Telangana

Hyderabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar directed that schools should be closed early and instructed Collectors to prepare district specific heat wave plans in the wake of Met department forecast that day temperatures would increase further in the coming days. Efforts should be made to ensure all amenities to students appearing for examinations. The education department […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar along with the representatives of TTD Hyderabad on Wednesday examined the proposed site for the construction of Venkateshwara Swamy temple at Padmanagar in the outskirts of Karimnagar town. Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam (TTD) has decided to construct Venkateshwara temple in the sprawling ten acres of land in […]

Hyderabad: In view of the heat wave forecast, the School Education department has reduced the timings of half-day schools to be followed from March 31 to April 6. The primary, upper primary and high schools under all managements i.e., government, aided and private will function from 8 am to 11.30 am, Director of School Education, […]

Hyderabad: A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and two Inspectors from Telangana were nominated for United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) along with the police officials from other States for 2022-24. DSP Venkatagiri Panakanti and two Inspectors Patlola Madhusudhan Reddy and Koppula Nagender Rao from Telangana who […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Wednesday demanded that the union government take up a nation-wide caste census and revise the reservations for various castes accordingly. The party moved a motion for suspension of rules to discuss caste census in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in this regard, reminding that the BJP government at […]

Hyderabad: The Railways is carrying out a total 16 projects (nine new lines and seven doubling) costing Rs 31,281 crore for 2,495 km length falling fully/partly in Telangana which are under different stages of planning/ approval/ execution. Of this, 155 km length of nine new line projects at a cost of Rs 3,338 crore and […]

Mancherial: A student of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Centre of Excellence (TSWR CoE)-Bellampalli was selected as a jawan of Border Security Force (BSF) by excelling in a written examination held by Staff Selection Commission (SSC). He was felicitated on the premises of the campus on Wednesday. Principal Inala Saidulu said that Suryavamshi Shivaprasad, a student […]

Sangareddy: The man, who was accused of harassing his wife for dowry and killing her, was convicted by a Sangareddy Court and sentenced for rigorous life imprisonment on Wednesday. The convict Preetham Singh was married to Varsha Singh in 2004. The couple, who used to live in Isnapur under Patancheru Police Station limits, had two […]

Hyderabad: Candidates intending to apply for various posts notified by the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) should mandatorily register themselves with the TSPSC’s One-Time Registration (OTR) on Commission’s website www.tspsc.gov.in. Those who have already registered should update their details as per new Presidential Order 2018. The Commission has introduced a new OTR in view […]

Jangaon: Demanding that the Centre procure entire paddy produced during this Yasangi season in Telangana, the general body meeting of the Jangaon Zilla Parishad has passed a resolution unanimously on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by ZP chairman Pagala Sampath Reddy. The ZP meeting has also passed another resolution asking the Central government not […]

Hyderabad: Apart from ensuring water to the wildlife during summer season, Forest department officials face another task of curbing poaching near watering holes. During summer season, wild animals quench their thirst at these watering holes. Taking undue advantage of the situation, poachers set up snares, traps, nets, electric wires around the watering holes in forest […]

Kothagudem: An agriculture extension officer (AEO) was trapped by ACB sleuths at Papakollu in Julurpad mandal in the district on Wednesday. The accused, Bezawada Manikanta was said to have demanded Rs 30, 000 as bribe to process a file related to Rs 5 lakh Rythu Bima of a deceased female farmer Banoth Chukkali of Annarupadu […]

Khammam: The State government has extended life tax exemption to physically challenged persons with left leg disability, informed Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. He said the Transport Department has given life tax exemption to all motor vehicles with automatic transmission (non-transport vehicles) driven by PwDs with left leg disability at the instructions of Chief Minister […]

Hyderabad: Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod on Wednesday accused the BJP of resorting to opportunistic politics on the 10 per cent increase in reservations for STs in the State. “If the reservations issue was within the purview of the State, why is the Centre then failing to announce it officially?” she asked, referring to a […]

Hyderabad: The new financial year has arrived. While one has time for tax related planning, it will be prudent to develop a habit of keeping a tab on the income and the spending. The Income Tax department last year introduced an Annual Information Statement (AIS) that captures various transactions. Currently, Form 26AS displays TDS/TCS transactions […]

Karimnagar: Additional DGP (Road Safety), Sandeep Shandilya opined that it was possible to control road accidents through continuous safety measures. They managed to reduce 500 road accidents during the last one year period by taking various safety measures. The Addl DGP organized a meeting with the police officials of Karimnagar and Ramagundam police commissionerates, Rajanna-Sircilla, […]

Hyderabad: Prohibition and Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud on Wednesday called upon the Goud community to teach a fitting lesson to politicians making derogatory remarks against toddy tappers. Neera and toddy, which have medicinal values to treat 15 types of diseases, was banned in the city in undivided Andhra Pradesh, he said, after reviewing the […]

Hyderabad: The Vikarabad police have arrested one person allegedly involved in the rape and murder of a girl at Angadichittempally village in Chengomul police station limits on Sunday night. The arrested person, C Mahender (20), a resident of Angadichittempally village, stayed near the victim’s house and befriended her on the pretext of marriage. Believing him, […]

In a statement here on Wednesday Kothagudem DSP Venkateshwara Babu informed that the accused, Burugu Mutyalu and Chintala alias Matta Krishna were taken into custody on Tuesday and during investigation they confessed to their crime.

Hyderabad: The State Council of Educational Research and Training, a wing of the School Education department, on Wednesday released a timetable for the Summative Assessment (SA) II exams for Classes I to IX which will be held from April 7 to 16. The exams for Classes I to V will be conducted from 9.30 am […]

Warangal: Much to the surprise and joy of the chilli farmers, the Desi variety chilli has created history by fetching Rs 52,000 per quintal on Tuesday at the Enumamula agriculture market here. The same variety of chilli got a record price of Rs 48,000 per quintal on March 22, while the same variety was sold […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao found fault with Congress former president Rahul Gandhi over the latter’s remarks on the ongoing paddy procurement issue, terming that he was clearly misinformed and misguided on ground realities. Rahul Gandhi criticised both the TRS and BJP governments for politicising the issue. In a series of […]

Hyderabad: An overall look at the Group III cadre posts may help aspirants draw a clear plan of action according to desired post The Government of Telangana has announced a total of 1,373 posts in the Group III cadre. The posts under the Group III cadre are: 1. Senior Accountant (Government Life Insurance Sub-Service) 2. […]

Hyderabad: After initiating the process to allot 16 percent of contracts related to sanitation, security and diet at government hospitals to entrepreneurs from the SC community, the State government is in the process of devising a mechanism to introduce a similar initiative for medical shops that are located within the campus of all government hospitals. […]