Telangana

Hyderabad: The Central government has appreciated Telangana stating that it was National Lead State being the first to achieve the target of mandatory 100 per cent audit of Gram Panchayats for the audit period 2020-21. Last year too, Telangana topped the States in online auditing of gram panchayats. On Thursday, Ministry of Panchayat Raj Joint […]

Hyderabad: Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, State Ministers, leaders of different political parties and family members of late PV Narasimha Rao paid rich tributes to the former Prime Minister on his death anniversary at PV Gnana Bhoomi here on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan recalled the services rendered by PV Narasimha Rao to […]

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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Thursday launched a blistering attack on BJP leaders from Telangana for unnecessarily speaking on paddy procurement issue when both State and Central governments were discussing it. Stating that the BJP leaders were speaking irresponsibly on the issue, Niranjan Reddy told mediapersons in New Delhi that the Union Food, […]

Hyderabad: IT Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan on Thursday said there will be more jobs on offer in the days to come in Hyderabad across mega, mid-scale and small scale IT companies in the city as there was lot of demand for digitisation and digital services, especially following post Covid impact. There are about 1,400 IT […]

Mancherial: The works of a special food processing zone on the outskirts of coal belt town Bellampalli town gained momentum, rekindling hopes of the unemployed and farmers. Incidentally, it is the maiden facility to come up in the district. Under the new Telangana Food processing policy, touted to be a game-changer, the government decided to […]

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 177 new Covid infections and one fatality on Thursday taking the cumulative number of deaths to 4018 and the total number of positive cases so far to 6, 80, 251. The number of active cases in Telangana, as on Thursday, was 3,596. The authorities on Thursday conducted 38, 219 Covid tests of […]

Hyderabad: Telangana chess player Arjun Erigaisi dethroned five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand to be top ranked player in the blitz, on Thursday. The 18-year-old from Warangal now has 2765 rating points to be the top player in the country. He is also ranked No.13 in the world list which is led by Magnus Carlsen with […]

Warangal: The Para Sports Association, affiliated to Divyang Cricket Control Board of India, will be holding a wheelchair cricket tri-series on December 27 and 28 at University Arts and Science College, Hanamkonda, Warangal Coordinator A Bharath said. In a press release on Thursday, he said matches would be held between teams from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh […]

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Khammam: Khammam district now has the distinction of having the first Muslim woman IPS officer in Telangana, with DCP in Rachakonda Police Commissionerate, Shaik Saleema, was conferred IPS status in the select list of 2020. Saleema hails from Komatlagudem village in Chintakani mandal of the district. She was promoted as IPS in the non-cadre IPS […]

Khammam: The action was sought against a contractor who failed to pay salaries pending for 20 months to contract workers serving in Covid ward at Government District Headquarters Hospital. A dharna being staged by the contract workers reached its third day on Thursday. Telangana State Municipal Staff and Outsourcing Workers Union (AITUC) State general secretary […]

Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham advised the farmers to go for alternative crops in Yasangi season. Participating in a farmers’ awareness programme at Gannavaram cluster in Wyra mandal on Thursday, the Collector said that farmers should focus on dry crops in Yasangi as there was no permission to set up paddy procurement centres in Yasangi […]

Mancherial: Government Whip Balka Suman said that connectivity in rural areas was being improved like never before. He laid the foundation stone for a bridge across a stream at Gangaram village and another bridge at Narayanapur village in Chennur mandal on Thursday. The estimated cost of the bridge at Gangaram is Rs 1.97 crore, while […]

Warangal: Rich tributes were paid to former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao on the occasion of his 17th death anniversary in erstwhile Warangal district. TRS MLA from Husnabad constituency Vodithela Satish Babu, Hanamkonda Zilla Parishad chairman Dr Sudheer Kumar, senior journalist and PV’s relative PV Madanmohan Rao garlanded Narasimha Rao’s statue at JNS grounds near […]

Peddapalli: Erukulla Veeresham, a rural photographer, has won a gold medal at an international-level photography competition. His photo about the tradition and culture of Aruku tribes won the gold medal at the Federation International de L’Art Photographique (FIAP). Kohinoor Digital Circuit organised FIAP’s international-level photography competition online and photographers from 26 countries took part in […]

Hyderabad: The State government has urged the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to look into the water requirements of Telangana as per Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal (GWDT) Award and take initiatives to undo the injustice to the State. It also requested the Board to take steps to remove component number.1.12 from the Schedule 1 and […]

Khammam: The members of Khammam Youth Association, an NGO based in the city, distributed blankets to street dwellers in Khammam. The KYA members D Sreekanth, T Yeshwanth and T Arjun in a statement here on Thursday informed that they have embarked upon a blanket distribution drive from Dec 18 to 23. Blankets to street dwellers […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) chief Sundeep Kumar Makthala launched a 45-day agriculture Hackathon at Yadavalli village of Utkoor mandal in Narayanpet district on Thursday to look for solutions to various issues plaguing the farm sector and make it a profitable venture by bringing in innovations. The hackathon is the first of its […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) has declined to entertain Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) petitions from the two distribution companies since the time period given to them had already lapsed. In its order delivered on Thursday, the TSERC said the two distribution companies – the Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TSNPDCL) and […]

Siddipet: Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday urged the Union government not to see the Agriculture Sector as a business since it feeds the entire nation besides providing direct and indirect employment to a majority of the people. Addressing students of Konda Lakshman Bapuji Horticulture University on the occasion of its 7th […]

Warangal: Narsampet MLA Peddi Sudharshan Reddy said on Thursday that at least 400 poor people in the constituency were getting financial assistance under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) every month. The scheme is a boon for the poor who suffer from diseases that are not covered under Aarogyasri, he said. The MLA was speaking […]

Hyderabad: Rich tributes were paid to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao on his death anniversary on Thursday. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, state ministers, family members of Narasimha Rao and leaders of various political parties paid floral tributes to the late leader at PV Gnana Bhoomi on the banks of Hussain Sagar lake here. […]

Hyderabad: Single Telugu women are not shying away from making the first move while expressing interest in a man. According to Telugu Matrimony, the leading matchmaking service from BharatMatrimony for the Telugu community, about 22 per cent of women are boldly making the first move while looking for a life partner. The report reveals that […]