a TSRTC bus in Luxettipet town, Mancherial district, on Thursday.

Several shops in Mancherial’s main market were demolished on Tuesday as part of a road‑widening project, leaving small traders without their livelihoods.

A 70-year-old farmer tragically died in Mancherial district while attempting to extinguish flames in a neighbouring farm at Thimmapur village.

Mango farmers in Mancherial district are cutting down orchards due to poor yields caused by unseasonal rains. Cultivation has drastically reduced over the past few years, forcing many to shift to alternative crops or sell land for real estate.

A two-day district-level badminton selection trial and tournament will be organised on May 23 and 24 at Hi-Tech City Colony. Players from various age-group and masters categories can participate, while top performers will qualify for the State-level badminton tournament.

B Meenakshi, a student of SCCL Polytechnic College, secured first rank in the mining category of the Andhra Pradesh Common Entrance Test by scoring 82 out of 200 marks. She credited her teachers, principal and parents for supporting her academic achievement.

Farmers in Mancherial district are facing difficulties due to delays in paddy procurement for the Yasangi 2026 season. Despite cultivating 1.22 lakh acres and expecting 2.20 lakh metric tonnes of yield, only a limited number of procurement centres have been opened, leaving farmers worried about crop damage from unseasonal rains and possible distress sales to private traders.

A youngster from Kishtampet village in Mancherial district was arrested for raping a minor girl, marrying her, and subsequently harassing her. Police reported that Swamy initially assaulted the girl, later married her, and abandoned her six months after the wedding.