Telangana

Kothagudem: A 55 year old woman was washed away in Gubbalamangi stream at Sitanagaram near Parnasala in Dummugudem mandal in the district on Friday. It was said that four members of a family entered the stream to catch fish using fishnets and when they were engaged in the fishing the water level and the force […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Friday reported 608 Covid positive infections out of which 329 were from areas under GHMC, 67 from Rangareddy and 54 from Medchal-Malkajgiri districts. The number of active Covid cases on Friday reached 5,146 while 459 individuals have recovered today taking the overall recoveries to 7,95,880, the Covid health bulletin said. The health […]

Hyderabad: A woman and her child died when a sidewall of their house collapsed on them at Padmanagar in Nalgonda and life was thrown out of gear at many places following heavy rains across the State on Friday. More is in store as the Met department forecast says heavy to very heavy rains are likely […]

Jagtial: Dispute between two wives over sharing of property delayed the final rites of a person by two days. Funeral was performed after the land dispute was settled. This bizarre incident took place in Korutla town on Thursday. Former sarpanch of Ilapur of Korutla mandal, Mamidi Narsimhulu (55) migrated to Korutla town two decades ago […]

Kothagudem: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has accorded utmost priority to the welfare of tribal communities in Telangana, stated Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod and Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The Ministers inaugurated a Girijan Bhavan built with Rs 1.10 crore at Bhadrachalam in the district on Friday and attended the ITDA governing body meeting […]

Warangal: Demanding the management of the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) to re-allot medical seats in other colleges, students along with their parents have staged a dharna in front of the KNRUHS office here on Friday. As the management learnt about their protest in advance, security staff closed the gates and did […]

Hyderabad: Mission Kakatiya, the flagship programme taken up by the State government with the objective of restoring ponds, has proved to be a successful exercise, in that it increased the water holding capacity of water bodies across the State, and helped in increasing the ground water level to 4.14 meters, virtually making the perennial water […]

Hyderabad: In a first major step towards establishing best biomedical waste management practices, the Telangana Government on Friday has sanctioned an amount of Rs.134.46 crore to establish Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) in 20 government hospitals and maintain them for a decade. Out of the sanctioned Rs.134.46 crore, a total of Rs. 68.31 crore will be […]

Warangal: Task Force sleuths along with Hanamkonda police raided a house in Premnagar Colony on Friday and arrested six youngsters while they were indulging in sale and consumption of dry Ganja and methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA) pills. They also seized two MDMA pills also known as ecstasy pills and 1.5 Kgs Ganja from their possession. The arrested […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Three persons were arrested in connection with murder of a farmer at Ainam village in Dahegaon mandal. Superintendent of Police K Suresh Kumar told press men that Mekala Arjaiah, his son Mekala Srikanth and nephew Guvvala Gopal, all tribals from Parvathipet village killed Perugu Shankar (45), a Dalit farmer from Ainam village. […]

Guntur: Honorary president of YSR Congress Party YS Vijayamma announced her resignation from the party at the YSRCP plenary session here on Friday. Striking an emotional note, she said she wanted to extend her support to her daughter YS Sharmila who had launched her political outfit YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) in Telangana where she needed […]

Hyderabad: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday postponed the UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET) December 2021 and June 2022 (merged cycles) for Telugu and Marathi subjects, which was scheduled to be held on Saturday. The governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have their own examinations scheduled on that day, the NTA said in a public […]

Mahabubnagar: Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud charged that BJP-led Central Government was subjecting middle and lower income groups’ to untold misery by increasing domestic gas cylinders and fuel prices. The TRS party staged a dharna in protest against the BJP Government’s latest revision of domestic LPG cylinder prices at Telangana Chowrasta here on Friday. During […]

Sangareddy: Senior Civil Judge and Mandal Legal Services Authority (MLSA) Chairman Justice Durgaprasad has said that the family members of the woman who died due to dowry harassment, victims of the road accidents, acid attacks, rape, human trafficking, and persons who became mentally unstable after the accidents were eligible for the compensation from the government. […]

Sangareddy: Unidentified miscreants cut open an ATM and stole Rs 15.70 lakh in cash at Bhanur village in Patancheru Mandal in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The intruders used gas cutters to cut open the ATM machine. The theft was noticed on Friday morning when some locals went to the ATM to withdraw […]

Hyderabad: Telangana BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday urged Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to resolve problems pertaining to podu lands in the State during revenue sadassus to be conducted this month and render justice to farmers. In a letter to the Chief Minister, he said the State government should come up with […]

Karimnagar: A ten-year old girl, Lokini Shivani died in a road accident in Thimmapur mandal headquarters on Friday afternoon. The incident occurred when a speeding car hit the girl at Thimmapur stage on Rajiv Rahadari. While the deceased was waiting at Thimmapur stage, a car moving towards Hyderabad from Karimnagar hit the girl injuring her […]

Hyderabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar directed revenue department officials to constitute special teams with Collector, Additional Collectors and RDOs for the smooth conduct of Revenue meetings scheduled to be held on July 15 across the State. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had directed the officials to conduct revenue meetings on July 15 to address land […]

Khammam: Teja variety chilli fetched a record price of Rs 22, 300 per quintal at the agricultural market yard here on Friday. The price offered for the chilli variety (cold storage stock) was said to be a national record. A week ago the same variety of chilli fetched Rs 22, 000. The chilli was sold […]

Hyderabad: Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has nominated Telangana High Court judge Justice P Naveen Rao as Executive Chairman of the Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA), Hyderabad, with effect from June 28, 2022. An order to this effect was issued by the Law department.

Hyderabad: Justice K Lalita of the Telangana High Court refused to interfere with a notice issued to actor Sai Pallavi by the Sultan Bazar Police Station. A member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had lodged a complaint complaining that the actor June 12, had made an objectionable statement. According to the complaint the film […]

Wanaparthy: In a suspicious incident, a mother and her son were found dead in a well at Goverdhanagiri village, Vepangandla mandal here on Friday morning. According to local residents, Shashikala (30), a resident of Goverdhanagiri village, was married to Chandu, a resident of Shagapur village, Pebbair mandal. However, due to differences between the couple, Shashikala […]

Karimnagar: Rescue operation is continuously ng to fish out the body of Kampali Shankar (50), who plunged into an agricultural well along with a tractor near Banjerupalli of Thimmapur mandal on Thursday evening. Police and revenue officials are making efforts to remove the body by draining out the water from the well. Commissioner of Police […]

Hyderabad: Forecasting extremely heavy rainfall over parts of Telangana in coming days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange warnings for two days— July 8 and 9. Explaining the cause for the heavy rains, the IMD has said that there is a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal. “The monsoon trough […]