Telangana

Kothagudem: An association of persons with disabilities has appealed to the governments of two Telugu States to give a cash prize of Rs 2 crore to each athlete who won medals in the Tokyo Paralympics. The Telangana Vibhinna Pratibhavantula Sangham (TVPS) organised a celebration here on Tuesday and cut a cake marking the winning of […]

Three washed away in separate incidents; Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Warangal bore the brunt of heavy rains

Hyderabad: The ruling TRS, which has maintained utmost patience over the Oppostion parties’ abusive criticism for the past seven years, has decided to turn aggressive and respond strongly to the Opposition parties in multiples. In a stern warning to the Opposition parties, TRS working president KT Rama Rao asked them to mend their ways especially […]

Khammam: Telangana government has emerged as a role model in the implementation of welfare schemes, stated Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. He said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s development and welfare initiatives were being appreciated across the country and many governments in other States were emulating them. Ajay Kumar along with ZP Chairman Lingala Kamaraj […]

Sangareddy: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) president Tejasvi Surya termed Bandi Sanjay’s ‘padayatra’ as a war against Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. Addressing a rally at Ambedkar Junction in Sangareddy town as part of BJP State president Bandi Sanjay’s Praja Sangrama Yatra here on Tuesday, the BJYM president said the TRS government was fearing BJP […]

Hyderabad: With the water bodies getting huge inflows due to incessant rains for the last few days, the gates of at least four irrigation projects on Godavari basin were opened by the Irrigation Department officials to release water downstream. For the last five days, the officials were opening gates of Sriram Sagar project and releasing […]

Suryapet: Zilla Parishad Chairperson Gujja Deepika Yogender on Tuesday underlined the need to ensure that fruits of welfare schemes and development programmes reach every person in the State. Speaking at a standing committee meeting of Zilla Parishad, she said that the State government had taken up several welfare schemes for the benefit of all sections […]

Hyderabad: TPCC working president T Jagga Reddy said internal differences among leaders in the Congress party were common and appealed to the party cadre not to worry about such issues. Referring to the objections raised by a senior leader in the party over Mulugu MLA Sitakka tying ‘rakhi’ to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu recently, […]

Department has stocked up coal in large quantity to deal with any situation, says Transco CMD

Hyderabad: Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC) on Tuesday provided an option for students to submit the application forms for ‘B’ category admissions in the private professional colleges at its office if the managements were refusing to accept. There were allegations by certain students and student organisations that private professional colleges were not accepting […]

Hyderabad: The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has asked the Andhra Pradesh government to furnish views and submit the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of the proposed irrigation schemes and projects immediately to it. In a letter to the Engineer-in-Chief, Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Department, KRMB member DM Raipure referred the letter received from the Engineer-in-Chief, […]

To ensure institutional and structural development of the sector, says KTR

Hyderabad: The Managing Director, State Bank of India (SBI), Challa Srinivasulu Setty during his visit to Telangana, participated in a series of bank’s CSR activities. As part of these initiatives, the top SBI official inaugurated a high-end computer lab, projector room and science lab, developed by SBI with a cost of Rs 12 lakh, at […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday sought the Centre to relax the existing norms for implementation of Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme in the State and make it applicable to even small and marginal farmers. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy appealed to the Union government to encourage the cultivation of oil seeds and pulses, apart from […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday issued an order for implementation of Revised Pay Scales-2020 to the teaching and non-teaching staff working under the Telangana Residential Educational Institutions Society (TREIS) management. According to the order copy, the Revised Pay Scales, 2020 will come into force on and from July 1, 2018, and the monetary benefit […]

Adilabad: Collector Sikta Patnaik has instructed officials of Medical and Health Department to carry out health checkups of pregnant women every month without fail. She inspected a primary health centre at Narsapur village in Echoda mandal on Tuesday. She advised the officials to carry out medical investigations if some pregnant women who fail to turn […]

Hyderabad: The School Education department on Tuesday instructed private schools not to remove any child, who lost their parent or parents to Covid-19 from the school on account of non-payment of tuition fees or lack of uniform or learning material. Citing GO Rt.No.75, the department also directed private school managements not to increase any kind […]

Adilabad: Agrarian community celebrated the annual Polala, a festival of thanksgiving to farm animals for toiling for their masters, on a colourful note across erstwhile Adilabad on Tuesday. As part of the festival, the farmers bathed the bullocks in nearby irrigation tanks. They then decorated the farm animals with vibrant colours and joon (colourful cloth) […]

Adilabad: Irrigation projects received copious inflows from upstream areas, following incessant rains lashing in several parts of the erstwhile Adilabad district on Tuesday. Incidentally, several parts of the district registered heavy to moderate rains from Monday night till Tuesday morning. According to a bulletin released by the authorities concerned, Sripada Yellampalli project at Gudipet village […]

Karimnagar: Incessant rains wrecked havoc in the erstwhile Karimnagar district. Many villages were cut-off from the rest of the world as water bodies were continuously overflowing, inundating nearby towns as well. Two persons Kudukala Gangamallu (47) and his son Vishnuvardhan (7) washed away in flood water near Mallannapta of Gollapalli mandal of Jagitial district. A […]

Warangal: While rains continue to batter Warangal city, several low-lying areas have remained inundated on Tuesday causing much trouble to people living in those areas. To take stock of the situation, Warangal Mayor Gundu Sudharani along with Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) Commissioner P Pravinya inspected the flood situation in the colonies that remained in […]

Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy will formally launch releasing of fishlings into irrigation tanks in the erstwhile Nalgonda district on September 8 for this season. He will release fishlings into an irrigation tank at Nakrekal in Nalgonda district at 9 am. He will also attend a programme to be conducted at Bhongir of Yadadri-Bhongir […]

Siddipet: Siddipet district has recorded 17,628 tonnes of fish production and 116 tonnes of shrimp production in the year 2020-21 year as a result of 3.72 crore fishlings and 11.71 shrimps released into water bodies across the district during last monsoon season. Meanwhile, the fisheries department is preparing to release 4.19 crore fishlings and 12.94 […]

Nalgonda: The body of Dr Devireddy Jayasheel Reddy (42) was found in an irrigation tank, which was located near his agricultural land at Mella Duppalapally in Nalgonda district on Tuesday. Dr Jayasheel Reddy was missing from his agricultural fields since Monday morning and the police were alerted to trace him out. When air bubbles appeared […]