Telangana

Hyderabad: Former Chief Minister of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and Congress senior leader Konijeti Rosaiah passed away in Hyderabad on Saturday morning. He was 88. He is survived by his wife Sivalakshmi, sons KS Subba Rao and KSN Murthy, and daughter P Rama Devi. Rosaiah reportedly had a low pulse rate and also indicated low blood […]

Sangareddy: Sarvodaya Grama Seva Foundation (SGSF), an NGO established by a team of doctors and income tax officials, set up Mini Sports Academies in three Zila Parishad High schools for students. The SGSF had set up mini-libraries in the same three schools in the past. The Sports Academies, which will have facilities for training in […]

Mancherial: Violence against elderly persons continues to exist in society in one form or the other. Many senior citizens are struggling to live with their sons, daughters and siblings for whom they had made many sacrifices, even as they battle with illnesses and age-related issues. For instance, Vijaya (name changed), a 70-year-old resident of Chennur […]

Wanaparthy: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sanctioned Rs 10.25 crore from Special Development Fund (SDF) for various development works in the Wanaparthy district. While Rs 5 crore will be spent for constructing town hall in Wanaparthy district headquarters, the remaining will be utilised for the construction of multi-purpose buildings for all communities in seven mandal […]

Population may be around 32 or even more, up from 26 in the last census in 2018-19

Hyderabad: The Revenue Department, which has a large interface with the public, especially in districts to carry out various transactions on a daily basis, continues to top the list in the number of bribe cases booked against its employees in 2021. A total of 99 employees from the department were booked this year on charges […]

Hyderabad: Adventurous males who are prone to groping women are in for a shock, literally, if the lady is wearing a particular kind of coat aptly named ‘Abhaya’. The coat, developed by three Hyderabad-based BTech graduates, including a designer, not only sends a jolt of electricity up the hands of the miscreant but also triggers […]

Hyderabad: TRS Parliament members on Friday came down heavily against the statement made by Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal in the Rajya Sabha on paddy procurement from Telangana State. They said the BJP State leaders claimed that the Centre will purchase every grain of paddy from Telangana for Yasangi (Rabi) season, but […]

Hyderabad: The talks conducted by the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) with leaders of various unions here on Friday to avert a three-day strike by the employees from November 9 were inconclusive. The SCCL said if the unions withdraw the decision of going on strike, then it would avoid unnecessary losses to the company which […]

Siddipet: Members of Karnataka BC Commission led by BC Commission Chairman Jayaprkash Hegde visited BC Welfare Residential Degree College and Residential School at Wargal in Sididpet district on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, Jayaprkash Hegde hailed the commitment of the Telangana government towards the welfare of Backward Classes.Telangana BC Commission Chairman Vakulabaranam Krishna Mohan explained […]

Khammam: As many as 99 students of Swarna Bharathi Institute of Technology (SBIT) in Khammam have secured jobs in recent campus placements, stated the college chairman, Gundala Krishna. In a statement here on Friday, he said around 21 students from CSE, ECE and mechanical engineering departments of the college have been selected for project engineer […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court expressed dissatisfaction against the government in matters pertaining to land acquisition and rehabilitation for the Kaleshwaram project. The Bench was dealing with a batch of 10 cases pertaining to content appeals which challenged the imprisonment orders against the authorities and also about 90 other cases which […]

Sangareddy: During a departmental inquiry on Narayankhed Area Hospital Superindent Dr Narsing Chouhan, who was accused of misbehaving with a trainee ANM, several staff members, patients and local representatives complained that he always used to behave rudely with patients and staff. District Coordinator of Health Services (DCHS), Dr Sangareddy, Superintendent Dr Prasanth, Senior Assistant Sathish […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and MAUD Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant national project status to either Kaleshwaram or Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme. In a tweet, he said, “Humble appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Telangana CM KCR had appealed to you several times to grant national […]

Hyderabad: Health Minister T Harish Rao has urged Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya to reduce the period between the two doses of Covishield vaccine and allow booster doses to be administered to frontline workers, healthcare workers and high-risk groups in Telangana. Harish Rao, in a letter to the Union Minister […]

Warangal: In what can be termed as ‘honour killing’, a woman with the help of her mother allegedly killed her daughter for having an ‘affair’ with a man from a lower caste at Parvathagiri village in the district. While the two tried to project the death as suicide in the early hours of November 20, […]

Hyderabad: The Centre refused to budge from its stand on paddy procurement from Telangana, stating that it will not purchase parboiled rice from the State for Yasangi season. The Union government was also not willing to consider the State’s demand to come up with the raw rice procurement target for Yasangi. Replying to a question […]

Jangaon: Three members of a family were killed when the car in which they were travelling in rammed a mini-truck following a tyre bust near Vanaparthy village of Lingala Ganapuram in the district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Ginna Shekar Reddy (65), a businessman; his wife Dhanlakshmi (60) and their son Raghuma Reddy […]

Hyderabad: Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday sought to blame the Telangana government, claiming that the State government had failed to supply the quantity of rice as per the agreement. In Vaanakalam 2020-21 season, Telangana was expected to supply 50 lakh tonnes of rice but delivered only 32.66 lakh tonnes. In […]

Hyderabad: Three days after registering a case against city-based Nandi Grain Derivatives Private Limited for allegedly duping Bank of Baroda to the tune of Rs 61.86 crore, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out searches at half a dozen places in Hyderabad and Kurnool and seized several incriminating documents. The names of two company […]

Karimnagar: At least 100 students of Social Welfare Girls Residential School, Choppadandi, took ill after having lunch on Friday. They complained of stomach-ache and started vomiting following food poisoning. The school staff shifted the students to a local government hospital, and subsequently, 35 of the 100 students were shifted to Karimnagar district headquarters government hospital […]

Hyderabad: The detection of Omicron variant and the possibility of resurgence of Covid infections has made health authorities in several States including Telangana to insist that people at public places carry vaccine certificates. While such a move will go a long way in ensuring people are made aware about the importance of getting administered with […]

Adilabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar instructed the district authorities to chalk out an action plan and achieve the target set for administering vaccines against Covid-19 by December 22. The Chief Secretary held a review meeting on the ongoing vaccination drive with District Collectors, Additional Collectors and authorities of Health and Medical Department from erstwhile Adilabad […]

Siddipet: In a shocking and gruesome incident, a man killed his one-year-old daughter by tying her ankles with electric wires and switching on the power at his farm in Venkatraopet village in Thoguta Mandal on Friday. Later, he consumed pesticide and attempted suicide. He was rushed to RVM Hospital near Mulug in Siddipet district. Mirudoddi […]