Telangana

Hyderabad: Two persons died after a speeding lorry rammed into a container vehicle on national highway number 44 at Kisannagar at Balkonda in Nizamabad district on Monday. Traffic movement was disrupted on the highway up to five kilometers following the incident. The traffic police diverted the traffic from Balkonda. One more person, who suffered injuries […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET) 2022 for the engineering stream has commenced across the State on Monday. The exam is being conducted in two sessions i.e., 9 am to 12 noon, and 3 pm to 6 pm. Around 29,000 candidates have been allotted in each session. A […]

Kothagudem: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s announcement to construct a housing colony for relocating residents of flood-prone colonies in Bhadrachalam town in the district has cheered up the residents. There were around 1,500 to 2,000 houses in Subhash Nagar, AMC Colony and Kotha Colony, which were the low-lying areas near the river Godavari karakatta (river […]

Hyderabad: In relief to those struggling with property tax arrears, the State government has come up with a One-Time Scheme (OTS) to clear the same and waived 90 per cent interest. The waiver is till the 2021-22 fiscal. According to the GO Rt No.485 issued by the Municipal Administration & Urban Development (MA&UD) Department, the […]

Mancherial: The 51st anniversary of Sri Quarry Durga Devi temple, popularly known as Durga Devi Jatara was celebrated at the shrine with gaiety and pomp on the outskirts of Ghadpur in Hajipur mandal on Sunday. Braving the drizzle, nearly 30,000 devotees from several parts of the district congregated at the shrine and took part in […]

Hyderabad: After heavy inflows into major water bodies in Godavari basin in north Telangana, projects in the Krishna river basin are now receiving increased inflows. Three days ago, the Srisailam dam got only 31,736 cusecs from upstream Priyadharshini Jurala Project (PJP) and Tungabhadra River along with the catchment areas near the dam. The inflows have […]

Bhadrachalam: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday expressed suspicion that the State was witnessing cloudbursts, which could be part of a larger conspiracy by foreign countries against India, resulting in floods in the Godavari. He said unusual calamities were occurring due to climate change and the State government was taking measures to protect its […]

Hyderabad: For National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) UG aspirants, questions in Biology subject are usually a cake walk. However, this time, lengthy questions in Biology left the students stumped and consumed time. The NEET UG-2022 for admissions to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS, BUMS, and BHMS courses was smoothly conducted across the State in the pen and […]

Hyderabad: The health department on Sunday conducted 289 health camps and screened 11,511 persons in the eight districts including Adilabad, Bhadradri, Kothagudem, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Kumarambheem, Asifabad, Mancherial, Mulugu, Nirmal, and Peddapalli that have been experiencing incessant rain for the last one week. Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G.Srinivasa Rao on Sunday said since yesterday, […]

Mulugu: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has directed officials of the irrigation department to take steps to prevent the flooding of the habitations during the monsoon season and find a permanent solution to the miseries of the people living along the banks of the River Godavari. He sanctioned Rs 8.3 crore to the flood-hit districts […]

Kothagudem: The flood level in river Godavari has started receding at a rapid pace at Bhadrachalam in the district, but was still above danger level. The water level in the river was 64.80 feet at 6 am on Sunday and reached 60.20 feet at 6 pm. With the flood situation easing a little bit, the […]

Mancherial: Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad director Dr K Ramesh Reddy instructed the district authorities to take steps to prevent spread of seasonal diseases in the flood-affected areas. He convened a review meeting with Collector Bharati Hollikeri and District Health and Medical Officer Dr Subbarayudu here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Ramesh Reddy told authorities […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Sunday reported 441 cases with more than half, almost 60 per cent, of the cases being from Hyderabad. While Hyderabad had 272 cases testing Covid positive, adjoining districts of Medchal Malkjagiri reported 26 cases and Rangareddy had 21 cases. The districts of Khammam and Bhadradri reported 15 and 14 cases respectively, while […]

Hyderabad: The All India Coal Pensioners’ Association has urged the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to constitute a high-power committee on the issue of review and revision under CMPS-1998 while including its representatives. The association in a letter to the Prime Minister sought to reiterate that pension can be increased without any budgetary support from the […]

Nalgonda: Tribals tried to attack forest department officials who went to Erracheruvu thanda of Tirumalgiri (Sagar) mandal to plant saplings in podu lands, which sparked tension there on Sunday. Knowing that forest officials were planting saplings in the podu lands, which was being cultivated by their families for over 50 years, tribals including women reached […]

Sangareddy: Come every June, the parents were worried about the tuition fees, school books, and note books on which the parents will have to spend thousands of rupees. Taking the struggles of these parents into consideration, Patancheru MLA Gudem Mahipal Reddy has decided to distribute all the notebooks and slates to the government school-going students […]

Peddapalli: Upset over her failure to complete intermediate, a 16-year-old girl committed suicide by consuming pesticide in Adavisrirampur of Mutharam mandal. The victim, Kunuru Anjali, was pursuing her intermediate (MPC) in a private junior college in Karimnagar. According to police, Anjali failed in a subject during the recently held intermediate final exams. Disappointed over her […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Sunday visited flood-hit areas of Bhadradri Kothagudem district. She inspected flooded areas in Aswapuram mandal (block) and interacted with the affected people. She also visited relief camps and spoke to those who had taken shelter there. The governor heard the grievances of those displaced due to inundation and assured […]

Sangareddy: Patancheru town is all set to get a-200 bed super specialty hospital as the Telangana government has granted administrative sanction for the release of Rs 185.55 crores on Saturday evening. The hospital will be taken up on 8.15 acres of land near the Urban Health Centre in the town. Since the Patancheru area was […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced allocation of Rs 1,000 crore to take up works for protection of Bhadrachalam town from Godavari floods on a permanent basis. The government will take up construction of residential colonies for people living in flood-prone areas, develop embankment around Sri Sitaramachandra Swamy temple and also take up repair […]

Jagtial: A urea laden lorry ran amuck at TR nagar in the outskirts of Jagtial town on Sunday morning and driver of the vehicle died after it fell in a water pit. The lorry proceeding towards Karimnagar from Jagtial hit an RTC bus and a car coming from the opposite direction as the driver lost […]

Kothagudem: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao have arrived in Bhadrachalam in the district on Sunday to inspect the flood situation in the wake of heavy inflow into river Godavari. He offered ‘Shanti Puja’ to Godavari on the bridge across the river and inspected Godavari karakatta. Later he visited a rehabilitation centre in Bhadrachalam town and […]

Jagtial: A person died when a car plunged into a roadside well near Jabithapur of Jagtial rural mandal after midnight on Saturday. Four people managed to escape from the accident. Residents of Malyal mandal headquarters, five persons went to Sriramulapalli to attend a birthday celebration on Saturday. While returning to Malyal, the car in which […]

Mulugu: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s aerial survey of flood affected areas in erstwhile Warangal and Khammam districts was called off due to inclement weather on Monday. In stead, the Chief Minister left by road to inspect the flood affected areas in Mulugu district on Sunday. As a part of his visit, he will first […]