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Hyderabad: The Central government’s discrimination against Telangana is a glaring issue even in permitting additional days of work for drought and natural calamity-affected States under MGNREGS in the last five years. Telangana recorded extremely heavy rainfall in 2020 and 2021, and many mandals are vulnerable to heat waves. In 2019, the Panchayatraj and Rural Development […]

Hyderabad: For the first time after the third Omicron wave, which lasted between November 2021 and January 2022, the daily Covid infections in Telangana has crossed the 1,000 mark. On Monday, a total of 1,054 individuals have tested Covid positive while on February 8 of this year, the number of daily Covid infections were 1,061. […]

Hyderabad: A fee hike for professional courses including engineering, pharmacy, law and BEd is unlikely to happen for the academic year 2022-23. The Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC) which met on Monday discussed various fee aspects including continuation of the existing fee structure this year. The fee for professional courses is revised every […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao fired salvos at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for levying taxes on handloom and khadi products and challenged BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar to explain what either the BJP government at the Centre or he himself as Karimnagar MP had done for weavers in the […]

Hyderabad: It is not just the women in urban areas of Telangana who are turning entrepreneurs but also those in rural pockets, particularly from scheduled tribes, who are running their own businesses. Among the 384 ST women trained under the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare’s ‘Establishment of AgriClinics and Agri-Business Centres (AC&ABC)’ scheme across […]

Hyderabad: These practice questions focusing on Telangana will aid aspirants to prepare better for the State government recruitment examinations. Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated into two states viz., Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In the bifurcation process, which among the following was/were changed? 1. First schedule of the Constitution of India 2. Fourth schedule of the Constitution […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will convene a meeting at Pragathi Bhavan on Tuesday to discuss and chalkout the arrangements for the two-week celebrations of Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavam (Azaadi ke Amrit Mahotsav) in Telangana. The celebrations will be organised by the State government commencing August 8. The celebrations committee chairman K Keshava Rao and […]

Hyderabad: It has literally become a battle for supremacy to gain a firm footing in the community between different circulating variants of Omicron including BA.5, BA 2.75, BA 2.38 and to some extent even BA.2 that have triggered the ongoing surge of Covid infections in Telangana and elsewhere in the country, public health officials and […]

Hyderabad: Undergoing a major transformation, River Musi is all set to turn into a major tourist attraction in the coming years with the State government taking up beautification works and a series of developmental works along the river flowing through the city. To implement the task, a comprehensive master plan is to be prepared with […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TS BIE) will hold the Intermediate Public Advanced Supplementary Examinations from August 1 to 10. All the first year exams will be held from 9 am to 12 noon and second year exams from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm. A total of 3,55,143 students have registered for […]

Khammam: A third year medical student of Mamatha Medical College, Kayitha Vinuthna Reddy has been selected for a research programme in Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She will be engaged in a two-months research work in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, informed a release here on Sunday. Vinuthna Reddy […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has made it clear to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) that the status of approvals for the Pothireddypadu Head Regulator (PHR), Srisailam Right Main Canal (SRMC) and Banakacherla cross regulators given by the Central Water Commission (CWC) is required to be known. In a letter to the board’s chairman, Telangana Irrigation and […]

Hyderabad: Over one crore national flags are getting ready for distribution to all households in the State as part of the ‘Swathantra Bharatha Vajrotsavalu’ to be held from August 8 to 22. These flags will be distributed in all villages, mandals and municipalities. Films on national integration and patriotism will be screened and schoolchildren will […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET) 2022 for agriculture stream was conducted smoothly with 84.5 per cent candidates taking the exam on Saturday. A total of 46,471 candidates were allocated to different test centres located in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, of whom 39,251 (84.5 per cent) were present […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has once again requested Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) and Central Water Commission (CWC) to conduct a comprehensive backwater study through an independent competent agency at the earliest and take suitable protection measures in areas to be affected in Telangana territory due to backwaters and prevent large scale submergence. In a letter to […]

Hyderabad: The BJP appears to have decided to send its central leaders to Telangana periodically to raise one issue or the other, without, of course, talking anything about the State’s demands pending with the centre. These visiting leaders, often end up with egg on their faces after making frivolous charges against the Telangana Rashtra Samithi […]

Hyderabad: The SSC and Intermediate public advanced supplementary examinations are all set to be conducted from August 1 to 10. As for the intermediate advanced supplementary examinations, a total of 3.48 lakh students have registered. As many as 55,662 candidates applied for the Class X supplementary examinations which will be held in 204 centres from […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Srivally Medishetty emerged champion in the girls under-18 singles after her opponent Laxmi Siri Dandu retired in the third set, at the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy National Series Under-18 tennis tournament, sponsored by Sanali Group, on Saturday. Srivally, who lost the first set 5-7, rallied to draw level with a 6-4 in the […]

Hyderabad: Launching a scathing attack on Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for his comments on Telangana Government, IT Minister said one has to admire the temerity of BJP leaders from failed States, who come to Telangana and promote their divisive politics. The Union Minister while speaking to media persons on Friday had reportedly said […]

Hyderabad: Moderate to heavy rains lashed several parts of Hyderabad, on Friday, affecting normal life. However, the Met Department sees no respite from the rains anywhere soon as it forecasts heavy rains accompanied with thunderstorms and lightning in Telangana for the next four days. A yellow alert indicating thunderstorms and lightning is issued to several […]