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A reels competition on Siddipet’s development will be held as part of the district formation anniversary celebrations. Organisers will award Rs 1 lakh, Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 to winners in professional and individual categories, besides honouring impressive entries.

ACB officials nabbed panchayat secretary Aruna and Karboar while accepting a Rs 15,000 bribe from a man seeking mutation of his house site at Jakkapur village in Siddipet district. The accused will be produced before the special ACB court on Tuesday evening.

The Telangana Intermediate Education department has removed 35 government junior lecturers from service after universities confirmed that certificates submitted by them were fake. Certificates of 320 more lecturers are under verification, while the Intermediate Education JAC has sought a probe.

The BRS has planned three-day festivities from October 9 to mark 10 years of Siddipet district. The celebrations will include a 10K run, youth and retired employees’ meetings, a poets’ gathering, food festival, laser show, rangolis and a public meeting.

Two youngsters died and another was seriously injured after their two-wheeler hit a garbage collection tractor at Ganesh Nagar along Hanamkonda Road in Husnabad in the early hours of Monday, police said. The deceased were aged 24 and 25.

A 50-year-old man died after an RTC bus knocked him down while he was crossing Rajiv Rahadhari on a moped at Timmareddipally in Kondapak mandal on Monday. The man died on the spot, police said.

Former Minister T Harish Rao asked BRSV leaders to highlight what he alleged were the Congress government’s failures in releasing fee reimbursement funds. He claimed the BRS government spent Rs 19,500 crore on the scheme, while only Rs 400 crore was released under the present government.

The Mittapally panchayat has served notices on Surabhi Institute of Medical Sciences over Rs. 49.41 lakh in house tax dues. Officials also said Arch-pharma Labs and an SBI branch had pending tax dues, affecting the panchayat’s finances

A 22-year-old DJ operator died after falling unconscious while operating a public address system during a procession at Singatam village in Siddipet district on Sunday night. Police said the operator had worked without obtaining prior permission.

Two persons drowned in Pedda Cheruvu at Rudraram in Siddipet district while immersing an idol on Saturday evening. Their bodies were retrieved after hours of search on Sunday morning. Police registered a case and shifted the bodies for postmortem

Former minister T Harish Rao unveiled Chakali Ilamma's statue in Gajwel and recalled her fight against landlords. He credited former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao with officially celebrating her birth anniversary and highlighted BRS-era development works in Siddipet

A false ceiling at the Husnabad RTC bus station collapsed in the early hours of Thursday following continuous rains. No passengers were injured as the incident occurred when the station was largely empty. Passengers sought a probe into the incident.

A 30-year-old tenant farmer, who reportedly owed Rs 15 lakh after suffering farming losses, ended his life at Palugugadda village in Siddipet district. He had pledged his 10-gunta land to borrow money and was reportedly worried about losing it.

A 28-year-old transgender person, Sunanda, was found hanging at her residence in Siddipet on Thursday. According to her friend, she had been living separately from her husband after their relationship became strained. Police registered a case and began investigation.

Revenue officials surveyed lands held by 80 farmers in Survey No. 325 at Erravalli village on Monday. The survey is being conducted by four teams, while notices are being served to the remaining farmers. Officials expect to complete the exercise by Thursday

Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy and other leaders demanded an ED probe into alleged irregularities involving former minister T Harish Rao near Ranganayaka Sagar. Chamala alleged changes to project alignment and questioned Rao’s reported purchase of two acres for Rs 4 lakh

Former minister T Harish Rao accused the Congress government of targeting BRS leaders over allegations concerning 22-A lands and other land issues. He questioned the survey of his agricultural lands and urged Congress leaders to focus on public issues

Former minister T Harish Rao responded to Congress leaders’ visit to his lands in Siddipet, saying his property details were disclosed in election affidavits. He questioned their use of heavy police security and drone surveys during the inspection

Survey and revenue officials continued surveying 388 acres of assigned land at Erravalli in Siddipet for the second day on Friday amid opposition from farmers. Over 50 police personnel were deployed as officials marked the boundaries of the land.

Congress MPs and MLCs headed to Siddipet on Friday amid allegations of land irregularities involving elected representatives. The team is likely to visit the Collector’s Office and examine land records as part of an initiative to bring alleged irregularities to light.