Telangana

A four-member inter-State gang, allegedly involved in ganja peddling, was arrested and police seized 60 kg of the contraband worth Rs 12 lakh from their possession on Saturday night.

The Agriculture department had estimated that farmers would cultivate paddy through the dry seeding method on 1,000 acres this Vanakalam season.

Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has already completed department-wise review of budget proposals, with departments outlining their priorities.

According to a release issued here on Sunday, a total of 18,665 people were issued hall tickets and of them 12,045 appeared for the exams.

Kotrangi Santosh (35), died, allegedly by suicide, by jumping into in a flooding stream following family disputes at Ityala village in Dahegaon mandal on Saturday night. His body was traced on Sunday.

Only 80 farmers were covered by the initiative as against the total 448 farmers from another PACS at Chennur, while 40 farmers benefited from the scheme out of a total of 396 farmers of a PACS in Bheemini mandal centre.

Peddapalli ACP Krishna said the water flow at the spot was heavy due to the continuous rainfall during the last four days. There were incidents of youths dying at waterfalls. So, it was temporarily closed to avoid such incidents.

Kotapalli forest department seized 20 teak timber logs smuggled by unknown persons on the banks of Pranahita river at Janagama village in Kotapalli mandal on Sunday.

In a statement, Harish Rao ridiculed Uttam Kumar Reddy complaining about the costs and annual electricity bills for operating the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme.

Sheelam Poshaiah from Janakapur village in Kannapelli alleged that his 3.5 acres was grabbed by his brother Kishtaiah’s son Srinivas who works with the Panchayat Raj department.

Senior leader and former BRS MP B Vinod Kumar said despite both the parties winning eight MP seats each, none of them submitted any representations to the Centre for budget allocations to the State in the last 15 days.

The State government initially estimated the Musi River beautification project cost at Rs 50,000 crore and was later revised to Rs 70,000 crore. Recently, the estimates were freshly revised to a staggering Rs 1.5 lakh crore even before the draft plans are prepared.

Gold ornaments weighing 8.1 tolas, six tolas of silver jewellery worth Rs 3.2 lakh recovered from him

Khanapur mandal receives the highest rainfall of 111.7 mm, followed by Laxmanachanda mandal at 111.6 mm

Gang, belonging to Odisha, had been transporting ganja into Telangana through Andhra Pradesh and selling it in Hyderabad

While Manala of Rajanna-Sircilla district received 84.5 mm of rainfall, Bornapalli in Huzurabad mandal received 66.5 mm of rainfall

According to police, they car deviated from the road at a curve on the ghats and hit a tree in the valley

The inflows into the project rose to a little over 82000 cusecs.

A final decision will be taken at a meeting of the state official and representatives of the NDSA to be held in New Delhi on Monday.

Former chief electoral officer (CEO) Vikas Raj has been posted as Special Chief Secretary of Transport, Housing and General Administration (Coordination with union government and Smart Governance) Department.

According to villagers, two foxes came out from the nearby forest on Friday evening and entered into agricultural fields for food. However, they accidentally fell in an agricultural well owned by a farmer Thorthi Naveen.

In a tragic incident, pilgrims from Hyderabad, who were on their way to Basara from Hyderabad, met with an accident on NH-44 near Kallakal in Medak district on Saturday morning.

Unfazed by a drizzle, Vijaya Sundari, along with her husband and ASHA Anusha conducted an immunization programme at the interior Jendaguda village in Indervelli mandal by wading through a flooding stream.

Demanding a thorough enquiry into the incident, Harish Rao said the project gates were opened only after the farmers under the projects alerted the officials.