Telangana

Hyderabad: The Commissionerate of Intermediate Education (CIE) has instructed all faculty of the government and private aided junior colleges in the State to take online/zoom classes until further orders so as to implement the academic instructions as per the academic year calendar. It also directed the principals of all government and private aided junior colleges […]

Suryapet: Expressing his ire over encroachment of nalas, Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Friday instructed officials to remove structures illegally constructed on nalas in Manasa Nagar of Suryapet that was inundated in flood water due to rains last week. The Minister, accompanied by officials, inspected a nala in Manasa Nagar and interacted with the […]

Hyderabad: Due to the prevailing pandemic situation, South Central Railway has cancelled several passenger trains from January 21 to 24. A total of 23 trains connecting the city to  various places have been cancelled. Train numbers 07759 (Chittapur-Secunderabad), 07760 (Secunderabad-Chittapur), 07757 (Kazipet-Secunderabad), 07758 (Hyderabad-Kazipet), 07791 (Kacheguda-Nadikude), 17435 (Kacheguda-Kurnool City), 17436 (Kurnool City-Kacheguda), 07069 (Medchal-Umdanagar), 07076 […]

Warangal: Narsampet MLA Peddi Sudharshan Reddy handed over cheques worth Rs 19 lakh to 50 beneficiaries under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) at his camp office in Narsampet town in the district on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, the MLA said the CMRF was a boon for the poor suffering from diseases that were […]

Warangal: The Commissioner’s Task Force police team has seized a 110 quintals of PDS rice worth of Rs 2.75 lakhs at Rajavaram village of Chilpur mandal in Hanamkonda district on Thursday. The Task Force team raided the house of Motam Jampaiah at Rajavaram village and seized the PDS rice from his house. “On interrogation, Jampaiah […]

Warangal: Passengers got into a panic when smoke started emanating from a compartment’s lower portion of the New Delhi bound AP Express near Nekkonda railway station in the district on Friday morning. It was stopped for about 40 minutes before resuming its journey, sources said. However, no official statement was given by the Railway authorities. […]

Karimnagar: A fire broke out in a private oil godown on Peddapalli bypass road on the outskirts of Karimnagar town on Thursday night. Though the exact cause for the fire is not yet known, short-circuit is suspected to have triggered the mishap. Locals who notices fire leaping out of the oil godown at around 11 […]

Hyderabad: The State Government has accorded administrative sanction of Rs 404.82 crore towards construction of four ROBS in Rangareddy, Adilabad, Peddapalli and Nizamabad districts. These structures will be constructed by State Government in association with Railways under 50:50 cost sharing basis. Roads and Buildings Minister V Prashanth Reddy thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for […]

Hyderabad: Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud instructed the tourism department officials to crack the whip on companies and firms that have been evading payment of arrears and revenue share (Additional Development Premium) of different projects developed under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. “Initiate strict action, including legal recourse against such companies as per the agreement […]

Sangareddy: In a tragic incident, a woman member of Grama Panchayat died when the tractor-trolley of Grama Panchayat veered off the road and fell on her. The victim was identified as Zubeda Begum (62), a ward member of Khambampally village in Munipally Mandal. Begum was proceeding towards her agriculture field on Thursday morning when the […]

Hyderabad: State governments across the country should be allowed to decide the Minimum Support Price (MSP) based on crop cultivation and other factors in their respective areas, and the Centre should procure the entire produce at the MSP decided by States, Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said on Thursday. Stating that the Centre should change […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State has sought Rs 7,778 crore allocation in the upcoming union budget as the Central share for various projects taken up by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department in the State. In a letter to union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, MAUD Minister K T Rama Rao sought the funds for […]

Hyderabad: The researchers at Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have developed bio-drugs derived from turmeric that have shown regression or remission of cancerous tumours of colon and breast cancers. The researchers have based their work on the field of RNA interference (RNAi), a gene silencing novel approach, in place of the traditional […]

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar has directed Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities to issue notices to the owners of all dilapidated buildings in the city. In a statement here on Thursday, he advised officials to be vigilant to prevent any loss of life or property with precautionary measures. The officials were told to identify […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Thursday registered a significant surge in daily Omicron variant Covid-19 infections with health authorities reporting 4,207 positive cases out of which 1,645 were from areas under GHMC. The health authorities also have reported two Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday, taking the overall number of deaths in TS to 4,067. On Wednesday, the authorities […]

Khammam: In a display of honesty, an autorickshaw driver returned gold jewellery worth about Rs 1.50 lakh to a woman passenger who forgot the ornament in his auto. Srikanth picked up K Nagmani at the old bus stand TRSKV-TATU auto stand in the city on Thursday and dropped her at Mustafanagar St. Mary’s School. But […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Planning Board vice-chairman B Vinod Kumar on Thursday expressed anguish at the hostile attitude of the BJP government at the Centre in implementing existing rail projects as well as granting new railway projects to Telangana State. “The thirteenth section of the AP reorganisation act clearly states that The Indian Railways shall, within […]

Hyderabad: Forest Minister A Indrakaran Reddy stressed on the need to conduct more research for ensuring pollution-free environment and the impact of climate change on agriculture sector. The Minister released the Environmental Table Calendar – 2022 prepared by Environment Protection Training & Research Institute (EPTRI) at Aranya Bhavan here on Thursday. EPRTI Director General Adhar […]

Warangal: Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) has submitted proposals to the State government for its approval for setting up five integrated vegetable and meat markets under GWMC limits with an outlay of Rs 18.50 crore. Officials said the sites had already been identified at Jubilee market Kazipet in Warangal West constituency, Chintagattu canal under Wardhannapet […]

Hyderabad: The State units of CPI and CPI (M) have welcomed Telangana government’s decision to allocate Rs.7,269 crore for providing basic amenities at all government schools under “Mana Vooru – Mana Badi” scheme. The parties have also supported the State government’s move to introduce English as a medium of instruction in government schools and colleges […]

Khammam: In the wake of the spread of Covid-19, its variants delta and omicron, a paediatric Covid ward has been set up at Khammam District Quarters Hospital here. A separate ward with 40 beds and equipped with ventilators and high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) machines has been established to treat children below 12 year age […]

Hyderabad: A few areas of Hyderabad received very light to light rainfall on Thursday and the night temperature in various localities also plummeted due to the sporadic drizzles. The lowest minimum temperature of 11 degree Celsius was recorded at Rajendranagar. The highest rainfall of 3.8 mm was recorded at Quthbullapur. According to the forecast by […]

Warangal: Police Commissioner Dr Tarun Joshi on Thursday asked the contractor to complete the construction of the Warangal Police Commissionerate building at the earliest. The new building, which is being constructed in G 5 mode, will house the Commissioner of Police, DCPs, Additional DCPs, Administration Department, Conference Hall, Video Conference Hall, City Special Departments as […]

Hyderabad: Making light of the BJP State unit’s plans to capture SC constituencies in Telangana, Tribal, Women and Child Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod said the BJP should work towards retaining its deposits, leave alone winning elections from these constituencies. “Tribal people are smart enough to analyse BJP’s crooked plans. They will never fall into the […]