Telangana

Hyderabad: Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC) said it will extend incentives for innovations and startups with rural impact. Named as Telangana State Innovations for Rural Impact Incentives (TSIRII) and hosted by TSIC, the incentives aim to augment market-viable innovations and startups with grassroots impact at various stages. The incentives will scale a proof of concept […]

Inaugurating the 19th edition of BioAsia, the annual flagship event of the life sciences industry, he said Covid has placed focus on the healthcare sector and there is a need for creating robust healthcare ecosystems.

Hyderabad: Telangana government continued to make major strides in ensuring quality healthcare services were available for the poor in government hospitals in 2021. The Telangana State Statistical Abstract-2021, released by Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS) here on Wednesday, indicated that the State made significant improvement in vital health care indices, which usually were employed […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao took a jibe at the Centre for lack of its support towards development in Telangana. As Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao dedicated the Mallanna Sagar reservoir to people of Telangana, he took to the social media asking people what was the union government’s contribution towards Kaleshwaram […]

Siddipet: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, who inaugurated Mallanna Sagar project by switching on the pump sets at Tukkapur in Thoguta Mandal on Wednesday, visited the Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy temple at Komuravelly to perform Abhisekham to the presiding deity with Godavari water. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the project, the Chief Minister said he had […]

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Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy on Wednesday said the State government was striving hard to provide irrigation facilities to one crore acres of agriculture lands in Telangana. Speaking after inaugurating the renovation works of Dhonigaon project in Sarangapur mandal, Indrakaran Reddy said the government was determined to irrigate agriculture fields located at the tail-end […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday suspended the transfer of a Hindi pandit on the grounds of discrimination by the State government. Suguna Bai, a Hindi pandit from Adilabad, a widow, was transferred to Asifabad. The panel reasoned that the constitution of new districts necessitated transfers but faulted the classification […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: District Collector Anurag Jayanthi on Wednesday said all arrangements are being made for Maha Shivaratri jatara scheduled to be held in Rajarajeshwara Swamy temple, Vemulwada, from February 28 to March 2. The Collector along with Superintendent of Police Rahul Hegde visited the shrine and inspected the arrangements being made for jatara. He inspected the […]

Hyderabad: Dhanavath Praise hit 141 to guide Nalgonda to a thumping 143-run victory over Wanaparthi in the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) U-16 Inter-district Cricket League at Adilabad on Wednesday. Rithwik Sai picked up five wickets for nine to help Mancherial down Nizamabad by 74 runs in another match. Brief Scores: Nalgonda 204/7 in 25 overs […]

Mahabubabad: Stating that BJP MPs from Telangana had failed to ensure that promises made to the State in the AP Reorganisation Act are fulfilled by the Centre, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Wednesday demanded that the BJP MPs from Telangana immediately resign from their posts if they are really committed […]

Hyderabad: The State has achieved a near-zero overall dropout rate in primary schools in 2019-20, while the dropout rate in upper primary schools was negligible, at 0.06 per cent as of 2019-20. These statistics were revealed in the Telangana State Statistical Abstract 2021 released by the Telangana State Development Planning Society, Planning department on Wednesday. […]

Mahabubabad: In a shocking and tragic incident, a 23-year-old woman from Alair village of Nellikuduru mandal in the district, who was allegedly gang raped on February 17, died at the government area hospital here late on Tuesday after she attempted suicide on February 18. According to sources, police found a suicide note on her bed […]

Kothagudem: Steps will be taken to find a permanent solution to the drinking water problem in Kothagudem, stated MLA Vanama Venkateshwar Rao. Around Rs 130 crore would be required to address the problem and the matter would be taken to the notice of the State government seeking to sanction the funds, the MLA said speaking […]

Khammam: Elected members of local bodies have to play an active role in the implementation of Mana Ooru Mana Badi, Zilla Parishad Chairman L Kamal Raju said on Wednesday. He chaired the ZP general body meeting here on Wednesday. The meeting took up Mana Ooru Mana Badi as the main agenda for discussion at the […]

Mancherial: Vexed by the internal bickering among cadres and lack of efficient leaders in the party, Jaipur mandal Congress president Chippakurthi Venkanna resigned from the post and primary membership of the party on Wednesday. Venkanna quit the party citing infighting among the party leaders. He stated that the party had no leaders to lead it […]

Mahabubabad: Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) will help students gain computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing, among others, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao said on Wednesday. The Minister was speaking after inaugurating the ATL established at the ZPHS, Thorrur. The lab was set up at a cost of Rs 20 lakh under […]

Karimnagar: Movie critic and secretary of Federation of Film Societies of India (southern region) Ponnam Ravichandra has been selected as jury member for the MDOC Melgaco International Documentary Film Festival. The week-long documentary film festival will be held in Portugal from August 1 to 7. International Federation of Film societies (IFFS) jury coordinator Atle Hunnes […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar on Wednesday said that besides allocating land, steps have been taken to construct vaikunta dhamams (crematoriums) and graveyards for all religions in Karimnagar. The Minister was speaking after inaugurating a modernised vaikunta dhamam on the banks of Manair vagu near the cable bridge on the outskirts […]

Siddipet: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao stated that the country was moving in the wrong direction which would prove detrimental to all and it was time that people of the country take the initative to set things right and end the autocratic rule. Likening communal tensions to cancer, he vowed to fight all his might […]

A large number of youth and women gathered at the shopping mall to have a glimpse of the actress. There was some jostling and the police used force to disperse the crowd, in which couple of youth received injuries.

Although the secondary and tertiary sectors contracted by 2.1 per cent and 3.9 per cent respectively at constant prices, they still fared better than the much steeper contractions at the national level.

In the past, before Telangana gained Statehood, thousands of small farmers with land holdings of one to three acres were a frustrated lot in the face of little or no irrigation facilities, erratic monsoons and depleting groundwater tables.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao addressing the gathering during the inauguration of Mallannasagar