Telangana

Hyderabad: The special vaccination drive for adolescents between the age groups of 15 years and 18 years launched on January 3, is underway in Telangana at a brisk place. Within a week, government and private healthcare facilities have completed administering first dose of Covid vaccine to 37 per cent of the beneficiaries in 15 years […]

Nalgonda: The vehicular traffic on National Highway-65 increased significantly on Sunday with people from Hyderabad going to their native places for Sankranti festival. There was, however, no heavy queue of vehicles at toll plazas in Panthangi and Korlaphad on NH-65. Vehicles going towards Vijayawada from Hyderabad side increased which caused traffic jam at Choutuppal where […]

Warangal: Stating that BJP leaders were taking to staging dramas of late, TRS leader and West MLA Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar on Sunday demanded that they should ensure sanction of projects and other development works promised to Telangana State in the AP Reorganisation Act before entering the historic Warangal city. “I welcome BJP leader and Assam […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Special Operations Team caught 10 persons who organised and were participating in a rooster fight at Adibatla on Sunday. The police seized Rs. 8,000 cash, 13 cocks and 30 small knives. Acting on a tip off, the team raided an open place at Nadergul in Adibatla police station limits and found a […]

Hyderabad: The Director of Medical Education (DME), Telangana, Dr K Ramesh Reddy has directed all the tertiary teaching hospitals under the jurisdiction of DME to start preparing separate Obstetrics and Gyneacology (OBS) wards for Covid positive pregnant woman, in view of the surge of Covid infections due to the Omicron variant. The directions were issued […]

Warangal: A city-level photography competition is being organized under the auspices of the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) on climate change and urbanization, said Commissioner P Pravinya here on Sunday. In a statement issued by the GWMC, she said that the photographers and photography enthusiasts can send photos on Greater Warangal’s development, old and new […]

Siddipet: MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy on Sunday said Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will stand by the farmers even if the Centre fails to extend support to the farming fraternity in the State. Participating in Rythu Bandhu celebrations at Agriculture Market Yard in Thoguta, the MP said the Chief Minister had taken the country by […]

Sangareddy: A vegetable vendor, who was returning home on his two-wheeler, died when his motorcycle hit a culvert and fell off it on the outskirts of Kandi in Sangareddy district on Saturday night. The victim was identified as Kammari Shiva Kumar (31), a resident of Kavalampet. According to his wife Swapna, Shiva Kumar left for […]

According to police, Erisetti Rajesh was attacked by opponents while he was proceeding towards his agricultural fields to water his crops.

Since the stem borer (Lepidoptera) has been invading paddy crops in Telangana, the farmers here regularly used pesticides to control the menace.

Hyderabad: Fraudsters now have a tough challenge to overcome while churning out fake certificates. A new online verification system is being put in place by the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) to curb the menace of fake certificates in the State. Just like the security features available in currency notes, certificates issued by […]

Hyderabad: A Cabinet sub-committee constituted to identify the conditions of children orphaned due to Covid-19 and come up with a plan to address their issues to bring in a comprehensive policy has proposed to issue special smart cards to orphans after recognising them as children of the State. If anyone is having this smart card […]

Hyderabad: A virtual meeting of the State Level Bankers’ Committee of Telangana was held on January 7 to review the performance of Banks under PM SVanidhi scheme, by Sanjay Kumar, Additional Secretary, MOHUA, Government of India. GB Panda from DFS, Aravind Kumar, Special Chief Secretary Municipal Administration, Government of Telangana, Dr N Satyanarayana, MD-MEPMA, Lokesh […]

Hyderabad: The daily new Covid-19 positive infections driven by the Omicron variant have continued to surge in Telangana with authorities on Saturday reporting 2,606 cases out of which 1,583 cases were from areas under GHMC. The health authorities have also reported two fatalities on Saturday, which has taken the total number of deaths to 4041 […]

Hyderabad: CPI General Secretary D Raja exuded confidence that BJP will lose elections in the five States and said the saffron party’s defeat would have an impact on the future politics of the country. There was a need for opposition parties and regional parties to join hands and fight against the BJP government at the […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Ministers slammed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for levelling what they termed as ‘baseless’ allegations against Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. At a press conference held at the TRS Legislative Party office in Hyderabad, Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav dared Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other BJP leaders for an […]

Siddipet: Terming Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as a backdoor Chief Minister, Telangana Ministers on Saturday gave an earful to the BJP senior leader for belittling K Chandrashekhar Rao as just ‘two-term’ Chief Minister. They dared him for an open debate on development during four-time Chief Minister Chouhan’s tenure in Madhya Pradesh and […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State will soon come out with a spacetech framework soon. This will outline the ecosystem building steps and roles of each stakeholder in space tech. Telangana will be the second State after Kerala to have a spacetech policy. IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao has been vociferous in his plea for a […]

Hyderabad: Telangana BJP leaders on Saturday requested Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to convey the demand of the people of Telangana for a comprehensive inquiry into the security breach incident during the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Punjab and all those responsible for the lapses be brought to book. In a memorandum submitted to […]

Kothagudem: Bicycles were donated to poor students by Chetana Foundation here on Saturday. At a programme held here, DRO Ashok Chakravarthy handed over the bicycles to six students of Leprosy Colony to help them go to school. The students were forced to traverse several kilometres on foot from their colony on the outskirts of the […]

Karimnagar: Collector RV Karnan advised Dalits to develop economically by utilising the units sanctioned under Dalit Bandhu scheme in proper way. Then only the dream of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who introduced the scheme, for comprehensive development of the Dalit families in the State, would be fulfilled. The Collector on Saturday inspected dairy units, […]

Hyderabad: In a significant development ahead of elections in five States that could have national level repercussions, the top leadership of the Left parties – CPI and CPM – called on Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to seek his support in the fight for ‘BJP Mukht Bharat’. Both the Left parties were of the view […]

Hyderabad: The Nizamabad district police on Saturday arrested two auto drivers on charges of attacking and robbing a passenger of gold and cash in a forest area at Chinnapur village under Makloor police station limits on December 26. The arrested were identified as Shaik Mazar alias Mujju, 21, a resident of Kanteshwar and A Santosh […]

Warangal: Magic Bus, an education and skill development NGO, in association with Sharvani Degree College, conducted a training and placement drive for the benefit of the degree final years here on Saturday. While 10 companies have participated in the drive, 250 candidates attended the interviews and 70 of them have been picked by in different […]