Telangana

Yadadri-Bhongir: Pushpa Alankarana Seva darshan was launched at Sri Yadadri Lakshminarsimha Swamy temple on Friday by the temple authorities. As a part of newly launched facility, the devotees would get the opportunity to have a darshan of the presiding deity of Sri Lakshminarsimha Swamy when pushpa alankarana performed by the temple priests. The price of […]

Hyderabad: After experiencing heavy rains during the monsoon, the Nizamabad district has started registering a dip in temperatures with the onset of winter forcing many people to wear woolen sweaters to protect themselves from cool weather. For the last few days, the entire district was enveloped with fog in the morning forcing people, especially farmers […]

Hyderabad: The BJP in Telangana demanded the TRS government slash Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel as done by the BJP-ruled states after the Centre cut the excise duty on fuel. State BJP chief Bandi Sanjay demanded that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) reduce VAT to provide relief to common man. He pointed […]

Hyderabad: A man died when an airgun allegedly misfired at a house in a village in Siddipet district of Telangana on Thursday, police said. The man (aged about 20), who resides in Hyderabad, was on a visit to the village along with his friends and they were taking a look at the airgun in the […]

Hyderabad: Governors and Chief Ministers of the two Telugu states on Thursday greeted people on the occasion of Diwali. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan conveyed her heartiest greetings to the people of the state on the auspicious occasion of Deepavali.She stated in her message that the festival of lights signifies the victory of righteousness over the […]

Khammam: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has been extending financial assistance to every person who applied for assistance under Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF), said ZP Chairman, Lingala Kamal Raju. He handed over CMRF cheques worth Rs 27.71 lakh to a total of 69 beneficiaries from Madhira Assembly constituency at MP Nama Nageshwar Rao’s camp […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has once again requested Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) to submit six detailed project reports (DPRs) submitted by the former, to Central Water Commission (CWC) for according clearances without any further loss of time. In a letter to the Board Chairman, Engineer-in-Chief (General) Irrigation and Command Area Development (CAD) C Muralidhar recalled that […]

Adilabad: Recognising the significance of religious and cultural affairs of aboriginal tribals, the State government released Rs 1 crore for the conduct of Dandari-Gussadi dance festival for the first time. The government’s move cheered tribals of the erstwhile Adilabad district. Incidentally, no earlier government had recognised the festival, nor allocated any grant for this dance […]

Kothagudem: Police have unearthed as many as 110 booby traps set up by Maoists in the forests in Cherla mandal on Telangana-Chhattisgarh borders in Kothagudem district. Inspector of Police (CI) B Ashok in a statement on Wednesday stated that Cherla police, Special Party personnel and 141 Bn ‘A’ Coy CRPF personnel jointly carried out a […]

Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham has directed the district revenue officials to take immediate steps to protect government lands from encroachments. He along with Municipal Commissioner Adarsh Surabhi inspected government lands in Khammam Urban mandal on Wednesday. He also inspected government lands at Burhanpuram, NSP Camp area, BC Bhavan, VDOs Colony and Ballepally in the […]

Warangal: Government has accorded administrative sanction to upgrade nine Community Health Centres (CHCs) or Area Hospitals to District Hospitals under the National Health Mission (NHM) on Wednesday. Health Secretary SAZ Rizvi has issued the GO MS 149 to this effect. While three CHCs – Narsampet, Mahabubabad, Mulugu and Bhupalpally- are from the erstwhile Warangal district, […]

Hyderabad: Government Whip Balka Suman maintained that the moral victory belongs to TRS in the Huzurabad bypolls as both the BJP and the Congress colluded with each other to defeat the TRS. He said both the parties which are rivals at the national level, have turned into friends in the State without any shame. He […]

Nirmal: Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for sanctioning funds of Rs 48.83 crore for up-grading Nirmal Area Hospital as a 250-bedded facility. The government issued an order granting the funds on Wednesday. Indrakaran Reddy said that the government was giving paramount importance to public health and accordingly, it had released […]

Karimnagar: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar demanded that the state government resume the implementation of Dalit Bandhu scheme in Huzurabad assembly constituency from November 4 as promised earlier. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Sanjay said as the election commission put on hold the implementation of the scheme in the wake of by-poll, Chief […]

Hyderabad: The Summative Assessment (SA) I for students of Classes I to X for the academic year 2021-22 will be conducted from December 1 to 7. The School Education Department has issued a detailed timetable for this. According to a proceeding issued by the State Council of Educational Research and Training, School Education Department, in […]

Mancherial: Two students belonging to Telangana Social Welfare Centre of Excellence (TSWR CoE)-Bellampalli excelled in National Eligibility-Cum Entrance Test (NEET)-2021 of which results were declared on Wednesday. They were felicitated by the management of the centre on the premises of the institution. Inala Saidulu, principal of the centre said that the students were Konuri Umesh […]

Kothagudem: As many as 20 militia members of the proscribed CPI (Maoist) party surrendered before Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Dutt and CRPF141Bn officer from Cherla mandal here on Wednesday. Speaking to the media persons, the SP informed that surrendered militia members were from Yerrampadu, Ramchachandrapuram, Boorugupadu, Bakkachintalapadu, Chennapuram and Veerapuram villages. They have been […]

Warangal: The Task Force police arrested a total of 10 people for their alleged involvement in gambling (playing cards) at the DCM Adda on Narsampet road in Warangal on Wednesday. They have also seized Rs 21,720 cash, 10 mobile phones, four motorcycles and playing cards from the accused. According to a press note by the […]

Mancherial: Dr Komram Balu assumed the charge as District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) of Mancherial on Wednesday. He replaced Dr Subbarayudu, who was in-charge DMHO of the district. A native of Mamidipalli village in Dandepalli mandal, Balu had worked as DMHO of Karimnagar, Kumram Bheem Asifabad and Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA)-Utnoor. He is […]

Siddipet: Setting an example to others in donating blood, the police personnel of Siddipet district was responding immediately to messages and calls from people who were in serious need of blood. When the Covid-19 was at its peak in the year 2020-21, not many have responded to the calls of blood donation. The stocks at […]

Khammam: A policeman was caught smuggling ganja here on Wednesday along with another ganja smuggler and ganja worth Rs 1 lakh was seized from them. Town ACP, Anjaneyulu in a statement informed that a police patrolling team spotted two persons moving suspiciously on Harvest School Road in the city and upon searing they were found […]

Mancherial: Dr Parvati Satyanarayana, a headmaster of Zilla Parishad Secondary School at Mamidipalli in Dandepalli mandal was conferred with Sardar Vallabhai Patel Memorial national award for rendering outstanding services to the field of education. He received the award from former CBI joint director JD Laxminarayana at a programme held in Nalgonda on Sunday. Constituted by […]

Hyderabad: The State Health Department completed administration of one crore second doses of Covid vaccines in Telangana, a creditable achievement given the vaccine hesitation that has set-in among people following the drop in daily Covid-19 infections in the past few months. According to the vaccine bulletin released by the Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: District Cooperative Central Bank (DCCB) chairman Gongidi Mahender Reddy on Wednesday said farmers of Telangana State were in a golden period due to the pro-agriculture policies of the TRS government. She said Telangana farmers were prospering at the time when the farmers of other States, were witnessing their worst period. Inaugurating a free veterinary […]