Telangana

Peddapalli: The National Thermal Power Corporation-Ramagundam has won the Telangana State Energy Conservation Award (TSECA)-2021 award. The Power giant was selected for the award for its outstanding performance in the field of energy conservation for the financial year 2020-21. Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan presented the award to NTPC officials in a programme organised by Telangana […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: District Collector Anurag Jayanthi said the State government had introduced Dalit Bandhu scheme for the economic empowerment of Dalits in the State. Ensuring consistent employment to Dalits was the objective of the scheme, he said. The Collector was speaking at a review meeting with officials to discuss measures to be taken to implement the […]

Karimnagar: Choppadandi MLA Sunke Ravishankar on Sunday appealed to TRS activists and farmers to ensure that the TRS-led protests in every village on Monday against the Union government’s decision not to procure paddy in this Yasangi season, a big success. The MLA organised a meeting with TRS leaders and workers from the constituency to discuss […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Buoyed by the success of the Bird Walk Festival in 2019, Forest Department officials are gearing up to host the second edition of the event aimed at exposing lensmen, birders and nature lovers to the rich avian community inhabiting the forests in the district on January 8 and 9. District Forest Officer […]

Suryapet: Suryapet Municipal Chairperson Perumalla Annapurna Srinivas on Sunday said that protection of irrigation tanks was everyone’s responsibility. Suryapet Municipality, in association with Vishwa Sustainable Foundation, took up cleaning of wastes including plastic bottles and covers from Saddala Cheruvu in the town as part of Swachh Survekshan on Sunday. Launching the programme, the municipal chairperson […]

Siddipet: The timely help extended by an NGO has helped an orphaned girl to excel in academics and move closer to her dream of becoming a doctor. Neerudi Vijayalakshmi (16), who lost her parents at a very young age of five years to suicide, was keen on becoming a doctor, which till a year ago, […]

Medak: YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) president YS Sharmila launched her “Rythu Avedhana Yatra” from Medak distinct on Sunday. She met the family members of three farmers who committed suicide in Lingampally and Kanchanpally villages of Kowdipally Mandal. She met the wife and children of 25-year-old Gundla Srikanth who committed suicide at Kanchanpally village. Later, she […]

Warangal: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday said the Centre was yet to respond to several issues facing the judiciary in the country, including the establishment of a Judicial Infrastructure Corporation and extending financial assistance to lawyers who lost their livelihood due to Covid pandemic. Justice Ramana, who was speaking after inaugurating a […]

Siddipet: The first bio-gas plant in Telangana to produce CNG from household waste will be inaugurated in Siddipet on Monday. The plant, costing Rs 6 crore, has been set up at Swachha Badi in Basavapur. With the objective of putting wet waste collected from households in Siddipet town to best use, the civic authorities built […]

Mancherial: Additional Collector D Madusudan Naik instructed the officials concerned and rice millers to achieve targets with regard to transportation of paddy to rice mills. Speaking after inspecting four rice mills at Sabbepalli village in Hajipur mandal on Sunday, Madusudan directed the officials and millers to shift both raw and boiled rice which were pending […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TS BIE) has announced dates for payment of attendance exemption fee for private candidates to appear for the intermediate public examinations to be held in 2022 with arts/humanities combinations. For the grant of attendance exemption, candidates have to pay a fee of Rs.500 and the last date to […]

Hyderabad: A national level programme to mark ‘National Tourism Day’ on January 25 (next year) will be organised at Telangana’s Pochampally, known for its famous hand-woven Ikat saris, Union Minister of Tourism and Culture G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday.“Several states organise events on ‘National Tourism Day’. This time, the Centre decided to organise the […]

Khammam: In a tragic incident, a man allegedly committed suicide a day after his son’s death by suicide at Sathupalli town in the district. Sources said Challa Bhanu Prakash, a 10th class student of a private school near Mamta Hospital area in Khammam, was allegedly admonished and suspended by the school management for celebrating his […]

Warangal: Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao has appealed to TRS cadres to organise village-wise protests, ‘Chavu-Dappu’ processions and demonstrations to protest against the anti-farmers’ policies of the BJP government at the Centre on Monday. Participating in a teleconference with party leaders of erstwhile Warangal district on Sunday, Errabelli asked the party leaders including MLA, […]

Yadadri-Bhomgir: Balladeer Gaddar on Sunday said the main Sri Yadadri Lakshminarsimha Swamy temple has been was developed as a wonderful shrine. Participating in pooja at Balalayam on Yadadri hill shrine, he went through the outer prakaram of the main temple. He also inquired with the temple staff about the sculptures in the main temple. The […]

Hyderabad: Handlooms and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao has appealed to the Central government to withdraw its plans to revise GST on textiles and handlooms from 5 per cent to 12 per cent with effect from January 1, 2022. In a letter to Union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday, Rama Rao said that […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has requested Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to look into the dire needs of in-basin areas of the State and take the initiative to undo the injustice meted out to the areas in the basin. In a letter to the Board Chairman, Telangana Irrigation and Command Area Development (CAD) Engineer-in-Chief (General), Ch Muralidhar, […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: Karivena Annadaana Satram sponsored by the All India Brahmin Karivena Federation was inaugurated by MLC Surabhi Vani at the temple town of Yadadri on Sunday. The federation general secretary Dr N Venugopal said that anna prasadam would be provided to the devotees at Yadadri. The All India Karivena Brahmin Nithyananda Satram would be set […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar said on Sunday that dream of the poor to own a house was fulfilled with the allocation of double bedroom houses to beneficiaries. Kamalakar and District Collector RV Karnan handed over 67 double bedroom houses to beneficiaries in Kamanpur of Kothapalli mandal. The beneficiaries were selected […]

Warangal: The Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA), Global President, Sundeep Kumar Makthala, said that more training programmes would be conducted in Hanamkonda district in the near future for the benefit of youth. Makthala was speaking after inaugurating the TITA office at the Hanamakonda district collectorate complex on Sunday. Nirmal Bandari took charge as District Secretary […]

Hyderabad: The oath taking ceremony of former Speaker V Madhusudhana Chary, who has been elected as MLC under Governor quota, was conducted in the Legislative Council Chairman’s chambers by protem Chairman V Bhoopal Reedy here on Sunday.  Madhusudhana Chary was accompanied by Home Minister Mohd Mahmood Ali, Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud, Animal Husbandry Minister […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: Vemulawada MLA Ch Ramesh Babu informed that developmental works of Vemulawada Rajarajeshwara Swamy temple as well as town were taken up with Rs 70 to Rs 80 crore. Informing that Rs 20 crore were recently sanctioned, all works would be completed in a phased manner. MLA participated in the Vemulawada Temple Development Authority meeting […]

Hyderabad: The rise of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 could be a significant step in transformation of Covid-19 from a pandemic to an endemic disease. Researchers and geneticists believe that if the present projections of the spread of the Omicron virus hold up, then in the coming years, the SARS-CoV-2 virus could become an endemic disease […]

Hyderabad: TRS legislators on Saturday accused the Modi government of showing discrimination towards farmers of Telangana and demanded the Centre to enhance the quantity of paddy for procurement from the State. They reminded that Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and other BJP State leaders have assured that the Centre would purchase entire raw rice produced […]