The event was celebrated in honour of the tribal devotee, Pokala Dhammakka, who found the self-manifested moolavars of the temple on Bhadradri hill in 17th century

Cherla (Kothagudem): The Taliperu minor irrigation project built across Taliperu stream in Cherla mandal in the district is receiving huge inflows from its upper catchment area. According to official sources, the reservoir's water level is 73.64 m, against full reservoir level of 74m, and the current water storage is 661.5 mcft. The officials

Srinivas Rao was abducted from his residence during the intervening night of July 8 and 9 by CPI (Maoists) militia members belonging to the Cherla-Shabari Area Committee at gun point.

The local community members who learnt the development arrived at the spot and staged protest for some time.

Konda Srinivas, was presented with 'Award of Excellence' by the Common Services Centres Scheme (CSC) of the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Some family members, locals and Cherla CI Satyanarayana and his team rushed to the spot. However, they could not find any body in the bordering village of Cherla mandal.

The associations claimed that Srinivas Rao used to offer financial and other help to local Adivasis.

The family members who tried to resist the abduction were beaten up by the maoists.

The water level in the river was at 20.03 feet at 6pm on Monday, up from 13 feet on Sunday evening

An NRI, hailing from the district, Talluri Jayashekar, was elected as the president of Telugu Association of North America (TANA).

The MLA, who inspected the government schools at Paloncha in the district, reviewed the process of preparing mid-day meals offered to the school children.