Telangana

Nirmal: The district registered a slight increase in crimes in the year 2021 when compared to that of the previous year. Superintendent of Police Ch Praveen Kumar disclosed this while briefing the annual crime rate of the district to pressmen here on Thursday. Praveen Kumar said that the district recorded 2,703 various crimes this year […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Thursday urged union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to honour the 15th Finance Commission’s recommendations, revive Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) and accord National Project status to Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy projects. It pointed out that National Project status has not been accorded to any irrigation project in Telangana despite numerous requests, a top […]

Warangal: National Youth Awardee Mohammad Azam has been invited to attend the 25th National Youth festival scheduled to be held from January 12 to 16 in Puducherry by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Mohammad Azam, who works as an Assistant Professor, is presently doing his PhD in English from Kakatiya University (KU), Warangal. […]

Mancherial: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy instructed the officials concerned to take steps to conduct Pranahita Pushkaralu on a grand note. He held a review meeting with authorities concerned over conduct of the ensuing Pranahita Pushkaralu slated for April, in Chennur on Thursday. He was joined by government whip Balka Suman. The Minister said that […]

Kothagudem: A man who lost both his legs in a freak accident at Yellandu in the district died while undergoing treatment at District Hospital in Khammam on Thursday. The deceased, Mohammed Ishaq (50), an animal skin trader of Jagadamba centre, was going to Station Basti on his bicycle to collect animal hides. As a goods […]

Kothagudem: Shyamala Educational Society, established in the name of US Vice President Kamala Harris’s mother, Dr Shyamala Gopalan, is aiming to contribute to the field of education in the country, said society founder N Suresh Reddy. The society opened its registered office in the State at Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad and its inauguration ceremony took […]

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao said Telangana was the only State in the country that was providing special funds to municipalities every month for taking up development works under the Pattana Pragathi programme. In a video conference with Additional Collectors (Local Bodies), Mayors, Chairpersons and Municipal Commissioners on Thursday, the […]

Mulugu: Endowments Minister A Indrakaran Reddy directed the officials of the Endowments Department to prepare proposals for constructing suites and dormitories with amenities like canteen at Medaram in the district at an expenditure of Rs 10 crore to provide permanent facilities at the tribal shrine for the pilgrims. He along with Minister Satyavathi Rathod and […]

Hyderabad: BJP MLA M Raghunandan Rao evoked sharp criticism from netizens for posting a tweet seeking to ridicule Industries Minister K T Rama Rao for Amul’s entry into Telangana with a Rs 500 crore investment. “Who are Gujarat ‘gulams’ now. Can anyone clarify?” he tweeted, tagging Rama Rao. The Twiterrati reacted swiftly and sharply, coming […]

Mancherial: Upholding communal harmony which has been the hallmark of Telangana, a Muslim scribe fed devotees of Lord Ayyappa at Thallapet village in Dandepalli mandal on Wednesday night. Mohammad Nizamuddin, who works for a vernacular news channel provided breakfast to 20 devotees from the village those who embarked on the rigorous spiritual practice for 41 […]

Hyderabad: Former Mayor of Karimnagar Sardar Ravinder Singh and other sikh community leaders have on Thursday called on the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to represent the issues pertaining to development of Karimnagar and sikh community in general. The meeting assumed significance as Ravinder Singh had earlier contested as an independent candidate in the recently […]

Hyderabad: The trend of rise in daily new Covid-19 infections has continued in Telangana with the health department reporting 280 new infections on Thursday compared to 235 positive cases that were reported on Wednesday. In areas under GHMC, authorities reported 167 Covid positive cases on Thursday while on Wednesday 121 positive infections were reported. Apart […]

Hyderabad: Several Ministers including Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday congratulated TRS MLC, lyricist and poet Goreti Venkanna, writer Devaraju Maharaju and poet Tagulla Gopal for being selected for the Sahitya Akademi awards. In a statement, Rama Rao said getting Sahitya Akademi awards in three categories was nothing but getting more recognition for Telangana […]

Sangareddy: TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday said Telangana had lost a great leader in former Minister Mohammad Fareeduddin who served the people of the State in various capacities during his illustrious political career. “He was a humble man and always accessible to people,” he said. Speaking to the media […]

Karimnagar: District Collector RV Karnan said on Thursday that besides strengthening their financial status, self help groups women were also contributing to the growth of the district. The Collector was speaking at the Mahila Mahostavam programme organized by Telangana Gramina Bank at DWMA meeting hall here. Karnan said the women, who were getting loans from […]

Warangal: Despite the measures taken by the police, the overall crime rate including crime against the women have gone up under the Warangal police commissionerate limits in 2021 comparing to the previous year. While the overall crime rate was up by 3.85 per cent with a total of 11,047 cases reported under the commissionerate limits […]

Hyderabad: Director-General of Police M Mahendar Reddy said that public meetings and rallies were banned in the State till January 2 in the wake of outbreak of Omicron variant of Covid-19. In a video message released here on Thursday, he asked Police Commissioners and Superintendents of Police (SPs) to inform the people about the ban […]

Hyderabad: The year 2021 was the year of getting back out there as vaccines became readily available. Our travel calendars began to fill up once again. However, the priorities have changed. Most of us began preferring road trips not too far from home, thanks to pandemic. Here, we share with you a list of recommendations […]

Medak: Two motorists were charred to death when their biked skidded off and caught fire in the process on NH 161 at Bodmatpallly village in Medak district in the early hours of Thursday. Fire broke out as the bike skid and the petrol tank exploded. The man driving the vehicle was reduced into the ashes […]

Hyderabad: The steady rise in daily Covid positive infections not only in Telangana but across the country in the last few days is a clear indication that the third Covid wave driven by the Omicron variant has started and was in the initial phases, Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao here on […]

Hyderabad: A farmer’s main concern before taking up cultivation is investment and the Rythu Bandhu scheme provides the much-needed support for farmers in Telangana State in this aspect, P Chengal Reddy, chief advisor of Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) and honorary chairman of Federation of Farmers Associations (FFA) said. He described the Rythu Bandhu […]

Hyderabad: Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) chief advisor and honorary chairman of Federation of Farmers Associations (FFA) P Chengal Reddy emphasised the need for a holistic national policy for marketing agriculture produce to double farmers’ income across the country. He asserted that the union government fulfill its responsibilities by providing marketing facilities for crops […]

Hyderabad: In a slight uptick in Covid-19 positive infections, Telangana reported 235 new cases on Wednesday while on Tuesday there were 228 Covid positive cases. Areas under GHMC reported 121 new infections, which was the highest in the State on Wednesday. On an average, in the last two months, the daily Covid-19 infections in Telangana […]

Karimnagar: Though the overall crime rate in Karimnagar police commissionerate limits declined in 2021, cybercrime has become a big problem for the cops. Besides online banking fraud, cheating in the name of OTP, OLX and harassing women and students on Facebook and Whatsapp have increased. Fraudsters from Jamtara of Jharkhand and Bharatpur of Rajasthan have […]