Telangana

Hyderabad: The State government has prohibited strikes in all the services under the Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited and two distribution companies – TSNPDCL and TSSPDCL for six months with effect from August 25. The strikes were prohibited under the provisions of the Telangana Essential Services Maintenance Act. A decision to this effect was taken […]

Hyderabad: Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday feigned ignorance about the BJP MLA T Raja Singh’s video with controversial remarks. When asked to respond to Raja Singh’s issue at a press conference organized to condemn the arrest of State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, he said he could not see the video as […]

Hyderabad: Arguments on MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh’s citizenship case took place in the court of Justice Vijayasen Reddy in Telangana High Court here on Tuesday. “Ramesh acquired Indian citizenship in 2009 obliging all requirements and won continuously four times in elections. Political grudge was the main motive of opponents filing the case,” his counsel pointed out […]

Karimnagar: Both Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Bharatiya Janata Party activists staged counter protests in Karimnagar town on Tuesday. While TRS workers staged a protest against BJP workers’ attack on the house of MLC K Kavitha in Hyderabad, saffron party activists registered their protest for arresting BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar and other party workers. […]

Kothagudem: Maoists have pardoned and released a kidnapped former naxal with a caution not to become a traitor with a greed for the money given by the police. A statement from CPI (Maoist) Cherla-Sabari Area Committee secretary Aruna released to the media here on Tuesday stated that a people’s court was held in the forests […]

Karimnagar: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar condemned what he termed as the state government’s move to stall his padayatra by arresting him without any reason. Sanjay Kumar warned of severe backlash from the people if the Telangana government tries to stall his padayatra by instigating the TRS ranks to attack him. He alleged that […]

Nalgonda: Agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy on Wednesday said that the farmers should cultivate diversified crops keeping in mind the changing food habits of the people. Inspecting the seed development centre at Dindi in the district, Niranjan Reddy said that the farmers should adopt the modern cultivation methods and choose new varieties of hybrid seeds […]

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said that the union government led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to do injustice to MNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) workers by imposing several restrictions. Addressing the field assistants, who were taken into duty again by the Telangana government recently, thanksgiving meeting at Vipanchi […]

Hyderabad: A day after the Delhi BJP leaders – MP Parvesh Verma and former MLC Manjinder Singh Sirsa made allegations against her over involvement in the Delhi liquor case, MLC K Kavitha filed defamation cases against the duo in the City Civil Court. She sought an unconditional apology from the BJP leaders for making baseless […]

Hanamkonda: Condemning the attack on MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha’s residence by the BJP workers, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao said that they would ensure not even fly can touch the family members of K Chandrashekar Rao. He also said that the entire Telangana people were behind Chandrashekar Rao’s family. Addressing a press […]

Hyderabad: Political tensions escalated between the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana in the wake of latter’s allegations against TRS MLC K Kavitha over her alleged involvement in the Delhi liquor case. The TRS ranks came in full support of Kavitha and launched a full throttle attack on the […]

Nirmal: A student of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technologies (RGUKT) committed suicide by hanging on the campus in Basar on Tuesday. Reason for his drastic step is yet to be ascertained. The student was identified as Rathod Suresh (19), who was studying first year of B. Tech integrated programme at the varsity. He […]

Adilabad: Followers of the Congress and All Indian Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) lodged a complaint against BJP MLA from Goshamahal T Raja Singh for his alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed, here on Tuesday. The leaders of the Congress and AIMIM demanded the State government to take stringent action against the legislator for hurting sentiments of […]

Nirmal: Student Governing Council, a joint action committee of students belonging to Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technologies (RGUKT)-Basar called for a bandh of universities across Telangana in the wake of suicide by a student of the varsity, on Wednesday. Terming the suicide as an unfortunate incident, the members of the SGC expressed condolences […]

Hyderabad: Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) on Tuesday has notified admissions into Post Graduate Medical Degree and Diploma courses for 2022-23 in Telangana. Online application forms are invited from NEET-PG-2022 qualified candidates for admission into the PG medical degree and diploma courses in medical colleges affiliated to KNRUHS and NIMS. Notification has […]

Hyderabad: After delivering 1.20 crore national flags in a short span as part of Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu, Handlooms Department is now gearing up for distribution of one crore Bathukamma sarees across the State. The department officials are planning to commence the distribution exercise from September third week this year. Already, orders for manufacturing one crore […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State BJP on Tuesday urged the Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to instruct the police to allow ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ undertaken by the party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar and provide security to him. In a memorandum submitted to the Governor, a BJP delegation led by party OBC Morcha national president K Laxman and others requested […]

Kothagudem: Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School (MPUPS) at Bandarigudem in Dummugudem mandal in the district was selected for district level Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar by the union Ministry of Education. The school located in the agency area in the district was the only government school nominated from Kothagudem district for Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar, informed the school […]

Adilabad: Gadge Meenakshi, Sarpanch of model village Mukhra (K) in Echoda mandal took part in a two-day long national workshop on localization of sustainable development goals concluded at Chandigarh on Tuesday. She received a certificate of appreciation from Sunil Kumar, secretary of the union ministry of Panchayat Raj, which hosted the workshop. Meenakshi narrated how […]

Peddapalli: NTPC contract workers, who were lathi-charged by CISF jawans on Monday, have decided to register their protest demanding the management to take action against CISF commandant as well as jawans involved in lathi-charge. Besides attending duties by wearing black badges for three days, rally and rasta roko would be conducted on Wednesday and Thursday […]

Mahabubabad: In a shocking incident, a minor girl studying in the 6th class was raped and impregnated in Jaju Thanda of Nellikuduru mandal in the district. It is alleged that the girl was raped allegedly by two minor boys and a youth of the same village several times. As the girl was suffering from fever […]

Mancherial: An 18-year-old girl was killed on the spot and three others sustained minor injuries when a motorbike dashed against an auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling on the outskirts of Kishtampet village in Chennur mandal on Tuesday. Chennur Inspector T Praveen said that the deceased person was Banala Rajamani, the daughter of Kanakai from […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has recorded 376 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday out of which 164 positive cases were from areas under GHMC and 33 from Rangareddy district. A total of 406 persons recovered on Tuesday, taking the overall number of recoveries to 8, 25, 762 while the number of active Covid-19 cases across the State was […]

Sangareddy: Two persons died in a road accident on NH-65 at Kistaiah Gudem in Kondapur Mandal when an unidentified vehicle hit a two-wheeler. The victims were Banoth Topya (45) and Sunitha (38). The death was instant for both of them as they sustained serious head injuries. The police were trying to trace the vehicle that […]