Telangana

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 […]

Hyderabad: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested founders of Indus Viva multi-level marketing (MLM) pyramid scheme — CA Anzar and Abhilash Thomas — in connection with Rs 1,500-crore MLM scam. The duo was arrested under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)- 2002. The ED has initiated investigation based on FIR registered by Gachibowli Police in Cyberabad. […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: A woman along with her two children made suicide attempt by slitting throats in Vemulawada temple town on Saturday. Mamatha had slit the throats of her two children Varun Teja and Akshya before slitting her with a blade at Thippapur bus stand at around 4 pm. Alerted local people shifted them to Vemulwada hospital […]

Hyderabad: AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh said poor people were facing untold problems, especially financial issues, under the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre. Escalating prices of edible oil, pulses and even salt were making things challenging for the poor and middle class group was also feeling the pinch as their budgets were going haywire. […]

Karimnagar: The 7th mid-term Continuing Medical Education-2021 (CME) on “Sex-Discuss and Debate” will be held at Prathima multiplex in Karimnagar on Sunday. The State unit of Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) in association with Manna hospital is organising CME on the theme of sex for the first time. IPS national president DR NN Raju will inaugurate […]

Hyderabad: The Ministry of Civil Aviation said Kothagudem airport does not figure in the tentative list of the underserved and unserved airports of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme document. In reply to a question by TRS MP Nama Nageswara Rao and other Members in Lok Sabha, Union […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Special Operations Team (SOT) caught seven persons who were selling ganja and seized around 500 grams of the contraband, ganja stuffed cigarettes and other articles from them. Those arrested are identified as G Srikanth (21), C Rohith (22),Thuddu Pavankalyan (21), S Shashivardhan (21), Sonti Rajiv (22), A Vikram Kumar (22), all students, […]

Hyderabad: A delegation of Ministers and TRS MPs left for Delhi on Saturday evening, to ascertain the Centre’s stance on procurement of paddy from Telangana beyond the initial agreement of 60 lakh tonnes (approximately 40 lakh tonnes rice). They have sought appointment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush […]

Warangal: Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal (KITSW), has secured the “UGC extension of autonomy for five years”, said KITSW secretary and correspondent Capt V Lakshmikantha Rao here on Saturday. The UGC extended autonomy for a period of five years from the academic year 2021-22 to 2025-26. The UGC granted autonomous status in 2014 […]

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 185 new Covid infections and one fatality on Saturday taking the cumulative number of deaths to 4,014 and the total number of positive cases so far to 6,79,430. The number of active cases in Telangana, as on Saturday, was 3,761. The authorities on Friday conducted 41,484 Covid tests of which results of […]

Hyderabad: After successful completion of experimental project to use drone flights for delivery of vaccines in the identified airspace in Vikarabad, efforts are on to replicate the exercise in Adilabad and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts. The State Government took up the innovative ‘Medicine from the Sky’ initiative in association with Emerging Technologies Wing of the ITE&C […]

Jagtial: Former Information Commissioner Madabhushi Sridhar made it clear that support of media was necessary for the success of RTI Act. Sridhar participated in an awareness programme on RTI Act organized by Council of Citizen Rights in Padmanayaka function hall, Jagtial on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, he emphasized the need to utilize the RTI […]

Mulugu: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Court Justice NV Ramana along with his wife has visited the historical Ramappa temple located at the Palamapet village of Venkatapur mandal in the district on Saturday. The CJI has been given a traditional reception at the temple by the priests and officials. Speaking on the occasion, CJI NV […]

Hyderabad: Twelve international passengers from at-risk and non-at-risk countries who arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here tested positive for the Omicron variant, Director of Public Health Dr G Srinivasa Rao said on Saturday. With this, the total number of international passengers who arrived at RGIA and tested positive for the Omicron variant has […]

Khammam: CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has demanded the State government to withdraw the GO No: 317 issued for allotment of staff to new local cadres. The leaders of Joint Action Committee of Teachers’ Organisation (JACTO) and Upadhyaya Sanghala Porata Committee (USPC) met the Congress leader here on Saturday and submitted a memorandum explaining possible […]

Khammam: The Central and State governments have failed to control prices of diesel and petrol , alleged CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. He took part in a padayatra here on Saturday in support of AICC leader Rahul Gandhi’s padayatra in Amethi in Uttar Pradesh on the day as part ‘Jan Jagran Abhiyan’ against inflation and […]

Warangal: Three workers of a granite quarry died after they suffered severe injuries in an accident at the quarry at Tharalapally village under Madikonda police station limits in the wee hours of Saturday near here. The deceased have been identified as Chitram Chandu (20), son of Veeranna of Inugurthy, Thokala Mukesh (23) of Boddugonda in […]

Suryapet: Sleuths of Central Crime Station (CCS) on Saturday arrested four persons at different places in Suryapet district and seized 160 quintals of adulterated fish feed from their possession. Along with the local police, CCS sleuths simultaneously conducted raids on godowns in the limits of Kodad, Suryapet, Chivvemla and Arvapally police stations and seized 160 […]

Kothagudem: A team of scientists from CSIR -Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad visited Zilla Parishad High School at Chatakonda and Nava Bharat High School at Paloncha in Kothagudem. IICT Chief Scientist Dr. D Shailaja, Principal Scientists Dr. J Vatsalarani and Dr. S Srilatha (Nodal Officer-Jigyasa programme) and Scientist Dr. Sanjib Paul were among […]

Warangal: President, Vasavi Clubs International, Dr Thiruveedhi Venugopal said that Vasavi Clubs International had been always there for the help of the poor and needy. As a part of the international courtesy visit to Warangal on Saturday, several charity programmes have been held under the leadership of the Vasavi Club of Warangal’s president Dr Vallala […]

Nalgonda: Nakrekal MLA Chirumarthi Lingaiah on Saturday asked the farmers to participate in the State-wide protests planned by the TRS against anti-farmers policies of the Centre on December 20. Releasing water to the left and right canals of Musi project located near Bopparam of Kethepally mandal, MLA pointed out that the Centre made it clear […]