Telangana

Hyderabad: The third phase of ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ to be undertaken by the BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar will cover 325 kms in five districts – Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri, Nalgonda, Jangaon, Hamankonda and Warangal. During the yatra, Sanjay will interact with people and hold meetings in three Parliamentary and a dozen Assembly constituencies in five districts. […]

Sangareddy: For the first time in the history of the Singur Multipurpose Project, the project crest gates have been lifted in July month. According to JE Mahipal Reddy, the project gates were never lifted before September month. Speaking to Telangana Today, Mahipal Reddy said that river Manjeera’s catchment area usually receives rains only during September […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday instructed officials from the departments concerned not to leave their work centres under any circumstances in order to protect the people in difficult times. At a high level review meeting conducted by the Chief Minister at Pragathi Bhavan here on the heavy rains and floods in the […]

Adilabad/Nirmal: Several parts of both Adilabad and Nirmal districts received light rains on Saturday. Hilly streams were flooded and irrigation projects received inflows. As per a weather report available on the website of Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS), the average rainfall of Adilabad district was measured to be 34.2 mm. Neradigonda mandal received the […]

Hyderabad: With a view to provide raw and unprocessed honey gathered by tribals directly from the forests to the public, the Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC) has launched a new product Giri Nature. Four types of honey products – sweet indrajao honey, sesame honey, neem and mango are being sold separately by the corporation. Secretary Tribal […]

Suryapet: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team rescued 23 agricultural labourers, who got stranded in Paleru stream between Mukundapuram and Kothapally villages in Maddirala mandal in the district. The agriculture labourers from Kotya thanda and Chawla thanda in Mahaboobabad district arrived to the work in the agricultural fields located between Mukundapuram and Kothapally since Friday […]

Siddipet: In addition to the new Mandals created in Telangana on Saturday, Medak MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy has said that three more Mandals will be formed in the erstwhile Medak district shortly. Following the appeals from the people from these areas, the MP said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has also accepted the proposal for […]

Hyderabad: The State government has declared 13 new mandals in nine districts. The new mandals include Koukuntla in Mahbubnagar, Endapalli and Bheemaram in Jagitial, Dongli in Kamareddy, Seerole in Mahbubabad, Gattuppal in Nalgonda, Nizampet in Sangareddy, Aloor, Donkeshwar and Saloora in Nizamabad, Gundumal and Kothapalle in Narayanpet and Dudyal in Vikarabad. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: Devotees visiting the mada veedhi of Yadadri Sri Lakshminarsimha Swamy hill shrine were surprised to find a wild piglet moving on Saturday evening. The wild piglet entered the mada veedhi from the area of queue line and started roaming freely. Noticing it, the temple staff tried to chase it away, but they succeeded only […]

Nalgonda: Seven crest gates of Musi project were lifted by four feet to release surplus water to the downstream in view of the increase in inflow. The inflow to the project increased to 10,332.9 cusecs on the day, which prompted the project engineer to lift crest gates no. 3,4,5,6,7,8 and 10 to release the water […]

Warangal: In a tragic incident, two persons have died and one more injured when an old building collapsed at Mandi Bazar under Inthezargunj police station limits in the wee hours of Saturday. It is said that the incident had happened as the old building got weakened due to damages to the internal structure due to […]

Warangal: Annam Karan Sena, student from California, USA, has finished a three-week summer Internship successfully in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal (KITSW), said Principal Prof K Ashoka Reddy in a press note here on Saturday. “Karan Sena, a UG student, was trained in Database […]

Adilabad: Nine persons were arrested for allegedly involving in banned gambling on the outskirts of Ankoli village in Adilabad Rural mandal on Saturday. Liquid cash of Rs 16,560, six mobile phones and four motorbikes were seized from them. Adilabad Special Branch Inspector J Krishnamurthy said that the accused persons were Shaik Nayeem, Sadiq Ali, S […]

Khammam: Several mandals in erstwhile Khammam district received moderate to very heavy rainfall during the past 24hours and many low lying villages were inundated throwing life out of gear. In Khammam district highest rainfall of 12cm was recorded in Kusumanchi mandal, Nelakondapally and Mudigonda mandals received 10.4 and 10.1 cm rainfall respectively while Khammam Urban […]

Adilabad: Forest minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy lamented that the union government was extending aid to Telangana for registering heavy losses caused by natural calamity. He toured Indervelli mandal hit by rains on Saturday. Indrakaran said that the Centre did not respond to a request made by the State government for an immediate relief of Rs […]

Kothagudem: Police arrested two Maoist sympathisers at Nallabelli of Dummugudem mandal in the district on Saturday. Bhadrachalam ASP, B Rohith Raj in a statement informed that the local Inspector of Police M Ravi Kumar and staff along with the personnel of CRPF 141Bn-G while conducting vehicle inspections at Nallabelli spotted two bike riders trying to […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao here on Saturday instructed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to ask the district Collectors to be on high alert since the State is likely to witness heavy rains over the next couple of days as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reports. Accordingly, the Chief Secretary conducted a teleconference with […]

Warangal/Mulugu: With heavy to extremely heavy rainfall lashing the several parts of the district since Friday morning in erstwhile Warangal district, road connectivity has been cut off and normal life has been affected on Saturday. Roads and cause-ways in Mulugu, Bhupalpally and Mahabubabad districts had been breached at several places. To take stock of the […]

Hyderabad: A team of historians and archaeologists from the Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam (KTCB) identified prehistoric paintings on the rock of Burka Gutta at a cave in the Sircilla district. Sriramoju Haragopal, the convener of Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam, said that some images in these rock paintings have overlapped. “The lizard and anthropomorphic images found […]

Karimnagar: Irrigation officials on Saturday lifted the flood gates of the Lower Manair Dam to release the water into the downstream. About 29,925 cusecs of water is being discharged into the river Manair by lifting 16 flood gates. As the reservoir is receiving huge inflows from its catchment area following incessant rainfall during the last […]

Hyderabad: Four gates of Nizam Sagar Project in Kamareddy district were opened to release 24,000 cusecs of water. TRS MLA Hanumanthu Shinde performed pooja and opened the gates. The gates were opened as the project was getting heavy inflows from the upstream and catchment areas. The project is receiving as much as 36,400 cusecs of […]

Siddipet: Siddipet is all set to get a new Mandal. Finance Minister T Harish Rao and MP Medak Koth Prabhakar Reddy have assured to get Akberpet-Bhumpally Mandal in Siddipet district. Several villagers from Bhumpally and Akberpet led by the local leaders met Harish Rao and Prabhakar Reddy in Hyderabad on Saturday requesting them to create […]

Karimnagar: Moderate to heavy rainfall was recorded in the erstwhile Karimnagar district during the last 24 hours. The highest of 106.3 mm rainfall was registered in Allipur, Raikal mandal of Jagtial district followed by Mallapur-100.0, Pegadapalli-90.3 and Chigurumamidi mandal of Karimnagar district 85.5 mm. In Jagtial district, Korutla received 77.0, Polasa-71.8, Raikal-68.5, Raghavapeta-64.3, Gullakota-60.3, Ailapur-57.5, […]

Sangareddy: As the inflows swelled to 38,953 cusecs at 9 am, the irrigation authorities at the Singur project have lifted the two crest gates of the multipurpose project to let 21,280 cusecs downstream the river course. Meanwhile, the Hydel Project was also being operated to let 2,570 cusecs of water downstream, taking total outflows to […]