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Hyderabad: Health Minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday directed authorities to expedite works related to establishing eight medical colleges in Telangana and the multispecialty hospital coming up in Warangal. Harish Rao said that the larger aim of the State government is to ensure improvement of health care services in rural areas and to achieve that […]
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Khammam: As the stage is set for the opening of licenced retail liquor shops for the new liquor policy period 2021-23 on Wednesday, Adivasi, SC and Goud associations are gearing up to check benami traders. The associations wanted the officials to safeguard the reservations the State government provided to the communities ensuring a livelihood to […]
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Hyderabad: TRS legislators lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre and the State BJP leaders for making contradictory statements, leading to confusion among farmers in Telangana. They stated that without clarifying on the quantity of rice that the Centre was willing to procure, the State BJP leaders were instigating farmers in Telangana to […]
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Hyderabad: Starting this academic year, postgraduate courses in conventional universities will have a common academic calendar. A decision to this effect has been taken during a meeting convened by the officials of the Telangana State Council of Higher Education with Vice Chancellors of various universities in the State here on Tuesday. So far, the common […]
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Hyderabad: Fintech player BANKIT said it is planning to tie up with over one lakh outlets next year to strengthen its presence in both the Telugu States —Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. These outlets will include medical stores, recharge shops, grocery shops and others. Currently, BANKIT has about 17,500 operational outlets in towns and villages of […]
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Hyderabad: A day after Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao launched a blistering attack against him, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday said he was ready for a debate on the paddy procurement issue at Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial at Gun Park. “Let us discuss the issue in the presence of senior journalists,” he said, […]
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Hyderabad: Former Indian international and Telangana State football team coach Shabbir Ali was honoured with the Pride of Telangana Achievers award in sports category at a colourful function held at the HCC Novatel, Hitec City on Tuesday. The veteran Indian footballer and the Dhyan Chand awardee was recognised for his services to the Indian and […]
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Hyderabad: The State government has completed preparations for a probable third Covid-19 wave by augmenting vital medical infrastructure and imparting training to healthcare workers to handle a possible surge of Covid-19 infections. As part of these efforts, 28,000 beds in government hospitals in the State now have direct medical oxygen lines for Covid patients. Overall, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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CP asks farmers to inform police if they find paddy smuggling into Khammam markets
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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 […]
