Telangana

Hyderabad: Several Ministers including Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday congratulated TRS MLC, lyricist and poet Goreti Venkanna, writer Devaraju Maharaju and poet Tagulla Gopal for being selected for the Sahitya Akademi awards. In a statement, Rama Rao said getting Sahitya Akademi awards in three categories was nothing but getting more recognition for Telangana […]

Sangareddy: TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday said Telangana had lost a great leader in former Minister Mohammad Fareeduddin who served the people of the State in various capacities during his illustrious political career. “He was a humble man and always accessible to people,” he said. Speaking to the media […]

Karimnagar: District Collector RV Karnan said on Thursday that besides strengthening their financial status, self help groups women were also contributing to the growth of the district. The Collector was speaking at the Mahila Mahostavam programme organized by Telangana Gramina Bank at DWMA meeting hall here. Karnan said the women, who were getting loans from […]

Warangal: Despite the measures taken by the police, the overall crime rate including crime against the women have gone up under the Warangal police commissionerate limits in 2021 comparing to the previous year. While the overall crime rate was up by 3.85 per cent with a total of 11,047 cases reported under the commissionerate limits […]

Hyderabad: Director-General of Police M Mahendar Reddy said that public meetings and rallies were banned in the State till January 2 in the wake of outbreak of Omicron variant of Covid-19. In a video message released here on Thursday, he asked Police Commissioners and Superintendents of Police (SPs) to inform the people about the ban […]

Hyderabad: The year 2021 was the year of getting back out there as vaccines became readily available. Our travel calendars began to fill up once again. However, the priorities have changed. Most of us began preferring road trips not too far from home, thanks to pandemic. Here, we share with you a list of recommendations […]

Medak: Two motorists were charred to death when their biked skidded off and caught fire in the process on NH 161 at Bodmatpallly village in Medak district in the early hours of Thursday. Fire broke out as the bike skid and the petrol tank exploded. The man driving the vehicle was reduced into the ashes […]

Hyderabad: The steady rise in daily Covid positive infections not only in Telangana but across the country in the last few days is a clear indication that the third Covid wave driven by the Omicron variant has started and was in the initial phases, Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao here on […]

Hyderabad: A farmer’s main concern before taking up cultivation is investment and the Rythu Bandhu scheme provides the much-needed support for farmers in Telangana State in this aspect, P Chengal Reddy, chief advisor of Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) and honorary chairman of Federation of Farmers Associations (FFA) said. He described the Rythu Bandhu […]

Hyderabad: Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) chief advisor and honorary chairman of Federation of Farmers Associations (FFA) P Chengal Reddy emphasised the need for a holistic national policy for marketing agriculture produce to double farmers’ income across the country. He asserted that the union government fulfill its responsibilities by providing marketing facilities for crops […]

Hyderabad: In a slight uptick in Covid-19 positive infections, Telangana reported 235 new cases on Wednesday while on Tuesday there were 228 Covid positive cases. Areas under GHMC reported 121 new infections, which was the highest in the State on Wednesday. On an average, in the last two months, the daily Covid-19 infections in Telangana […]

Karimnagar: Though the overall crime rate in Karimnagar police commissionerate limits declined in 2021, cybercrime has become a big problem for the cops. Besides online banking fraud, cheating in the name of OTP, OLX and harassing women and students on Facebook and Whatsapp have increased. Fraudsters from Jamtara of Jharkhand and Bharatpur of Rajasthan have […]

Adilabad: Some parts of erstwhile Adilabad district witnessed rains and hailstorm on Wednesday. Narnoor and Gadiguda mandal of Adilabad district saw a spell of hailstorm causing inconvenience to shoppers and small-time traders at a weekly bazaar in these two mandal centres. Farmers, however, said it would be beneficial to crops to be grown in the […]

Warangal: A team of Government Railway Police (GRP) led by Sub-Inspector Ch Parashuramulu arrested two peddlers and seized 65 kgs of dry ganja worth Rs 6.50 lakh from them during a special checking in Konark Express on Wednesday. The arrested have been identified as Mohammad Feroz of Hooghly in West Bengal State, and Poorna Khosla […]

Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy described Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao as the original protector of farmers. He performed ksheerabhisekham to the portrait of the Chief Minister for releasing funds of Rythu Bandhu scheme here on Wednesday. Indrakaran said only Telangana State was extending crop investment support of Rs 10,000 per acre annually to […]

Nalgonda: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao instructed the officials concerned to prepare a special action plan for the development of Nalgonda town. The Chief Minister, who was on a visit to Nalgonda to console the bereaved Thungathurthu MLA Gadari Kishore Kumar, had the officials on tenterhook when he decided to make an unscheduled visit to […]

Hyderabad: The All India Padmashali Sangham will stage demonstrations including “Handloom March” in different States from January 5 in protest against the Central government’s move to increase GST on textiles and handlooms from 5 per cent to 12 per cent from January 1. The Centre’s move to increase GST on textiles would sound the death […]

Hyderabad: Over 900 unauthorised structures were identified and demolished by the District Task Forces (DTFs) set up in 141 urban local bodies across the State in their respective limits. So far, the DTFs have demolished 459 unauthorised structures in different municipalities and 468 structures under Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) limits, totaling to demolition of […]

Kothagudem: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar directed the authorities to make elaborate arrangements for Mukkoti Ekadashi celebrations at Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Temple at Bhadrachalam in the district. The Minister held a meeting at Bhadrachalam Sub-Collector’s office with district officials to review the arrangements for the celebrations that starts on January 3 next year. The […]

Warangal: Much to the joy of cotton farmers, the maximum price of cotton per quintal touched the Rs 8,800 mark on Wednesday at the Enumamula agriculture market yard in Warangal. This is said to be the highest ever price for cotton recorded at the Enumamula market. Chirra Ganesh, a cotton farmer from Madipally village in […]

Nirmal: Government Whip Balka Suman said on Wednesday that 102 buildings named as Sammakka Sarakka Bhavans would be built soon in the district to help women members of self-help groups to conduct meetings. These will be a first-of-its-kind initiative in the State, he said. Speaking after handing over a cheque for Rs 12 crore to […]

Siddipet: Weavers Welfare Association, Siddipet, has demanded that the union government take back its decision to increase GST on textiles and handlooms from the existing 5 per cent to 12 per cent to save the weavers community. Weavers from the Siddipet district gathered at Finance Minister T Harish Rao’s house in Siddipet on Wednesday to […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) will hold the viva-voce for departmental tests (languages tests) for eligible candidates on January 5 and 6, 2022. A list of eligible candidates along with their hall ticket numbers have been made available on the Commission’s website www.tspsc.gov.in. Eligible candidates must invariably carry their copy of the hall […]

Nalgonda: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao visited Nalgonda on Wednesday and consoled Thungathurthy MLA Gadari Kishore and his family members over the demise of Gadari Maraiah, the MLA’s father who passed away on December 17. The Chief Minister arrived by a helicopter at 1.15 pm and went directly Kadari’s house in PTR Colony on Devarakonda […]