Large numbers of people thronged Lord Shiva temples more than earlier festivals to participate in 'abhishekams' and pooja with some astrologers saying Shani Trayodashi was coinciding with Shivarathri, which would happen only once in 100 years.
Around 5,000 kilograms of the seeds were seized in Mancherial every year while Preventive Detention (PD) cases were registered against habitual traders
The passengers of Visakhapatnam-Mahabubnagar Special Express and Falaknuma Express were forced to engage private taxis from Bibinagar and Nalgonda respectively to reach their destinations.
Adopting a profit driven cultivation method, more than 50 farmers have taken up banana cultivation as an internal crop in mango and mosambi farms and are setting a model to other farmers.
A 30-year-old woman died while her husband was severely injured in a road accident at Hill Colony of Nagarjuna Sagar in the district on Thursday morning
The police teams (one SI and four constables including one women officer), were formed in each sub-division comprising 753 police with other departments to rescue the children.
The entire village wore a deserted look from 6 am to 5 pm as everyone left their houses and spent under the trees from dawn to dusk as per the decision of the elders of the village.
Swamy had a fall from his battery-operated wheelchair while climbing the ramp of his double bedroom house on Friday evening. Though he appeared to be normal, he vomited blood on Saturday morning and died a few hours later.