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Hyderabad: The Central Government said Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) were set up in 16 of the 31 districts in Telangana and there was no provision for establishing more KVKs in the State. Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar shared these details while responding to a question by TRS MPs during question hour […]

Hyderabad: Taking exception to the remarks made by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao against Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy after the Cabinet meeting on Monday, State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar said he would take the responsibility of ensuring that the Centre purchases raw rice. “The Chief Minister’s outburst against Kishan Reddy, who is […]

Hyderabad: A recent report from the National Family Health Survey (NHFS) revealed that as much as 84 per cent of women from Telangana justify men beating their wives. The survey put forward the probable circumstances under which a husband beats his wife: if he suspects her of being unfaithful; if she disrespects her in-laws; if […]

Hyderabad: The State government will not set up paddy procurement centres in the ensuing Rabi season as the Union Government has ruled out lifting parboiled rice from Telangana. Disclosing this at a media conference Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao slammed the Centre for running away from its social responsibility. The Telangana government does not have […]

Hyderabad: Telangana shooters returned with five medals in the 64th National Shooting Championship Competitions in shotgun events in Patiala on Monday. Gusti Noria won a silver medal in the veteran’s skeet event while Tamil Nadu’s Rajah R Rajagopal took the gold medal. Munek Battula then won a bronze medal in the skeet junior men’s event. […]

Nalgonda: The Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation (TSTDC) on Monday resumed Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam cruise service. The two-day package will be priced at Rs 3,050 for adults and Rs 2,450 for children. The tariff for just one-way of cruise travel, i.e., from Nagarjuna Sagar to Srisaliam or vice versa, would be Rs 1,000 per adult and […]

Hyderabad: The Central government released Rs 450 crore to Telangana as against Rs 900 crore requested by the State government for the development of backward districts in the State. The Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary stated this in response to a question raised by Khammam MP Nama Nageswara Rao in Lok Sabha on […]

Mancherial: Seva Bharati, a voluntary organisation, in association with Rotary International has launched a sewing training centre for women here on Monday. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mancherial district president Verabelli Raghunath, who was the chief guest of the programme, said that the initiative was aimed at providing self-empowerment to women who lost sole breadwinners of […]

Hyderabad: The war of words between the ruling parties at the Centre and the State further intensified on Monday when the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao launched a no-holds-barred verbal assault on what he termed as best examples of double speak from the ruling BJP and likened it to a party ‘that kills farmers’. On […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs brought the Parliament to a standstill, forcing the adjournment of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, as they demanded that the Centre address the issues of paddy procurement and also issual of a gazette notification taking over irrigation projects on Godavari and Krishna rivers. Later, they staged a […]

CP asks farmers to inform police if they find paddy smuggling into Khammam markets

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Goshamahal Raja Singh on Monday called for a ban on Bigg Boss Telugu Season 5, hosted by actor Nagarjuna Akkineni. He demanded the show be taken off air as “it is triggering a fight between the two sister states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana”. He also alleged that the […]

The cases have come to light at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Gurukul school at Muthangi village in Sangareddy district, about 50 km from Hyderabad.

Hyderabad: Demanding the State government to expedite the process of purchasing paddy from procurement centres and rescue farmers, BJP State general secretary G Premender Reddy here on Sunday said the farmers were facing problems because of the delay in procurement. Briefing media persons about the resolutions passed during party’s two-day State executive committee meeting, which […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has urged the Centre to declare a nationwide Comprehensive Food Grains Procurement Policy to end the “unclear and often confusing policies” that were adversely affecting the agricultural sector in the country. Such a national policy would ensure a uniform procurement of agricultural produce across the country. “The Telangana Rashtra […]

Dubai: The latest election results of a prominent Indian community organization in the United Arab Emirates once again proved continued denial of representation of the vast majority of the Indian community other than from Kerala. All Malayalis were elected to 14 positions of the management committee that went to poll last week. 1330 out of […]

His family members rushed him to SV Srija nursing home in Gandhari mandal. While giving treatment to Naik in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Laxman suddenly collapsed.

Hyderabad: If you set your heart on something, you will move mountains to achieve it. That’s quite literally what happened with Hyderabad-based mountaineer Mutchintala Sai Raj Vamsheekar. The 24-year-old patriot has just completed his trek from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in honour of our freedom fighters. Completing close to 3,700 km in 75 days, Vamsheekar is […]

Non-implementation of open-ended procurement policy in true letter and spirit is against the mandate of Food Corporation of India

State govt to take a call based on three-member committee’s recommendations