Telangana

Hyderabad: A state-of-the-art branch of Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) was inaugurated at Siddipet by Finance Minister T Harish Rao. The new branch will provide smooth and timely delivery of customer service, improve credit delivery and reduce turnaround time for retail, agri and MSME sectors in the area, R Jaganmohan, Zonal Manager, BOM, Hyderabad zone, who […]

Hyderabad: The new food processing policy primarily aims to provide value addition and better pricing for the farmer, besides ensuring that consumers get good quality products, said Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar. Participating in a conference organised by industry body FTCCI on ‘Telangana Food Processing Policy’, the Chief Secretary said land has been identified for setting […]

Hyderabad: Former Minister Nagam Janardhan Reddy found fault with the State government for failing to raise the issue of unauthorised projects being taken up by the Andhra Pradesh Government during the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) meeting held recently. “Despite several appeals to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, he had not approached Supreme Court over […]

A resident of Girmajipeta of Warangal city, Dagara Ranjith Kumar (30) started his journey to cover the length and breadth of India in April this year

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the inauguration of the renovated temple of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy at Yadadri, scheduled to be held between October and November. The muhurat for the inaugural ceremony is yet to be finalised by seer Sri Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamy. Prime Minister Modi […]

Hyderabad: Three persons died and two others sustained injuries at Kaniki village, Kumaram Bheem Asifabad on Friday. The incident occurred when they were on their way to their house on a bullock cart. In a separate incident at Vastavapuram village in Nirmal district, two families, including one from Hyderabad, got stuck in floodwaters. However, locals […]

Warangal: In a shocking incident, a woman and her husband allegedly doused a man with petrol and set him ablaze in broad daylight at Ashoka Chowrasta in front of the district Congress office in Hanamkonda on Friday. One more person too sustained injuries in the same incident. Both the injured have been immediately rushed to […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has appointed its first woman Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) even as it looks at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship across all districts. Officer on Special Duty for Textiles Shanta Thoutam has been appointed as CIO of the State and will be heading the Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC). A PhD holder from New Mexico […]

Karimnagar: Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University, Hyderabad, presented Best Farmer Award to a progressive farmer Katla Srinivas. The award was presented through virtual mode on the occasion of university’s seventh formation day on Friday. Srinivas was selected for the award for practicing integrated farming in his 6.5 acres land in Thirumalapur of Ramadugu mandal. […]

Hyderabad: The Ministry of Power (MoP) has asked all the State governments and Union Territories (UTs) to hand over 33 kV systems from Discoms to the State Transmission Utility (STU) for better planning, loss reduction and increased supply reliability. In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretaries of all State governments and UTs along with […]

Hyderabad: Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said the Congress party was against the NDA government’s National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) as it was a ploy to do away with reservations in jobs. As part of NMP, the Modi government has chalked out plans to sell stakes in a majority of Public Sector […]

Mahabubnagar: District Collector S Venkat Rao said Nasha Mukht Bharat counselling centres would be set up at Mandal level in the district to create awareness among people over drug abuse and its ill effects. An advocate, an official from excise department, SHG, ICDS, MPHS and police will be participating in the counselling sessions to be […]

Hyderabad: Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday appreciated various initiatives taken up by the Telangana government for the development and welfare of women in the State. She said the ‘Balamrutham’, introduced to provide improved supplementary nutrition to children aged between seven months and three years and the growth monitoring special […]

Khammam: Stambhadri Urban Development Authority (SUDA) Chairman Bachu Vijay Kumar warned that serious action would be taken against those responsible for illegal lay-outs and ventures under the SUDA limits. He along with Additional Collector (Local Bodies), Snehalatha Mogili held a meeting with Mandal Panchayat Officer (MPOs), DPO, Prabhakar Rao, Town Planning and SUDA officials here […]

Warangal: P Pravinya, a 2016 batch IAS officer, assumed charge as the Commissioner, Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC), at the corporation head office on Friday. Addressing the staff, the new commissioner said that she would soon conduct review meetings department-wise and asked all the department heads to be ready with the updated files regarding the […]

Karimnagar: Karimnagar police who solved the kidnap case of a nine-month-old boy, handed over the boy to Mumbai police on Friday. According to police, the infant was kidnapped in Bandra police station limits of Mumbai city on August 31. Based on the complaint lodged by the parents, Bandra police registered the case and began the […]

Hyderabad: Startups can compete for a grant of up to Rs 10 crore each for developing high-technology solutions against specific requirements posted by the DRDO-Technology Development Fund (TDF). TDF has been established to promote self-reliance in defence technology as a part of the ‘Make in India’ initiative. It is a programme of the Ministry of […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention and support of the Central government in various administrative, development and infrastructure initiatives by the State government in Telangana including sanction of IIIT at Karimnagar, establishment of IIM at Hyderabad and also development of Hyderabad-Nagpur Industrial Corridor. He also wanted the Centre […]

Hyderabad: A special round of counselling for TSPOLYCET-2021 admissions will be held between September 1 and 15, according to Commissioner of Technical Education and Convenor, TSPOLYCET-2021, Navin Mittal on Friday. As part of the special counselling, candidates can exercise their options between September 5 and 6 and freeze their options on September 6. Provisional allotment […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao informed that the State government has decided to establish fish processing units with international standards. Initially, the units would be established in fisheries department lands in Sheriguda near Hyderabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Warangal. Speaking during the joining of Chairman of Karimnagar Fisheries Corporation, Poli Laxman Mudiraj and others […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said that despite the union government’s instructions to states to sell loss making companies, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had saved TSRTC, which was also in losses. While the central government led by BJP was selling public sector undertakings, Telangana state was taking steps to protect government organizations. Moreover, […]

Kothagudem: The members of Kothagudem Bar Association staged a day-long Deeksha at the district courts complex demanding the Centre to abolish CrPC 41(A) on Friday. The Deeksha was staged as part of State-wide protests against Section 41 (A) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) which allows police officers to grant police station bail to the […]

Party M Chukkaiah, G Prabhakar Reddy, Ragula Ramesh, Godugu Venkat and others attended the meeting

Warangal: Professor B Suresh Lal, Head of the Department of Economics, here on Friday assumed charge as principal University College, Kakatiya University (KU), Warangal. He will remain in the post for one year. Prof Lal has 25 years of active teaching and research experience, and he is a reputed scholar on Environmental and Development Economics. […]