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The swearing-in of newly elected Sarpanches across Telangana has been rescheduled from December 20 to December 22 after public representatives cited the absence of an auspicious muhurat. Officials noted that December 20 coincides with the new moon day, leading to the change.

Konijerla in Khammam and Bhadrachalam in Kothagudem have been recognised as model solar villages under the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, earning Rs 1 crore each for installing the highest number of rooftop solar plants.

With local body polls nearing, Telangana’s PRRD department is struggling to fund road repairs and rural works despite drawing up projects worth Rs.374 crore. Panchayat Secretaries face hardships ahead of Dasara, while the ambitious Rs.2,199 crore Panula Jathara faces uncertainty

A retired deputy engineer from the Panchayat Raj Department, Ramesh (62), was found drowned in Turkayamjal Masab Cheruvu at Adibatla on Wednesday. He had gone missing a day earlier. Police registered a case after his wife identified the body.

In Jagtial, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials caught Sangem Anil Kumar, an Assistant Executive Engineer in the Vigilance and Quality Control Wing of the Panchayat Raj Department, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 7,000 from a contractor.

ACB officials caught the Engineering-in-Chief of the Panchayat Raj Department, Veeravalli Kanakaratnam, red-handed while accepting a Rs 50,000 bribe for a transfer posting. The bribe was recovered, and a chemical test confirmed contact. He was arrested and is being presented in court

Assistant Engineer Sharath and Senior Assistant Venugopal were caught red-handed while receiving a bribe of Rs. 8,000 from a private car owner.

The ex-sarpanches have been crying for government attention as unpaid bills amounting to over Rs 1,300 crore for development works undertaken during their tenure since 2019 are pending

Several posts vacant for years, says petitioner; hearing adjourned to March 5

Public interest litigation case filed by Gavinolla Srinivas challenging actions of the State, Municipal and Panchayat authorities

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister to undertake 11-day Varahi Vijaya Deeksha on Wednesday, dedicated to Goddess Varahi

According to the ACB, Joginapalli Bhaskar Rao, a senior assistant in the Panchayat Raj engineering department, IDOC, demanded bribes from a contractor Venkatesh to do a favour.

Hyderabad: With the State Government according top priority for survival of saplings under Haritha Haram, forest department is planning to set up model nurseries to ensure supply of tall saplings measuring two metres in height. To begin with, two model nurseries are being proposed to be set up this year with a cost of about […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has achieved the 13 crore person days target under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) set by Central Government three months ahead of the closure of the current financial year. Under MGNREGS, the Central government allocated 13 crore person days for the current financial year. Against this allotment, the State government […]

Hyderabad: A three-member gang which allegedly duped several people on the pretext of arranging jobs in the Panchayat Raj Department was caught by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (North) on Saturday. Fake appointment orders, Rs 8.85 lakh and other documents were seized from the arrested. The arrested persons were identified as Arandkar Raj Kumar (42), […]

Jayashankar Bhupalpally: The State’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shashank Goel has directed the officials of Panchayat Raj Department to speed up construction of godowns for storing Electronic voting machines (EVMs) and complete the work by the end of September. He along with District Collector S Krishna Aditya inspected the ongoing construction works of the godowns […]

Chief Minister to inspect progress of development works across State