Telangana

Hyderabad: The BJP members of Telangana Legislative Assembly, who were suspended from Assembly last week, called on Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy on Tuesday, a day after the High Court asked them to meet him. As per the suggestion of the court, Raghunandan Rao, Eatala Rajender and T. Raja Singh met the Speaker at his chamber […]

Medak: A woman got burnt alive and her husband and son sustained serious injuries when their house caught fire on Monday night in Thimmanagar. The victims were Paleboyina Mangamma (35), her husband Narsimhulu (42) and son Ravi (14). Though the locals came to their rescue after calling fire tenders, they could not save Mangamma. Narsimhulu […]

With Holi round the corner, the festivities have gripped Hyderabad markets, boosting sales of herbal colours, balloons and water guns (pichkari). Preparations for the festival of colours were seen in full swing throughout the country. The local shopkeepers have seen a tremendous rise in sales ahead of Holi. “With the business doing well this time, […]

Hyderabad: The State government will take up construction of four lakh double bedroom houses under the newly proposed scheme in the next financial year. About Rs 3 lakh will be provided to each beneficiary having a house plot, for construction of the house under Dignity Housing scheme. This will be in addition to the houses […]

Hyderabad: The State government gave more than Rs 25,000 crore as subsidy to the power distribution companies to support them overcome the losses and also took the burden of Rs 9,160 crore borrowings over the past a few years. The government released Rs 10,500 crore in 2020-21 and another Rs 9,700 crore in 2021-22, apart […]

Hyderabad: Gutha Sukhender Reddy has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Telangana State Legislative Council for the second term on Monday. With only one nomination filed for the post, the officials announced the unanimous election of Sukhender Reddy. Sukhender Reddy assumed the Chair in the presence of Ministers KT Rama Rao, T Harish […]

Hyderabad: Lambasting the BJP-led Central government for announcing inter-linking of rivers without taking the States into confidence, Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday demanded that the Centre immediately finalise the river water allocations to Telangana State and permit the proposed projects on Godavari River. Unless the water needs of Telangana are met, the State […]

Adilabad: In the wake of growing incidents of food poisoning, Municipal chairperson Jogu Premender conducted surprise inspections in several government-run schools here on Monday. Premender visited schools located in Kolipura, New Housing Board Colony, Vidyanagar and other parts of the district centre. He verified the quality of food being served to students and inmates of […]

Warangal: Three children have drowned in two separate incidents in the erstwhile Warangal district on Monday. The deceased children were Banoth Ramyasri (9) and Vasanthi (12) of Dubba Thanda of Taurya village of Kesamudram mandal in Mahabubabad district and Parvatham Jayaraju (10) of Tarigoppula village in Jangaon district. According to police, four girls from the […]

Hyderabad: The meeting of senior Congress leaders from the State unit at former Minister Marri Shashidhar Reddy’s residence here on Monday triggered speculations. This meeting apart, Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Senior leaders including former Ministers Ponnala Laxmaiah, J Geetha Reddy, D Sridhar Babu, Sangareddy MLA T […]

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday urged government job aspirants to stay away from movies, social media and cricket for the next six months and to concentrate on studies. Addressing job aspirants after inaugurating a coaching centre at Peerzadiguda Municipal Corporation, Rama Rao said this was the ideal time […]

Kothagudem: CPI leaders in the district demanded the forest officials to stop their repression against podu farmers. CPI workers and leaders took out a massive protest rally at Bhadrachalam on Monday in support of their demand and laid siege to the local divisional forest office. Speaking on the occasion the party district secretary SK Sabir […]

Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of Telangana High Court on Monday directed the Commissioner of Police M Stephen Ravindra to initiate disciplinary enquiry against erring Police officers for alleged harassment of an accused person in a case of cheating. The court directed that action be initiated within four weeks against police personnel, including the Station House […]

Hyderabad: Health Minister T Harish Rao said 15th Finance Commission appreciated State Government’s move to set up Basti Dawakhanas through which free medicines and consultation was being extended to the urban poor. At present, 259 Basti Dawakhanas were being operated in GHMC limits and 91 more clinics would be launched soon. So far, over 81 […]

Hyderabad: The State Assembly on Monday witnessed pandemonium for a while after Congress MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy made baseless remarks against Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav during the discussion on budget. Rajgopal Reddy faced the ire of Industries and Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao and other Ministers and MLAs, who demanded that the […]

Hyderabad: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy said Telangana’s per capita power consumption in 2020-21 was 2,012 units compared to the national average of 1,161 units. “This is 73 per cent higher than the national per capita. This is also a testimony of the rapid progress achieved in the power sector in the State,” he said […]

Adilabad: As many as 15 persons including 11 staffers of District Cooperative Central Bank (DCCB) were booked for allegedly involving in the sensational scam of Rs 2.86 crore from Bhela branch of the bank recently. Bhela Inspector M Naresh Kumar said that a case was registered against 15 persons including 11 staffers of Bhela branch […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Government has decided to set up 33 medical colleges across the State against the three medical colleges that were set up during the last 60 years, said Health Minister T Harish Rao on Monday. After formation of the State, 12 medical colleges were sanctioned at different places. Of these, four colleges at […]

Warangal: Kakatiya University (KU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Thatikonda Ramesh has urged faculty members of the government polytechnic colleges to keep themselves abreast with the latest trends in teaching and learn to help the students improve their employability skills. Addressing nearly 15 government polytechnic colleges English, Computers and Commercial Practice faculty at the inaugural programme of a […]

Kothagudem: ITC Mission Sunehra Kal has launched soil and moisture conservation (SMC) activities in a biodiversity plot at Sarapaka in Burgampadu mandal in the district on Monday. The initiative was taken up in association with the forest department in the district. Two mini percolation tanks, 20 rockfill dams, 15 stone gully plugs and four sunken […]

Hyderabad: The School Education department has on Monday announced implementation of half day schools between 8 am and 12.30 pm across all primary, upper primary and high schools that come under all managements including government, aided, and private management from March 15 onwards till the last working day of the academic year 2021-22. In a […]

Hyderabad: A cordon and search operation was conducted at the Gruhakalpa buildings in Vikarabad town by the police on Monday. Tobacco products, PDS rice, two-wheelers and auto-rickshaws along with two daggers were seized by the police contingent under the supervision of Vikarabad Superintendent of Police, N Koti Reddy. The SP said the people should always […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: The 11-day annual brahmostavams of Sri Yadadri Lakshminarsimha Swamy temple were concluded on Monday with the conduct of ashtothara shatha ghatabhisekam. The temple priests conducted of ashtothara shatha ghatabhisekam with 108 kalshas at Balalayam amid chants of veda manthras. A homam was also conducted at Balalayam by the temple priests on the occasion of […]

Nalgonda: A three-year-old boy, who received burn injuries after hot water fell on him at Etukulaphad village in the district, died on Monday while undergoing treatment in a hospital at Hyderabad. Alli Ruthwik Sainath(3), who was son of Nagaraju, had received injuries after hot water fell on him. The incident took place when the boy […]