Telangana

Warangal: Task Force police team led by Inspector R Santhosh arrested Mangal Ram at Tekulagudem outskirts near Warangal under Dharmasagar police station limits and found an illegal storage dump of 120 quintals of the PDS rice on Thursday. The rice was seized. The accused and the seized rice were handed over to Dharmasgar police for […]

Hyderabad: Buoyed by the successful diversification of its business activities of thermal and solar power generation along with coal production, the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has now entered into geothermal power generation on a pilot basis in Pagideru village of Manuguru coal belt region in erstwhile Khammam district. Incidentally, the geothermal power plant is […]

Suryapet: Telangana State Women’s Commission Chairperson Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy on Thursday underlined the need for societal change to put an end to violence against women. Speaking after inaugurating a photo exhibition of women activists organised by All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) in Gandhi Park in connection with its State level conference, Sunitha Lakshma […]

Hyderabad: TSSPDCL CMD G Raghuma Reddy has cautioned consumers about fake messages being circulated by unidentified persons stating power supply would be disconnected after 10.30 pm if power bills are not paid. He also clarified that the TSSPDCL does not disconnect power supply if there is any delay in paying bills and advised consumers not […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday assured that the government would take up the construction of 5,000 double bedroom houses in Huzurabad Assembly constituency in the coming days. “People who have their own house sites will get funds to construct their houses,” he said. Pointing out that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge PIL panel of the High Court on Thursday took on file additional counter filed by the government in the matter relating to possible inundation of Cheriyal town. The panel which had earlier summoned Engineer-in-Chief concerned dispensed with his presence on reading the additional counter affidavit. A local resident A Malla Reddy filed […]

Khammam: Khaki shirts were distributed free of cost to autorickshaw drivers at Khammam railway station here on Thursday in memory of Khammam MP Nama Nageswara Rao’s father Nama Muthaiah and mother Varalakshmi. The shirts were distributed to nearly 100 auto drivers by the district Rythu Bandhu Samithi convener Nallamala Venkateshwar Rao and TRS leader Maddineni […]

Warangal: The Task Force police along with the Wardhannapeta, Nallabelli and Khanapur police arrested 11 persons involved in the smuggling of ganja in three separate incidents under Warangal Police Commissionerate and seized 318 kg of cannabis worth about Rs 32 lakh besides two cars, three auto-rickshaws and 11 cellphones on Wednesday. While Wardhannapet police arrested […]

Nalgonda: Four crest gates of the Nagarjuna Sagar Project were lifted by the project officials in view of the increase in inflow into the project. Inflows into the project were 62,601 cusecs while outflows were 52,226 cusecs. The water level in the project reached a full reservoir level of 590 feet while the water storage […]

Jagtial: The charred body of a person was found in a bathroom at Jagtial bus stand’s sulabh complex on Thursday morning. Passengers found the charred body in the bathroom and informed the bus station staff who alerted the police. It is not clear whether the man committed suicide in the bathroom or met with an […]

Nalgonda: Nalgonda Rural police arrested the two accused in the case of rape and murder of a 54-year-old woman at Mushampally village in the district within 24 hours of the incident. Presenting the accused before the media at Nalgonda Rural police station, Deputy Superintendent of Police Venkateshwar Reddy said police arrested Erpucherla Pullaiah and Bakkathatla […]

Hyderabad: Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy on Thursday said that proceedings in Telangana Legislature, compared to other States, were a smooth and efficient affair. He sought the support of members and authorities in conducting the eighth session peacefully and successfully. With the Monsoon Session of the State Assembly set to commence on Friday, the Speaker […]

Kothagudem: As many as 14 Maoist militia members of Cherla Area Committee, including three minors, surrendered before the district police and CRPF 141 Bn on Thursday. The surrendered militia members were aged between 14 and 38 years and belonged to Yerrampadu, Rallapuram, Ramachandrapuram, Kistarampadu and Korakatpadu villages of Cherla mandal in the district. Superintendent of […]

While Jagdish Reddy was consoling the family members of the victim at the entrance gate of the mortuary, Mahila Congress leaders headed by their State president Sunitha Mogli questioned him.

While R Lokesh from Hyderabad secured the first rank, P Sai Tajuna, Nakshantha and T Rajeshekhara Chakravarthi, all from Hyderabad secured second to fourth rank while the fifth ranker was Anand Paul from Gudlavalleru of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh.

Among the 14, three are minors, which includes a girl, who had worked as militia members for the banned CPI (Maoist) party, police said.

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will leave for New Delhi on Friday, after attending the first day’s proceedings of the State Legislative Assembly and the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting. The Chief Minister will meet with Union Jal Sakthi Minister Gajendra Shekhawat on Saturday. On Sunday, he will attend a meeting at Vignan Bhavan […]

Hyderabad: Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy on Thursday said that proceedings in Telangana Legislature, compared to other States, were a smooth and efficient affair. He sought the support of Members and authorities in conducting the eighth session peacefully and successfully. With the monsoon session of the State Assembly set to commence on Friday, the Speaker […]

Jagtial: The charred body of a male was found in a bathroom at Jagtial bus stand’s Sulabh complex on Thursday morning. Passengers found the charred body in the bathroom and informed the bus station staff who in turn alerted the police. It is not clear whether the man committed suicide in the bathroom or met […]

Hyderabad: The video of a boy delivering newspapers in Jagtial of Telangana went viral Thursday, following which Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao praised him for his confidence. The boy, Jai Prakash, revealed in the video that he was continuing his schooling at a local government school while working as a paperboy. […]

Hyderabad: Director-General of Police M Mahendar Reddy appreciated the Mahabubabad police for rescuing an elderly person who was found entangled in fencing wires. An Anganwadi teacher Sujatha, who was carrying out vaccination survey in the area, noticed the elderly person and alerted the local police. A Sub-Inspector Satish immediately rushed to the spot and shifted […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar on Wednesday said Telangana was the only State in the country that was implementing welfare schemes such as Kalyanalaxmi, Shadhi Mubharak and KCR Kits. Besides these schemes, the State government was also implementing Aasara pensions, Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima, Dalit Bandhu, 24 hours free electricity, among […]

Hyderabad: Issue of Pattadar Passbook (PPB) and Non-Agricultural Lands Assessment Act (NALA) conversion where pattadar name is shown as “House/ House Site” is one more module included in Dharani, the one-stop portal for registration of agriculture lands. The new module will facilitate applications that have ‘house/house site’ entered in the pattadar column, in Dharani portal. […]

Hyderabad: Breaking its own record, Telangana’s paddy production in the Vaanakalam (kharif) season could be a whopping 1.6 crore tonnes, a quantum jump from the 1.13 crore tonnes of paddy produced last Vaanakalam, on account of the increase in area under cultivation as well as increased yield per acre in the State. The first advance […]