Telangana

Hyderabad: A senior most naxalite leader Dubasi Shankar who went by the name of Ramesh in the Maoist party was arrested along with his associate by Odisha police near Biparguda village on Tuesday, according to information reaching here. Dubasi Shankar, a native of Medak district and currently the member of the Andhra Orissa Special Zonal […]

Hyderabad: The State government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Telangana High Court banning immersion of Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris in the Hussain Sagar, Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav said on Tuesday. In a meeting with the Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi and Vishwa Hindu Parishad here, the […]

Jogulamba Gadwal: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao laid the foundation stone for a 100-bed hospital in the Market Yard premises at Alampur Chowrasta here on Tuesday. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy, Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud, Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy, MLC Surabhi Vani Devi and other elected public representatives participated […]

Kothagudem: Two hunters were electrocuted when they came in contact with live electric wire traps set up to kill wild animals in the forests in Mulakalapalli mandal in the district during wee hours on Tuesday. The incident took place in the forests located in between Pusugudem and Madharam villages in the madal. The deceased were […]

Urges Dalit Bandhu committee members to work as resource persons for uplift of the Dalit community

Hyderabad: CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka hailed the State government’s Dalit Bandhu scheme and said no other State in the country had taken up such an initiative for the welfare of Dalits. The Madira MLA thanked the Chief Minister for selecting Chintakani mandal in his constituency for taking up the Dalit Bandhu pilot project. He […]

Hyderabad: Coming down heavily on the State BJP unit for conducting Padayatras, Panchayatraj and Rural Development Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao wanted BJP leaders to exert pressure on Central government to sanction the projects allocated to Telangana as per AP Reorganisation Act. Kazipet Coach Factory, Bayyaram steel factory and tribal university were three prominent assurances made […]

Adilabad: Dr Raju Ramekar, an Adilabad town-based radiologist, achieved rare copyright from the Central government for designing a horizontal line below the letter L in English, an emphasis that would help in pronouncing ळ (LA) that is widely used in Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. In April, Raju proposed the horizontal line […]

Kothagudem: There were about 3.30 lakh under-trial prisoners in jails across the country, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has informed a Right to Information (RTI) activist in the district. The Ministry, in a recent reply to the activist and an NGO, Youth for Anti-Corruption member, Nallapu Manideep’s query, said that of the 15,98,218 under-trial […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State has received bountiful rains so far this monsoon with five districts receiving large excess rainfall (more than 60 per cent of the average normal rainfall), 21 districts getting excess rainfall (ranging from 20 to 50 per cent of the normal) and seven districts receiving normal rainfall. Significantly, not even a single district […]

Hyderabad: Dengue has continued to remain active in urban areas of Telangana, especially in areas under GHMC, Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts. Active monsoons for a prolonged period in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana has created congenial conditions for vector and water-borne diseases and viral fevers to thrive, Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G […]

Karimnagar: Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav came down heavily on BJP and Congress leaders on Monday for meaningless criticism of the State government. Speaking to reporters at LMD guest house here, Srinivas Yadav asked of BJP State president and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar as to how much funds the latter had got sanctioned […]

Hyderabad: A two-Judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justice T Vinod Kumar expressed its displeasure at the State government for not appointing additional public prosecutors through direct recruitment. The panel was dealing with a petition filed for an extension of time in a Public Interest Litigation […]

Warangal: The Department of Information Technology (IT), Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science Warangal (KITSW) organised a one-day workshop on ‘Machine Learning’ for the benefit of the students here on Monday, said KITSW Principal, Prof K Ashoka Reddy. In a press note, he said that the workshop had focused on real-time opportunities for the benefit […]

Warangal: Police Commissioner Dr Tarun Joshi has called on the people to organise festivals with respect to other religions. With Ganesh Navaratri festivities going on, a peace committee meeting with the religion heads was held here on Monday. Addressing the meeting, the CP said Warangal city was known for religious harmony for a long time […]

Hyderabad: Two persons were arrested by the Medchal police on Monday for their involvement in an accident resulting in the death of three persons and injuries to four others. According to the police, Todeti Balavantha (36) drove his car under the influence of alcohol on Friday and hit a bike resulting in the death K […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Monday urged the Centre to increase funding to Telangana State under the Central Sector Schemes or Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) by at least 10-folds from this financial year. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy submitted a representation to Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje in this […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justice T Vinod Kumar on Monday reserved orders on a review petition filed by the State government seeking modifications to the orders on Ganesh immersion. The court had, on Thursday last, issued guidelines regarding immersion of Ganesh idols […]

Karimnagar: With Huzurabad by-poll likely to be held after Deepavali, the district administration checked the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on Monday. Based on the Election Commission’s instructions, the first level checking of EVMs was conducted. Collector and Election Officer RV Karnan along with representatives of different political parties visited the godown and checked EVMs and […]

Hanamkonda: Officials of the District Medical and Health Department along with police and revenue officials raided a house at Kakakaji colony and seized an unregistered portable ultrasound scanning machine that was being used for sex determination of foetus. The officials also sealed the centre. Sources said one Vemula Praveen of Gopalpur locality with the assistance […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy on Monday alleged that the government cheated Dalits and Girijans in the State in the last seven years and called on party cadre to make the Dalit-Girijan Dandora programme at Gajwel on Friday a grand success. “Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao failed to fulfil the promises made to Dalits. […]

Sangareddy: In a unique way of raising an issue, over a dozen girls ‘submitted a representation’ to Lord Vinayaka seeking divine intervention to protect women in the country at Gummadidala in Sangareddy district on Monday. The girls – Pranavi, Alekhya, Geethika, Nandini, Deekshika, and others – moved by the rape and murder of a six-year-old […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday revealed the State government’s plans on various aspects of the ambitious Telangana Dalit Bandhu scheme, stating that the intention was to have adequate budgetary allocation in the next budget. Next year alone, at least two lakh Dalit families would be covered under the scheme that aims at […]

Medak: Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and BJP national Vice-President Raman Singh on Monday claimed that the party would form the government in the State in the next Assembly elections “since Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s downfall is imminent.” Addressing a Praja Sangrama Yatra rally at Pothamsettypally in the district on Monday, the senior BJP leader […]