Telangana

Hyderabad: As the daily count of Covid-19 infections and fatalities has dropped in Telangana, the sense of urgency to get vaccinated among the people has gone down significantly. Since the conditions have become conducive, availability of vaccines have improved and the Delta variant appears to have burnt itself out, people have developed vaccine hesitancy. This […]

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Hyderabad: Mir Arshad Ali, Sub-Registrar of Rajendranagar, was trapped at his office by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday when he allegedly demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a complainant K Aravind Mahesh Kumar of Langer Houz through a document writer Vasu to do an official favour, ACB officials said. The […]

Hyderabad: State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Thursday said the Central government was giving funds for taking up various development works in the State. Participating in an election campaign at Maachinapalli and other villages in Huzurabad Assembly constituency, he said the development of Huzurabad would be possible only with the BJP. On completion of […]

Hyderabad: The management of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Yadadri is planning to set up an exclusive hundi to facilitate devotees offering gold for the gold plating of the temple’s Vimana Gopuram (entrance tower). The move comes in the wake of appeals from devotees who wish to make gold offerings for the work. A […]

Hyderabad: An expert committee constituted by the State government to study the proposals of Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) unanimously felt that the entire methodology considered in developing the rule curves was erroneous as it does not comply with the provisions of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-I (KWDT-I) (Bachawat) Award. The committee, which met on Wednesday, […]

Hyderabad: Close on the heels of its questionable decision on suspension of the ongoing Telangana Dalit Bandhu scheme in poll-bound Huzurabad Assembly constituency, the Election Commission of India appears to have waded into troubled waters with another order that prohibits any political activity directly related to the by-election even in areas adjoining the district/constituency where […]

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 183 new Covid infections and one fatality on Thursday taking the cumulative number of deaths to 3,943 and the total number of positive cases to 6,69,739. The number of active cases in Telangana, as on Thursday, was 3,967. The authorities on Thursday conducted 41,363 Covid tests of which results of 1,644 samples […]

Huzurabad: BC Welfare Association national president R Krishnaiah on Thursday said the BJP government at the Centre was against BC communities. BC reservations, which were implemented right from Mandal Commission, have been opposed by the BJP which was also against the implementation of reservations in legislative bodies and caste census, he said. “When we met […]

Nirmal: Tension prevailed in Surjapur village of Khanapur mandal in the district on Thursday as members of a community staged a protest demanding action against the culprits who killed a youngster for loving a girl belonging to another community. Four persons were booked for their alleged involvement in the murder. Nirmal DSP Upender Reddy said […]

Mancherial: Under the aegis of Lead Bank – Union Bank of India (UBI) – about 20 scheduled commercial banks and cooperative sector banks organised a day long district level credit outreach programme at a function hall in Kyathanpalli of Mandamarri mandal on Thursday. Additional Collector Ila Tripathi was the chief guest of the event. Speaking […]

Hyderabad: Elaborate arrangements were being made in strict adherence to the Covid-19 safety guidelines for the first year Intermediate public examinations which were scheduled to be conducted from October 25 to November 3, Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy said. During a video conference with District Collectors here on Thursday, the Minister said 1,768 exam […]

Kothagudem: A worker died and two others were injured in an accident at ITC Limited Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division (PSPD) unit at Sarapaka in Burgampad mandal in the district on Thursday. The deceased, K Venkateswarlu (35), of Mothepatti Nagar in the mandal, died on the spot when an iron sheet fell on him while […]

Kothagudem: The leaders of Vikalangula Joint Action Committee (VJAC) have demanded suspension of policemen who were allegedly responsible for the death of a hearing impaired man at Yadadri in Bhongir district. VJAC Chairman Sathish Gundapuneni, in a statement here on Thursday, said the deceased, Karthik Goud of Mahabubnagar district, went for darshan of the deity […]

Hyderabad: Buddhavanam Project Special Officer Mallepalli Laxmaiah filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court on Wednesday appealing to the cout to issue orders suspending the impugned orders issued by Election Commission of India (ECI) deferring the implementation of Dalit Bandhu scheme in poll-bound Huzurabad Assembly constituency. Laxmaiah said Dalit Bandhu scheme was […]

Huzurabad: TS Planning Board Vice-Chairman B Vinod Kumar said on Thursday that BJP candidate for Huzurabad by-election Eatala Rajender had no moral right to seek votes from the people since he resigned from the State Assembly without any valid reason and with his own agenda. Vinod said the BJP leader failed to come out with […]

Hyderabad: A total of 92.61 per cent out of 68,836 candidates who had appeared for the Common Post Graduate Entrance Tests (CPGET) 2021 were declared qualified. The results of the CPGET 2021 conducted by Osmania University for admissions into various PG, PG diploma and five-year integrated programmes offered by seven universities in the State were […]

Mulugu: Stating that the Union government will extend all possible assistance in developing the tourism sector in Telangana, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said the Centre has already decided to develop several temples and monuments like Jogulamaba group of temples, Golconda Fort, Charminar and Qutub Shahi tombs in the State. He along with State […]

Kothagudem: The counting of hundi collections at Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Temple at Bhadrachalam in the district took place on the temple premises on Thursday. Temple Executive Officer B Sivaji, in a statement, said the hundi income for the past 106 days was Rs 1.70 crore besides 170 grams of gold and two kg of […]

Warangal: Students, who attended the free online coaching classes conducted by the Kakatiya Government College (UG and PGH), Hanamkonda, for the entrance exam for admission into the M.SC (Chemistry) course in the State universities (CPGET-2021) secured 4,5,6 and 10 ranks in CPGET-2021, according to programme coordinator and Head, Department of Chemistry, Dr B. Ramesh. Speaking […]

Hyderabad: The State government’s persistent efforts to get the farmers in Telangana to take up alternate crops instead of paddy appears to be paying off with Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy stating on Thursday that farmers across the State were taking up alternate crops on a large scale. Subsequently, sufficient seed stocks have been made […]

Kothagudem: The sacrifices of police martyrs are priceless, Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Dutt said on Thursday. Many policemen were sacrificing their lives for the welfare of the people and the protection of the community, he said, paying homage to policemen who died in the line of duty at the Smriti Parade organised here to […]

Medak: A man drowned in a tank at Imampur village in Toopran Mandal. The victim was identified as Godala Ashok (30), a farmer by profession. He reportedly went for fishing on Wednesday but failed to return home even by evening. When the family members searched for him, the body was found floating in the tank […]

Adilabad: Police Martyrs Commemoration Day or Flag Day was observed across the erstwhile Adilabad district on Thursday. Rich tributes were paid to police martyrs who lost their lives while discharging duties. In Adilabad, in-charge Superintendent of Police M Rajesh Chandra along with Collector Sikta Patnaik paid tributes to martyrs at a programme held in Police […]