Telangana

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili on Tuesday heard a PIL filed by Sree Rastriya Vanara Sena against government in initiating land acquisition proceedings proposing to acquire the land in Seetharampur village of Shabad mandal in Rangareddy admeasuring Ac 1148.12 gts belonging […]

Mahabubnagar: Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday said the State BJP leaders, who failed to question the Central government’s discrimination towards Telangana, however, make tall claims about the development plans for the State. “The Central government sanctioned 157 medical colleges for different States in the country but not one was sanctioned to […]

Hyderabad: To facilitate the passengers during Sankranti festival, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation operated 4000 additional buses from Hyderabad to various destinations, in Telangana and other neighbouring states. The corporation transported 55 lakh passengers without levying any additional charges. TSRTC earned Rs 107 crore during this festive season. TSRTC Chairman Baji Reddy Goverdhan and […]

Hyderabad: The Tribal Welfare department has invited applications for sports coaches to work on outsourcing basis in disciplines-Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Volleyball, Basketball and Athletics in the Tribal Welfare Model Sports Schools in the State. The vacancies were available in AHS Kothaguda, Mahabubabad district, AHS (B) Jatarla, Adilabad district, AHS (Boys) Kinnerasani, Bhadradri Kothagudem district, AHS (Girls) […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: District Collector Anurag Jayanthi on Tuesday instructed officials to complete Sircilla mini-stadium works by February 15. The Collector inspected ongoing works of the mini-stadium being constructed in Sircilla municipality limits and enquired about the progress of works. Speaking on the occasion, Anurag Jayanthi said mini-stadium was being constructed in four acres of land by […]

Sangareddy: Sangareddy police have nabbed a highway robbery gang that was involved in stealing goats and sheep brought to Hyderabad meat markets from Maharashtra. The police team under the leadership of Patancheru Inspector N Venugopal Reddy seized a country-made pistol, seven live rounds of bullets, 60 sheep, one Bolero vehicle, Rs 1.51 cash, three knives […]

Kothagudem: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Director (Finance) N Balaram congratulated the company employee Anthoti Prabhakar who won awards in recent international art competitions. The employee who works in the Singareni head office personnel department welfare wing has proved his mettle as a cartoonist, caricaturist and painter. His works have been selected for the art […]

Karimnagar: Sleuths of Anti Corruption Bureau trapped Executive Engineer, Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, PV Raman, while accepting Rs 17,000 bribe from a contractor at his chamber in the Corporation office here on Tuesday. According to ACB police, Raman demanded Rs 17,000 from a contractor Madhu to clear his bills. Not interested in paying the bribe, the […]

Hyderabad: Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao has tested positive for Covid-19. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Dr Srinivasa Rao said, “Due to mild symptoms, I got myself tested in a laboratory, which confirmed that it was Covid-19. I am getting hospitalised and isolating myself and for necessary symptomatic treatment.” […]

Jagtial: TRS activists and farmers staged a protest and burnt effigies of Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Aravind in Metpalli and Korutla areas, opposing the MP’s visit to the district on Tuesday. The MP was scheduled to tour Mularampur, Godur, Barthipur and Chittapur on Tuesday. Opposing Aravind’s visit, TRS workers and farmers staged protest and raised “Go […]

Hyderabad: The Commissionerate of Collegiate Education (CCE) has instructed all government and private aided degree colleges in the State to take online classes for students till further orders. In a circular issued on Tuesday, the CCE directed principals to ensure that all faculty members take online classes so as to implement the academic instructions as […]

Hyderabad: As a part of the lecture series under the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) elective course, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is going to hold two online lectures, ‘Sweeter than Honey: The Advent and Rise of Classical Telugu Literature’ and ‘Conquest of the World: Krishnadevaraya’s Amuktamalyada’. Distinguished scholar, translator, and musician Dr Srinivas […]

Nagarkurnool: Two beautiful sculptures of the Kakatiya period are found lying in utter neglect among the bushes at the famous Shiva temple at Umamaheswaram in Nagarkurnool district. A life size sculpture of Siva and a Nandi idol carved out of black basalt stone were noticed by Dr. E. Sivanagireddy, archaeologist during his explorations conducted near […]

Hyderabad: The State health department on Tuesday released an advisory on the use of the medicines provided in home isolation kit for Covid positive individuals. The home isolation medical kit provided for free of cost to persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 at all the Government health care facilities, contains seven medicines including Azithromycin (antibiotics/ […]

Hyderabad: Telangana government urged the Union Health Ministry to include all citizens above 60 years for the precautionary dose of Covid vaccine irrespective of their comorbidities and consider booster doses to all the citizens above 18 years of age. Telangana Health Minister, T Harish Rao, in a letter to Union Health Minister, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya […]

Mulugu: Three Maoists were killed in an encounter with the police in Venkatapuram (Nuguru) mandal close to Chattishgarh border in Mulugu district in the early hours of Tuesday. Sources said a constable of Greyhounds, the elite anti-Naxal squad of Telangana State, sustained injuries in the incident. It is suspected that divisional level leaders of the […]

Hyderabad: In an effort to improve infrastructure and quality of education in government schools, the State Cabinet has decided to take up the ambitious ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ as a flagship programme with a budget of Rs 7,289.54 crore in three phases over a period of three years. A total 19.84 lakh students in 26,065 government […]

Hyderabad: The State Cabinet held a lengthy discussion on various projects proposed by the Irrigation Department and approved allocation of Rs 2,251.12 crore for their completion. Among these newly approved projects, the Cabinet allocated Rs 388.20 crore for construction of a link canal from Mallannasagar reservoir to Tapaspalli reservoir in Siddipet district which will ensure […]

Hyderabad: Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister E Dayakar Rao on Monday said Telangana was first in utilisation of NREGS funds for taking up different development works. The Minister instructed Panchayat Raj Department officials to execute as many works under the scheme before March this year. The Minister along with Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy […]

Khammam: The office bearers of the Yuva Telangana Party (YTP) district committee have decided to join the TRS party, on Monday. At a meeting here, the YTP district president Jakkula Venkata Ramana said he had quit the party opposing the proposed merger of the Yuva Telangana Party with BJP. Entire YTP office bearers unanimously decided […]

Hyderabad: With focus on improving the existing infrastructure and the quality of education in government schools, the State government is all set to launch ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ programme soon across the State. The State Cabinet on Monday approved a budgetary allocation of Rs 7,289 crore to strengthen government schools in the State as part of […]

Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy on Monday said the Endowments Department witnessed remarkable growth after State formation. He organised a programme titled Ashtottara Shata Pandita Dampathee sanmanam or felicitation of 108 vedic scholars from prominent temples across Telangana. Speaking on the occasion, Indrakaran opined that the Endowments Department underwent an unprecedented development and was […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: A huge number of devotees thronged the Vemulawada Rajarajeshwaraswamy temple on Monday, which is an auspicious day for the presiding deity. The arrival of devotees to the shrine began from early in the morning and pilgrims were seen standing in serpentine queue lines to have a darshan of Lord Shiva. It took four hours-time […]

Peddapalli: In a shocking incident, a woman stayed with the dead body of her sister for four days in Peddapalli town. The incident came to light on Monday when neighbours alerted police about foul smell emanating from the house. According to police, Maroju Swathi and her younger sister Swetha were staying in a rented house […]