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Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said Telangana was the only State in the country that is implementing the farmer-empowering Rythu Bandhu scheme besides coming up with a slew of other programmes during the past seven years. Saying that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has continued the Rythu Bandhu scheme despite facing strong financial challenges […]

Hyderabad: Even as the night temperatures are rising in the city, the weather forecasts indicate one or two spells of thundershowers in a few parts of Hyderabad over the next four days. The average minimum temperature of 19.2 degree Celsius was recorded in Hyderabad, in the early hours of Friday. The lowest minimum temperature of […]

Hyderabad: With Covid infections driven by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 rising, the ground zero of the two previous waves in Telangana, Gandhi Hospital, is on a state of alert and has completed preparations to treat critical Covid-19 infections. While there is a general agreement among public health officials in Telangana that hospitalisations during the […]

By Prof Devi Prasad Juvvadi The challenges of agriculture in Telangana are different compared with other States. The measures taken after the bifurcation of the State towards agricultural development started giving desired results, but this has landed the sector into different problems. Expansion of irrigated areas has helped increase paddy production by about three times […]

Hyderabad: The massive surge in daily Covid-19 positive cases driven by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Telangana has continued with health authorities on Friday reporting 2295 positive cases out of which 1452 positive infections were from areas under GHMC. Health officials have also reported three fatalities on Friday, which has taken the overall number […]

Hyderabad: India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the 21st century’s digital revolution, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said here while delivering the inaugural address at the two-day 24th national conference on e-governance that began on Friday. He said, India has emerged as a data powerhouse in the world and it is taking all steps […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will interact with prominent industry leaders of Telangana, members of CII, CREDAI, representatives of IT, pharma and other industries to discuss investment opportunities in Kerala at the State’s Investment roadshow in Hyderabad on Friday evening. A statement from the Kerala CM’s office said a high-level delegation led by Vijayan, […]

Hyderabad: Accepting the request by IT and Industries Minister KT Rama to consider Hyderabad for setting up an Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Friday announced that Hyderabad will be one of the proposed venues for the new centre. “We are in […]

Speaking at the 24th National Conference on e-Governance at the HICC here, the Minister said Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao always emphasized that the real test of technology lies in how it impacts and benefits every citizen.

Hyderabad: Health authorities in Telangana have stopped classification of Omicron cases among Covid-19 infections, saying it was no longer necessary. The health department has done away with sharing information about Omicron cases among air passengers coming to Hyderabad from various countries as it had been done for the last three weeks. It was immediately not […]

The silver lining to the rise in Covid infections due to the Omicron variant is the fact that the severity is less and hospitalization across Telangana is still under control.

The enhanced monthly performance based incentive will be paid with effect from June 1, 2021 payable in the month July, 2021.

Hyderabad: The State government on Wednesday notified the establishment of the much-awaited mango market at Rampuram village near Kollapur in Nagarkurnool district. Considering the growing popularity and demand for mangoes cultivated in and around Kollapur, this market yard will function exclusively for transactions pertaining to the mango crops under the Agricultural Market Committee of Kollapur. […]

Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao urged various department officials to make coordinated efforts to ensure that Telangana State gets the top position in the ensuing Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings. Speaking at a meeting at MCR HRD Centre on Wednesday to review the work happening on the EoDB front, the Minister […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday slammed BJP national president JP Nadda for spreading canards about Telangana and ridiculed the latter’s cheap and heinous politics. “I wonder if Nadda has lost his mental balance to make statements contradictory to the stand taken by the BJP government at the Centre on […]

Hyderabad: Ten per cent of the eligible beneficiaries between the age group of 15 and 18 years in Telangana have received the first dose of Covid vaccine, according to the health bulletin here on Wednesday. The Covid vaccine administration drive for adolescents was launched on January 3 and within three days, about 10 per cent, […]

Hyderabad: The surge in daily Covid-19 positive cases in Telangana has continued with health authorities on Wednesday reporting 1520 infections across the State out of which 979 positive cases were from areas under GHMC. On Tuesday, authorities had reported 1052 infections in Telangana out of which 659 cases were from areas under GHMC. The Omicron […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday came out with all guns blazing against the BJP, redefining its acronym to ‘Bakwas Jhumla Party’ (nonsense and false promises party). “India gained nothing under the party’s seven-and-half years rule at the Centre except for false promises, hatred, discrimination and anti-farmer policies,” the […]

Hyderabad: The Omicron-driven Covid wave in Telangana will peak by the third week of January with daily positive infections expected to surge and hover anywhere between 1.5 lakh and 2 lakh. From the peak in the latter half of January, the daily Covid infections will start dropping and reach the lowest mark by the third […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has doubled its efforts to cultivate oil palm in an ambitious 30 lakh acres over the next five years i.e. by 2025-26 as against the national target of 70 lakh acres. Owing to scope and advantages of oil palm crop, the State government is planning to promote the crop cultivation on a mission […]