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Hyderabad: Paddy is all set to take a backseat in Telangana in the upcoming 2022-23 Vaanakalam (Kharif) crop season with the State government gearing up its machinery to encourage farmers to cultivate cotton, red gram and other alternative crops based on market demand. The Vaanakalam season is expected to commence in the first half of […]

Hyderabad: Much to the relief of farmers, the State government has decided to purchase the paddy which got soaked due to unseasonal rains in the past a few days. Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar asked the farmers to dry the soaked paddy and bring it to the purchase centres where paddy will be purchased as […]

Mancherial: Standing paddy crop and mango orchards which reached ripening stage were damaged due to unseasonal reasons coupled with strong gales in Mancherial district, wreaking havoc to the agriculture sector on Tuesday night. Officials said Thandur mandal registered 65 mm of rainfall, while Hajipur, Kasipet, Mandamarri, Dandepalli, Naspur, Jaipur, Luxettipet and Mancherial mandals received somewhere […]

Karimnagar: Zilla Parishad Chairperson Kanumalla Vijaya assured that the state government would procure the entire paddy crop produced by the farmers in the Yasangi season. The ZP chairperson along with the District Collector RV Karnan inaugurated a paddy purchasing center in Jammikunta market yard on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, Vijaya said that the Chief […]

Hyderabad: The issue of broken rice and parboiled rice is far from over. While the Telangana government came to the rescue of farmers and decided to procure nearly 65 lakh tonnes of paddy during Yasangi this year, experts feel that the Centre must take immediate measures to tap export potential. Ever since the issue of […]

Nalgonda/Suryapet: Special check posts manned by police and revenue officials have been set up at Telangana-Andhra Pradesh boarder at Wadapally in Nalgonda district and at Ramapuram in Suryapet district to check influx of paddy from neighbouring State. The police personnel started checking the trucks and lorries at the state border whether any paddy was being […]

Karimnagar: TRS workers and farmers hailed the state government’s decision to procure paddy in the Yasangi season. Thanking the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for taking the decision in favor of farmers, they performed palabhishekam to the portrait of the Chief Minister across the erstwhile Karimangar district on Wednesday. State cabinet meeting held under the […]

Hyderabad: A major face-off unfolded between the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Council meeting here on Tuesday. The house was adjourned and things were brought under control by Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi, who called in marshals to make sure the clash did not escalate further. […]

Hyderabad: A large number of farmers dumped paddy in front of the house of BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind at Armoor in Nizamabad district on Tuesday morning and registered their protest demanding that the Central government immediately procure paddy from them. Holding placards, irate farmers raised slogans denouncing the alleged apathetic attitude of the Central government in […]

Adilabad: Forest Minister A Indrakaran Reddy declared that the TRS would continue its fight against the union government until it procures paddy produce of Yasangi season, while condemning what he termed as stubborn attitude towards Telangana. He took part in a protest by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) held at the office of municipality and […]

Siddipet: Telanagan Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders and cadre led by Finance Minister T Harish Rao have participated in a massive protest programme at RDO office in Siddipet town on Thursday. Protesting against centre’s decision to not to procure Yasangi paddy from Telangana, a huge number of TRS cadre and elected representatives from across Siddipet District […]

Hyderabad: Standing by its statement of sparing no efforts to force the Centre to buy every grain of paddy produced in the State, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has decided to intensify its agitation on the paddy issue from Monday. The detailed plan of action was disclosed by the party working president and minister KT […]

Jangaon: Demanding that the Centre procure entire paddy produced during this Yasangi season in Telangana, the general body meeting of the Jangaon Zilla Parishad has passed a resolution unanimously on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by ZP chairman Pagala Sampath Reddy. The ZP meeting has also passed another resolution asking the Central government not […]

Hyderabad: The union government’s stubborn attitude in refusing to procure the Yasangi paddy harvest from Telangana can only mean two things – that it stands completely exposed in understanding the global market needs or it is guilty of wilful rejection of the State’s genuine pleas. There has been a growing demand for broken rice in […]

Hyderabad: The TRS legislators on Sunday slammed the BJP-led union government for being vengeful towards farmers and discriminating the non-BJP-ruled States like Telangana. They said with the fear that Telangana would overtake Gujarat in economic growth, the Centre was rejecting requests from the State for paddy procurement. Speaking to mediapersons at TRS Legislative Party office […]

Hanamkonda: An emergency general body meeting of the Zilla Parishad has passed a resolution demanding the Centre to procure the entire paddy of the Yasangi season from Telangana here on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by ZP chairman Sudhir Kumar, and attended several ZPTCs, MPPs and ex-officio members. The members have also criticised the BJP […]

Karimnagar: Zilla Parishad general body meeting passed a unanimous resolution demanding the central government to purchase paddy from the state. General body meeting held under the chair of ZP chairperson Kanumalla Vijaya at ZP meeting hall here on Saturday, adopted the resolution demanding the union government to procure paddy from Telangana. A copy of resolution […]

Warangal: TRS leader and former Mayor Gunda Prakash Rao, former director SAAP, Rajanala Srihari and several others have staged a dharna in front of BJP district office here on Friday demanding that the Centre purchase paddy. They brought several bags of paddy in a bullock cart and dumped them at the office. Speaking on the […]

Hyderabad: Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Friday said the onus of making the Centre purchase the entire paddy crop from Telangana was on the BJP State leadership considering the assurances given by the party’s State president Bandi Sanjay as well as union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy. He reminded that the two had, […]

Hyderabad: In a remarkable and welcome development during this Yasangi season’s sowing operations that are nearing completion, many farmers across the State have opted for alternative crops to paddy. More importantly, cultivation of pulses and oil seeds has hit a new high in Telangana that is in tune with the State government’s appeal for crop […]