Telangana

Hyderabad: Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao has invited Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn to invest in Telangana. He met with Foxconn Chairman Young Liu in New Delhi on Thursday. Taiwan-based Hon Hai Technology Group, popular as Foxconn, is one of the leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider globally and is one of […]

Suryapet: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Thursday asked the farmers to switch over to cultivation of commercial crops, which would improve their income. Interacting with the farmers at Marpakunta of Penpahad mandal after attending a private programme, Jagadish Reddy said that cultivation of paddy was no more profitable to farmers. Crop changing would also […]

Sangareddy: A lorry carrying a load of wheat went up in flames at Turka Khanapur village of Hathnoora Mandal on Thursday. When the smoke started emanating out of the lorry engine due to a technical glitch, the driver and cleaner stopped the vehicle and jumped out of the vehicle safely. Within no time, the lorry […]

Karimnagar: Collector RV Karnan said that the historic Karimnagar town, which is being developed as a smart city, was also emerging as a sports city. Collector was chief guest at the Olympic Day run organized jointly by District Sports Authority and District Olympic Association at Ambedkar stadium here on Thursday. Flagging off the run, Karnan […]

Jeddah: The sun beats down mercilessly and most days the wind picks up and for the rest of the day sand hits so harsh that it gets deposited in the mouth, ears, eyes or any other body part exposed. Seeing a fellow human being or hearing their voice is something that doesn’t happen in weeks […]

Hyderabad: The State government has constituted a common board for centralized recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff posts in State universities except for the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences. The Higher Education department on Thursday issued an order constituting the board which will be headed by the Telangana State Council of Higher Education […]

Hyderabad: K T Rama Rao would not lose a single opportunity to get some investments to the State. This was evident when the industries minister visited the Mahindra Tractors manufacturing centre to launch the 3,00,001st tractor made in Telangana. On the occasion, he posed with the tractor and then tweeted: “Hey@anandmahindraji, you may have to […]

Medak: The National Investigation Agency authorities (NIA) conducted a search at the house of Devendar, son of Maoist Dubashi Shankar, at Chegunta Mandal headquarters on Thursday. Devender along with his wife Swapna and children were living in Chegunta. Dubashi Shankar was arrested by Odisha Police in September 2021. The NIA also conducted a search at […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday issued notices to Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao and some top officials on a PIL challenging land allotment for TRS office in Hyderabad. Retired employee Maheshwar Raj filed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), challenging allotment of 4,935 square yard land in upscale […]

Jangaon: Fed up with less or no-profit with the cultivation of traditional crops, several enthusiastic and enterprising farmers from the district are evincing much interest in taking up the cultivation of the exotic dragon fruit, thanks to the encouragement and financial support of the State government. One such farmer from Jeedikal village of Lingala Ghanpur […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A farmer died on the spot after being struck by lightning while he was working in his agriculture field at Agarguda village of Penchikalpet mandal on Thursday. The victim was Pale Brahmaiah, 42-year- old native of Agarguda village. Brahmaiah died on the spot due to the impact of the discharge of electricity […]

Warangal: Two youths had died when their bike hit a stationary lorry near Naidu Petrol pump under Khila Warangal mandal limits in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased were Gaddala Madhukar of Illandha village of Wardhannapet mandal and his relative Ganesh of Wardhannapet. They died on the spot as their motorcycle rammed into the […]

Hyderabad: The season of common flu and the resurgence of Covid-19 infections due to new Omicron variants have coincided with the ongoing southwest monsoons, making it difficult for people to understand and differentiate the symptoms of the two viral ailments. The symptoms of Influenza-like Illness (ILI) or flu and Covid-19 are quite similar, which could […]

Hyderabad: Buying textbooks of the State syllabus will cost parents of private school students a bomb this year as the prices have shot up. In comparison with last year, the textbooks will cost at least 50 per cent more this year. One of the main reasons for the hike in textbook prices is the fact […]

Hyderabad: The expose of the Narendra Modi government’s ‘power-play’ in the Sri Lanka-Adani green energy plant deal doesn’t seem to have had any impact on the Centre as is evident from its continued efforts to favour certain corporate giants. The latest exercise in this direction has been in the contentious coal imports, with the BJP […]

Jangaon: A youth, who reportedly participated in the stir against the Agnipath at the Secunderabad railway station on June 17, attempted suicide by consuming weedicide near his village Kothapalli of Station Ghanpur mandal in the district on Tuesday night. The victim, Govindu Ajay, son of Linga Swamy and Renuka, said that he had decided to […]

Hyderabad: Around 650 Civils aspirants from the two Telugu speaking States were expected to have qualified in the Civil Services preliminary examination 2022 for which the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced the results on Wednesday. The examination was conducted on June 5. A total of 55,005 candidates applied from Telangana, with 29,142 aspirants appearing […]

Warangal: The State government will celebrate the Kakatiya festival in grand manner from July 7 to 14 in Warangal to show up the great legacy of the Kakatiya empire, said Excise and Tourism Minister Srinvas Goud. Speaking to the media along with Government Chief Whip Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar here on Wednesday, Goud said that the […]

Hyderabad: Cotton will be the major crop with sowing area of nearly 70 lakh acres out of total 1.42 crore acres to be cultivated during the ensuing Vaanakalam season. While paddy farming will be taken up in about 45 lakh acres, the cultivation of red gram has been proposed to be taken up in around […]

Hyderabad: A Superintendent of Police working with the Telangana Police has bagged an award in the CTNS Hackathon and Cyber Challenge 2022. The official, Devender Singh, Superintendent of Police, who presented ‘Cyber Crime Analysis & Profiling System – CyCAPS Tool’ in the ‘Identification of New IT Applications for Policing for Pan India Rollout’ category bagged […]

Hyderabad: The last date for submission of online applications for Telangana State Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (TS PGECET) 2022 has been extended till June 30. Interested candidates can apply online on the website https://pgecet.tsche.ac.in/. Candidates who have appeared for the final year/semester exams and waiting for their results can also apply.

Mancherial: Tuition fee and the rates of stationery soared, causing financial burden on the parents who were already suffering a blow due to inflation. Mancherial district has 740 government and 150 private recognized schools, providing education to 66,409 students. A total of 49,722 students are studying in the private schools, reflecting a whopping 74 percent. […]

Hyderabad: The last date for registration and submission of online applications for the Telangana State Education Common Entrance Test (TS EdCET) 2022 without a late fee has been extended up to July 6. TS EdCET 2022 Convener Prof. A Ramakrishna on Wednesday urged interested candidates to apply at the earliest in order to get the […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Wednesday reported 434 Covid positive infections, out of which 292 were from areas under the GHMC, 71 from Rangareddy and 28 from Medchal-Malkajgiri districts. With no fatalities reported, the total number of deaths due to Covid-19 has remained at 4,111 while the number of active Covid cases on Wednesday reached 2,680. A […]