Telangana

Nirmal: The vice-chairperson of Nirmal municipality has been booked for allegedly outraging the modesty of a minor girl here on Sunday. Nirmal Rural Sub-Inspector K Vinay said the accused Sajid Khan (35) is a resident of YSR Colony in the town. The 15-year-old victim, also from the same colony, is a student of Class VIII. […]

Emotional scenes were witnessed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport as parents and other family members received the students who landed here from Mumbai.

The Chief Secretary, Somesh Kumar said special flights bringing Indian students from Ukraine had landed in Mumbai and New Delhi.

Hyderabad: In a bid to promote alternate crops to ensure remunerative income to farmers, plans are afoot to promote cultivation of bamboo in around two lakh acres in the State. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy who reviewed ‘opportunities in bamboo cultivation-profits’ through a virtual meeting here on Saturday, said bamboo cultivation will yield annual income […]

Kumram Bheem-Asifabad:  Instead of waiting for funds from the government to take developmental activities and to meet expenses, some remote villages of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district are literally converting waste into wealth by making profits by adopting efficient waste management practices and are able to achieve financial empowerment. The villages are segregating dry waste as […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) gave two days’ time for Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) to submit views on the objections raised by several people during a public hearing on the proposed tariff hike here. More than 150 people including politicians and experts in the energy sector took part in […]

Hyderabad: Waterman of India Rajendra Singh on Saturday expressed concern over pendency of cases pertaining to rivers. However, the cases related to industrialists were resolved quickly, he said while participating in a national convention on rivers organized by Indian Peninsular River Basin Council and Indian Himalayan River Basin Council here. He underscored the need for […]

Warangal: Contrary to the popular legend that tribal goddesses Sammakka-Sarakka, mother and daughter, fought against the ‘tyrannical’ Kakatiyas and laid down their lives in the battle, the priests of Goddess Sammakka from Medaram and Team of Research on Culture and Heritage (TORCH), an voluntary organisation, are stressing the need for a detailed research to find […]

Nalgonda: In addition to academic studies, the Government Degree College for Women of Nalgonda is also offering a month-long special certificate course to its students in sports and games. In all, 30 players are getting skill development training in kabaddi, volleyball, kho-kho, shuttle, tennikoit and athletics in the college. The first batch of the training […]

Mahabubnagar: Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud said Sri Venkateshwara Museum would be constructed at the popular Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple, Manyamkonda with a cost of Rs 1 crore. The museum will be housing the temple’s sculptures and other artefacts. In addition to these, sculptures from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) would also be displayed at the […]

Hyderabad: Director General of Forests Chandra Prakash Goyal says Telangana’s afforestation programmes are impressive. Speaking to ‘Telangana Today‘ on the sidelines of a national workshop on Effective Implementation and Monitoring of Forestry Activities with Special Emphasis on Campa, Chandra Prakash Goyal said other States can take a cue from the programmes implemented in Telangana. Afforestation […]

Khammam: Commissioner of Police (CP) Vishnu S Warrier has assured all possible support to thalassemia patients from the police department. He flagged off the thalassemia awareness rally organised by Sankalpa Voluntary Organisation and Indian Medical Association here on Saturday and addressed the gathering. He lauded the services being rendered by social organisations to the benefit […]

Warangal: Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam K Rupala said that Centre was promoting internships by the students of the educational institutions including the India’s premier institutions like IITs in villages through the “Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan” scheme for the development of the rural areas of the country, and urged students to take […]

Sangareddy: Andole MLA Chanti Kranthi Kiran said Jogipet town will be developed with Rs 25 crore and if needed, additional funds will be sought for developing Anna Sagar into a model mini-tank. The MLA, who held a meeting with the officials of Andole-Jogipet Municipality on Saturday, said they will spend the Rs 25 crore granted […]

Kothagudem: Maoists were thwarting development works in agency villages, alleged Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Dutt. In a statement here on Saturday he informed the construction of a new bridge over the Gubbalamangi stream at Chintaguppa Dummugudem mandal in the district nearing completion. The bridge was aimed to connect Telangana and Chhattisgarh states. However, the […]

Karimnagar: Collector RV Karnan on Saturday said that besides enhancing knowledge, book reading will help building a healthy society. He emphasised the need to educate the students about it. He released wallposters of a book fair to be organised on the occasion of International Women’s Day from March 2 to 8 at Jyothibha Phule grounds […]

Kothagudem: Irrigation sector witnessed a rapid growth in the TRS government’s rule, asserted Government Whip, Pinapaka MLA Rega Kantha Rao. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has given priority to irrigation and built several small, medium and large scale irrigation projects across the State during the past seven years, he said. The MLA inaugurated Pagidivagu Lift […]

Siddipet: Actor Prakash Raj has made a visit to Gajwel Assembly Constituency represented by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in State Assembly, on Saturday evening. The local officials have guided him through the Integrated Market Yard, Mahati Auditorium and other facilities which were built after the Chief Minister was elected as MLA from the Constituency. […]

Siddipet: In a rare achievement, the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) located in Siddipet has got the Level (2A) Certificate from National Neonatal Forum (NNF) for providing efficient services on par with Corporate Hospitals to newborn babies. The hospital is just the third SNCU in Telangana to get the rare recognition after the SNCUs located […]

Peddapalli: Nowadays, it is a tough task to get a single government job. Educated people have to work hard to get a lower grade post in any of the government departments. Surprisingly, a youngster in this district got eight jobs within a three year period. This is the success story of Battari Dhanujay from Ramagundam […]

Sangareddy: Sanagreddy Rural Police have seized a huge quantity of the Gutkha and tobacco products from a godown at Vidyanagar Road number 3 near Poythireddypally junction in Sangareddy town on Friday late evening. Speaking to news reporters on Saturday, DSP Sanagreddy A Balaji said that the Rural Police have found that the godown is owned […]

Mancherial: Elaborate arrangements are in place for smooth conduct of the two-day long annual Maha Shivaratri jatara at the ancient Sri Gattu Mallanna Swamy temple on a hillock and Sri Mallikharjuna Swamy at the foothills near Velala village in Jaipur mandal on March 1. Executive Officer of the temple B Ramesh told ‘Telangana Today’ that […]

Mancherial: The Macherial police on Saturday seized banned tobacco products worth Rs 5.05 lakh after conducting a raid on the hideout of a smuggler in the district. Task Force Inspector AK Mahender and Mandamarri Sub-Inspector Bhumesh said that Pindi Suresh, a trader of Mandamarri town, was found to be storing the banned products at his […]

Mancherial: Government Whip Balka Suman instructed the officials of Rural Water Supply to supply protected drinking water to the public residing in habitations situated in five mandals and municipalities belonging to Chennur Assembly constituency in the ensuing summer. He convened a review meeting with the authorities in Chennur on Saturday. Suman stated both officials concerned […]