Telangana

Hyderabad: State athletes, who are aspiring to represent India in the upcoming Paris Olympics in 2024, got a big boost when six of them were named in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) by the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) constituted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Promising shooters Esha Singh, Dhanush Srikanth and […]

Medak: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said that the TRS could sweep the MLC LAC (Local Authorities Constituency) elections in the State because the TRS voters did not fall prey to the Congress party. Accusing the age-old party of attempting all means to lure their voters in the MLC elections, the Minister said that the […]

Chennai: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao called on his Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin at the latter’s residence here on Tuesday. This is KCR’s maiden meeting with the DMK president after he became Chief Minister in May this year. Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi was present at the meeting which was described as a courtesy […]

Hyderabad: Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said the Ministry of Tourism was not sanctioning any new projects to Telangana under its Swadesh Darshan scheme. He shared these details in reply to Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy’s question in Lok Sabha about allocation of funds for development of forts and infrastructure at the places in […]

Khammam: The TRS candidate for Khammam Local Authorities’ Constituency MLC election, Tata Madhusudan has won the election with 480 votes. Counting of votes took place at Zilla Panchayat Resource Centre (DPRC) here on Tuesday. The TRS candidate defeated his nearest rival R Nageswara Rao of Congress by a majority of 238 votes. Congress candidate got […]

Karimnagar: TRS candidates for Karimnagar Local Authorities Constituency (LAC) T Bhanu Prasad Rao and L Ramana won the elections of which the results were announced on Tuesday. The counting of votes of Karimnagar LAC was held in SRR Degree and PG College here on Tuesday. While Bhanu Prasad Rao got 585 votes, Ramana secured 479 […]

Hyderabad: In a landslide victory, the ruling TRS party has won all the six MLC seats in the elections to Local Authorities’ Constituencies (LACs, with first preference votes). The party had already secured six MLC seats unanimously and thus, registered a clean sweep by retaining all 12 MLC seats under LACs. The election results were […]

Hyderabad: The Centre’s decision to hike the green energy cess from Rs 50 to Rs 400 per tonnes of coal used for power generation, caused an additional burden of Rs 7,200 crore on the State exchequer over the last seven years. The Centre’s unilateral decision in the name of reforms in electrical sector is causing […]

Nalgonda: TRS candidate Mankena Koti Reddy won in elections to Nalgonda Local Authorities Constituency of Legislative Council by getting 917 votes out of total 1183 valid votes. Out of total 1271 votes, 1233 voters participated in the polling. Among the polled votes, 50 votes were found invalid due to technical reasons. Independent candidate Dr Nagesh […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) retained Adilabad Local Authorities Constituency with its candidate Dande Vittal registering a thumping victory. The results of the counting of votes polled for the constituency was declared here on Tuesday. Dande Vittal won against Independent candidate Pendur Pushparani by a majority of 664 votes. He registered 738 votes, while […]

Hyderabad: The ruling TRS party has registered a landslide victory with a clean sweep of the local body MLC elections. Of total 12 MLC seats, the TRS won six MLC seats unanimously and went on to win the remaining six MLC seats for which polling was conducted on December 10. Though the counting of votes […]

Medak: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate for Medak LAC Dr Vonteri Yadava Reddy has won the election with a massive 524 votes majority. The TRS candidate Dr Yadava Reddy has secured 762 votes while his nearest rival and Congress candidate T Nirmala has secured 238 votes. The lone independent candidate in the election fray Matta […]

Jagtial: Upset by his son-in-law’s refusal to lead a normal life with his daughter, a person attacked the daughter’s mother-in-law with a knife in Jagtial on Monday. The woman, who suffered serious injuries in the attack, died on the way to hospital in Karimnagar. According to police, Gatla Kiran, a resident of Beetbazar in Jagtial […]

Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao and Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Monday discussed in detail ways and means to narrow the gap between revenue and expenditure of power utilities in the State. Following instructions from Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, the two Ministers discussed the pressure mounted by the power utilities on increasing […]

Hyderabad: State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Monday demanded that the State government immediately release four persons who were detained under Preventive Detention (PD) Act in connection with the violence in Bhainsa since the High Court had struck down the case against them. Finding fault with the police for invoking the PD Act against […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) on Monday announced the schedule for intra-college third phase degree admissions through Degree Online Services, Telangana (DOST) 2021. This opportunity will be given to students who have already confirmed their seat in the college and would like to change the course/combination/medium within the college. Candidates can […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has procured nearly 42.22 lakh tonnes of paddy worth Rs 8,268 crore from 4.5 lakh farmers as of December 12. This is about 30 per cent more than the paddy procured during the corresponding period last year. However, there is a severe shortage of godown space in the State with the Centre not […]

Hyderabad: The BJP government at the Centre continued with its rigid stance on its decision to auction four coal blocks in SCCL area in Telangana, despite repeated requests by the State government to stop the auction. Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi, defending the Union government’s decision to auction the coal blocks, said on Monday that it […]

Hyderabad: Bike taxi aggregator and logistics service provider Rapido has drawn up plans to increase the number of employees in Telangana to 1,000 in two years from the current 400. “The fresh round of hiring will strengthen Rapidos’ rider and driver growth, digital payments, risk and compliance, marketplace, infrastructure, data, safety and finance technology teams,” […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ignoring the welfare of Backward Classes in the country. “After Modi, who himself is a BC, became the Prime Minister, he forgot to uplift them on all fronts,” he said, addressing ‘BCs’ Jung Siren’ organised by BC Welfare Association of Telugu […]

Hyderabad: The State government’s initiatives of opening new residential schools besides improving facilities and providing quality free education in government schools are yielding good results, with an increase in enrolments in government schools indicating the same. The enrolments in the government schools (primary to higher secondary) for the academic year 2019-20 have increased to 28,32,859 […]

Hyderabad: A blockchain hub is in the making in Hyderabad. Among others, it will look to galvanise blockchain companies from working in the country to look to Hyderabad for setting up or expanding their activities. “It will be a pan-industry initiative. A lot of blockchain-related activity is happening in the city. The effort will be […]

Hyderabad: Climbing towering electrical poles for taking up repairs is not an easy task. But competing on par with men, five women, who are working as junior linewomen in Mahabubnagar district, are drawing everyone’s attention with their outstanding work by climbing 20 to 40-feet poles and winning accolades from senior officials as well. Despite knowing […]

Kothagudem: District Collector D Anudeep directed officials to take steps to develop greenery along the roads leading to the district headquarters. He made a surprise inspection to Bruhat Palle Prakrithi Vanam at Lothuvagu, median plantation at Yellandu crossroads, avenue plantation in Laxmidevipalli mandal in the district on Monday. Anudeep said central lighting system would be […]