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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Mancherial: The torrential rains that lashed the district for six days in a row in the last week affected normal life. They in particular wreaked havoc on nearly 18,000 farmers of the district by damaging standing crops in about 30,000 acres. As per information provided by authorities concerned, crops being raised in 27,592 acres were […]
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Mancherial: The 51st anniversary of Sri Quarry Durga Devi temple, popularly known as Durga Devi Jatara was celebrated at the shrine with gaiety and pomp on the outskirts of Ghadpur in Hajipur mandal on Sunday. Braving the drizzle, nearly 30,000 devotees from several parts of the district congregated at the shrine and took part in […]
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Mancherial: Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad director Dr K Ramesh Reddy instructed the district authorities to take steps to prevent spread of seasonal diseases in the flood-affected areas. He convened a review meeting with Collector Bharati Hollikeri and District Health and Medical Officer Dr Subbarayudu here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Ramesh Reddy told authorities […]
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Mancherial: Members of Narisena Global Women Forum (NGWF) local chapter, continued their charity work to help victims of recent floods by providing food, bread, fruits and bedsheets in different parts of the district for the third day on Saturday. Kasam Shiva Keerthi, chapter president said that they distributed meal bread, bananas and bedsheets, towels to […]
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Mancherial: An IAF chopper air lifted two shepherds stranded in the overflowing Godavari river on the outskirts of Somanpalli village in Chennur mandal on Thursday. The air force chopper was pressed into service after the local MLA Balka Suman sought help of Municipal Administration minister K T Rama Rao in rescuing the two sheperds. Accordingly, […]
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Mancherial: Government whip Balka Suman toured several parts of Chennur Assembly segment which was affected by incessant rains, on Wednesday. Suman toured Devulawada, Laxmipur, Parupalli and Kollur villages in Kotapalli mandal and inspected a rehabilitation centre at Parupalli village. He instilled confidence by interacting with the people taking shelter at the centre. He instructed the […]
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Mancherial: Collector Bharati Hollikeri said that the district administration would take full-fledged measures for the convenience of families affected by the incessant rains. She along with local MLA Nadipelli Diwakar Rao visited flood-hit NTR Nagar, Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) and Sripada Yellampalli sagar project on Wednesday. Stating the people dwelling in the low-lying areas […]
