Telangana

Hyderabad: In a first major step towards establishing best biomedical waste management practices, the Telangana Government on Friday has sanctioned an amount of Rs.134.46 crore to establish Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) in 20 government hospitals and maintain them for a decade. Out of the sanctioned Rs.134.46 crore, a total of Rs. 68.31 crore will be […]

Warangal: Task Force sleuths along with Hanamkonda police raided a house in Premnagar Colony on Friday and arrested six youngsters while they were indulging in sale and consumption of dry Ganja and methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA) pills. They also seized two MDMA pills also known as ecstasy pills and 1.5 Kgs Ganja from their possession. The arrested […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Three persons were arrested in connection with murder of a farmer at Ainam village in Dahegaon mandal. Superintendent of Police K Suresh Kumar told press men that Mekala Arjaiah, his son Mekala Srikanth and nephew Guvvala Gopal, all tribals from Parvathipet village killed Perugu Shankar (45), a Dalit farmer from Ainam village. […]

Guntur: Honorary president of YSR Congress Party YS Vijayamma announced her resignation from the party at the YSRCP plenary session here on Friday. Striking an emotional note, she said she wanted to extend her support to her daughter YS Sharmila who had launched her political outfit YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) in Telangana where she needed […]

Hyderabad: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday postponed the UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET) December 2021 and June 2022 (merged cycles) for Telugu and Marathi subjects, which was scheduled to be held on Saturday. The governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have their own examinations scheduled on that day, the NTA said in a public […]

Mahabubnagar: Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud charged that BJP-led Central Government was subjecting middle and lower income groups’ to untold misery by increasing domestic gas cylinders and fuel prices. The TRS party staged a dharna in protest against the BJP Government’s latest revision of domestic LPG cylinder prices at Telangana Chowrasta here on Friday. During […]

Sangareddy: Senior Civil Judge and Mandal Legal Services Authority (MLSA) Chairman Justice Durgaprasad has said that the family members of the woman who died due to dowry harassment, victims of the road accidents, acid attacks, rape, human trafficking, and persons who became mentally unstable after the accidents were eligible for the compensation from the government. […]

Sangareddy: Unidentified miscreants cut open an ATM and stole Rs 15.70 lakh in cash at Bhanur village in Patancheru Mandal in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The intruders used gas cutters to cut open the ATM machine. The theft was noticed on Friday morning when some locals went to the ATM to withdraw […]

Hyderabad: Telangana BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday urged Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to resolve problems pertaining to podu lands in the State during revenue sadassus to be conducted this month and render justice to farmers. In a letter to the Chief Minister, he said the State government should come up with […]

Karimnagar: A ten-year old girl, Lokini Shivani died in a road accident in Thimmapur mandal headquarters on Friday afternoon. The incident occurred when a speeding car hit the girl at Thimmapur stage on Rajiv Rahadari. While the deceased was waiting at Thimmapur stage, a car moving towards Hyderabad from Karimnagar hit the girl injuring her […]

Hyderabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar directed revenue department officials to constitute special teams with Collector, Additional Collectors and RDOs for the smooth conduct of Revenue meetings scheduled to be held on July 15 across the State. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had directed the officials to conduct revenue meetings on July 15 to address land […]

Khammam: Teja variety chilli fetched a record price of Rs 22, 300 per quintal at the agricultural market yard here on Friday. The price offered for the chilli variety (cold storage stock) was said to be a national record. A week ago the same variety of chilli fetched Rs 22, 000. The chilli was sold […]

Hyderabad: Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has nominated Telangana High Court judge Justice P Naveen Rao as Executive Chairman of the Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA), Hyderabad, with effect from June 28, 2022. An order to this effect was issued by the Law department.

Hyderabad: Justice K Lalita of the Telangana High Court refused to interfere with a notice issued to actor Sai Pallavi by the Sultan Bazar Police Station. A member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had lodged a complaint complaining that the actor June 12, had made an objectionable statement. According to the complaint the film […]

Wanaparthy: In a suspicious incident, a mother and her son were found dead in a well at Goverdhanagiri village, Vepangandla mandal here on Friday morning. According to local residents, Shashikala (30), a resident of Goverdhanagiri village, was married to Chandu, a resident of Shagapur village, Pebbair mandal. However, due to differences between the couple, Shashikala […]

Karimnagar: Rescue operation is continuously ng to fish out the body of Kampali Shankar (50), who plunged into an agricultural well along with a tractor near Banjerupalli of Thimmapur mandal on Thursday evening. Police and revenue officials are making efforts to remove the body by draining out the water from the well. Commissioner of Police […]

Hyderabad: Forecasting extremely heavy rainfall over parts of Telangana in coming days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange warnings for two days— July 8 and 9. Explaining the cause for the heavy rains, the IMD has said that there is a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal. “The monsoon trough […]

Khammam: Incessant rainfall during the past 24-hours has thrown life out of gear with overflowing streams and tanks cut off transportation at many places and coal production was affected at SCCL opencast mines in erstwhile Khammam district. With heavy inflow of flood water coming into Kinnerasani reservoir at Paloncha in Kothagudem district six gates have […]

Karimnagar: Light rainfall was recorded in the erstwhile Karimnagar district during the last 24 hours. The highest of 24.8 mm drilling was recorded in Jaina of Dharmapuri mandal in Jagtial district followed by Gangipalli, Manakondur mandal of Karimnagar district 19.5 and Peddalingapur, Ellandakunta of Rajanna-Sircilla 14.0 mm. Rainfall recorded in Gattududdenapalli (11.3) Khasimpet (9.5), Chigurumamidi […]

Warangal: Normal life has been affected slightly in several parts of erstwhile Warangal district as the very light to moderate rainfall is being recorded on Friday. Warangal city including Hanamkonda and Kazipet has been witnessing light rain since the wee hours. However, schools and business establishments are doing work normally. But vehicular movement on the […]

Hyderabad: Heavy rains continue to lash several parts of the State since last couple of days. Till 8.30 am on Friday, the highest rainfall of 190.4 mm was recorded at Atmakur, Suryapet, followed by 162 mm at Khanapur in Khammam and 154.5 mm at Nagula vancha in Khammam. As many as 20 locations in Suryapet, […]

Mahbubnagar: About 30 children had a miraculous escape after their school bus was caught in a flash flood while crossing railway under bridge between machannapally and kodur villages on Friday morning. Locality people rushed out after noticing the bus caught in the flash flood and extricated the children one by one in almost neck deep […]

Nalgonda: A woman and her daughter died after a wall of their house collapsed on them at Padmanagar in Nalgonda in the early hours of Friday following heavy rain. The victims were Nadikudi Lakshmi(42) and her daughter Kalyani(21). They migrated to Nalgonda from Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh and were working as railway coolies. The incident […]

Nagarkurnool: The Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR) officials have installed a solar-powered sensor-based Animal Intrusion Detection and Repellent System (ANIDERS), which raises an alarm when a wild animal passes within its radius. The move aims at minimising man-animal conflict and helping farmers save their fields. The officials installed an ANIDERS at Turkapally village near Mannanur, which […]