Telangana

The water level at 6 pm was 45.20 feet and the first warning was in force.

Earlier in the day, the Chief Minister and the BRS working president engaged in verbal duels over different issues, including the absence of the BRS chief in the House.

The Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University (PSTU) on Wednesday notified the admissions for various UG, PG, PG diploma, diploma and certificate programmes for the academic year 2024-25.

About 30 school students had a lucky escape after the school bus in which they were traveling got stuck in mud and tilted over to one side in great speed near Gangasthan area on Tuesday evening .

“The budget allocations to Telangana have been witnessing sustained increase with current year’s allocation being almost six times more than the average allocation done between 2009 - 2014 years for the combined state,” he said.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said the State government had decided to boycott the Niti Ayog meeting to be held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 27.

CPI (Maoist) militia deputy commander Karam Sammaiah, was arrested during vehicle inspections by Cherla police, special party and CRPF 141 Bn personnel.

Police said Raju, 36, who was transferred from Shadnagar to Nalgonda died by suicide hours after giving his joining report in the department.

Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka also announced updates on Gruha Jyoti Scheme, stating that eligible families could now apply for the scheme at the nearest offices.

The Sangareddy POCSO court sentenced the convict Nunsavath Prakash (22), to 20 years of imprisonment in a rape case of a minor girl reported in 2019.

BRS city president Pagadala Nagaraju along with the party leaders planted saplings in the NSP camp area in 53rd division and a cake was cut in the presence of the elderly at Jeevan Sandhya old age home.

Badavath Madhulatha, who secured the 824th rank in JEE mains examination in ST category, had got a seat in IIT Patna.

Students were forced to attend classes holding umbrellas following seepage of ceiling of their school at Kushnepalli village in Nennal mandal on Wednesday.

BRS Party youth wing leader Nimma Rajinikanth Reddy alleged that the Centre gave stepmotherly treatment to Telangana while giving priority to other states in the budget allocation.

Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said that the main canal works of the project would be completed by July 30 and work was going on war footing to supply irrigation water through Enkur canal (18L).

With regard to repair works at Medigadda, he said the works would be taken up on the basis of recommendations made by the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA).

The Centre sanctioned funds to Andhra Pradesh as per the AP Reorganisation Act, but it neglected Telangana. "Why is Telangana not provided allocation under the same Act?" he asked.

Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Wednesday hinted that the framework for the scheme would be finalised only after the implementation of the farm loan waiver scheme by the end of August.

Weavers, who were already in crisis due to lack of orders from the State government, had pinned their hopes on getting GST exemption in this budget.

The oil palm growers not only in the State, but in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and seveal other States were left disappointed as no attention was paid by the Centre to their pressing issues.

The Chief Minister said the previous government had upgraded thandas into gram panchayats, but had not taken any measure for their development.

The trouble started during Question Hour when senior BRS MLA T Harish Rao asked the government to announce a date by which the RTC staff would be recognised as government employees.

Narasimha Reddy, former vice-sarpanch of the village, said the government had permitted a host of chemical industries around their village which made their life difficult. Saying that many villagers were falling sick due to release of poisonous gases, Narasimha Reddy said the dump yard would further make life difficult for them

Answering a question in the Council, Uttam Kumar Reddy clarified that the new ration cards would be exclusively issued to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.