Telangana

Hyderabad: The steady rise in Covid infections in Delhi and other States and the rapid rate at which new Omicron variants are being reported by geneticists is a clear sign that the Covid pandemic is not over yet. Senior biologists and public health specialists here cautioned people that this is not the time to remove […]

By Deepika Reddy Hyderabad: This is in continuation to the last article on GO 36 which aimed to spread awareness on the need to form a separate Telangana State. March 15, 1969 Important incidents of the day: * The Telangana Rakshanala Samaikya Udyamam convened a meeting under the chairmanship of D Hanumanta Rao, president of […]

Hyderabad: A day after the city recorded a maximum temperature of 40.6 degree Celsius, things just got hotter on Wednesday with the thermometer turning red at 41.4 degree Celsius, the highest day temperature recorded so far this year, and the second highest April temperature in the last five years. The day, obviously, was sweltering, with […]

Jagtial: In a tragic incident, a fifty-year-old person died in a road accident just a few hours before his daughter’s marriage. This bizarre incident took place near Jabithapur of Jagtial rural mandal on Wednesday. The person was identified as Baina Narsaiah from Thirumalapur of Gollapalli mandal. Narsaiah, whose daughter’s marriage is scheduled on Thursday, met with […]

Nizamabad: It was a dispute over payment of Rs 25 lakh debt and the subsequent enmity between Santosh and the accused person Jitendar Goud, that was behind the mother-son suicide pact in Kamareddy. The suicides of Santosh and his mother in a lodge in Kamareddy blew into a political issue with the BJP taking up […]

Hyderabad: Plant protection solutions company Nichino India launched a product called Orchestra in Hyderabad on Wednesday. It will help farmers deal with brown plant hopper (BPH) in rice. BPH is one of the devastating pests that cause huge losses to farmers. Nichino India Managing Director Tomooka Naohiro said the product is developed through a joint […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to order a CBI probe into the irregularities in paddy procurement during the last two Kharif seasons in the State. He also appealed to the Prime Minister to extend Minimum Support Price (MSP) for farmers, who taken […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: The district collector Pamela Sathpathi on Wednesday instructed the gynecologists of government and private hospitals to make efforts to bring down cesarean deliveries. In view of the district standing first place in cesarean deliveries, she has held a meeting in the collectorate meeting hall here with the gynecologists of government and private hospitals She […]

Hyderabad: Drinking water supply under the ambitious Outer Ring Road Phase-II project taken up by the State government to cover the colonies outside the GHMC limits and within ORR jurisdiction, has begun. As part of the Rs.1,200 crore project, pipeline works were completed and the supply of water has started in 60 colonies that were […]

Hanamkonda: IT and MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao said the staff shortage in the municipalities and corporations would be addressed soon as the Cabinet had approved the recruitment of 3712 employees for the Municipal Administration department. “We will absorb the 51 work inspectors in the GWMC. We will appoint a ward officer for a population […]

Hanamkonda: TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao has called upon the party cadre to inform the people of unprecedented development made during the seven-and-half year of the party ruling in the newly formed Telangana State. Stating that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who neither had money nor muscle nor community power when he […]

Hyderabad: With Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan continuing her tirade against the TRS government and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, the TRS leaders launched a counter attack terming her remarks as ‘irresponsible’. Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav felt that the Governor was speaking more like a politician and it was wrong on her part to speak […]

Hyderabad: Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy on Wednesday launched competitive examination coaching classes in six universities. Following the State government decision on recruitment to posts in various departments, six universities – Osmania University, Kakatiya University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Palamuru University, Telangana University and Satavahana University – took an initiative to offer competitive examination coaching […]

Khammam: Tension prevailed here on Wednesday as BJP cadres took out a rally in protest against the party activist S Sai Ganesh’s recent death by suicide. Led by the BJP district president Galla Satyanarayana, BJP Kisan Morcha state president Kondapalli Sridhar Reddy they staged a dharna at Ambedkar Centre demanding action against those responsible for […]

Hyderabad: State women’s basketball team, which finished runner-up in the recently-concluded 71st National Basketball Championship held in Chennai, was felicitated by the Telangana Basketball Association in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The women’s team went down to Indian Railway 82-131 in the summit clash to settle for the silver medal. Association president R Sridhar Reddy lauded the […]

Mancherial: BJP’s Madhya Pradesh state in-charge P Muralidhar Rao called upon activists and members of the party to thwart attacks against Hindu religion using digital media platforms. He was addressing a gathering at Under Digital Hindu conclave held under the aegis of Bharath Neethi here on Wednesday. He was joined by former Peddapalli MP Dr […]

Hyderabad: The farm sector is seeing the input costs rise. Effort should be made to lower these costs and increase productivity. Research should be taken up considering the dietary changes happening, said Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy. The Centre should look at ways to make villages stronger as this makes States and in turn the […]

Adilabad: Aboriginal tribals or Adivasis traditionally observed the 41st anniversary of the infamous Indravelli firing incident by paying homage to martyrs at the martyrs’ column in Indervelli mandal centre on Wednesday. Members of the Indravelli Amaraveerula Ashaya Sadhana Samithi and the Tudum Debba, a tribal rights organization, and about 500 Adivasis gathered at the martyrs’ […]

Hyderabad: At a time, when the State Government had already set up over 530 paddy procurement centres, union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said the Telangana Government was yet to commence procurement. Despite the Central Government agreeing to State Government’s requests on paddy procurement, the TRS Government has not procured stocks from farmers, the union […]

Mancherial: Government Whip Balka Suman inspected the arrangements of free coaching to be given by Balka Foundation, a voluntary organization run by him, to aspirants of government and police jobs from May 1, in Mandamarri on Wednesday. Suman said that the foundation came forward to offer the coaching and to provide lunch to the aspirants […]

Jagtial: Forty one double bedroom houses were handed over to beneficiaries in Ibrahimpatnam mandal headquarters on Wednesday. District Collector G Ravi along with local MLA K Vidhyasagar Rao and Zilla Parishad Chairperson Dava Vasantha handed over houses to beneficiaries by participating in the house warming ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, the collector said that the […]

Hyderabad: Justice Radha Rani of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday took on file a writ plea pertaining to fake Aadhar Card. Usha Devi and her children filed the case stating that an Aadhar was issued in the name of her mother-in-law named Prem Kumari who expired in the year 2017. On bringing the same […]

Gadwal: BJP State president Bandi Sanjay demanded that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao order a CBI probe into the BJP worker’s alleged suicide at Khammam and mother-son duo suicide at Ramayampet. Sporting black masks in protest against what he termed as the increasing atrocities by TRS leaders, the BJP State president said stern action should […]

Hyderabad: With Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan resuming her allegations against the TRS government and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, the TRS leaders launched a counter attack terming her remarks as ‘irresponsible’. Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav felt that the Governor was speaking more like a politician and it was wrong on her part to speak […]