Telangana

Inflows to major irrigation projects were also decreasing gradually, say officials

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said Telangana is now exporting fish to other States and countries. The State was importing fish from other parts of the country until Telangana was formed seven years ago, he added. Speaking after releasing the fishlings into Ranganayaka Sagar located at Chandlapur here on Wednesday, Harish Rao said that […]

Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao urged the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (PSCIT) to recommend to the Centre to allot a project similar to ITIR to Telangana or provide an additional incentive for the youngest State to take the IT sector to new heights. KTR urged the committee to highlight the […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao conveyed his greetings to people of Telangana State on celebrating the Telangana Language Day marking the birth anniversary of people’s poet and Padma Vibhushan awardee Kaloji Narayana Rao. The Chief Minister said Kaloji’s emphasis on “everybody to speak and write in one’s own mothertongue”, was an inspiration and gave […]

Rajanna Sircilla: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao toured flood-affected areas in Sircilla town on Wednesday. Due to torrential rains since Monday evening, most low-lying areas in Sircilla town, which recorded 15 cm rainfall after 30 years, were inundated. Life came to a standstill in Venkampeta, Pragathinagar, Shivanagar, Ashoknagar, Old Bus Stand, […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will lay the foundation stone for the proposed government nursing colleges at Wanaparthy and Nagarkurnool soon. Similarly, IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao will lay the foundation stone for the nursing college at Gadwal, announced Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy. He wanted the officials to make all arrangements […]

Kothagudem: District Collector D Anudeep asked horticulture officials and scientists to motivate farmers to follow modern farming techniques for getting better yield and profits. He said farmers should be educated about the cultivation of commercial crops like oil palm as there was good demand for palm oil in the market. The Telangana government has been […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said that a Rs 6 lakh insurance facility would be provided to fishermen on par with Rythu Bima. Mobile fish outlets would also be sanctioned to all mandals in the coming days. Speaking at a Mudiraj community meeting held in Veenavanka on Wednesday, Harish Rao said that previous governments […]

Hyderabad: The number of students turning up for regular classes in schools in Telangana is improving each passing day. This is evident from the daily attendance being recorded in different schools. A total of 35.83 per cent out of 53,34,630 students attended regular classes in 36,869 schools under different managements on Wednesday as against 31.12 […]

Warangal: The English Language Teachers’ Association(ELTA), is now focusing on imparting the HOT topics (Higher Order Thinking) which include Artificial Intelligence (AI), IoT, Machine learning (MI), and Robotics providing an opportunity for the young learners to explore their favourite areas of interest. On the other hand, it is also running a Radio Podcast service for […]

Mancherial: A notorious inter-State thief from Chhattisgarh was arrested for allegedly involving house burglaries in the coal belt region of Mancherial district, in Ramakrishnapur on Wednesday. A total of 45 grams of gold was recovered from him. The accused was Suraj Sriram Shetti (29), an auto-rickshaw driver from Balikunta in Jagdalpur city of Chhattisgarh. Sriram […]

Warangal: Pittala Raju, a cell phone shop owner, who was set on fire by a chit fund agent and his wife, has succumbed to burns at a private hospital here on Wednesday. He is survived by his wife Siri and a five-year-old son. Godugu Kavya, the main accused, and her husband Godugu Ganesh, an agent […]

Mancherial: An innovative science model titled ‘Feeding Chamber’ developed by Jammidi Anjanna, a student of a government school was selected to be featured in a national level exhibition. The model was one of 60 models chosen for exhibiting in a national event to be conducted by Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research’ (INSPIRE) scheme […]

Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Wednesday said that the fish production has increased significantly like paddy in the State due to initiatives of the Telanagana government. Releasing fishlings into Pedda Cheruvu of Nakrekal in the district, Jagadish Reddy said that the State government has been according equal priority to agriculture and its allied […]

Jayashankar Bhupalpally: Two thieves have allegedly looted a jewellery shop at Ganapuram mandal centre in the district in the wee hours of Wednesday. The burglars have reportedly decamped with nearly 30 tolas of gold, 20 kgs of silver plates and eight kgs of silver anklets, total worth around Rs 36 lakh from Lakshmiprasanna Jewellery shop, […]

Hyderabad: The Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TSSPDCL) and Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for implementing utility-led Demand Side Management (DSM) program for consumers of TSSPDCL. This will address the barrier of upfront high purchase cost of energy efficient appliances, thereby encouraging more consumers to buy and […]

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has called upon the citizens to install only clay Ganesh idols by staying away from using the idols made up of Plaster of Paris (POP). Addressing a gathering after launching the distribution of clay idols by BC Corporation, the Minister said several NGOs, spiritual organisations, individuals and even the […]

Kothagudem: The water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district has been increasing slowly and reached 38.70 feet at 6 pm on Wednesday. There has been an increase of 4.2 feet in the water level since 6 pm, on Tuesday, at which the water level recorded was 34.50 feet. District Collector, D Anudeep […]

The project’s first two days of the trials will focus on the visual line of sight (VLOS), which involves drones flying between 500 and 700 meters from the base and they can be seen with the naked eye.

Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Wednesday said that the fish production has increased significantly like paddy production in the State due to initiatives of the State government. Releasing fishlings into Pedda Cheruvu of Nakrekal in the district, Jagdish Reddy said that the state government has been according equal priority to agriculture and its […]

Tharoor also expressed happiness at having the opportunity to plant a sapling as part of the Challenge, initiated by Rajya Sabha MP J. Santosh Kumar. Other members of the committee, Mahua Moitra, Syed Zafar Islam

Peddapalli: Peddapalli MLA, Dasari Manohar Reddy was infected by the Coronavirus. The Legislator, who tested positive for the virus on Tuesday night, got admitted in a private hospital in Hyderabad. Manohar Reddy, who was also affected by the virus in the first wave too and took two doses of corona vaccine. The MLA has been […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has chosen noted poet, literary personality and critic Shivaramakrishna Penna for this year’s Prajakavi Padma Vibhushan Kaloji Narayana Rao Award. The 61-year-old has made several significant contributions to various genres of modern Telugu literature. He has to his credit 11 volumes of poetry, eight volumes of literary criticism, hundreds of ghazals […]

Mahabubnagar: A leopard was found dead on National Highway-167 along Mahabubnagar-Raichur route at Kakatiya School near Manyamkonda on Wednesday morning. The officials suspect that the leopard was crossing the road in search of food when an unidentified vehicle ran over it resulting in its death. Upon receiving information, the Devarakadra police and the Forest officials […]