Telangana

Hyderabad: Taking shelter under technicalities, Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal once again washed his hands off over paddy procurement from Telangana State. “It is the responsibility of Telangana State government to procure paddy and supply rice to the Central government and the Central government has no role in paddy procurement as Telangana […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Foresters of the Kaghaznagar forest division spotted Malabar whistling thrush, a native of Western and Eastern ghats, in the forest near Daregaon village in Kaghaznagar mandal recently. Penchikalpet Forest Range Officer S Venugopal and the forest department’s photographer Rajesh Kanny found the bird that produces unique whistles when they were birding in […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Physical Education Common Entrance Test (TS PECET) 2021 first phase counselling for admissions into BPEd/DPEd courses offered by various universities in the State will commence from December 11. Candidates can register online, pay the processing fee and upload scanned copies of the certificates for online verification up to December 19, TS […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Tukaramji Reddy, on Wednesday heard in detail a writ plea filed by Turupu Anitha and a ward member contending that the MLAs and MLCs were being given the discretion to choose to be the ex-officio members of […]

Kothagudem: Police distributed blankets to tribal families living at Mulakanapalli village in Dummugudem mandal in the district on Wednesday. At a programme organised by Dummugudem police, Bhadrachalam ASP, Akshansh Yadav, along with CI, Venkateshwarlu handed over blankets to around 90 families at the Gothikoya habitation located on the Chhattisgarh border. Speaking on the occasion, ASP […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao came down heavily on the Central government on Wednesday for changing its paddy procurement policy without proper planning and deciding not to procure parboiled rice. The Centre’s decision has had an impact not only on Telangana, but also the neighbouring States of Andhra Pradesh and […]

Sangareddy: A total of 466 students of Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) got placement offers, including 34 international ones, from 104 companies during phase-1 of the Campus Placements drive held between December 1 and 7. The entire process was held online with students attending job interviews from their respective homes across the country. A total […]

Jagtial: In a tragic incident, a farmer was burnt alive in his agriculture field at Veldurthi in Jagtial rural mandal on Tuesday afternoon. The incident came to light late in the night when family members found his charred body in the field. According to police, Pothuganti Laxman Goud (54) set fire to paddy stubs in […]

Hyderabad: Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday said the net zero energy buildings would directly help in growing the economy and improve the quality of life through advances in measurement science, and new standards and technologies. Speaking after laying foundation stone for ‘Vidyut Niyantran Bhavan’ of Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC), she said the building […]

Mancherial: District Collector Bharati Hollikeri toured Bellampalli and Thandur mandals and created awareness among farmers over crop diversification on Wednesday. Speaking at an awareness programme held at Budakhurd village in Bellampalli mandal, Bharati opined that fertility of the soil would be affected if a single crop was raised. She advised farmers to go for alternate […]

Peddapalli: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of various trade unions at Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) have decided to go ahead with the 72-hour strike from Thursday as the talks with management at Regional Labour Commissioner, Hyderabad on Wednesday failed. Though both SCCL and JAC leaders decided to sit once again to discuss demands at […]

Nalgonda: Members of Nagarjuna Sagar Hydropower Plant Employees Sang (NSHES) on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration at the main hydropower plant at Nagarjuna Sagar in protest against the Electricity Amendment Bill scheduled to be introduced during the ongoing winter session of Parliament by the Centre. The employees of the power plant participated in the protest […]

Khammam: Candidates contesting the Khammam Local Authorities’ Constituency (LAC) MLC election have to produce evidence of having received two shots of Covid vaccine, said District Collector VP Gautham. The Collector along with Commissioner of Police (CP), Vishnu S Warrier held a meeting with contesting candidates here on Wednesday. He said besides the candidates, their polling […]

Nizamabad: Three persons including two hailing from Punjab were found murdered in Nizamabad district. The incident happened in a shed in Dichpally mandal around midnight on Tuesday, police officials said. They said that unidentified persons murdered the trio, who were in the age group of 28-45 and were harvester mechanics. The police said the motive […]

Sircilla: District Collector Anurag Jayanthi on Wednesday said all arrangements had been made for the Karimnagar Local Authorities Constituency MLC election scheduled on December 10. The Collector and Superintendent of Police Rahul Hegde inspected arrangements for LAC polling in Zilla Parishad office here. Speaking on the occasion, he sought the cooperation of the candidates and […]

Suryapet: Suryapet police foiled a murder plan targeting Davula Veeraprasad, a TRS ZPTC member of Jajireddygudem, with the arrest of four persons including two rowdy-sheeters at Seetharampuram Colony in the town. One knife, three sickles and a kg of ganja were also seized from them. The arrested have been identified as Lingampally Sudhakar(32), Lingampally Sanjay […]

Adilabad: Elaborate arrangements have been made for the conduct of polls to Adilabad Local Authorities Constituency (LAC) on Dec 10. The seat is going to see elections for the first time in the recent history of the district. Eight polling stations have been created for helping electors to cast their first priority votes. The stations […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately stall the auction of four coal blocks belonging to Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) by the Union Coal Ministry. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Chandrashekhar Rao said SCCL was playing a key role in meeting the coal […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board on Wednesday said the candidates provisionally selected for direct recruitment of Assistant Public Prosecutors must download details of their provisional selection and attestation form by logging onto their respective user accounts on board website: www.tslprb.in. In view of the present pandemic situation, the attestation forms (meant to be […]

Nalgonda: A youth, Pathulothu Kishan (29), was electrocuted at Gonya thanda of Adavidevulapally mandal in Nalgonda district on Wednesday. According to Adavidevulapally Sub-Inspector Veerashaker, the victim came in contact with a live electricity wire when he touched a supporting wire of an electricity pole. He went to an open place near his house to answer […]

Nalgonda: Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over paddy procurement from farmers by the State government. The Governor, accompanied by district officials, inspected PACS paddy procurement centres at Arjalabavai and Anishetti Duppalapally in Nalgonda district and interacted with the farmers there. Interacting with Mandai Madhusudan Reddy, a farmer from Cherlapally village, she inquired about […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: District Collector Pamela Satpathy on Wednesday urged farmers to take up the cultivation of crops that required low investment and yield a higher profit. The Collectors was speaking after visiting the agriculture field of Balaswamy, a farmer who took up the cultivation of ten verities of crops on one-acre land at Sikhinder Nagar of […]

Hyderabad: The Forest department on Wednesday arrested a farmer and two other persons for attempting to sell the nails and teeth of a leopard after killing and burning it in Srisailam forest. Producing K Krishnaiah and his two accomplices before the media, Nagarkurnool district forest officer Krishna Goud said the leopard died after being caught […]

Nizamabad: Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy on Wednesday slammed the opposition parties for misguiding people on various issues. Addressing beneficiaries of 2BHK houses after handing over the documents of the houses at Velpur in the district, he cautioned the people to be aware of those who create confusion among them. “It is always […]