Telangana

Khammam: As many as 1.15 lakh rapid test kits were available in Kothagudem district to conduct Covid tests, informed District Collector Anudeep Durishetty. Similarly around 58,000 home isolation kits were available to be provided to those test positive for Covid, the Collector said here on Thursday. He informed that an isolation centre has been set […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s vision and passion towards agriculture sector, besides efficient service of the employees, had increased the popularity of Agriculture department manifold among people, said Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Thursday. Seven years ago, the Agriculture department was neglected but after TRS came to power, the department gained significance, he […]

Siddipet: Historians of Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam (KTCB) have discovered an inscription belonging to 14th century AD in agriculture fields at Dommata village of Cheriyal Mandal in Siddipet district. During exploration, a member of KTCB, Kolipaka Srinivas, found the inscription recently. Srinivas forwarded the digital images of the inscription to Sriramoju Haragopal, the founder of […]

Jeddah: In a major relief for US bound travellers, Dubai-based Emirates Airlines announced on Thursday that it will operate select flights to Boston, Houston and San Francisco using A-380 aircraft. It may be mentioned here that a majority of Telugu NRIs and other travellers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh travel between US and India through […]

Warangal: Quality consciousness should be the culture of universities and it should become a continuous process to achieve better grading in the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation, said Kakatiya University (KU), Warangal, Vice-Chancellor Prof Thatikonda Ramesh. The KU is making all its efforts to achieve the best grading despite shortage of faculty and […]

Sangareddy: An entire family of three committed suicide at Vandanapuri Colony under Ameenpur Police Station limits. Though the incident happened two or three days ago, it came to light on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Srikanth Goud (42), his wife Anamika (40) and their only daughter Snigdha (7). While Srikanth Goud was found […]

Hyderabad: The State government is all set to launch door-to-door fever survey across Telangana from Friday to quickly identify individuals with Covid-19 symptoms, supply medicine kits and isolate them immediately, which potentially could break the transmission chains of the Omicron variant driven Covid third wave. The door-to-door fever survey will be implemented through a combined […]

Jagtial: Three persons of a family were murdered by unidentified persons in Tarakaramanagar of Jagtial rural mandal on Thursday. According to police, two groups clashed during a meeting held in Erukala Sangham Bhavan in TR Nagar of Jagtial rural mandal on Thursday. Jaganatham Nageshwar Rao and his two sons Rambabu and Ramesh, who participated in […]

Hyderabad: The last date for submitting online applications for the Telangana Gurukulam Under Graduate Common Entrance Test (TGUGCET)– 2022 has been extended up to February 3. Earlier, the last date was January 19. The registration deadline has been extended in view of the declaration of holidays for all educational institutions in the State. For online […]

Medak: An unidentified person broke into the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Vana Durga Bhavani temple in Edupayala, Papannapet mandal in the district during the intervening hours of Wednesday and Thursday and decamped with Rs 80,000 cash and other valuables dropped by devotees in the temple hundi. In the CCTV footage, only one miscreant was seen […]

Karimnagar: Upset by his brother and sister allegedly cheating him, a 42-year-old man committed suicide by consuming pesticide. The deceased Thipparapu Srinivasa Chary recorded a selfie video before taking the extreme step. Chary, a resident of Thirumalanagar in Karimnagar town, consumed pesticide in his house on Wednesday night. The family members shifted him to hospital […]

The accused attacked the shepherds, who tried to prevent them from robbing the sheep. One shepherd Yadaiah suffered injuries in the attack and has been hospitalized.

With daily Covid infections rising steadily, a door- to-door campaign to identify individuals with fevers on the spot and distribute the home isolation medical kits to them, is likely to be taken up in the coming days.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South District), Benita Mary Jaiker, confirmed that nothing suspicious was found at the spot.

Ramagundam: Residents of Kundanapalli are again raising their voices against ash enveloping their village. The ash pond of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is located beside Kundanapalli of Ramagundam mandal. Whenever there is a strong wind, especially in the summer season, ash spreads in surrounding areas and envelops Kundanapalli, and hence, the residents of […]

Hyderabad: The police force in the capital city is facing the heat of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, with huge numbers of police personnel contracting the virus while being on active duty. Despite getting nearly 95 per cent of its force vaccinated against Covid-19, the police department has been hit by the virus. […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Wednesday issued orders for payment of three pending dearness allowance (DAs) to government employees, officers and pensioners. The DAs will be paid along with the salary/pension of January 2022 payable on February 1. The arrears for the period from July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 will be credited to […]

Hyderabad: The representatives of Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers (TNGOs) Association on Wednesday urged the State government to facilitate mutual and spouse transfers at the earliest in various departments in Telangana. They also sought the government to resolve issues pertaining to options procedure for seniors and juniors in local cadre transfers taken up as per GO 317. […]

Narayanpet: The sleuths of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught Marikal Tahsildar and Joint Sub-Registrar S Sridhar red-handed at his office in Narayanpet district where he demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 20,000. He was arrested for seeking the bribe from a complainant for succession of agriculture land from her husband’s name to her name. […]

Khammam: Meat vendors here demanded the municipal officials to restore a slaughterhouse-meat market they demolished in defiance of a court stay order. Speaking to media persons on Wednesday, the traders Md Ishaq, Md Miraj, Qadir, Khaja and Munwar stated that around 150 families have been dependent on the market for the past seven decades. But […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Wednesday registered a significant surge in daily Omicron variant Covid-19 infections with health authorities reporting 3,557 positive cases out of which 1474 were from areas under GHMC. The health authorities also have reported three Covid-19 fatalities on Wednesday, taking the overall number of deaths in TS to 4,065. The active Covid-19 positive […]

Mulugu: Secretary of the JMWP (Jayashankar, Mulugu, Warangal and Peddapally) Division Committee of the CPI-Maoist, Venkatesh, has alleged that the police of Telangana and Chattisgarh had fired on Maoists cadre after they gathered information about the movement of Maoists and killed three Maoists in a fake encounter in the Karriguttalu forest area on the Telangana-Chattisgarh […]

Khammam: The State government was laying emphasis on the development of infrastructure in urban areas, stated Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The Minister inaugurated CC roads newly laid with an expenditure of Rs 1.89 crore in five municipal divisions here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, he said with the funds and support provided by […]

Karimnagar: A gram panchayat has adopted an innovative method to ensure payment of long-pending property tax by establishment – dump garbage in front of their premises. The Islampur gram panchayat in Gandadhar mandal, at its general body meeting held on December 22, took serious note of the defaulters and decided to take serious action against […]