Telangana

Telangana Irrigation officials are gearing up to resume control of the Nagarjuna Sagar Project operations while working out strategies to smoothly handle the dam site confrontation with Andhra Pradesh

In order to educate people, especially women about the consumption of nutritious food, local Anganwadi workers arranged the exhibition since the polling station was a women-managed polling station

A brief disturbance occurred at a Jangaon polling station within the government junior college premises, swiftly resolved by the police after a protest by Congress and other opposition activists.

CM KCR exercised his franchise at at Chinthamadaka village in Siddipet constituency on Thursday.

73.77 percent voting was recorded in Khammam while 66.37 percent voting was recorded in Kothagudem at 5 pm

A total of 6,894 seats were available for admissions under the convener quota and 12,835 candidates exercised web options, while 5,912 were allotted seats in the first phase of counselling

Voters dwelling in remote parts of the four districts utilised their right to vote by trekking longer distances.

While a majority of them were more excited to know the voting process, a few of them rushed to polling booths to have a glimpse of electronic voting machines, control units and VVPATs.

State BJP President G Kishan Reddy, who lodged a complaint with the ECI, in his letter stated that the BRS candidates were moving around polling booths with a large number of supporters to influence voters and when his party workers tried to stop them, they attacked them

Telangana has registered an approximate voter turnout of 63.94 percent by 5 pm, a significantly lower figure than the 73.74 percent recorded in 2018

While Medak registered the highest polling percentage so far, Hyderabad had the least.

Rukkamma, who arrived at the polling station with the help of her family members, was taken into the polling station in a wheelchair by polling assistants.

In two separate incidents, two elderly persons died when they were waiting in polling stations to cast their votes in Adilabad

Prominent personalities such as actors, sports persons and politicians have taken to X to share their photographs asking voters to cast their right.

The Election Commission of India reported 20.64 per cent voter turnout by 11:00 am.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao exchanged greetings with a few individuals assembled at the polling station.

According to the poll commission, Adilabad recorded a voter turnout of 30.65 per cent, Bhadradri at 22.05 per cent, Hanumankonda at 21.43 per cent and Jagtial at 22.50 per cent.

During the polling at the government junior college's premises on Thursday, there was a period of mild tension at polling station 244.

Polling was delayed in booth number 302 of Ibrahimpatnam of Korutla constituency, booth number 228 of Gollapalli mandal of Jagtial segment and booth number 39 of Dharmapuri mandal of Dharmapuri constituency.

The district administrations of Khammam and Kothagudem districts made elaborate arrangements to conduct polling in a smooth and peaceful manner. Voters started arriving in large numbers at the polling stations at 7 am to cast their votes.

At 2 am, about 700 policemen of APSP barged on to the dam through the left main gates on the side of the right bank and reportedly clashed with the personnel of TSSF, who were guarding the dam. Some of the Telangana policemen were injured in the incident.

The State will have about 3.26 crore voters lining up in front of 35,655 polling stations to choose their representatives from 2,290 candidates in 119 constituencies.

Telangana NRIs living across the world, joined hands in celebrating the 14th Deeksha Diwas, marking the launch of fast-on-to-death by BRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao during Telangana movement on November 29 of 2009

It was also the day when his father, TRS (now BRS) president K Chandrashekhar Rao launched his fast-unto-death.