Telangana

Adilabad: Public representatives and workers of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) took to streets protesting against soaring prices of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder, across erstwhile Adilabad district on Thursday. In Adilabad, municipal chairperson Jogu Premender and members of the TRS women wing gathered at Collector Chowk and staged a dharna demanding the union government to […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday suspended work when an advocate passed away on the court premises. Reports say that Mr. Goverdhan Reddy Kallem suffered a heart attack in front of Court 14 and he was immediately attended to and moved to Osmania General Hospital, where it is believed that he succumbed to a […]

Hyderabad: Due to non-interlocking work at Uppal and Jammikunta stations, the South Central Railway has announced that stoppage for certain train services at Uppal and Jammikunta stations has been eliminated. Accordingly, the stoppage to be eliminated at Uppal Station include for Train No. 17011 Hyderabad – Sirpur Kaghaznagar Intercity Express and Train No. 17012 Sirpur […]

Hyderabad: Senior scientist from Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Dr Rajan Sankaranarayanan, has been elected Associate Member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Dr Sankaranarayanan is among 67 other researchers from 22 countries who were elected for the membership of the European biology organisation, which shapes scientific research in biology […]

Hyderabad: Eleven startups graduated in the second cohort of Upsurge, a WE HUB program in collaboration with the Australian Consulate General, aimed at supporting aspiring entrepreneurs in Telangana to innovate with technology. The 2nd cohort of the program witnessed 70 eligible applications, out of which 23 women entrepreneurs were shortlisted from across nine sectors and […]

Karimnagar: Responding to a call given by the TRS working president KT Rama Rao, TRS activists staged protest demonstrations across the erstwhile Karimnagar district on Thursday, in protest against increase in price of cooking gas. Ministers, MLAs, MLCs, other public representatives and leaders and activists of TRS party staged rasta rokos and dharnas by placing […]

Warangal: The Kakatiya Vaibhava Saptaham, a week-long cultural and heritage festival aimed at reflecting the bygone era of the mighty Kakatiya kings, commenced here on Thursday. As a part of the celebrations, the 22nd descendent of Kakatiya lineage Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo, who is also known as Bastar Maharaj based in Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), has been […]

Jagtial: A tribal woman, Atram Nagalaxmi was electrocuted while working in a poultry farm in Mogilipeta of Mallapur mandal on Thursday morning. A native of Gangapur, Kadem mandal of Nirmal district, Atram Raju joined the work in a poultry farm owned by one Komire Srinivas. Raju along with his wife Nagalaxmi and children Nithya and […]

Hyderabad: Heavy rainfall has been lashing the State for the last few days with the India Meteorological Department issuing colour-coded alerts – green, yellow, orange, or red – in many regions. So, what are these colour codes, why are they used, and what do they signify? Why are colour codes used? The IMD issues colour […]

Mancherial: Yella Hasini, a student of Mancherial town achieved the state first rank in the results of a common entrance test held for admissions into Telangana State Residential Junior Colleges (TSRJC) for the academic year 2022-23 of which results were declared on Wednesday. Hasini secured 143 marks out of the total 150 marks and stood […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Forest Development Corporation (TSFDC) has chalked out long term plans to replace eucalyptus plantations with sandalwood, red sanders and other varieties to facilitate natural regeneration of green cover in the State. For over four decades, eucalyptus plantations were taken up on a large scale covering nearly 7,000 acres across the State. […]

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has said the Centre’s Agnipath scheme will deny job security to youngsters, which would eventually weaken those who are hired through it. Talking to teacher job aspirants, who cleared the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), in Siddipet on Wednesday, the Minister also demanded that the Centre take up the recruitment […]

Hyderabad: In a major boost for education of backward class students, the State government has decided to establish more new residential educational institutions that will enable more students pursue quality free education in the residential system. In addition to the existing institutions, 15 new residential degree colleges and 33 residential schools are coming up under […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana police foiled the attempts of Popular Front of India (PFI) follower Abdul Khader to create communal tension with the help of his associates by arresting him in Nizamabad district a few days ago. Fifty-two-year-old Khader, a martial arts trainer and resident of Autonagar in Nizamabad district, did not finalize the targets to […]

Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham has directed the education officials to conduct bridge courses for students lagging behind in studies. The Collector along with Municipal Commissioner Adarsh Surabhi inspected the schools selected under Mana Ooru Mana Badi programme to develop infrastructure ,in Khammam city on Wednesday. He interacted with the teachers and students at the […]

Hyderabad: In a move that will enable more students from other States pursue their undergraduate education in Telangana, the national integration quota has been increased from five to 20 per cent in conventional undergraduate courses. Supernumerary seats (20 per cent above the actual intake) will be created for admitting students under the national integration quota. […]

Adilabad: The Telangana State Education and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TSEWIDC) Chairman Ravula Sridhar Reddy said that the Mana Ooru-Mana Badi initiative was launched to improve infrastructure of State-run schools and to give stiff competition to private educational institutions. He was speaking to pressmen here on Wednesday. Sridhar stated that the ambience of the government schools […]

Hyderabad: The State Government has targeted plantation of 19.54 crore saplings during the current Haritha Haram season. Towards this initiative, Panchayatraj department is assigned with a task of planting 8.76 crore saplings, municipal administration and urban development is instructed to plant 7.32 crore, irrigation department would plant five crore saplings and forest department would plant […]

Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the Sessions Court in Adilabad to conduct trial afresh in the alleged fake encounter of Azad alias Cherukuri Raj Kumar, CPI (Maoist) member of Central Committee and Politburo and Hemachandra Pandey in 2010, a journalist who worked for several Hindi language newspapers. Aggrieved […]

Kothagudem: The town based nature lover, environmentalist Rayi Venkataiah was presented with the ‘Vanamali’ award in recognition of his contributions towards environmental protection. The award was presented by Nature Foundation and Vigyana Darshini at Potti Sriramulu Telugu University in Hyderabad recently where the English version of a book ‘Avani’ written by poet, film lyricist and […]

Siddipet: With an objective to improve the monitoring of traffic violators, Siddipet Police have installed Automatic Number Plate Recognition (APNR) cameras at 11 important junctions in Siddipet town. Speaking on the occasion, Traffic ACP Phaninder has said that they have installed the cameras to improve road safety on Siddipet roads. Since the motorists were aware […]

Peddapalli: In a bid to ensure cleanliness of the town, civic authorities have come up with an innovative idea and launched a programme named “Photo Kottu Gift Pattu” (capture photo and win a gift). The authorities have promised to give Rs 500 reward to civilians, who would capture the photos of the people who dump […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: Nalgonda District Cooperative Central Bank Chairman Gongidi Mahender Reddy on Wednesday urged the Centre to withdraw GST on milk products for the benefit of dairy farmers. Speaking at a media conference, Mahender Reddy said that the GST council has decided to withdraw exception given for grains including milk products from GST. It would hike […]

Hyderabad: Telangana High Court has invited applications from the eligible candidates for appointment to 65 posts of court masters and personal secretaries to the judges and registrars, under direct recruitment. According to a notification, a degree in arts or science or commerce or law of a university in India or from any institution recognized by […]