Telangana

Khammam: An MBA graduate from Khammam has received the ‘Super Woman Award’ from Forever Star India Awards (FSIA). She was presented the award in the women entrepreneurs’ category in recognition of her entrepreneurial skills with which she has been running beauty-related enterprises and working for women’s empowerment through workshops and lectures. Farah received the award […]

Sangareddy: Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) secured the 7th spot in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) rankings which were announced by the Ministry of Education on Wednesday. The IIT-H, which was listed under the Institutes of National Importance and Central Universities category, improved on its ranking from last year’s 19th to 7th […]

Khammam: As many as 28 engineering graduates of Swarna Bharathi Institute of Technology (SBIT) in Khammam secured jobs in campus placements, informed the college Chairman, Gundala Krishna. In a statement here on Wednesday he said the multi-national company TCS has recently conducted online campus placements and offered jobs to the SBIT students with an annual […]

Hyderabad: The mega Dairy Cooperative Society Amul has announced the setting up of their largest state-of-the-art plant at Wargal, Gajwel with an investment of Rs.500 crore. Amul selected Telangana to set up its largest plant in southern India with a capacity to process five lakh litres per day of milk expandable to 10 LLPD to […]

Kothagudem: Maoists who lost people’s support in Telangana State were forcing Chhattisgarh adivasis to work in their battalions, alleged the district police. The CPI (Maoist) party leaders from Telangana were hiding in Chhattisgarh using the tribals there to protect them as they could not stand on their own in their own State, a statement from […]

Warangal: The Regional Science Centre (RSC) in Warangal will be housing the Innovation Hub in about three years. The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture which is developing a chain of Science Cities/ Science Centres/ Innovation Hubs throughout the country will be setting up the Innovation Hub […]

Nalgonda: Majority of the farmers in the district appear to have decided to go in for paddy cultivation in Yasangi despite the State government’s categorical stand that it would not procure paddy following the Centre’s refusal to buy rice. The farmers are hoping to mill the paddy and sell the rice to traders in the […]

Adilabad: Adilabad district saw a dip in crime rate by 19 percent in 2021 when compared to the previous year. Superintendent of Police D Uday Kumar Reddy briefed the crime rate registered by the district in the year 2021 during the annual press conference held here on Wednesday. Uday Kumar said that the district registered […]

Hyderabad: As many as 6,114 prisoners, including 372 women, were lodged in various prisons in Telangana, registering an occupancy rate of 77.9 per cent, according to Prison Statistics India 2020, released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Tuesday. The total available capacity of prisons in the State is 7,845 prisoners including 703 women prisoners. […]

Hyderabad: State Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Tuesday urged the Central government to increase the indicative cost on drip irrigation from the current Rs 27,304 per hectare under PMKSY to Rs 50,000 to Rs 55,000 per hectare for cultivating oil palm. Stating that the Telangana government was promoting oil palm cultivation as part of […]

Hyderabad: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has provided as many as 16,051 jobs after the formation of Telangana State. Singareni was the first company to issue job notification after the formation of Telangana State. Of the 16,051 jobs, 12,553 were provided on compassionate grounds and dependent jobs to legal heirs of Singareni workers while 3,498 […]

Hyderabad: The vaccine administration drive for 15 to 18 years children, scheduled to start from January 3, will be initially organised in larger government hospitals located in Corporations and District headquarters where doctors and other senior healthcare workers are available. “There will be no vaccine administration for children where doctors are not available in government […]

Hyderabad: The BJP government at the Centre finally succumbed to the relentless efforts of the Telangana government on Tuesday and revised the procurement target of raw rice by a mere six lakh tonnes i.e. a total 46 lakh tonnes under the central pool for Vaanakalam marketing season of 2021-22. The decision, however, is a case […]

Hyderabad: Nizamabad district registered a dip in crime rate in 2021 compared to 2020, Commissioner of Police KR Nagaraju said on Tuesday. The district, however, registered 566.56 per cent increase in drunken driving cases in 2021 compared to 2020. Speaking at the annual press conference, he said as many as 44 murders took place in […]

Medak: At least 10 persons were taken ill after consuming spurious toddy at two different toddy shops run by the same owner at Konthanpally in Shivvampet Mandal and Vattur village of Toopran Mandal in Medak district. Several people from neighbouring villages consumed toddy at these two shops on Monday evening and at least 10 of […]

Mahabubnagar: Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud said the State government will implement Dalit Bandhu scheme at any cost and wanted the ZPTCs and MPTCs to create awareness among farmers in cultivating alternative crops. Addressing Zilla Parishad General Body meeting on Tuesday, he said that since the Central government has decided not to procure paddy, elected […]

Sangareddy: With the objective of promoting spirit of scientific quest among the younger generation, the Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Hyderabad, will hold an all India level essay contest on science and technology. Entries will be accepted from plus two and first-year graduate students from any discipline across the country. The underlying theme […]

Hyderabad: The BJP will be dealt a deadly blow in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, former Deputy Chief Minister and MLC Kadiam Srihari said on Tuesday. The anti-BJP forces will unite in future and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will decide the TRS party’s role in this regard to oust the […]

Mancherial: A student from a private degree college in Mancherial town has qualified for a national level 6 km sprint competition by excelling in a State-level event held in Karimnagar on Monday. G Anil Kumar, an athletic coach said that T Honey, a BCom II year student at CV Raman Degree and PG College was […]

Nalgonda: Shop owners at SPT Market, the biggest textile market in the district, downed shutters on Tuesday and staged a dharna protesting against the Centre’s decision to hike GST on textiles to 12 per cent from the present five per cent. They participated in the protest demonstration under the aegis of Nalgonda District Cloth Merchants […]

Nirmal: Superintendent of Police Ch Praveen Kumar felicitated Dodle Anwitha, a police constable and writer of Basar police station for bagging national award, Empowering IT Police with IT, here on Tuesday. It may be mentioned that Anwitha was chosen to present the award for outstanding services to the Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems. […]

Hyderabad: Seven more international passengers who arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad have tested positive for Omicron variant on Tuesday, taking the overall number of Omicron positive infections to 62 in Telangana. Authorities also detected three Omicron positive infections from Hyderabad with no travel history or close contact with those who travelled recently. […]

Hyderabad: Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said Telangana has been in the forefront of oil palm cultivation and exuded confidence that the State would emerge as the leader in cultivation of the crop in the country in the coming years. Addressing the business summit on National Mission on Edible Oils- Oil Palm here on […]

Karimnagar: NABARD Chairman Govinda Rajulu Chinthala said the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) has completely transformed the parched fields of Telangana into lush green fields similar to Godavari districts (Konaseema) in Andhra Pradesh. “When I was working in Hyderabad some years ago, parched lands used to appear on either side of the road on any […]