Telangana

Hyderabad: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) on Saturday held a review meeting with explosives manufacturers to increase coal and OB production targets to meet the present demand in the country. During the meeting, a request was also made to manufacturers to supply explosives to increase coal production. Instructions were also issued to increase the use […]

Hyderabad: Two national parties – BJP and Congress – have been colluding in several elections in Telangana State in their attempts to stop TRS on its tracks but in vain, TRS working president and MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao said on Saturday. “The two parties, in fact, have fielded a joint candidate in Eatala Rajender […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday instructed officials to accept claims from tribals and others from November 8 to December 8 for podu cultivation. Village committees should be constituted as per Recognition of Forest Rights (RoFR) Act after convening preparatory meetings at various levels before November 8, he said. The Chief Minister was […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday released ‘Atmabandhuvu-Dalita Samkshema Bandham’, edited by poet, writer and former Member of BC Commission, Juluri Gowrishankar. Gowrishankar compiled the progressive work being taken up under the ambitious Dalit Bandhu Scheme. Gowrishankar and his wife also invited the Chief Minister to their daughter’s marriage. Ministers G Jagadish Reddy […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao came down heavily on BJP candidate for Huzurabad by-poll Eatala Rajender on Saturday, questioning him for his statement that he would bring down the TRS government in Telangana State. “Why is Rajender so keen on bringing down the State government that was providing Rs 2,016 pension, Rs 10,000 to […]

Hyderabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said that many States were trying to implement Dharani portal, the one-stop destination for agriculture land transactions. At a meeting with District Collectors here on Saturday, the Chief Secretary took stock of the progress achieved in the implementation of Dharani. Complimenting the District Collectors and other senior officials over successful […]

Warangal: Warangal Police Commissioner Dr Tarun Joshi has called on the police officers to make the Commissionerate free of drugs. Following directions from DGP Mahender Reddy, the CP held a special meeting with the police authorities at the auditorium of the National Institute of Technology(NIT), Warangal to discuss the drug menace and steps to be […]

Hyderabad: The BJP seems to be completely at sea when it comes to taking on the TRS in the October 30 by-election to the Huzarabad Assembly constituency. That there is total bankruptcy of ideas in the so-called national party is evident from the moves its local leadership has made in the run-up to the bypoll. […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao said that freedom of expression had become a right to abuse in politics and this was unfortunate. Speaking to select media persons at Telangana Bhavan, the Minister, citing political disturbances in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and the recent arrest of Union Minister Narayan Rane for his […]

Khammam: The two-day Namasthe Telangana-Telangana Today property show, first of its kind to be held in Khammam, kicked off here on Saturday. Municipal Commissioner Adarsh Surabhi along with ZP Chairman L Kamalraj, SUDA Chairman B Vijay Kumar, DCC Bank Chairman K Nagabhushanam and Mayor P Neeraja inaugurated the property show. Speaking on the occasion, Surabhi […]

Kothagudem: A man and his son and a daughter died when a speeding coal tipper rammed into his motorcycle from behind near Bhadradri Thermal Power Station (BTPS) in Manugur mandal in the district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Amboju Krishna (35), who works in a private hospital at Manugur, his daughter Jahnavi (11) […]

Hyderabad: For the first time, 14 students of Telangana Social and Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions created a record of sorts by securing admissions in the National Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat. Of 14 students, 10 were from social welfare and the remaining were from tribal welfare residential educational institutions. These students were first generation learners […]

Karimnagar: District Collector RV Karnan on Saturday directed the officials to implement the model code of conduct strictly in Huzurabad Assembly constituency and pay attention to advertisements and paid articles by contestant candidates. The Collector along with election observers Muthu Krishnan, Shankar Narayana, Anupam Agarwal, Ch Elamurugu, SH Subodh Singh and Commissioner of Police V […]

Hyderabad: The School Education department on Saturday announced admissions to the left over vacancies in some Model Schools in the State. Interested candidates can approach principals of Model Schools for availability of vacant seats in Classes VI to X, and intermediate groups-MPC, BiPC, MEC and CEC and seek admission against the vacancies. Such students have […]

Hyderabad: The State government has revised the pay scales of contract Veterinary Assistant Surgeons (VASs) from Rs 35,000 to Rs.54,220 from June 2021 subject to continuation of their services from time to time with the approval of the government on contract basis. The VASs are working under the administrative control of Director, Veterinary and Animal […]

Sangareddy: Patancheru police nabbed a ganja peddler at Rudraram village in Patancheru Mandal on Saturday and seized 10 packets of the contraband substance from him. The accused was identified as Sanjay Shivaram Dongre (54), a native of Wardha in Maharashtra. According to Inspector N Venugopal Reddy, police raided Sanjay’s rented house at Rudraram following a […]

Mancherial: Residents of some parts of mancherial town and its environs were jolted when tremors were felt on Saturday. According to locals, residents of Chunnambattiwada, Hi-Tech City Colony, Laxminagar, Gowthamigangar and many other areas in Mancherial and Coal Chemical Complex (CCC) Colony, Seetharampalli village in Naspur mandal experienced tremors for a few seconds at 2.03 […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: A special hundi has been set up in Yadadri Sri Lakshminarsimha Swamy temple (Balalayam) for collection of contributions from devotees for gold plating of Vimana Gopuram of the main temple. With the State government deciding to involve the people in gold plating of the Gopuram, the temple authorities set up a special hundi at […]

Sangareddy: MLA Patancheru Gudem Mahipal Reddy on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the development of Timmakka Cheruvu located near Patancheru. The tank will be developed at a cost of Rs 2 crore. To protect the tank from encroachments, the MLA said the government had already put up fencing at a cost of Rs 30 […]

Sangareddy: Supreme Court Judge Justice Uday Umesh Lait and Chief Justice of Telangana High Court Justice Sathish Chandra Sharma will participate in a Pan India Legal Awareness and Outreach Campaign in Sangareddy on Sunday. The programme is being conducted as part of Azadi Ki Amrut Mahotsav by National Legal Services Authority (NLSA). The programme will […]

Nalgonda: Superintendent of Police A V Ranganath on Saturday instructed the police officials to work with commitment and dedication to achieve the target of turning Nalgonda into a ganja-free district. Speaking at a meeting with the police officials here, Ranganath said the State government was very serious about smuggling and sale of ganja which was […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Forensic Laboratory is all set to add another feather to its cap with the State government sanctioning Rs. 17.50 crore for the modernization and construction of a new DNA & Molecular Biology Laboratory. Coming up on 14,000 sft area, the new three storied building will house state-of-the-art equipment to help the […]

"Sharmila, who has Rayalaseema DNA, has taken up the padayatra in Telangana for this purpose," he said.

He said that he had visited seven villages of the constituency and observed that the tide was turning in favour of the BJP candidate and former minister Eatala Rajender.