Telangana

Hyderabad: The Shankarpally police on Saturday arrested a biker on charges of drunk driving resulting in the death of a woman pillion rider on another bike in September last year. He was booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The arrested person was K Anil Kumar (21), a construction worker from Nawabpet in Vikarabad […]

Warangal: With the arrest of the chairpersons of three private chit fund companies for alleged irregularities in payment of the prized subscribers and other issues, many victims have been making a beeline to the police commissioner’s office here for the last two days. Hailing the arrest, they are also appealing to the police to ensure […]

Khammam: The representatives of the granite industry from Khammam have appealed to the State government to look into various issues the industry has been facing and to take remedial measures. A delegation led by industrialist and TRS leader Vaddiraju Ravichandra met senior government officials in Hyderabad on Saturday and held discussions in the presence of […]

Nirmal: Setting an example to government employees in serving the needy, a doctor and nurses working with a State-run hospital in Bhainsa performed delivery of a woman belonging to Maharashtra who was infected by Covid-19 on Saturday. Laxmibai, a resident of Dharmabad in neighbouring Maharashtra was admitted to the government-run Area Hospital in Bhainsa when […]

Hyderabad: Students appearing for the Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE), April 2022, will have more choices among questions to choose from. In the intermediate exams held in October 2021, some sections in the question papers had 50 per cent choices among questions. These choices will be further enhanced for ensuing inter examinations. In order to reduce […]

Siddipet: In a step towards creating a sports hub near Gajwel town, the district administration Siddipet has allotted 20 acres of land, one km away from Gajwel town in survey number 560/1. District Collector M Hanumantha Rao transferred 20 acres of land to the Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS). Welcoming the decision of the […]

Hyderabad: The Directorate of School Education on Saturday permitted online/distance learning for Classes VIII, IX and X. It also instructed 50 per cent of teaching and non-teaching staff to attend the schools on a rotational basis from January 24. A proceeding to this effect was issued on Saturday. The move comes in view of the […]

Kothagudem: Chief Secretary (Irrigation) Rajat Kumar has directed the officials to complete construction works of Sitamma Sagar Multipurpose Project by the end of May. He along with CMO Secretary Smita Sabharwal, Engineer-in-Chief Muralidhar Reddy and L&T CEO Subramanyam inspected the construction work of the project at Ammagaripalli village of Aswapuram mandal in the district on […]

Hyderabad: Several IAS and IPS officers including some district collectors received promotions on Saturday. However, all of them have been retained in their current postings. Handlooms and Textiles Secretary Shailaja Ramaiyer, Minorities Welfare Secretary Ahmad Nadeem, Singareni Collieries Company Limited chairman and managing director N Sridhar, and Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies […]

Hyderabad: The Covid-19 incidence in Telangana continued to remain high with a total of 4,393 cases reported from across the State on Saturday. Hyderabad continued to lead the chart of the Covid-19 positive cases with 1,643 cases reported from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits. According to a bulletin released by the Director of […]

Adilabad:  A man was arrested for allegedly smuggling and storing banned gutka products in a warehouse on the premises of a government school, run in a private building, at Chandat (T) village in Adilabad Rural mandal on Friday. He was produced before pressmen on Saturday. Prohibited gutka products worth Rs 11.17 lakh were recovered from […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Discharging duties in Kumram Bheem Asifabad, one of the backward districts in the country, is undisputedly challenging for a public servant. Some officials feel working in any part of this entity is a punishment. However, a government teacher and a Sub-Inspector, posted in remote parts of this district, found it as a […]

Karimnagar: Collector RV Karnan has asked officials to conduct a fever survey in a perfect manner by visiting every house. The Collector checked the conduct of the fever survey being carried out by ANMs, ASHA workers and RPs in Mankammathota and Kashmirgadda areas of Karimnagar town on Saturday. Interacting with local residents, he enquired whether […]

Khammam: In a milestone achievement, the Academic Director of the city-based Swarna Bharathi Institute of Science and Technology (SBIT), Prof. C Satyanarayana was granted patent by Indian Patent Office for his innovation in the field of WSN. The patent was granted for innovation in the most sought after contemporary research domain, life extension of Wireless […]

Warangal: Former chairperson of Child Welfare Committee (CWC), combined Warangal district, and President of Abhyudaya Seva Samiti, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has urged the Odisha State government to provide textbooks of Odia language for children of the migrant workers of Odisha who have been working in the brick kiln units in the erstwhile Warangal district. […]

Siddipet: Health Minister T Harish Rao, who examined the progress of the door-to-door fever survey in Siddipet town on Saturday, said that the health workers across Telangana have handed over 48,000 home isolation kits to citizens who were suffering from different Covid-19 symptoms on the first day of the survey. Speaking after examining the door-to-door […]

Hyderabad: As a part of the sixth edition of the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) elective course, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) held two online lectures, ‘Sweeter than Honey: The Advent and Rise of Classical Telugu Literature’ and ‘Conquest of the World: Krishnadevaraya’s Amuktamalyada’. Distinguished author, translator, and musician Dr Srinivas Reddy delivered these […]

Adilabad: MLA Jogu Ramanna has thanked Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for releasing Rs 93 crore to construct a flyover at the busiest Thamsi bus bay in Adilabad town. He took out a massive rally from his camp office to Nehru Chowk here on Saturday. Ramanna said that the State government was already ready to […]

Medak: Police have cracked the theft case reported at Sri Vanadurga Bhavani Temple Edupayala in Medak district on Saturday and recovered Rs 2.36 lakh cash, some gold and silver ornaments, and five smartphones from the accused person’s in-laws’ home at Sheelampally village in Chilipiched Mandal on Saturday. The accused was identified as Lakshma Reddy, a […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TS BIE) on Saturday rescheduled dates for payment of exam fee for the Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE), April 2022, with the last date to pay without a late fee being February 4. With a late fee of Rs.200, the exam fee will be accepted between February 5 […]

Karimnagar: Choppadandi MLA Sunke Ravishankar tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. Ravishankar, who was suffering from a cold during the last few days, underwent a Covid test on Saturday and tested positive for the virus. He is in home isolation. The MLA advised his followers and other people who met him in the recent past […]

Adilabad: Two youngsters were arrested for their alleged involvement in a recent murder of a man in Jainath mandal, on Saturday. Superintendent of Police D Uday Kumar Reddy said that the accused persons were Shaik Aslam and Etukoka Vijay, residents of Bangariguda in Adilabad town. They were apprehended when they were travelling by a motorbike, […]

Hyderabad: Balaraju Bhusaveni of Sircilla, has developed a platform Aadha Trip, as the name indicates, which helps people to find a transport vehicle to move goods by paying only one way fare. This disrupts the practice of the lorries and goods carriers charging two-way as they have to travel ’empty’ in the return direction. Aadha […]

Suryapet: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Saturday made it clear that there was no chance for early elections to the Legislative Assembly in the State. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of an official programme held at Suryapet, Jagadish Reddy said that the TPCC former president N Uttam Kumar Reddy was dreaming about […]