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Sangareddy: The election for MLC from the Medak Local Authorities Constituency is expected to be a cakewalk for TRS since the party has 777 votes from the total of 1,027 votes. The Congress has just 230 votes while the remaining parties including AIMIM have 20 votes. With some leaders such as Tekmal MPP Swapana Ramesh […]
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Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy on Thursday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress’ plans to make inroads in Telangana will not succeed. “There is no place for TMC in Telangana,” he said. In a statement here, he said TMC was testing the political waters in southern States and that some […]
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Kothagudem: Police seized dry ganja weighing around 524.4 kg and arrested two Rajasthani drivers at Housing Board Colony here on Thursday. DSP G Venkateshwara Babu speaking to press persons at Chunchupalli police station in Kothagudem said the seized ganja was worth around Rs 1.04 crore. A lorry transporting the substance was also seized along with […]
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Nizamabad: The State government is working on setting up a leather cluster in Armoor in the district and steps are being taken to commence works pertaining to provision of basic amenities in the cluster. The Telangana State Leather Industries Promotion Corporation (TSLIPC) under MSME Cluster Development programme initiated measures for setting up a cluster. The […]
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Mahabubabad: A young mountaineer from Bhukya Thanda in Mariped mandal of Mahabubabad district is seeking support from philanthropists to help him realise his dream of scaling all the highest peaks including Mount Everest as he hails from a poor family. This 17-year-old boy, Bhukya Yashwanth, has already proved his mettle by scaling Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest […]
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Warangal: The Commissioner’s Task Force sleuths along with Chennaraopet police intercepted two motorcycles near Chennaraopet town in Warangal district on Thursday morning and arrested two person for smuggling ganja. The arrested have been identified as S Veera Babu of Chintur of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh State, and Sameer Haldar of Kalimela mandal of […]
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Nalgonda: Arrangements for the election to Nalgonda Local Authorities Constituency for Legislative Council have been completed and polling would be held at eight polling stations in erstwhile Nalgonda district on Friday. The polling staff collected the election related material from the distribution centres on Thursday and reached the allocated polling stations. Polling would be conducted […]
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Hyderabad: In order to clear the extra rush of passengers during the festive season, the South Central Railways will run special trains between Secunderabad and Kollam. Train number 07109 (from Secunderabad to Kollam) will be operated on December 17, whereas the returning train number 07110 (from Kollam to Secunderabad) will run on December 19. The […]
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Hyderabad: In a quest to improve the quality of bus services and take personal feedback from the passengers, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation has instructed all its employees, including the senior officials, to travel only by TSRTC buses to and from their workplace every Thursday. Leading by example, the Vice Chairman and Managing Director […]
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Mancherial/Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Coal miners launched a three-day strike against the Union government’s decision to auction coal blocks, across mines and opencast projects in Mancherial and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts on Thursday. Miners belonging to various trade unions including Telangana Boggu Ghani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Indian National Trade Union […]
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Out of the 4 crore doses, roughly 2.7 crore were the first dose of Covid vaccines while the remaining 1.4 crore consisted of the second dose of the vaccine.
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Peddapalli: A puncture shop owner, Mukesh Kumar, was murdered by unidentified persons in Raghavapur of Peddapalli mandal late on Wednesday night. A native of Mahuwa district of Bihar state, Mukesh Kumar runs a puncture shop in Raghavapur. According to Chandan Kumar who works in the shop, a lorry driver who came to the shop to […]
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Hyderabad: Around 22 persons die by suicide every day in Telangana. That is, almost one person every hour. And this number has been on the rise, from 7,670 deaths by suicide in 2017, to 8,058 in 2020. Many of those who took to the noose, or jumped into lakes, or consumed poison to take their […]
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Hyderabad: Encouraged by the response for the recently launched Tiger Stay Package, the Forest department is likely to consider developing two more circuits in a sustainable way. “The recent tour package has been accepted well by the guests. Bookings have been tremendous and we have been booked on weekends even in January, two months in […]
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Hyderabad: Taking shelter under technicalities, Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal once again washed his hands off over paddy procurement from Telangana State. “It is the responsibility of Telangana State government to procure paddy and supply rice to the Central government and the Central government has no role in paddy procurement as Telangana […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Foresters of the Kaghaznagar forest division spotted Malabar whistling thrush, a native of Western and Eastern ghats, in the forest near Daregaon village in Kaghaznagar mandal recently. Penchikalpet Forest Range Officer S Venugopal and the forest department’s photographer Rajesh Kanny found the bird that produces unique whistles when they were birding in […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana State Physical Education Common Entrance Test (TS PECET) 2021 first phase counselling for admissions into BPEd/DPEd courses offered by various universities in the State will commence from December 11. Candidates can register online, pay the processing fee and upload scanned copies of the certificates for online verification up to December 19, TS […]
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Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Tukaramji Reddy, on Wednesday heard in detail a writ plea filed by Turupu Anitha and a ward member contending that the MLAs and MLCs were being given the discretion to choose to be the ex-officio members of […]
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Kothagudem: Police distributed blankets to tribal families living at Mulakanapalli village in Dummugudem mandal in the district on Wednesday. At a programme organised by Dummugudem police, Bhadrachalam ASP, Akshansh Yadav, along with CI, Venkateshwarlu handed over blankets to around 90 families at the Gothikoya habitation located on the Chhattisgarh border. Speaking on the occasion, ASP […]
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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 […]
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Sangareddy: A total of 466 students of Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) got placement offers, including 34 international ones, from 104 companies during phase-1 of the Campus Placements drive held between December 1 and 7. The entire process was held online with students attending job interviews from their respective homes across the country. A total […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Mancherial: District Collector Bharati Hollikeri toured Bellampalli and Thandur mandals and created awareness among farmers over crop diversification on Wednesday. Speaking at an awareness programme held at Budakhurd village in Bellampalli mandal, Bharati opined that fertility of the soil would be affected if a single crop was raised. She advised farmers to go for alternate […]