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Siddipet: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders were up in arms on Monday in protest against the BJP government at the Centre which has decided not procure Yasangi Paddy from the State, pushing the paddy farmer into distress. Finance Minister T Harish Rao, who participated in the protest programme organised by the party in Gajwel, said […]
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Medak: In a tragic incident, three teenagers died in a road accident at Chegunta Mandal headquarters in Medak in the early hours of Monday. The victims were Palle Rakesh (21), his younger brother Palle Pradeep (17) and Pandla Aravind (15), all the three are residents of Uulli Timmaipally. According to Chegunta Police, Rakesh was taking […]
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Hyderabad: As about 51 per cent of the Intermediate students failed to clear the first-year exams in Telangana, student activists have called for a bandh of all junior colleges for two days from December 20 alleging that the Board failed in fairly conducting the evaluation. While the National Students of Union of India (NSUI) gave […]
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Nalgonda: Tension prevailed at Clock Tower Centre in the town on Monday when ABVP activists burnt the effigy of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao even as TRS leaders and activists were staging a protest in the same place. A group of ABVP activists reached the Clock Tower Centre and burnt the effigy demanding justice for […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS activists along with farmers launched protests against the anti-farmer attitude of the BJP-led Central government in all villages across the State. They took to the streets raising slogans over the Centre’s discrimination on farmers’ issues especially paddy procurement in Telangana and also condemned it’s nonresponsiveness to the State government’s requests on the […]
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Adilabad: MLAs belonging to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party staged a protest against the Union government’s decision to not to procure paddy produced in Yasangi season, across the erstwhile Adilabad district on Monday. Forest minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy expressed anger over the Union government’s move. He opined that the Centre was showing stubborn attitude […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy demanded that the Central government should give a written assurance to the Telangana government over enhancing targets for paddy procurement during the Vaanakalam (Kharif) season. He sought Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal to increase the Vaanakalam target from 60 lakh tonnes of paddy (i.e. 40 […]
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Warangal: People in large numbers led by the TRS party leaders have staged dharnas, and other forms of protests including the ‘Chavu Dappu’ processions against the BJP led Central government for its anti-farmer policies including its denial of paddy procurement for the Yasangi from Telangana. While Minister Satyvathi Rathod led the protests at the agriculture […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based husband-wife duo Susurala V S Suresh and Mythreyi Kondapi has launched a first-of-its-kind tech-enabled device for physiotherapists and patients called Pheezee. The device aims to revolutionise the way patient assessments are done in the physiotherapy and rehabilitation space. After working on developing the product for two years and testing it in rehab centres […]
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Hyderabad: Tracking and tracing of international passengers arriving from non ‘at-risk’ countries to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad has become a challenge for surveillance teams of the State Health Department, as there is a lot of scope for such passengers to ‘slip through the cracks’ and trigger rapid transmission of Omicron variant among the […]
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Hyderabad: The present situation of the Omicron-driven Covid pandemic is indicating that the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is not as lethal as the Delta variant, which caused the second wave and claimed lives of many, senior health officials here on Sunday said. However, they added that there was no need for people to panic. Making […]
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Mancherial: Till recently, she was just another daily wage earner, singing folk songs while she went about agriculture activities. She was struggling to make both ends meet and was living in her unfinished house. This self-trained folk singer, Kummari Durgavva, turned into an internet sensation overnight for rendering the song, Adavi Thalli, in Pawan Kalyan’s […]
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Hyderabad: Big Boss Telugu 5 journey of 106 days ended on a high note with VJ Sunny lifting the coveted trophy, while Shanmukh Jaswanth and Sreerama Chandra emerged as the first and second runners-up respectively. VJ Sunny took home Rs 50 lakh cash and a plot worth Rs 25 lakh. SS Rajamouli, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir […]
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Hyderabad: Textiles and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao on Sunday lambasted the Union government for its proposed move to hike the GST on textiles and handloom products from the present five per cent to 12 per cent, effective January 1 next. “The textile and handloom sectors are already reeling under the impact of Covid […]
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Hyderabad: Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao, demanding the Centre drop its proposal to hike GST on textiles and handlooms from five per cent to 12 per cent on Sunday, said that SCs, STs and BCs who constitute 70 per cent of the families in the handloom sector would be the worst hit by the decision. […]
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Peddapalli: The National Thermal Power Corporation-Ramagundam has won the Telangana State Energy Conservation Award (TSECA)-2021 award. The Power giant was selected for the award for its outstanding performance in the field of energy conservation for the financial year 2020-21. Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan presented the award to NTPC officials in a programme organised by Telangana […]
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Rajanna-Sircilla: District Collector Anurag Jayanthi said the State government had introduced Dalit Bandhu scheme for the economic empowerment of Dalits in the State. Ensuring consistent employment to Dalits was the objective of the scheme, he said. The Collector was speaking at a review meeting with officials to discuss measures to be taken to implement the […]
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Karimnagar: Choppadandi MLA Sunke Ravishankar on Sunday appealed to TRS activists and farmers to ensure that the TRS-led protests in every village on Monday against the Union government’s decision not to procure paddy in this Yasangi season, a big success. The MLA organised a meeting with TRS leaders and workers from the constituency to discuss […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Buoyed by the success of the Bird Walk Festival in 2019, Forest Department officials are gearing up to host the second edition of the event aimed at exposing lensmen, birders and nature lovers to the rich avian community inhabiting the forests in the district on January 8 and 9. District Forest Officer […]
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Suryapet: Suryapet Municipal Chairperson Perumalla Annapurna Srinivas on Sunday said that protection of irrigation tanks was everyone’s responsibility. Suryapet Municipality, in association with Vishwa Sustainable Foundation, took up cleaning of wastes including plastic bottles and covers from Saddala Cheruvu in the town as part of Swachh Survekshan on Sunday. Launching the programme, the municipal chairperson […]
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Siddipet: The timely help extended by an NGO has helped an orphaned girl to excel in academics and move closer to her dream of becoming a doctor. Neerudi Vijayalakshmi (16), who lost her parents at a very young age of five years to suicide, was keen on becoming a doctor, which till a year ago, […]
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Medak: YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) president YS Sharmila launched her “Rythu Avedhana Yatra” from Medak distinct on Sunday. She met the family members of three farmers who committed suicide in Lingampally and Kanchanpally villages of Kowdipally Mandal. She met the wife and children of 25-year-old Gundla Srikanth who committed suicide at Kanchanpally village. Later, she […]
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Warangal: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday said the Centre was yet to respond to several issues facing the judiciary in the country, including the establishment of a Judicial Infrastructure Corporation and extending financial assistance to lawyers who lost their livelihood due to Covid pandemic. Justice Ramana, who was speaking after inaugurating a […]
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Siddipet: The first bio-gas plant in Telangana to produce CNG from household waste will be inaugurated in Siddipet on Monday. The plant, costing Rs 6 crore, has been set up at Swachha Badi in Basavapur. With the objective of putting wet waste collected from households in Siddipet town to best use, the civic authorities built […]
