Telangana

Khammam: Khammam district now has the distinction of having the first Muslim woman IPS officer in Telangana, with DCP in Rachakonda Police Commissionerate, Shaik Saleema, was conferred IPS status in the select list of 2020. Saleema hails from Komatlagudem village in Chintakani mandal of the district. She was promoted as IPS in the non-cadre IPS […]

Khammam: The action was sought against a contractor who failed to pay salaries pending for 20 months to contract workers serving in Covid ward at Government District Headquarters Hospital. A dharna being staged by the contract workers reached its third day on Thursday. Telangana State Municipal Staff and Outsourcing Workers Union (AITUC) State general secretary […]

Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham advised the farmers to go for alternative crops in Yasangi season. Participating in a farmers’ awareness programme at Gannavaram cluster in Wyra mandal on Thursday, the Collector said that farmers should focus on dry crops in Yasangi as there was no permission to set up paddy procurement centres in Yasangi […]

Mancherial: Government Whip Balka Suman said that connectivity in rural areas was being improved like never before. He laid the foundation stone for a bridge across a stream at Gangaram village and another bridge at Narayanapur village in Chennur mandal on Thursday. The estimated cost of the bridge at Gangaram is Rs 1.97 crore, while […]

Warangal: Rich tributes were paid to former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao on the occasion of his 17th death anniversary in erstwhile Warangal district. TRS MLA from Husnabad constituency Vodithela Satish Babu, Hanamkonda Zilla Parishad chairman Dr Sudheer Kumar, senior journalist and PV’s relative PV Madanmohan Rao garlanded Narasimha Rao’s statue at JNS grounds near […]

Peddapalli: Erukulla Veeresham, a rural photographer, has won a gold medal at an international-level photography competition. His photo about the tradition and culture of Aruku tribes won the gold medal at the Federation International de L’Art Photographique (FIAP). Kohinoor Digital Circuit organised FIAP’s international-level photography competition online and photographers from 26 countries took part in […]

Hyderabad: The State government has urged the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to look into the water requirements of Telangana as per Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal (GWDT) Award and take initiatives to undo the injustice to the State. It also requested the Board to take steps to remove component number.1.12 from the Schedule 1 and […]

Khammam: The members of Khammam Youth Association, an NGO based in the city, distributed blankets to street dwellers in Khammam. The KYA members D Sreekanth, T Yeshwanth and T Arjun in a statement here on Thursday informed that they have embarked upon a blanket distribution drive from Dec 18 to 23. Blankets to street dwellers […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) chief Sundeep Kumar Makthala launched a 45-day agriculture Hackathon at Yadavalli village of Utkoor mandal in Narayanpet district on Thursday to look for solutions to various issues plaguing the farm sector and make it a profitable venture by bringing in innovations. The hackathon is the first of its […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) has declined to entertain Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) petitions from the two distribution companies since the time period given to them had already lapsed. In its order delivered on Thursday, the TSERC said the two distribution companies – the Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TSNPDCL) and […]

Siddipet: Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday urged the Union government not to see the Agriculture Sector as a business since it feeds the entire nation besides providing direct and indirect employment to a majority of the people. Addressing students of Konda Lakshman Bapuji Horticulture University on the occasion of its 7th […]

Warangal: Narsampet MLA Peddi Sudharshan Reddy said on Thursday that at least 400 poor people in the constituency were getting financial assistance under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) every month. The scheme is a boon for the poor who suffer from diseases that are not covered under Aarogyasri, he said. The MLA was speaking […]

Hyderabad: Rich tributes were paid to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao on his death anniversary on Thursday. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, state ministers, family members of Narasimha Rao and leaders of various political parties paid floral tributes to the late leader at PV Gnana Bhoomi on the banks of Hussain Sagar lake here. […]

Hyderabad: Single Telugu women are not shying away from making the first move while expressing interest in a man. According to Telugu Matrimony, the leading matchmaking service from BharatMatrimony for the Telugu community, about 22 per cent of women are boldly making the first move while looking for a life partner. The report reveals that […]

The residents took the decision to check the spread of virus in the village, Gudem sarpanch Srinivasa Rao told Telangana Today.

Hyderabad: A two judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Tukaramji on Thursday directed the State Government to strictly comply with the latest directives issued by the Union government to prevent the spread of Omicron variant on December 21. The panel, on the pleas made by […]

The incident occurred when the dumper operated by Rao rammed into another dumper parked beside the road following a breakdown at around 5.30 am.

Hyderabad: Last week, US-based insurance player Mass Mutual announced that its workforce crossed 1,100 people. This is more than double from 500 people it wanted to have in Hyderabad. The company first made its Hyderabad plans public in January and was up and running in about two months. The company went from paperwork to pay […]

Hyderabad: Home based isolation to recover from Omicron variant driven Covid-19 infections could play a vital role in the next few months in Telangana. With studies indicating that Omicron is highly transmissible and at the same time possibly less severe than the Delta variant, the State healthcare machinery is gearing up to the possibility of […]

Mancherial: A church which was built in the heart of Luxettipet town to propagate Christianity, offering livelihood to the poor who were hit by a famine and providing medical services to the economically disadvantaged rural folks who were crippled by a health crisis, about 90 years ago, still stands as a testimony to the rich […]

Hyderabad: The river Musi is all set to get the heritage touch restored along its flow in the city through a series of projects that are getting lined up. Along its course, Musi will be dotted with a series of bridges that include 14 new heritage-themed ones apart from a link road. These heritage-themed bridges […]

Hyderabad: Industry body Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry presented awards to select companies for their HR practices. It also released the ‘HR Best Practices Report’ containing findings and critical data points on people practices. The awards winner are J K Fenner India (employee engagement strategy), Dodla Dairy (HR technology and analytics), Tata […]

Hyderabad: A two judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Tukaramji on Wednesday granted six weeks to the State government to come up with a stated policy on collection of fees by private schools in the State. The Panel is hearing a batch of writ pleas […]

Khammam: TRS party was making sincere efforts to resolve the issue of SC categorisation, stated the party Lok Sabha leader and Khammam MP Nama Nageswara Rao. He gave the assurance to Madiga JAC State campaign secretary Gaddala Nageswara Rao who met the MP at his residence in New Delhi on Wednesday. The JAC leader met […]