Telangana

Mancherial: As many as 45 miners were killed, while 745 workers sustained critical wounds and 755 had minor injuries in 38 accidents reported at underground mines and opencast projects (OCPs) belonging to Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) located in six districts from 2017 to 2021. As per data available with the State-owned coal company, the […]

Hyderabad: Health Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday slammed Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy for misleading people regarding setting up of medical colleges in Telangana. Harish asked Kishan Reddy to get his facts right before commenting against the State government and asked the latter to exert pressure on the Central government to sanction medical […]

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar called upon farmers and TRS party ranks to participate in large numbers in farmers’ dharna at all Assembly constituencies in the district on Friday. He held a meeting with Khammam constituency leaders here on Thursday to discuss arrangements for making the dharna a success to expose the reckless attitude […]

Bhadrachalam (Kothagudem): BJP government at the Centre was using social media to incite religious hatred among people, alleged CPM politburo member and former MP Brinda Karat. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday she accused the Central government of ignoring the farmers’ movement for the past 12 months against the farm laws. The CPM leaders […]

Hyderabad: Health Minister T Harish Rao said Telangana’s Covid vaccination rate was higher than the national vaccination rate. Till Wednesday, 84.3 per cent population was administered first dose of Covid vaccine in the State and 38.5 per cent population was covered with second dose. This is higher than national average as 79 per cent population […]

Khammam: Trade unions representing contract and outsourcing municipal workers have served a strike notice to Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities here on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, the union leaders demanded that the government should pay increased wages to the workers as per the 11th PRC recommendations and GO No 60. It was not the […]

Karimnagar: Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar found fault with BJP for trying to misguide farmers by staging dharnas demanding the State government to purchase paddy produced in Vaanakalam season. It was meaningless to stage dharnas while the State government has already started procurement by opening paddy purchase centres across the State. The BJP leaders, who […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Road Transportation Corporation has taken a unique initiative to gift photo frames to the newly-wed couples, who book corporation buses for their wedding ceremony. Launched by TSRTC Managing Director V C Sajjanar, the initiative will have the driver of the bus booked for the ceremony presenting the couple with a photo frame […]

Jayashankar Bhupalpally: District Collector Bhavesh Mishra on Thursday directed the authorities to take steps to procure paddy by opening the purchase centres in the district. Addressing a meeting with the officials concerned at the Collector’s office, the Collector said that the purchasing of paddy was a sensitive issue at present and the authorities should take […]

Mancherial: The SRP 3 and 3A Incline, an underground mine, registered a poor turnout of miners in Srirampur on Thursday. The mine had witnessed one of the tragic incidents in this decade which caused the deaths of four miners when a portion of the roof fell on them on Wednesday. According to authorities of Srirampur […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has upheld the Government order that pillion riders of two-wheelers must also wear helmets. While hearing arguments on a writ filed by a law student on Thursday, a two judge panel comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajasekar Reddy directed that it is mandatory as per the […]

Hyderabad: A day before dharnas planned by TRS across Telangana to expose the Centre’s indifferent attitude towards farmers in procuring paddy, the BJP leaders staged protests in front of the offices of district Collectors in the State demanding that the State government procure paddy. Holding placards and posters, the BJP activists assembled in front of […]

Asks them to stage protests in Delhi for paddy procurement

Khammam: Police seized ganja worth about Rs 1.42 crore and arrested two persons in Sathupalli on Thursday. Commissioner of Police (CP) Vishnu S Warrier said the accused, Yogesh Limbaji Thorve and Irfan Sadar Pathan, both from Maharashtra were transporting dry ganja in a truck.During the vehicle check, the police found cannabis weighing around 566 kg […]

Mancherial: The bodies of four miners who were killed after a roof collapsed in SRP 3 and 3A incline were found late on Wednesday evening. The bodies were shifted to Mancherial district headquarters hospital for post-mortem. The bodies of V Krishna Reddy (57), Beera Laxmaiah (60), Rinka Chandrasekhar (32) and G Satya Narayana Raju (32) […]

Bhadrachalam: The BJP government at the Centre was using social media to incite religious hatred among the people, alleged CPM politburo member, former MP, Brinda Karat. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday she accused the Central government of ignoring the farmers’ movement for the past 12 months against the Farm Laws brought by it. […]

Kothagudem: CPI (Maoist) party Telangana State committee spokesperson Jagan called upon the public to oppose construction of police base camps in Cherla mandal of the district. In a statement released to the media here on Thursday, he said the Police Department had started construction of a base camp at Chennapuram village in the mandal and […]

Suryapet: Residents of Ramoji thanda on Thursday staged a protest in front of the Athmakur (S) Police Station after a youth allegedly fell ill after interrogation by the police in a theft case. High tension prevailed at the police station when several tribals tried to attack the Sub-Inspector. According to the protestors, the police took […]

Mahabubnagar: ‘Uddala Seva’ of the historic Sri Kurumurthy Swamy temple Brahmotsavams was held at Vaddeman village in Chinna Chintakunta mandal here on Thursday. The Seva is a significant ritual during the Brahmotsavams as a procession is held wherein the footwear of the Lord is carried and presented to Sri Kurumurthy Swamy. Devarkadra MLA A Venkateshwara […]

Sources said that the injured were P Laxminarayana and G Mohan Rao, who were employed by SPM on a contract basis. They belonged to the housekeeping wing at the mill.

Hyderabad: State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday asked the party cadre to take part in large numbers in demonstrations to be organised by the party in all the district Collector offices on Thursday demanding that the State government purchase paddy from farmers. Interacting with district party presidents, in-charges and heads of various morchas […]

Nirmal: A youngster was arrested for allegedly vandalising an idol of Lord Shiva at a crematorium in Bhainsa, on Wednesday. Bhainsa Inspector M Praveen Kumar said that the accused was identified as Sharuq, a tractor driver of Gopal Nagar in Bhainsa town. Praveen said that Sharuq confessed to committing the crime in an inebriated state […]

Warangal: Indian Wrestling Federation (IWF) selected Hanamkonda District Youth Sports Officer Gugulothu Ashok Kumar for the United World Wrestling Level-2 Course, according to communication from IWF representatives to him. Ashok Kumar has already been recognised as a Level-1 coach by the World Wrestling Federation. To be eligible as Level-2 coach, Ashok Kumar has been asked […]

Hyderabad: The Covid-19 pandemic had ravaged almost all the sectors with education being one of the most impacted ones with schools and colleges forced into a temporary closure for more than 16 months. While some private budget schools were on the verge of closure due to the effect of the pandemic, several new private and […]