Telangana

Hyderabad: Top Maoist woman leader Jajjeri Samakka alias Sharada, who surrendered before the police on Friday, said there was no reason for Maoists to continue with guerilla warfare and mindless violence since people are enlightened and would not tolerate it any longer. Though born and brought up in the thick of Maoist movement and having […]

Hyderabad: The State Health Department launched all-out efforts to achieve 100 per cent vaccination status for Telangana. The stress is to ensure all eligible persons in the State receive at least one dose of Covid vaccine, at the earliest. In the last few review meetings, Chief Minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao directed the officials to achieve […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justice T Vinod Kumar on Friday directed the Agriculture and Cooperation (Marketing) Department to furnish details with regard to shifting of Gaddiannaram fruit market. The Bench was dealing with a petition filed by the Wholesale Fruit Commission Agents […]

Hyderabad: Key Maoist leaders Azad and Raji Reddy alias Venkatesh are willing to surrender and join the social mainstream due to health problems, Director General of Police M Mahendar Reddy said on Friday. “The CPI (Maoist) party leadership, however, is not allowing them to surrender,” he said. Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected the entire world, […]

Adilabad: Seven persons including a woman and two minors were arrested for their alleged involvement in murder of a youngster on September 9. The accused were identified as Mavarapu Rajasekhar (22), Mavarapuru Krishnaveni (21), Mavarapu Chandrasekhar (25), Rodda Sai Kiran (19), Mavarapu Shilaja (19) and two minors, all belonging to different parts of Adilabad town. […]

Siddipet: Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said Telangana State was created with the efforts of AICC president Sonia Gandhi. The veteran Congress leader said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was enjoying the fruits after reneging on his promise to merge Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) with Congress. Addressing the Dalit […]

Three companies to set up jute mills in the State; to provide over 10,400 direct jobs

Hyderabad: Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC) in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Amherst – Data Analytics and Computational Social Sciences (DCASS) will organise a three-day Data for Social Good-Hackathon. This will be open for students from science, technology, engineering and math and social sciences fields across India. It is scheduled from September 28 to […]

Nirmal: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said it was the courageous move by Sardar Vallabhai Patel that helped Telangana’s liberation from Nizam’s rule. Addressing a public meeting to mark ‘Telangana Liberation Day’ in Nirmal, Shah flayed Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for failing to fulfil his promise of celebrating the day as an […]

Karimnagar: Sadisha Foundation, a voluntary organisation, presented prize money to six government schools which have performed the best in mathematics talent test conducted by the organisation. Representatives of the foundation presented Rs 25,000 prize money to each school on Thursday and Friday. A total of 170 students from 60 government schools attended the mathematics talent […]

Terms the BJP chief's stats on Central funds to TS as false

Karimnagar: District Collector RV Karnan assured that all the eligible Dalit families in Huzurabad Assembly constituency would be benefited under the Telangana Dalit Bandhu scheme. The Collector was speaking after inspecting the Dalit Bandhu resurvey process in Rajapur of Huzurabad mandal and Nagunur of Jammikunta mandal on Friday. Interacting with beneficiaries, he enquired about the […]

Hyderabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar on Friday sought the Union government’s intervention to reduce the customs duty on import of oil palm seed sprouts and in sourcing good quality seed from countries across the world. The Chief Secretary met the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar at the Indian Institute of Millets Research at Rajendranagar […]

Hyderabad: Forest Minister A Indrakaran Reddy condemned the attack on forest personnel at Azamnagar in Jayashankar Bhupalpally on Thursday and said stringent action would be taken against the culprits. The Minister held a video conference with officials on Friday and interacted with Forest Range Officer Guduri Divya and other staff who were attacked by the […]

Hyderabad: Roads and Buildings Minister V Prashanth Reddy on Friday inspected the works on new Secretariat and enquired about the status of works with officials. During his inspection, the Minister checked whether the works were being executed as per the work chart. The officials explained to the Minister that works pertaining to three floors in […]

Hyderabad: The Congress launched a fire-fighting exercise on Friday to contain the raging controversy that erupted after TPCC president A Revanth Reddy called senior leader Shashi Tharoor a donkey and even sought his expulsion from the party. And what better way than to lay the blame on the doorsteps of the media! AICC Telangana incharge […]

Suryapet: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Friday said that Dalit Bandhu scheme would bring in a revolution in the welfare of Dalits in the State. Speaking at an awareness programme on the scheme at Tirumalgiri, Jagadish Reddy said Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao launched the initiative with the objective of removing socio-economic inequalities in […]

Mancherial: Members of Vasavi Arya Vyasya Sangham belonging to Mancherial town and Arya Vyasya Yuvajana Sangham are drawing attention of many for their eco-friendly celebrations of Ganesh festival. The association has installed a clay idol of the Lord and decorated it with vegetables and fruits shunning plastic plates and glasses for serving prasadam and drinking […]

Kothagudem: Six persons, including a woman, were arrested and 70 kilograms of ganja was seized at Bhadrachalam in the district on Friday. Inspector of Police T Swamy informed that SI, S Madhu Prasad and staff conducted vehicle inspections at the local forest check post and found the presence of illicit marijuana in two auto rickshaws […]

Kothagudem: Police seized ganja worth Rs 13.50 lakh and arrested four persons, including a woman, in Aswapuram mandal in the district on Friday. Manugur ASP, Dr. Shabarish P, in a statement informed that the seized ganja was found in a car during vehicle inspections by ASI, K Nageswara Rao and staff at Mondikunta and the […]

Warangal: Government Chief Whip and Warangal West MLA Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar, along with Telangana Academy of Skills and Knowledge (TASK) CEO Srikant Sinha visited the regional working office of TASK, here on Friday. Speaking during his visit to the regional office working from the premises of Punnami Guest House, Vinay Bhaskar said that IT Minister […]

Hyderabad: The State Legislature will meet at 11 am on September 24 with Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan summoning the second Telangana Legislative Assembly to meet for its eighth session and also the Telangana Legislative Council for its 18th session as per the schedule. Accordingly, the State government issued a gazetted notification. Now you can get handpicked […]

Hanamkonda: District Collector Rajeev Gandhi Hanumanthu has directed officials to achieve 100 per cent Covid-19 vaccination in the district with the help of local people’s representatives during the ongoing ‘mega vaccination’ drive. The Collector visited the vaccination centres at Mulkanoor PHC in Bheemadevarapally, vaccination sub-centre at Mulkanoor Gram Panchayat office, Kothakonda, Mallaram and Gatla Narsingapur […]

Kothagudem: Pamphlets against the Maoist leadership appeared in several villages in Cherla mandal in the district on Friday. The pamphlets published in the name of Adivasi Sanghams accused the Maoists of claiming innocent tribals’ lives by planting booby-traps and landmines in the forests and near tribal habitations. Though the Maoists target police personnel with their […]