Telangana

Sangareddy: One man died, and three others have taken ill seriously when they were cleaning a septic tank at Kakatiya Hospital near Isnapur of Patancheru Mandal on Thursday. Poisonous gases were reportedly emanating from the tank when it was uncovered. The victims were not yet identified. The Police have registered a case. The body was […]

Jeddah: The cost of Haj 2022 is expected to rise steeply even as there will be a drop in the number of pilgrims in view of quota curtailment. The Haj cost for Indian pilgrims is expected to be approximately Rs. 3.5 lakh per pilgrim, according to a top official of Indian Haj Committee. The Central […]

Hyderabad: Government of Telangana has entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with King’s College London in the presence of Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao in connection with the proposed Pharma University at the Hyderabad Pharma City. The MoU was signed in London by Industries Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan and Professor Richard Trembath, Senior […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC) on Thursday postponed personal hearings of private colleges for fee fixation. In a notice, the TAFRC said it had received new guidelines from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) with regard to fee fixation. In case the same was to be implemented, the institutions […]

Siddipet: Expressing shock over the death of an ANM, Ramadugu Renuka, who died in a road accident in Siddipet district on Thursday, Health Minister T Harish Rao has announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia, and an outsourcing job for her husband in the health department. The victim was Ramadugu Renuka (38) of the Ladanur village of […]

Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department, Hyderabad has said there could be light to moderate rains at a few places across Telangana for the next four days. Almost all the districts, except Karimnagar, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Peddapalli, Mulugu, Hanamkonda and Warangal, were issued a yellow alert indicating thunderstorms and lightning activity. “The north–south trough from central Madhya […]

Hyderabad: The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) on Thursday issued a notification for filling 155 clerks’ posts (Junior Assistance Grade II) through eligible Badli workers and other category workers working in the company. Applications from eligible workers in different sections of SCCL will be accepted online from May 25 and the last date for online […]

Khammam: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy expressed apprehensions that the BJP government at the Centre might bring back the withdrawn black agricultural laws anytime. He along with Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar laid the foundation stones for various development works worth Rs.10.34 crore at Khammam Agriculture Market here on Thursday. As many as 15 works […]

Khammam: The Central government led by the BJP was lacking foresight concerning the farming sector and betterment of farmer’s lives, alleged Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy. As the Centre was neglecting agriculture, on which the majority of the Indian population depend for livelihood, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has been strengthening the field of […]

Hyderabad: Results of the ongoing Intermediate Public Examinations will be declared around June 20. Accordingly, the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TS BIE) has already commenced the evaluation of answer scripts in 15 spot evaluation camps across the State. The evaluation of Sanskrit answer scripts have commenced, while English paper I & II, Telugu […]

Hyderabad: Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao met with GSK Consumer Health Global R&D Head Franck Riot, in London on Thursday to discuss the growth witnessed by the safety and regulatory setup of GlaxoSmithKline in Telangana and its expansion plans for the State. Franck Riot said the facility will look for opportunities to expand […]

Karimnagar: The 24-hour auto-rickshaw bandh call given by unions in protest against anti- transport workers policies of the union government went off peacefully across the erstwhile Karimnagar district on Thursday. Auto-rickshaw union gave the bandh call in protest against the imposition of Rs 50 fine per day for not renewing fitness certificates and steep increase […]

Mancherial: Former Chennur MLA Nallala Odelu and his wife Bhagyalaxmi who is also the ZP chairperson shifted their loyalties to the Congress party. The couple and their sons joined the party in presence of the party leader Priyanka Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Odelu alleged that he was humiliated and […]

Siddipet: The Finance Minister T Harish Rao has asked the fisheries department officials of the erstwhile Medak district to initiate the process of forming new fishermen societies across the district since water resources have been increased during the past few years in the district. Speaking to the fisheries department officials and elected representatives of Medak […]

Khammam: Auto rickshaw bandh called by Auto Workers union JAC was successful in Khammam district bandh on Thursday and passed off peacefully. The bandh was called demanding the Centre to withdraw GO 714. Massive protest rallies took out at different places in Khammam and Kothagudem districts by auto rickshaw unions in support of the demand. […]

Hyderabad: About 2,600 farmers across 19 villages in Kangti Mandal of Sangareddy district in Telangana are reaping the benefits of programme initiated by Wells Fargo in collaboration with Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR). Farmers like Pandya Nayak of Sardharthanda village in northwestern Telangana has gone from growing a single crop of jowar to growing two crops a […]

Warangal: Agriculture department officials have prepared an action plan for the coming Vanakalam season (Kharif) in the six districts carved out of erstwhile Warangal district with the southwest monsoon likely to hit Telangana on June 10. A total of 17, 89, 743 lakhs acres would likely be cultivated in erstwhile Warangal district. With 4,60,580 acres […]

Jagtial: An anonymous caller posing as a DSP of Anti-Corruption Bureau, demanding Rs 10 lakh from some Tahsildars in the district created tension among official circles. Surprisingly, the caller managed to get contact numbers of Tahsildhars through sub-inspectors of concerned mandals. Moreover, instead of contacting them directly, he made phone calls to Tahsildars after alerting […]

Sangareddy: In a rarest tribute to their classmate, a team of his Xth Classmates have joined hands to set up two libraries cum study centres in two government schools in Narayankhed area by spending over Rs 4 lakh. Daram Praveen (36) of Narayankhed town died of Covid-19 in 2021 during the second wave. His friends […]

Hyderabad: The State government expedited the process for issuing notification to fill 9,168 posts under Group-IV cadre. The officials concerned were instructed to submit all the relevant information including roster point details to the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) by May 29. Accordingly, the officials will submit complete information pertaining to vacancies to the […]

Adilabad: Two farmers were killed on the spot when a truck mowed down a motorbike on Hyderabad-Nagpur national highway at Kupti village in Neradigonda mandal on Wednesday night. The incident came to light on Thursday. Neradigonda Sub-Inspector K Mahender said that the victims were Rathod Jadav Kishan (62) and Rathod Subhash (40). They both were […]

Hyderabad: Ancient paintings, vintage things, Egyptian mummies, architectural heritage, traditional art or naval history – there’s a museum for everything in Telangana. Our State definitely has a lot to offer for a curious traveler. So grab your camera and head down to these museums that deserve to be on travel bucket lists. Buddhist Heritage Museum, […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has increased the liquor prices by 20 to 25 per cent to mop up revenues. Prices of all brands of liquor were hiked and this is expected to help the government generate additional revenues of Rs 6,000 crore to Rs 7,000 crore annually. The state had earned Rs 30,000 crore from liquor […]

Hyderabad: A class 12 student allegedly stabbed his girlfriend’s classmate for talking to her in Rajendranagar Mandal of Ranga Reddy district in Telangana, the police said. According to the police, the victim has been identified as Durga Prasad. Banjara Hills Inspector Nageshwar Rao informed said Durga Prasad and the girl were classmates. “After the accused […]