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Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has intensified its efforts to help street vendors in the city. After disbursing Rs 10,000 each to 40,237 street vendors under the PM’s Street Vendor Atma Nirbhar Nidhi Scheme, the civic body has now started disbursing the second installment of loans and the loan amount being sanctioned this […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao came down heavily on the Central government on Wednesday for changing its paddy procurement policy without proper planning and deciding not to procure parboiled rice. The Centre’s decision has had an impact not only on Telangana, but also the neighbouring States of Andhra Pradesh and […]

Hyderabad: Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday said the net zero energy buildings would directly help in growing the economy and improve the quality of life through advances in measurement science, and new standards and technologies. Speaking after laying foundation stone for ‘Vidyut Niyantran Bhavan’ of Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC), she said the building […]

Hyderabad: All out efforts have been launched by State Health Department in collaboration with other line departments to intensify the Covid vaccine administration drive across the State. As part of these efforts, for the past few days, the daily average doses of Covid vaccines being administered is hovering between 3 lakh to 3.5 lakh in […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: District Collector Pamela Satpathy on Wednesday urged farmers to take up the cultivation of crops that required low investment and yield a higher profit. The Collectors was speaking after visiting the agriculture field of Balaswamy, a farmer who took up the cultivation of ten verities of crops on one-acre land at Sikhinder Nagar of […]

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 205 new Covid infections and one fatality on Wednesday taking the cumulative number of deaths to 4,002 and the total number of positive cases so far to 6,77,546. The number of active cases in Telangana, as on Wednesday, was 3,871. The authorities on Wednesday conducted 38,085 Covid tests of which results of […]

Nizamabad: Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy on Wednesday slammed the opposition parties for misguiding people on various issues. Addressing beneficiaries of 2BHK houses after handing over the documents of the houses at Velpur in the district, he cautioned the people to be aware of those who create confusion among them. “It is always […]

Kothagudem: Maoists have detained around 15 adivasis from Cherla mandal in the district in their camps in Chhattisgarh, the district police said on Wednesday. A statement from the district police here said the banned CPI (Maoist) leaders forcefully mobilised adivasis of Bodanelli and Kurlapalli villages in Cherla mandal for a meeting on Tuesday to Pesarlapadu […]

Hyderabad: All out efforts have been launched by State health department in collaboration with other line departments to intensify Covid vaccine administration drive across the State. As part of these efforts, for the past few days, the daily average doses of Covid vaccines being administered is hovering between 3 lakh to 3.5 lakh in the […]

Jagtial: In a tragic incident, a farmer was burnt alive in his agriculture field at Veldurthi in Jagtial rural mandal on Tuesday afternoon. The incident came to light late in the night when family members found his charred body in the field. According to police, Pothuganti Laxman Goud (54) set fire to paddy stubs in his […]

Hyderabad: The face-off between the Centre and Telangana over the flawed paddy procurement policy and the former’s reluctance to address legitimate issues may well lead to a crisis of sorts in the coming days. The delay on the part of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to clear existing stocks from its warehouses in the […]

By Sheker Shivarathri Hyderabad: For the first time, Telangana’s 400-year-old Cheriyal scroll painting art form is being showcased on a global platform as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. The Cheriyal scroll painting is among four traditional art forms selected from India for the famed Hong Kong Walls festival. The Hong Kong Walls festival […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has requested Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to look into the urgent needs of in-basin areas of the State and take initiative to undo the injustice meted out to those areas. It also urged shifting of Jurala project and its components from Schedule-2 to Schedule-3 of the gazette notification. In a letter to […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Revenue Employees Services Association has requested Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to give options to the employees with respect to various cadre posts in district, zonal and multi-zonal transfers. Association president V Ravinder Reddy and general secretary K Gautam Kumar met Somesh Kumar on Tuesday and discussed various issues pertaining to employees. The Association […]

Hyderabad: The Central government was categorical in stating on Tuesday that there was no restriction on cultivation of crops in Telangana for Yasangi 2021, even as the State government had been demanding that the Union government make a clear statement on the quantum and type of paddy it would procure from the State. Replying to […]

Hyderabad: Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday said the Centre was ready to procure every grain of raw rice produced by Telangana farmers in the Yasangi season. “The Central government has not stopped procurement of paddy. It is the Central government’s responsibility to render justice to farmers in the State,” he said, Since […]

Hyderabad: A Home Guard from the Cyberabad Police was critically injured when a government protocol car hit him at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday. Police said the incident occurred when the home guard, J Ashok, was taking part in protocol rehearsals as part of the Vice President’s visit. The government protocol car, which […]

Balkonda: MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday criticised the BJP leaders in the State for their irrelevant ranting to derive political mileage. Speaking after laying the foundation stone for various development works in Bheemgal town in Balkonda Assembly constituency, she said the people always bless leaders who continuously work for the welfare and development of the […]

Hyderabad: Healthcare infrastructure at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) is being augmented in a major way by the State government, with 200 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds approved and to be ready by mid-January. Health Minister T Harish Rao, who inaugurated various new facilities at the Institute here on Tuesday said the 200 […]

Hyderabad: Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav on Monday warned that the State government would take stern action against those who were violating norms in the shrimp distribution programme. He directed Fisheries Commissioner Lachiram Bhukya to set up a committee with senior officials under Additional Director of Fisheries to probe into complaints against […]