Telangana

Starting this December, Government Polytechnic Colleges students will be remotely using the advanced equipment put up in the labs at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus to master their skills.

Hyderabad: Promoting extensive cultivation of pulses in Yasangi (Rabi) season, the State government has decided to approach the union government to purchase the entire crop produced by farmers in the State. So far, the Centre has been purchasing only 25 per cent of the total production at Minimum Support Price (MSP). “To this effect, we […]

Hyderabad: Call it discrimination or political vendetta, establishing a steel plant at Bayyaram was approved in the AP Reorganisation Act but the BJP-led union government has been vehemently denying Telangana’s demand for the project, citing non-feasibility and other reasons. This has been the case since 2014. Every time Telangana raised the demand at different platforms, […]

Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod condemned the statements made by Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy ruling out the Centre establishing the steel plant at Bayyaram in the State.

As part of World Tourism Day celebrations, the union government presented the awards in New Delhi and Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud received the awards on behalf of the State.

Hyderabad: Eight years after coming to power, the BJP-led union government organised the Bathukamma festival celebrations officially at newly inaugurated Kartavyapath near India Gate in New Delhi on Tuesday. Though union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy touted it as a grand celebration to be attended by the Who’s Who in Delhi, none but himself and […]

Representatives of three ULBs will be felicitated during the Swachh Shehar Samvad & Tech Exhibition event at New Delhi in a few days.

Hyderabad: The High Court of Telangana will be closed for Dasara vacation from September 29 to October 7. During the vacation, two judges – Justice Kunuru Lakshman and Justice Chillakur Sumalatha will be sitting in the High Court for hearing the matters. The date of filing is September 30 while the date of sitting is […]

Hyderabad: British Deputy High Commissioner to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Gareth Wynn Owen, who recently took charge, called on Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali in his office at Lakdikapul here on Tuesday to exchange the perspective in strengthening Telangana and UK relations. The Minister explained to Owen in detail the reforms and innovative citizen centric […]

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday chaired the meeting with senior officials of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh including Chief Secretaries Somesh Kumar and Sameer Sharma respectively, over unsettled matters of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao remembered Dadasaheb Phalke awardee Paidi Jairaj who hailed from Telangana and became one of the top stars of Indian film industry

Mancherial: District Educational Officer S Venkateshwarlu drew criticism for abusing a private teachers’ union leader over the phone, here on Tuesday. In an audio clip, which went viral on social media platforms, Venkateshwarlu was heard yelling at Asif, a leader of Telangana Private Teachers Forum and terming him as a ‘useless fellow’, when the latter […]

Adilabad: Rich tributes were paid to freedom fighter and Professor Konda Laxman Bapuji on his 107th birth anniversary celebrated in different parts of erstwhile Adilabad district on Tuesday. Laxman hails from Wankidi mandal centre of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district. In Mancherial, MLA Nadipelli Diwakar Rao garlanded a statue of Laxman Collectorate and termed him as […]

Attired in colorful sarees and jewellery, Transgender community played Bathukamma with floral arrangements and by singing Bathukamma songs.

Nizamabad Police Commissioner KR Nagaraju said the suspects targeted lonely women with a knife and stick and fled with their gold and silver ornaments.

Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday urged union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya to consider amending guidelines and permit recruitment of individuals with Unani, Homeopathy and Naturopathy qualifications as mid-level health providers in wellness centres. In a letter to Dr Mandaviya, Health Minister, T Harish Rao said candidates who have done […]

Sighting of a tiger on the outskirts of fringe villages of coal belt towns Bellampalli and Mandamarri on Tuesday triggered panic among the villagers.

The award was presented by the Central government as part of World Tourism Day celebrations in New Delhi on Monday.

Hyderabad: Farmers led by the Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) on Tuesday demanded the Centre to implement farmer-friendly initiatives to ensure remunerative returns to farmers. They said though parties like TRS were focusing on farming to increase production, the high-cost inputs and labour due to the lack of Central policy, was making agriculture non-remunerative. […]

The Commissioner’s Task Force along with Matwada and Inthezargunj police conducted a raid over Kranthi Clinic, Kothawada, and Saleema Clinic, opposite Blue Bells High School

Hyderabad: Efforts by Telangana government to encourage public healthcare institutions to be more aggressive in offering Aarogyasri healthcare services have started to yield results. During the ongoing financial year, government hospitals in Telangana have registered a 19 per cent rise in offering healthcare services and surgeries that are covered under Aarogyasri health insurance scheme. Health […]

In the last five years, the Telangana State Police officers across the state have cleared a total of 11,601 pending traffic challans worth Rs.28.85 lakh.

Bapuji, who fought for the country's freedom movement, continued his struggle in independent India for the cause of separate Telangana and stood as an inspiration for many in the first phase statehood movement, Puvvada noted.

The police asked the people to give prior information at the nearest police station while going on vacation to enable the patrol teams to intensify patrolling in their area.