Telangana

Mulugu: Endowments Minister A Indrakaran Reddy directed the officials of the Endowments Department to prepare proposals for constructing suites and dormitories with amenities like canteen at Medaram in the district at an expenditure of Rs 10 crore to provide permanent facilities at the tribal shrine for the pilgrims. He along with Minister Satyavathi Rathod and […]

Hyderabad: BJP MLA M Raghunandan Rao evoked sharp criticism from netizens for posting a tweet seeking to ridicule Industries Minister K T Rama Rao for Amul’s entry into Telangana with a Rs 500 crore investment. “Who are Gujarat ‘gulams’ now. Can anyone clarify?” he tweeted, tagging Rama Rao. The Twiterrati reacted swiftly and sharply, coming […]

Mancherial: Upholding communal harmony which has been the hallmark of Telangana, a Muslim scribe fed devotees of Lord Ayyappa at Thallapet village in Dandepalli mandal on Wednesday night. Mohammad Nizamuddin, who works for a vernacular news channel provided breakfast to 20 devotees from the village those who embarked on the rigorous spiritual practice for 41 […]

Hyderabad: Former Mayor of Karimnagar Sardar Ravinder Singh and other sikh community leaders have on Thursday called on the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to represent the issues pertaining to development of Karimnagar and sikh community in general. The meeting assumed significance as Ravinder Singh had earlier contested as an independent candidate in the recently […]

Hyderabad: The trend of rise in daily new Covid-19 infections has continued in Telangana with the health department reporting 280 new infections on Thursday compared to 235 positive cases that were reported on Wednesday. In areas under GHMC, authorities reported 167 Covid positive cases on Thursday while on Wednesday 121 positive infections were reported. Apart […]

Hyderabad: Several Ministers including Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday congratulated TRS MLC, lyricist and poet Goreti Venkanna, writer Devaraju Maharaju and poet Tagulla Gopal for being selected for the Sahitya Akademi awards. In a statement, Rama Rao said getting Sahitya Akademi awards in three categories was nothing but getting more recognition for Telangana […]

Sangareddy: TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday said Telangana had lost a great leader in former Minister Mohammad Fareeduddin who served the people of the State in various capacities during his illustrious political career. “He was a humble man and always accessible to people,” he said. Speaking to the media […]

Karimnagar: District Collector RV Karnan said on Thursday that besides strengthening their financial status, self help groups women were also contributing to the growth of the district. The Collector was speaking at the Mahila Mahostavam programme organized by Telangana Gramina Bank at DWMA meeting hall here. Karnan said the women, who were getting loans from […]

Warangal: Despite the measures taken by the police, the overall crime rate including crime against the women have gone up under the Warangal police commissionerate limits in 2021 comparing to the previous year. While the overall crime rate was up by 3.85 per cent with a total of 11,047 cases reported under the commissionerate limits […]

Hyderabad: Director-General of Police M Mahendar Reddy said that public meetings and rallies were banned in the State till January 2 in the wake of outbreak of Omicron variant of Covid-19. In a video message released here on Thursday, he asked Police Commissioners and Superintendents of Police (SPs) to inform the people about the ban […]

Hyderabad: The year 2021 was the year of getting back out there as vaccines became readily available. Our travel calendars began to fill up once again. However, the priorities have changed. Most of us began preferring road trips not too far from home, thanks to pandemic. Here, we share with you a list of recommendations […]

Medak: Two motorists were charred to death when their biked skidded off and caught fire in the process on NH 161 at Bodmatpallly village in Medak district in the early hours of Thursday. Fire broke out as the bike skid and the petrol tank exploded. The man driving the vehicle was reduced into the ashes […]

Hyderabad: The steady rise in daily Covid positive infections not only in Telangana but across the country in the last few days is a clear indication that the third Covid wave driven by the Omicron variant has started and was in the initial phases, Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao here on […]

Hyderabad: A farmer’s main concern before taking up cultivation is investment and the Rythu Bandhu scheme provides the much-needed support for farmers in Telangana State in this aspect, P Chengal Reddy, chief advisor of Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) and honorary chairman of Federation of Farmers Associations (FFA) said. He described the Rythu Bandhu […]

Hyderabad: Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) chief advisor and honorary chairman of Federation of Farmers Associations (FFA) P Chengal Reddy emphasised the need for a holistic national policy for marketing agriculture produce to double farmers’ income across the country. He asserted that the union government fulfill its responsibilities by providing marketing facilities for crops […]

Hyderabad: In a slight uptick in Covid-19 positive infections, Telangana reported 235 new cases on Wednesday while on Tuesday there were 228 Covid positive cases. Areas under GHMC reported 121 new infections, which was the highest in the State on Wednesday. On an average, in the last two months, the daily Covid-19 infections in Telangana […]

Karimnagar: Though the overall crime rate in Karimnagar police commissionerate limits declined in 2021, cybercrime has become a big problem for the cops. Besides online banking fraud, cheating in the name of OTP, OLX and harassing women and students on Facebook and Whatsapp have increased. Fraudsters from Jamtara of Jharkhand and Bharatpur of Rajasthan have […]

Adilabad: Some parts of erstwhile Adilabad district witnessed rains and hailstorm on Wednesday. Narnoor and Gadiguda mandal of Adilabad district saw a spell of hailstorm causing inconvenience to shoppers and small-time traders at a weekly bazaar in these two mandal centres. Farmers, however, said it would be beneficial to crops to be grown in the […]

Warangal: A team of Government Railway Police (GRP) led by Sub-Inspector Ch Parashuramulu arrested two peddlers and seized 65 kgs of dry ganja worth Rs 6.50 lakh from them during a special checking in Konark Express on Wednesday. The arrested have been identified as Mohammad Feroz of Hooghly in West Bengal State, and Poorna Khosla […]

Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy described Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao as the original protector of farmers. He performed ksheerabhisekham to the portrait of the Chief Minister for releasing funds of Rythu Bandhu scheme here on Wednesday. Indrakaran said only Telangana State was extending crop investment support of Rs 10,000 per acre annually to […]

Nalgonda: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao instructed the officials concerned to prepare a special action plan for the development of Nalgonda town. The Chief Minister, who was on a visit to Nalgonda to console the bereaved Thungathurthu MLA Gadari Kishore Kumar, had the officials on tenterhook when he decided to make an unscheduled visit to […]

Hyderabad: The All India Padmashali Sangham will stage demonstrations including “Handloom March” in different States from January 5 in protest against the Central government’s move to increase GST on textiles and handlooms from 5 per cent to 12 per cent from January 1. The Centre’s move to increase GST on textiles would sound the death […]

Hyderabad: Over 900 unauthorised structures were identified and demolished by the District Task Forces (DTFs) set up in 141 urban local bodies across the State in their respective limits. So far, the DTFs have demolished 459 unauthorised structures in different municipalities and 468 structures under Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) limits, totaling to demolition of […]

Kothagudem: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar directed the authorities to make elaborate arrangements for Mukkoti Ekadashi celebrations at Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Temple at Bhadrachalam in the district. The Minister held a meeting at Bhadrachalam Sub-Collector’s office with district officials to review the arrangements for the celebrations that starts on January 3 next year. The […]