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The BRS has announced week-long celebrations from October 5 to commemorate 10 years of the creation of Siddipet district. Former minister T Harish Rao has called upon party leaders and cadre to organise various programmes, highlighting that the long-pending demand for a separate Siddipet district was fulfilled during the tenure of former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.

Two devotees of Lord Ganesha drowned during idol immersion at Pedda Cheruvu in Rudraram village of Siddipet district on Saturday.

At least 30 persons were injured when an RTC bus collided with a tractor at Timmareddipally in Kondapak mandal. Around 20 migrant workers travelling on the tractor sustained serious injuries

Seven BRS leaders from Varadarajpur were arrested for allegedly spraying turmeric water on Congress leaders heading to K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s residence. A court remanded them to 15 days in judicial custody following a police investigation.

Two Indian foxes were rescued from an open agricultural well at Malaally village in Husnabad mandal. Forest officials sought help from the AWCS team, which travelled more than 160 km at night. The healthy foxes were later released into the wild.

Farmers across Siddipet constituency staged protests on Saturday against unscheduled power cuts and poor-quality supply. Demonstrations included rasta roko blockades and locking up a sub-station operator, with villagers demanding uninterrupted 24-hour power for agriculture.

BRS cadres cleaned roads in Markook mandal on Wednesday by sprinkling turmeric-mixed water after a confrontation with Congress workers on Tuesday. BRS leaders alleged that Congress workers damaged a party leader’s house and car and injured him during the clash.

Congress SC Cell announced a protest march to lay siege to former CM K Chandrashekhar Rao’s Erravalli residence over alleged remarks by BRS MLCs against Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, prompting police to impose Section 144 and deploy heavy security in Siddipet.

Former Minister T Harish Rao questioned the Congress government’s claim of providing 24-hour power supply to farmers after inspecting a sub-station in Siddipet. He said its log book showed power was supplied for only 10 hours and 15 minutes on September 3.

Former Minister T Harish Rao alleged that delays in fee reimbursement had forced colleges to withhold certificates, leaving students unable to pursue postgraduate courses. He also criticised the government over college closures, Skill University plans and alleged police action against protesting students

A 50-year-old man in Siddipet reportedly died by suicide hours after his 16-year-old daughter died by suicide at her maternal grandparents’ home in Ananthagiripally. Police said the father was found hanging at Yavapur on Wednesday evening

A 12-year-old Class VII student from Bhumpally village sustained critical injuries after jumping from the third floor of her hostel building in Mirudoddi, Siddipet, in an apparent suicide attempt.

A family of four, including two young children, died after their car plunged into a roadside well near Appanapally in Siddipet’s Dubbak mandal. Police and fire personnel retrieved the submerged vehicle after hours of rescue efforts.

A remand prisoner who escaped from police custody during a routine hospital visit in Siddipet was recaptured within 24 hours. Police tracked the accused using CCTV footage after he allegedly stole a motorcycle and fled, eventually arresting him near Kamareddy railway station.

Two persons, including a pedestrian, were killed after a speeding car rammed into a stationary auto rickshaw in Siddipet. Angered by alleged police bias in favour of the car driver, the victims’ kin staged a rasta roko on Rajiv Rahadari, leading to traffic disruption.

Two persons, including a pedestrian and an auto passenger, were killed and three others injured when a speeding car rammed into a stationary auto‑rickshaw on Rajiv Rahadari near Gouraram village in Siddipet district on Tuesday.

Three persons, including two women and a girl, were killed in Siddipet when a speeding car lost control and rammed into a roadside house after hitting a woman crossing Rajiv Rahadhari at Duddeda.

A young BRS leader from Siddipet, Saiprem Samalla, marked former minister T. Harish Rao’s birthday in an unusual way by commissioning a portrait painted with his own blood, which he planned to present to Rao on Wednesday.

Former minister T Harish Rao accused the Congress government of reducing paddy procurement targets and delaying payments to farmers, forcing distress sales. He alleged underweighing at centres, demanded immediate release of pending dues and warned of protests if issues remain unresolved

Historians and heritage experts have identified a rare Kakatiya-era granite sculpture depicting Emperor Ganapatideva, his wife Somaladevi and royal preceptor Visveswara Sivacharya at Totapalli village in Siddipet district, marking the first such identification of the royal couple in Telangana.