Telangana

Hyderabad: In sharp contrast to his earlier position on crop diversification, union Food Minister Piyush Goyal recently urged States to encourage paddy cultivation citing huge demand for rice in the global market. The Centre, however, has not announced a ‘Plan B’ in case of a drop in demand once the crops come up for harvesting […]

Hyderabad: These practice questions focusing on Hyderabad city will aid aspirants betterprepare for the State government recruitment examinations. Topic: Hyderabad City 1. Who established the Hyderabad city? a) Md Quli-Qutb-Shah b) Nizam ul-Mulk c) Sikinder Jha d) Mohammed Shah Ans: a Explanation: Hyderabad, once known as ‘Bhagyanagar’, was established around AD 1591 by Mohammad Quli-Qutb-Shah, […]

Kothagudem:  The State government was fully prepared and made all arrangements to address any emergency situation in the wake of heavy rains and floods in the State, said Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The Minister on Monday visited Bhadrachalam and reviewed the flood situation as the Godavari crossed the third warning level and reached 53.40 […]

Karimnagar: Rain continued to lash the erstwhile Karimnagar district for the third consecutive day on Monday. While major irrigation projects are getting copious inflows, rivulets, streams, tanks, ponds and other water bodies are overflowing. Road connectivity between villages has not been restored as streams and rivulets are still overflowing in different areas. Houses were damaged […]

Mahabubnagar: With heavy rains lashing the district since last four days, Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud directed the district administration to assess the damages, including crop loss and extend support to the needy, besides initiating measures for curbing seasonal diseases. The Minister inspected the rain affected areas in the district on Saturday and Sunday and […]

Kothagudem: Over one lakh applications have been submitted for 177 junior assistant grade-II posts notified by the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in June. Accepting the applications for the posts to be filled up externally started on Jun 20 , 2022 and ended on Jul 10. Total applications received online till 5 pm on Sunday […]

Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy said that the government would extend all support to victims of the incessant rains that wreaked havoc to the district. He toured rain-hit areas across the district on Monday. Indrakaran Reddy covered Parimnandal and Kishanraopet villages in Mamada mandal where an irrigation tank was breached and interacted with local […]

Hyderabad: BJP’s Rajya Sabha member K Laxman said on Monday that efforts were on to prepare a road map for Mission Telangana aimed at winning the Assembly election in the State. “The BJP is ready to contest elections whenever the schedule is announced,” he said at a press conference here. Laxman sought to know why […]

Medak: Following continuous rains in the river Manjeera’s catchment area, Ghanpur anicut (Vana Durga) Project, started overflowing on Monday. The project, built across river Manjeera near Sri Vana Durga Bhavani Temple in Papannapet Mandal, was having 350MCft storage capacity. It was having 25,000 acres of ayacut under both left and right bank canals. Farmers from […]

Hyderabad: After the Northern districts of Telangana that were battered by heavy rains, the Met department has now issued a red alert for heavy rains in the eastern districts including Nalgonda, Suryapet, Mahabubabad, Jangaon and Yadadri Bhuvanagiri. The met department in its Monday evening bulletin said heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy rains are […]

Hyderabad: Due to the ongoing heavy rains across Telangana, the TS ECET-2022, which was scheduled to be held on Wednesday has been postponed. State Council of Higher Education chairman Prof. R Limbadri said on Monday. The rescheduled dates for the TS ECET-2022 will be intimated later. The remaining CETs including TS EAMCET-2022 will be conducted […]

Kothagudem: The State government was fully prepared and made all arrangements to address any emergency situation in the wake of heavy rains and floods in the State, stated Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The minister on Monday visited Bhadrachalam and reviewed the flood situation as the river Godavari crossed the third warning level and reached […]

Hyderabad: Ticket aspirants and senior leaders, who have been working hard for the Congress party’s cause, are sensing trouble with entry of new leaders into the party as it could affect their prospects. Further, with TPCC president A Revanth Reddy welcoming entry of new leaders from other parties into the party without taking the seniors […]

Mancherial: Members of Tudum Debba, a tribal rights organisation and various tribal rights bodies staged a rasta-roko on Dandepally-Mancherial road, condemning the ‘indifference attitude’ of forest officials in evacuating tribals at Koya Pochagudem, in Dandepalli mandal centre on Monday. The leaders of the organizations alleged that the officials of the forest department were coercively evacuating […]

Karimnagar: On the occasion of his birthday, BJP state president and Karimnagar MP, Bandi Sanjay Kumar observed ‘silent protest’ in protest against Dharani portal and government’s negligence in solving Podu lands issue here on Monday. Surprisingly, a ‘maharaja chair’ was also arranged at diksha site ostensibly for the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, since the […]

Mancherial: District Forest Officer Shivani Dogra said that certain greedy persons were trying to encroach the forest lands even as they own house sites and agriculture fields at Koya Pochamguda village in Dandepalli, resulting in controversies. She along with Jannaram Forest Divisional Officer S Madhav Rao addressed pressmen here on Monday. Stating that the outskirts […]

Hyderabad: With major water bodies in Godavari River basin in north Telangana receiving more inflows, irrigation department officials are now focusing on meeting the water requirements of farmers for continuing their cultivation works in the rainy season with ease. Since Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) and Pocharam in Nizamabad, Swarna and Kaddem projects in Adilabad and […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister, Gangula Kamalakar came down heavily on the ‘silent protest’ staged by BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar. The Minister found fault with the BJP leader for arranging a chair for the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao at diksha site. On the occasion of his birthday, BJP president observed […]

Kazipet: Demanding that the South Central Railway immediately bring back the crew control centre (CCC) also known as crew links to Kazipet junction from Vijayawada, the TRS cadre under the leadership of Warangal West MLA Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar staged a protest at the Kazipet railway station here on Monday. They demanded that the Centre commence […]

Hanamkonda: In the wake of incessant rains lashing the district and other parts of the State, the government has decided to postpone the Kakatiya Vaibhava Saptaham (festival), said Warangal West MLA Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar. Speaking to the press persons here on Monday, he said that they had brought 22nd heir of the Kakatiyas, Kamal Chandra […]

Adilabad: Erstwhile Adilabad district registered light rains, giving a breather to the public on Monday. According to a weather report available on Telangana State Development Planning Society, Mancherial district recorded an average rainfall of 62 mm up to 8.30 am. Vemanapalli received the highest rainfall of 157 mm, followed by Kotapalli which recorded 145 mm […]

Suryapet: Huzurnagar MLA Shanampudi Saidi Reddy on Monday said that the popularity of the TRS government was increasing day by day due to its welfare schemes and development programmes. Leaders from different political parties from Mattampally mandal joined the TRS in the presence of Saidi Reddy at his camp office in Huzurnagar. Speaking on the […]

Hyderabad: With incessant downpour in upper basin of Godavari River in the State and neighbouring Maharashtra resulting in heavy inflows into various reservoirs, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday directed the Irrigation department to release the flood water downstream from Sri Ram Sagar Project (SRSP) and other reservoirs. Amid heavy rain forecast for next […]

Hyderabad: In a press conference on Sunday, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao drew a parallel between washing powder Nirma and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Stating that just like how the washing powder would remove dirt on clothes, corrupt politicians were getting purified when they joined the saffron party. After talking about the ongoing rains […]