Telangana

Hyderabad: Pushing up his blistering attack against the BJP in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular by several notches, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday said the country was in the grip of an undeclared emergency, citing various political developments that he said smacked of the dictatorial approach. “Former Prime Minister Indira […]

Hyderabad: In view of three-days holidays for educational institutions in view of heavy rains announced by the State government, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad intimated all its constituent and affiliated colleges to postpone the B.Tech/B.PharmIVYear II semester regular and supplementary examinations of the university scheduled on July 11 and B.Tech/B.Pharm IV year I semester supplementary examinations […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP State leadership on Sunday discussed key issues including organizational structure of the party, third phase of Praja Sangrama Yatra by party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on August 2 and podu lands problem of adivasis and tribals. The party under the leadership of BJP Telangana State affairs in-charge Tarun Chugh and Sanjay […]

Hyderabad: Fissures continue to surface in the State Congress unit with senior leaders expressing dissatisfaction over the TPCC leadership in welcoming leaders from other parties and according priority to such leaders. This dissatisfaction came to light on Sunday, when Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said the party leadership was according priority to leaders who joined […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Sunday reported 459 Covid positive infections out of which 323 were from areas under GHMC, 40 from Rangareddy and 29 from Medchal-Malkajgiri districts. While the number of active Covid cases has reached 5,180, a total of 468 individuals have recovered on Sunday, taking the overall recoveries to 7,96,833, the Covid health bulletin […]

Hyderabad: The incessant rains lashing the State for the last two days prompted irrigation department officials to be on high alert as several dams and other major water bodies in Godavari basin are receiving heavy inflows. With the inflows increasing significantly due to heavy rains, officials are constantly monitoring water levels at Sri Rama Sagar […]

Hanamkonda: To help the orphan children do well in their studies, Bala Vikasa, one of the leading non-profit organisations in South India, has donated books, bags and other things to 150 children (both the boys and girls from LKG to PG) at a programme organised here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, founder of the […]

Khammam: With torrential rains in upper catchment area and releasing of water from upstream projects water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in Kothagudem district has been rising steadily. Central Water Commission lower Godavari division has released an advisory forecast stating that the water in the river might reach the first warning level of 43 […]

Karimnagar: Streams, rivulets, tanks and ponds are overflowing following the incessant rainfall during the last three days in the erstwhile Karimnagar district. Road connectivity between different villages and towns has been disconnected as streams and rivulets are flowing from the top of the low level road bridges across the district. Besides electric poles, big trees […]

Nalgonda: Muslims celebrated Bakrid across the district on Sunday with traditional fervour and gaiety. Despite the rains since early in the morning, Muslims converged at Eidgahs and also at mosques dressed in traditional attire. Large number of Muslims participated in Bakrid prayers in Eidgahs at towns and villages across the district. Special arrangements have made […]

Nalgonda: Four crest gates of Musi project were lifted by the project engineer by one feet height to release the water downstream on Sunday. The inflow to the project was reached 2,209 cusecs due to the rain in upper areas and officials expected that the inflow would further increase in 24 hours. After lifting of […]

Jagtial: About 80 sheep died after they were hit by a goods train near Chinnametpalli of Korutla mandal on Sunday. The incident occurred while the sheep were crossing the railway track. A shepherd and owner of the sheep, Lakkam Rajam took sheep to nearby localities for grazing in the morning. While the sheep were crossing […]

Hyderabad: Due to non-interlocking works between Bisugir Sharif – Jammikunta – Uppal section, the South Central Railway has announced the cancellation of some trains. The services cancelled from July 11 to 20 are Train No. 17011 Hyderabad-Sirpur Kaghaznagar and Trian No. 17012 Sirpur Kaghaznagar-Secunderabad. Restoration of Trains: The SCR in a press release also informed […]

Hyderabad: The India Meteorological  Department (IMD) has issued rain red alert of heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy rain for Adilabad, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Jagityal, Peddapally and Jayashankar Bhupalapally districts till Wednesday. Similarly, orange alert forecast of heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Rajanna […]

Nalgonda: Andhra Pradesh MLC R V Ramesh Yadav on Sunday escaped unhurt from a road accident on National Highway No. 65 at Gopayapally of Narketpally mandal in the district on early hours of Sunday. According to the police, the road accident took place when the YSRCP MLC was going to Hyderabad after attending YSRCP plenary […]

Hyderabad: In the wake of torrential rains across the State, holidays have been declared for all educational institutions from July 11 to 13. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao took a decision to this extent and directed the officials to take all necessary measures to ensure that there is no loss of life or property due […]

Kothagudem: A truck carrying PDS rice load swept away in the flood waters in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh State on Sunday. The engine of the truck stopped due to technical fault while crossing an overflowing Badanala flowing through Mettupalli forests of Bhopalpatnam sub-division in Bijapur district. The driver reached a safe place leaving the truck […]

Sangareddy: Nallavagu Project, a medium irrigation project built across Nallavagu Stream near Sirgapur in Sanagreddy district, is all set to surplus by Sunday evening as the water storage in the project touched 721MCft against its total storage capacity of 746MCft. Since the upstream area of Nallavagu has received incessant rains during the last few days, […]

Sangareddy: Singur Multipurpose Project was receiving 4,578 cusecs of water as the upstream area in Sanagreddy distinct received moderate rains during the past few days. The storage capacity in the project touched 19.772TMCft against its total capacity of 29.917TMCft. The project has received 1.5TMCFT cumulative inflows since the monsoon begin on June 1 in the […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: A six-year old boy, Lokesh Reddy died after falling into a pit dug for a sewage tank in Chinnalingapur of Thangalapalli mandal. According to family members, Lokesh Reddy, who went outside to play on Saturday afternoon, did not return home even in the night. Worried over the disappearance of their ward, family members searched […]

Warangal: Mutharam mandal of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district has received the state’s highest rainfall of 34.70 cm from 8.30 am on July 9 to 8 am on July 10. Kataram mandal in the district too recorded extremely heavy rainfall of 34.43 cm, while Mahadevpur mandal received 24.65 cm. Malahar Rao mandal in the district also received […]

Adilabad: Heavy rains continued to lash erstwhile Adilabad district for the second day affecting normal life, on Sunday. Streams were flooded isolating many villages, wreaking havoc to farmers. Nirmal district, which was hit on Saturday, registered an average rainfall of 137 mm on Sunday upto 8.30 am. Tanur recieved the highest rainfall of 218 mm. […]

Nirmal: Collector Musharraf Ali Faruqui toured the flood-affected areas in the district on Saturday. Faruqui toured Bhainsa town which was hit by heavy downpours. He said that surplus water was released from both Gaddennavagu and Swarna project. He stated that rainwater reached roads causing inconvenience to motorists in Bhainsa, Basar and Thanur mandals. He added […]

Hyderabad: For the fourth consecutive day, heavy rains have been lashing several parts of the State on Sunday. After Nirmal, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts, which were badly affected due to heavy rains on Saturday, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Mulugu and neighbouring districts are facing the brunt of overnight incessant rains. Since 8 am on Sunday, highest rainfall […]