Telangana

Hyderabad: The steady surge in daily Omicron variant Covid-19 infections in Telangana has continued with health authorities on Tuesday reporting 2,983 positive cases out of which 1,206 were from areas under the GHMC. The health authorities also have reported two Covid-19 fatalities on Tuesday, taking the overall number of deaths in TS to 4,062. The […]

Kothagudem: The district task force team took up a demolition drive of illegal structures in Kothagudem on Tuesday. The task force team comprising R&B, revenue, police, irrigation and municipal officials partially demolished two structures at Gautham Nagar in Patha Kothagudem. The local councillors tried to resist the demolition but were taken into custody by police. […]

Hyderabad: Due to spike in Covid-19 cases across the country, the appointments at the Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs)/ Passport Seva Laghu Kendra (PSLK) and Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (PoPSKs) functioning under Regional Passport Office (RPO) of Hyderabad, have been reduced by 50 per cent tiIl January 31. Accordingly, the Public Enquiry Counter in the […]

Warangal/Mulugu: In a joint operation by Chhattisgarh State police, CRPF and Telangana State police including the elite Greyhounds, three members of the outlawed CPI Maoists were killed in an encounter in the Karriguttalu forest area on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh State border in the wee hours of Tuesday, while a woman Maoist was killed in the border […]

Sangareddy: As many as 236 persons including students, faculty and staff tested positive for Covid-19 at the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) campus as on Tuesday. According to sources at the campus, 186 students, 50 faculty and staff tested positive for Covid-19. Since the first case was reported on January 6, the number of Covid-19 […]

Khammam: In the wake of increase in number of cases of Covid-19 its variants Omicron and Delta, the district administration should fully be equipped to handle the situation, suggested Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The minister held a meeting with the district officials here on Tuesday to review the measures being taken to contain the […]

Warangal: Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy has assured farmers whose crops were damaged due to the recent unseasonal rains that suitable compensation would be given to them after a report is submitted to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. Following directions from the Chief Minister, he along with Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Rythu Bandhu […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili on Tuesday heard a PIL filed by Sree Rastriya Vanara Sena against government in initiating land acquisition proceedings proposing to acquire the land in Seetharampur village of Shabad mandal in Rangareddy admeasuring Ac 1148.12 gts belonging […]

Mahabubnagar: Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday said the State BJP leaders, who failed to question the Central government’s discrimination towards Telangana, however, make tall claims about the development plans for the State. “The Central government sanctioned 157 medical colleges for different States in the country but not one was sanctioned to […]

Hyderabad: To facilitate the passengers during Sankranti festival, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation operated 4000 additional buses from Hyderabad to various destinations, in Telangana and other neighbouring states. The corporation transported 55 lakh passengers without levying any additional charges. TSRTC earned Rs 107 crore during this festive season. TSRTC Chairman Baji Reddy Goverdhan and […]

Hyderabad: The Tribal Welfare department has invited applications for sports coaches to work on outsourcing basis in disciplines-Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Volleyball, Basketball and Athletics in the Tribal Welfare Model Sports Schools in the State. The vacancies were available in AHS Kothaguda, Mahabubabad district, AHS (B) Jatarla, Adilabad district, AHS (Boys) Kinnerasani, Bhadradri Kothagudem district, AHS (Girls) […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: District Collector Anurag Jayanthi on Tuesday instructed officials to complete Sircilla mini-stadium works by February 15. The Collector inspected ongoing works of the mini-stadium being constructed in Sircilla municipality limits and enquired about the progress of works. Speaking on the occasion, Anurag Jayanthi said mini-stadium was being constructed in four acres of land by […]

Sangareddy: Sangareddy police have nabbed a highway robbery gang that was involved in stealing goats and sheep brought to Hyderabad meat markets from Maharashtra. The police team under the leadership of Patancheru Inspector N Venugopal Reddy seized a country-made pistol, seven live rounds of bullets, 60 sheep, one Bolero vehicle, Rs 1.51 cash, three knives […]

Kothagudem: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Director (Finance) N Balaram congratulated the company employee Anthoti Prabhakar who won awards in recent international art competitions. The employee who works in the Singareni head office personnel department welfare wing has proved his mettle as a cartoonist, caricaturist and painter. His works have been selected for the art […]

Karimnagar: Sleuths of Anti Corruption Bureau trapped Executive Engineer, Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, PV Raman, while accepting Rs 17,000 bribe from a contractor at his chamber in the Corporation office here on Tuesday. According to ACB police, Raman demanded Rs 17,000 from a contractor Madhu to clear his bills. Not interested in paying the bribe, the […]

Hyderabad: Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao has tested positive for Covid-19. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Dr Srinivasa Rao said, “Due to mild symptoms, I got myself tested in a laboratory, which confirmed that it was Covid-19. I am getting hospitalised and isolating myself and for necessary symptomatic treatment.” […]

Jagtial: TRS activists and farmers staged a protest and burnt effigies of Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Aravind in Metpalli and Korutla areas, opposing the MP’s visit to the district on Tuesday. The MP was scheduled to tour Mularampur, Godur, Barthipur and Chittapur on Tuesday. Opposing Aravind’s visit, TRS workers and farmers staged protest and raised “Go […]

Hyderabad: The Commissionerate of Collegiate Education (CCE) has instructed all government and private aided degree colleges in the State to take online classes for students till further orders. In a circular issued on Tuesday, the CCE directed principals to ensure that all faculty members take online classes so as to implement the academic instructions as […]

Hyderabad: As a part of the lecture series under the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) elective course, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is going to hold two online lectures, ‘Sweeter than Honey: The Advent and Rise of Classical Telugu Literature’ and ‘Conquest of the World: Krishnadevaraya’s Amuktamalyada’. Distinguished scholar, translator, and musician Dr Srinivas […]

Nagarkurnool: Two beautiful sculptures of the Kakatiya period are found lying in utter neglect among the bushes at the famous Shiva temple at Umamaheswaram in Nagarkurnool district. A life size sculpture of Siva and a Nandi idol carved out of black basalt stone were noticed by Dr. E. Sivanagireddy, archaeologist during his explorations conducted near […]

Hyderabad: The State health department on Tuesday released an advisory on the use of the medicines provided in home isolation kit for Covid positive individuals. The home isolation medical kit provided for free of cost to persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 at all the Government health care facilities, contains seven medicines including Azithromycin (antibiotics/ […]

Hyderabad: Telangana government urged the Union Health Ministry to include all citizens above 60 years for the precautionary dose of Covid vaccine irrespective of their comorbidities and consider booster doses to all the citizens above 18 years of age. Telangana Health Minister, T Harish Rao, in a letter to Union Health Minister, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya […]

Mulugu: Three Maoists were killed in an encounter with the police in Venkatapuram (Nuguru) mandal close to Chattishgarh border in Mulugu district in the early hours of Tuesday. Sources said a constable of Greyhounds, the elite anti-Naxal squad of Telangana State, sustained injuries in the incident. It is suspected that divisional level leaders of the […]

Hyderabad: In an effort to improve infrastructure and quality of education in government schools, the State Cabinet has decided to take up the ambitious ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ as a flagship programme with a budget of Rs 7,289.54 crore in three phases over a period of three years. A total 19.84 lakh students in 26,065 government […]