Telangana

Nirmal: Nirmal Collector Musharraf Ali Faruqui formally inaugurated a warehouse meant for storing Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) at Yellapalli village in Nirmal Rural mandal on Monday. The estimated cost of the facility was Rs 1.2 crore. Faruqui said the warehouse measuring 4,108 square yards was built within six […]

Hyderabad: The TRS has expedited efforts to establish the party committees at all levels from village to the State. The ruling party has already formed about 80 per cent of the village and municipal ward committees, while the remaining 20 per cent of them, will be ready within next two days. TRS working president and […]

Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje on Monday emphasised the need to promote agriculture exports to facilitate doubling of farmers’ income within a fixed time frame. She assured that the Centre would consider the Telangana government’s request for extending cent per cent subsidy to encourage oil palm cultivation. Addressing […]

Kothagudem: JD Foundation donated a wheelchair to a differently-abled girl at Bhadrachalam town in the district on Monday. Bhadradri Mahila Samrakshana district president Anuradha approached JD Foundation to support the physically challenged girl, Alla Sagarika of Jagadish Colony in the town. The foundation district convener K Murali Mohan Kumar with help from VJAC Chairman, Gundapaneni […]

Hyderabad: The State government has issued guidelines to convey its ‘No Objection’ to the Andhra Pradesh government in respect of certain employees/officers who were allotted/deemed allotted to the Successor State of Telangana, but had sought their transfer to Andhra Pradesh on a permanent basis. Accordingly, such employees/officers should apply to his/her Head of Department (HoD) […]

Nirmal: A young farmer was electrocuted when he accidentally touched an electrified fence set u to prevent wild animals at an agriculture field at Tirpelli village in Laxmanachanda mandal on Monday. Laxmanachanda Sub-Inspector SK Younus said the deceased was Badgari Bheemesh (26), son of Linganna. Bheemesh died on the spot when he came in contact […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday assured weavers that he would ensure sanction of Rs 30 crore for the thrift fund scheme to protect the interest of the weaving community. Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao had already released Rs 70 crore for the welfare of the weaving community, he […]

Hyderabad: The State government has issued guidelines to convey its ‘No Objection’ to the Andhra Pradesh government in respect of certain employees/officers who were allotted/deemed allotted to the Successor State of Telangana, but had sought their transfer to Andhra Pradesh on a permanent basis. Accordingly, such employees/officers should apply to his/her Head of Department (HoD) […]

Hyderabad: The 15-member Women’s Parliamentary Committee appreciated the State government’s initiatives in introducing programmes like KCR Kits and Kalyana Lakshmi, and said Telangana was a model for other States to take up such welfare measures. The Committee also showered praise on the government for encouraging setting up of Nutri gardens, saying such gardens would be […]

Nalgonda: Welcoming the offer of Union Minister for Tourism G Kishan Reddy to mediate in the river water dispute between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, former chairman of Telangana State Legislative Council Chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy on Monday urged the Union minister to also work for establishing railway coach factory and Central funds to the State. […]

According to the Telangana State Planning Development Society, a depression is likely to form over the northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha-West Bengal coasts during the next two days

Karimnagar: The body of a 39-year-old farmer, Siriseti Santhosh, was found burning between Korapalli and Papaiahpalli villages in Jammikunta mandal of the district on Monday.   A native of Vilasagar of Jammikunta mandal, Santhosh went missing on Sunday evening. Family members searched for him at their relatives and friends house but in vain. Locals found the two-wheeler […]

The 55-year-old, a resident of Khammam, brought from a state-run care home in West Bengal

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao asked the officials of Municipal Administration Department to seek more time from the Telangana High Court for submitting the State government’s action plan to protect the ecosystem and facilitate planned development in the villages under purview of GO 111. As unplanned development would lead to pollution of the existing […]

Hyderabad: Telangana will seek early release of pending GST (Goods and Services Tax) compensation to the State at the 45th GST Council meeting scheduled to be held at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on September 17. The State government, which had strongly opposed the Centre’s attempt to impose ‘backdoor GST’ on liquor in the name of […]

Hyderabad: With the Central government refusing to purchase paddy beyond the allocated quota, the State government will procure only 60 lakh tonnes of paddy through the procurement centres for the Vaanakalam (Kharif) season. The officials of Agriculture Department were asked to sensitise people in this regard. The State government had procured the entire yield during […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Sona, the low glycemic index rice developed by Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), is finding its way to domestic and international markets. The rice variety, also known as RNR 15048, is being positioned as a lifestyle product and is aimed at diabetics who seek to include rice in their diet. Two […]

Karimnagar: Various sections of the society paid their tributes to a six-year-old girl who was raped and killed at Singareni colony in Saidabad of Hyderabad. Terming the incident as heinous, people paid tributes to the girl by placing candles at her portrait in different places of erstwhile Karimnagar district on Sunday. The Tribal JAC paid […]

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Adilabad: The two-day tour by Chowrasta Band in Mancherial, Asifabad and Adilabad districts ended on Sunday. They covered different parts of the three districts as part of their busking, a first-of-its-kind musical trip from Lambadipalli of Karimnagar to Adilabad. During their tour, music director and singer Yashwanth Nag, who was the key member of the […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday expressed confidence that he would win the Huzurabad Assembly seat if he contested the by-poll. “I am staying away from this poll to avoid a by-poll in Siddipet Assembly constituency,” he said. The Minister was responding to repeated challenges thrown by BJP leader Eatela Rajender asking Harish […]

Mancherial/Kumram Bheem Asifabad: The sighting of a tiger at a stream on the outskirts of Chinnagudipet village in Kannepalli mandal, Mancherial, on Sunday created flutter among rural folk in the area. Rebbena Forest Range Officer Purnima said the carnivore inhabiting the forests of Kumram Bheem Asifabad drifted towards Kannepalli and Bheemini mandals by crossing Peddavagu […]

Hyderabad: Suravaram Pratapa Reddy was a multi-faceted personality who left his indelible mark on Telangana’s social consciousness and also worked for uplift of the downtrodden as well as development of society as a whole, said Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy. He said Pratapa Reddy was a dynamic person who organised community lunches nearly 80 years […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Kaghaznagar Inspector Ch Mohan has been accused of assaulting a retired army man over a land dispute on the premises of Kaghaznagar police station on Sunday. The police, however, denied the allegations and accused the ex-service man of thrashing a person from Kaghaznagar over the dispute. It is learned that Shiva, the […]