Telangana

Hyderabad: A few days after closing the radial crest (RC) gates of various irrigation projects in the Godavari basin due to a drop in inflows, officials of the Irrigation Department again opened the gates of the Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) and Gaddenna Vagu Project because of a sudden rise in inflows on Monday. The officials […]

Hyderabad: The union government’s blatant lies about Telangana being a major recipient of Central funds for the development of Karimnagar and Warangal under Smart Cities Mission (SCM) were exposed with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Monday admitting that no assistance was extended to the State in the last three years. In fact, […]

Warangal: Two doctors and a person who helps make surgical sutures were suspended by the MGM Hospital Superintendent Dr V Chandrashekar here on Monday for their negligence in discharge of their duties. The suspended staff were Dr Riteesh, Casualty Medical Officer (CMO) on contract, Dr K Ranjith, Asst. Professor of General Surgery on contract, and […]

Warangal: Stating that the works of the super multi-specialty hospital going at the brisk pace, Health Minister Thanneeru Harish Rao said that they were closely monitoring the progress in the works and ensure that the hospital construction would be completed in a year. Harish Rao along with Ministers E Dayakar Rao, Satyavathi Rahod, Government Chief […]

Hyderabad: Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy on Monday asked Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) vice-chairman V. Venkata Ramana, who was recently appointed as in-charge Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT)-Basar to make sure that the students do not face any difficulties. She reviewed the measures taken up in […]

Adilabad: Suresh Pataskar, an RTI activist passed away here on Monday. He was suffering from age-related ailments. He was 84 and survived by two sons and a wife. Suresh earned fame for raising various challenges and for striving for creation of rail infrastructure to the district. He is credited with the introduction of Krishna Express […]

Karimnagar: SC Development special secretary, T Vijaya Kumar instructed officials to upload Dalit Bandhu data in Telangana online app within one month to speed up the grounding of units. Vijaya Kumar conducted a review meeting with officials to discuss the grounding of Dalit Bandhu units in Huzurabad assembly constituency at collector camp office here on […]

Karimnagar: Officials of the Satara District Central Cooperative Bank (SDCCB) was all praise for the Karimnagar District Cooperative Central Bank for emerging number one in the country in the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) and Pradhan Manthri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) and tapping renewable energy sources by installing solar power plants at […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Monday has said that so far not a single case of monkeypox has been reported in Telangana, even as the entire health care machinery is on high alert following Kerala confirming two persons testing positive for the viral illness. Health Minister T Harish Rao in a review meeting on monkeypox […]

Kothagudem: The flood level in river Godavari has been receding but remained above danger level at Bhadrachalam in the district on Monday. The water level was 56.80 feet at 6 am, reached 56.10 feet at 12 noon and remained at that level until 7 pm. With the water level above danger level the district officials […]

Hyderabad: The Universities Teachers Association (contract) Telangana State, on Monday said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has assured regularisation of contract teachers working in 11 universities in the State. The assurance was in response to a representation submitted by a delegation of contract teachers from various universities of Telangana to the Chief Minister in Warangal, […]

Karimnagar: The waterfall in the hillocks of Raikal has come alive following the incessant rains during the last few days and people have been flocking it from surrounding areas to have a glimpse of it. The picturesque waterfall is located amid forest near Raikal village of Saidapur mandal, about 42 kilometers away from the district […]

Nirmal: A team of experts from the Irrigation department inspected Kaddam Narayana Reddy project, which faced near breach-situation due to the recent incessant rains in upstream areas in Kaddampeddur mandal centre on Monday. People of 12 villages were evacuated, considering the dangerous situation. Superintending Engineer Sushil Pandey and Executive Engineer of the project Rajasekhar said […]

Hyderabad: A two judge panel of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice S. Nanda on Monday granted two weeks time to the Telangana Tourism Corporation to file status report in a PIL regarding revival of notified heritage monument – the Hill Fort Palace. Hyderabad Heritage Trust, the petitioner contended that despite […]

Mancherial: The torrential rains that lashed the district for six days in a row in the last week affected normal life. They in particular wreaked havoc on nearly 18,000 farmers of the district by damaging standing crops in about 30,000 acres. As per information provided by authorities concerned, crops being raised in 27,592 acres were […]

Nalgonda: The District Collector Rahul Sharma on Monday instructed the officials to not to compromise in the quality of the works taken up in the government run schools under Mana Ooru-Mana Badi programme. During his whirlwind tour, the district collector inspected the works taken up in the schools at Kanagal, Peddavoora and Haliya in the […]

Kothagudem: In a kind gesture towards the cancer patients an MBBS student from Kothagudem has donated her hair for the purpose of making hair wigs for the patients. The student, Devanapalli Akshaya Ramesh, studying MBBS second year at Surabhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Siddipet wanted to help the cancer patients who lose hair due to […]

Warangal: Kakatiya University VC Prof Thatikonda Ramesh has formally launched the free coaching classes for the government job aspirants at a programme held at the seminar hall in the Department of Physics on the campus here on Monday. Addressing the students on the occasion, the VC said that they had roped in expert faculty members […]

Hyderabad: Four persons died after the auto rickshaw in which they were travelling rammed into a lorry in opposite direction at Mennur village in Madnoor mandal in Kamareddy district on Monday evening. The casualties might increase further as the police are attempting to separate the auto that hit the lorry at high speed. The auto […]

Hyderabad: Telangana police and Uber on Monday announced a tech integration to provide real-time actionable data in case of an emergency on the Uber platform. As part of this tech-enabled collaboration, in case of an emergency, drivers will be able to share their live location which is updated every four seconds along with their name […]

Hyderabad: The voting for the Presidential elections is being held smoothly at the Telangana State Legislative Assembly buildings here on Monday. The polling which commenced at 10 am, will conclude at 5 pm. The TRS and the Congress party are supporting the Opposition parties’ candidate Yashwant Sinha, while the BJP and its allies are supporting […]

Peddapalli: Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s challenge to Congress to debate on the development of Nandimedaram sparked tension in Dharmaram mandal headquarters on Monday, with the leaders of both the parties visiting the spot in a big way one after another. In order to avert any untoward incidents, a huge police force was deployed in the Dharmaram […]

Peddapalli: A 24 year-old woman, Barigala Kavya was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Peddapalli on Monday. A resident of Bandarikunta of Peddapalli town, Kavya was found hanging in her residence in the morning. Knowing about the incident, Peddapalli ACP Sarangapani and SI Rajesh visited the spot and began investigation by registering the case. Maternal […]

Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday has forecasted heavy rainfall in a few districts of Telangana. Yellow and orange alerts have been issued for the next 24 hours in the state. An orange alert indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall is issued at isolated pockets of Adilabad, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Karimnagar, […]