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Adilabad: Several parts of Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial and Adilabad districts received light to moderate rains resulting in flooding of streams and affecting transportation system, on Monday. Kumram Bheem Asifabad district recorded an average rainfall of 49.6 mm. Bejjur mandal received the highest rainfall by 96 mm. Jainoor mandal had the lowest rainfall of 24 mm. […]

Adilabad: Elaborate arrangements were made for smooth conduct of a written preliminary examination to recruit Sub-Inspectors of Police slated to be held on Sunday. As many as 12,946 candidates will appear for the examination in erstwhile Adilabad district. A total of 37 centres were arranged for organising the test. Prohibitory orders were imposed under the […]

Mancherial: Parents kidnapped their 18-year old daughter for marrying a man against their wishes by taking assistance from their relatives and finally landed behind bars in Jannaram mandal centre on Friday. A total of 23 persons were arrested and three vehicles were seized in connection with this case. Jannaram Sub-Inspector Pochampalli Satheesh said that accused […]

Mancherial: Floods in July caused misery to the public by damaging crops and inundating low-lying areas. But, they apparently brought cheer to illegal miners of sand in Mancherial and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts who intensified excavation and transportation of sand in rivulets and streams that received abundance of sand owing to the downpours, causing huge […]

Mancherial: A bridegroom, his friend and family members had a miraculous escape as a car in which they were travelling went up in flames at Andugulapet village in Mandamarri mandal on Thursday night. Mandamarri Sub-Inspector Chandrakumar said that bridegroom Jadi Rajesh hailing from Kaghaznagar town in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district was travelling by the car […]

Mancherial: Municipal chairperson Penta Rajaiah inaugurated Care Dental and Cosmetic Clinic established by Dr Mohammad Aafaq Hussain and Dr Reeba Fathima of the town, here on Thursday. Rajaiah congratulated the doctor couple and wished them success in their endeavor. He said that Mancherial town was undergoing rapid development, providing ample scope for healthcare to grow. […]

Mancherial: A 26-year old woman from Maharashtra was arrested for allegedly smuggling banned ganja here on Thursday. Four kilograms of ganja and a mobile phone was seized from her possession. Incidentally, she was the woman to be taken into custody for trading the contraband substance in the district. Task Force Inspector Akula Ashok Kumar said […]

Mancherial: Collector Bharati Hollikeri said that all the administrative mechanism was striving to extend financial aid to the eligible persons under prestigious Telangana Dalit Bandhu scheme. She along with State Dalit Bandhu advisor Laxma Reddy was speaking at an awareness programme to beneficiaries of the initiative here on Tuesday evening. Addressing the beneficiaries, Bharati said […]

Mancherial: A 22-year old man was arrested on charges of being a member of the banned Maoist party and publicizing it’s ideologies after being attracted to it by watching videos on social media platforms. He was produced before pressmen in Jaipur mandal on Wednesday. Literature belonging to the ultras was recovered from him. Briefing details […]

Jeddah: An immigrant worker hailing from Mancherial district was drowned in the recent floods that ravaged Fujairaj, one of the seven emirates of the UAE, according to information reaching here. The deceased worker was identifid as Uppala Linga Reddy (35) from Jannaram mandal of Mancherial district. Reports said Linga Reddy and 20 other workers were […]

Mancherial: A Mancherial’s court on Monday sentenced a man to imprisonment for 10 years and imposed fine of Rs 15,500 after finding him of guilt in a rape and attempting to murder a woman eight years back. Mancherial Additional District and Sessions Court Judge G Maithreya pronounced the verdict, convicting Kudire Rajesh (40) of Patha […]

Mancherial: A migrant labourer of remote Chintaguda village in Jannaram mandal was killed after being stranded in flood-affected Fujairah city in United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday. His colleagues informed his family members about the incident on Sunday. The normal life of the city was hit by the floods over the last one week. The […]

Mancherial: A farm labourer was killed after being struck by lightning in Kotapalli mandal headquarters on Friday. The victim was Sundilla Ramleela (45), the wife of Devaiah from Kotapalli mandal centre. Ramleela died on the spot after the lightning struck her when she was engaged in a farm activity on the outskirts of Kotapalli. Some […]

Nirmal: Traffic was temporarily suspended on the busy Khanapur-Mancherial road following repairs to Kaddam Narayana Reddy Project in Kaddampeddur mandal on Thursday. Nirmal Superintendent of Police Ch Praveen Kumar advised motorists to use alternative routes to reach their destinations. He suggested that the motorists from Mancherial could go to Nirmal via Jagtial, Metpalli and Khanapur […]

Mancherial: A farmer was drowned in an irrigation tank while he was searching for his missing cattle at kannepalli mandal centre on Tuesday. The incident came to light on Wednesday. Kannepalli Sub-Inspector Suresh said that the victim was Kotrangi Shankaraiah (48), a resident of Kannepalli mandal headquarters. Shankaraiah met a watery grave when he was […]

Mancherial: Chennur Tahsildar imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh against a person for violating bind-over case on Wednesday. Tahsildar and executive magistrate Srinivas Deshpandey imposed the fine against Kothari Devender, for brewing illicitly distilled liquor or locally known as Gudumba within a year after being bounded over before the officials for the same offence […]

Mancherial: You may have heard of spurious cotton seeds, counterfeit currency notes and adulteration of popular brands of groceries. In the latest menace, selling fake insurance cover is going unchecked. Some unscrupulous persons are selling the fake insurance cover for heavy commercial transport carriers duping gullible owners of the vehicles and causing losses to the […]

Mancherial: The annual Gandhari Maisamma Bonalu festival was celebrated with religious gaiety and pomp at Sri Gandhari Maisamma temple on the outskirts of Bokkalagutta village in Mandamarri mandal on the busy Mancherial-Asifabad national highway on Sunday. Facing a drizzle, around 50,000 devotees from various parts of the district visited the temple and offered special prayers. […]

Mancherial: Wearing black badges, members and leaders of the Congress party staged a rasta-roko condemning the union government over interrogation of the party’s national president Sonia Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate, here on Friday. Led by District Congress Committee president Kokkirala Surekha, hundreds of activists gathered at the busy Bellampalli Chowrasta and blocked traffic and […]

Mancherial: In an example of going an extra-mile, authorities of the civil supplies department shipped rice meant for Public Distribution System (PDS) by a boat to remote Sumputam village in Vemanapalli mandal, which was isolated by flooding streams, on Thursday. District Civil Supplies Officer A Prem Kumar visited the flooding stream and ensured that the […]