Telangana

Jagtial: In the wake of incessant rainfall during the last two days, Muslim organizations have cancelled special prayers to be performed at Idgah and Khila Idgah on the occasion of Bakrid scheduled on Sunday. In this regard, Central Muslim Committee, which met on Saturday afternoon, has taken a decision canceling prayers at Idgah and Khila […]

Warangal: Four members of the San Jose Chapter of Chirag Hope, a registered non-profit organization based in the United States, has helped renovate the Rudramamba Government Aided primary school at Girmajipet here. As a part of the renovation works, Ishaan Mandala, Dhruv Mandala, Abhinvav Gorrepati and Abhinav Gankidi have donated Rs three lakhs for providing […]

Kothagudem: United Left Student Unions called for a schools bandh on July 14. Speaking to the media here on Saturday SFI district secretary B Veerabhadram, AISF district secretary Fahimdada, PDSU district secretary K Prudhvi, its state assistant secretary A Samba and other said the bandh was called demanding abolition of the Centre’s new education policy […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: A fisherman, Kasturi Ravi (45) drowned in a village tank in Gudem of Mustabad mandal. According to police, Ravi, who went to Mallareddy tank for fishing on Friday night, drowned as both of his legs were trapped in the fishing net. As he did not return home in the morning, family members searched for […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Agasara Nandini has qualified for the upcoming World U-20 Athletics Championships, scheduled to be held in Cali, Colombia from August 1 to 6. The 18-year-old Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) student clocked 14.40 seconds in the 100m hurdles event to finish top in the final selection trials conducted by the […]

Hyderabad: During 2014-15 financial year, Rs 703.05 crore loans were extended to 3.36 lakh Self Help Group (SHG) women under Stree nidhi progamme. And, in 2021-22 financial year, Rs.3074.02 crore loans were extended to over 5 lakh SHG women under the programme. During the last eight financial years, Rs.14,756 crore loans were extended to SHG […]

Hyderabad: BJP MLA Eatala Rajender here on Saturday said he was ready to contest from Gajwel Assembly constituency during the next elections in the State. “I already started my work seriously in the constituency since I informed about this to the party high command,” he said while interacting with media persons here. He said the […]

Kothagudem: A control room has been set up at the Kothagudem RDO office to help people affected by heavy rains and floods. People should call 9392919750 for flood and emergency assistance, said RDO Swarnalatha. Similarly, a control room with emergency number, 0874-3232444 has been set up at Bhadrachalam sub-Collector office to assist people affected by […]

Mancherial: Authorities of the forest department reiterated that they prevented fresh encroaching of forest lands by tribals at Koya Pochamguda hamlet under Makulapet village in Dandepalli mandal. In a statement, the officials clarified that they opposed the attempts of the tribals dwelling in the hamlet to occupy 25 acres of land situated in Kawal Tiger […]

Nirmal: Low-lying areas of Bhainsa town were inundated by floods, forcing people to vacate their houses on Saturday. Vinayaknagar, Autonagar, Kubheer chowrasta, Rahul nagar and many other low-lying areas of the town were submerged due to the rains that occurred in the mandal. Rainwater entered the houses, causing inconvenience to the dwellers of these areas. […]

Peddapalli: Irrigation officials of Sripada Yellampalli Project in Anthergoan mandal lifted ten flood gates to release 49,440 cusecs of water into the river Godavari on Saturday evening. Water is being released downstream by lift gates at one meter height. Project is getting huge inflows from upper reaches following incessant rains during the last two days. […]

Siddipet: As Siddipet town was receiving continuous rains during the last two days, the civic authorities set up a 24X7 control room to reach out to the citizens. Municipal Commissioner Ravinder Reddy has said that the residents of the town can reach out to them by calling on 9505507248. Accompanied by the Civic staff and […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: The district Collector Pamela Sathpathy on Saturday asked the teachers for optimum utilization of the available resources to provide quality education to the students in the government schools. Speaking at Teachers’ Conclave held at the district Collectorate here, Pamela Sathpathy said that teachers conclave, which was an initiative of the district administration and education […]

Hyderabad: Minority Welfare Minister Koppula Eshwar on Saturday said the State government was taking various steps for the welfare of minorities in the State. Extending greetings to people of Telangana on the occasion of Bakrid, the Minister, in a statement, said that Muslims celebrate Bakrid with great devotion just like Ramadan. He said that under […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: Special poojas were performed at Yadadri Sri Lakshminarsimha Swamy temple by the temple priests on the occasion of swathi nakshtram on Saturday. It was practice of conducting special poojas to the presiding deity Sri Lakshminarsimha Swamy at Yadadri on the occasion of swathi nakshtram, which would be considered as birth star of the lord. […]

Jangaon: At least four pilgrims from the district headquarters were stranded four kilometre ahead of the Amarnath cave in Pahalgam district of the Kashmir valley. The stranded pilgrims are Taduri Ramesh, Jilla Satyanarayana, Pallela Lakshminarasaiah and his wife Siddi Laxmi, according to their relatives. They left for Delhi in a train on July 3 and […]

Karimnagar: Karimnagar Police Commissionerate office got International Organization for Standard (ISO) 9001:2015 certification. ISO representatives handed over the certificate to Commissioner of Police V Satyanarayana in a programme held in commissionerate premises on Saturday. In two Telugu states, it is the only commissionerate which was selected for ISO-9001:2015 certification in CPOs category. Commissionerate office has […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday asked Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to take immediate protective measures in the wake of incessant rains across the State and instructed the government machinery to be on high alert. He instructed Somesh Kumar to conduct a video conference with officials of departments concerned including the Collectors of […]

Adilabad: Rains lash several parts of erstwhile Adilabad district, affecting normal on Saturday. Streams were flooded and connectivity of rural parts was hit. Nirmal district registered an average rainfall of 57.7 mm up to 8.30 am. Lokeshwaram mandal recieved 172 mm, followed by Kubheer mandal which had 121 mm and Bhainsa mandal recorded 102 mm […]

Khammam: Incessant rainfall lashing out erstwhile Khammam district claimed two lives, affected normal life and hampered coal production in SCCL opencast mines for the past couple of days. The dead body of a 55 year old woman, A Durgamma who was washed away in Gubbalamangi stream at Sitanagaram near Parnasala in Dummugudem mandal in Kothagudem […]

Karimnagar: In a strange incident, the flaws committed by the management of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) are causing mental agony for over 20 students, who were denied admission into the choicest course of the MPC group and forced them to join the BiPC group for the Intermediate education at the Centre […]

Karimnagar: Normal life is paralyzed following the continuous rainfall being experienced by various parts of the erstwhile Karimnagar district during the last 24 hours. People on Saturday remain close-set to their houses due to incessant rain since yesterday night. While major irrigation projects are getting huge inflows, tanks, rivulets, ponds and other water bodies were […]

Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) – Hyderabad has forecasted heavy to extreme rainfall in a few districts including Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Mahabubabad, Warangal (Rural), and Warangal (Urban) on Saturday. A red alert has also been issued in these districts. Orange and yellow alerts have been issued in other […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Government has set up two helpline numbers at Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi for extending help to those who stuck in Amarnath yatra. Devotees, who are stuck in the pilgrimage can call on the helpline numbers 011- 23380556 or 011-23380558. Meanwhile, four passengers,including a woman from Jangaon got stuck in the Amarnath […]