Telangana

Hyderabad: Pochampally village from Telangana has been selected as one of the Best Tourism Villages by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The prestigious award will be presented during the 24th session of the UNWTO General Assembly on December 2, 2021 in Madrid, Spain. In July early this year, Ramappa Temple from Mulugu district […]

Hyderabad: Public Undertakings Committee chairman and MLA A Jeevan Reddy on Tuesday came down heavily on the BJP State leaders for triggering violence in erstwhile Nalgonda district, during the two-day tour of their party State president Bandi Sanjay. He said the TRS will not tolerate the BJP’s violence and communal politics in the State. He […]

Siddipet: Sangareddy Collector M Hanumantha Rao was given full additional charge as Collector of Siddipet District here on Tuesday. As Siddipet District Collector P Venkatrami Reddy has opted for voluntary retirement on Monday, the State government gave full additional charge to Hanumantha Rao. Hanumantha Rao, a 2007 batch Group-I officer, was promoted as IAS officer […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State High Court Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma participated in the Green India Challenge and planted seedlings. Green India Challenge programme which was initiated by Rajya Sabha Member Joginapalli Santosh Kumar conducted plantation programme under the auspices of AG BS Prasad at the High Court Premises. Santosh Kumar was the chief guest at […]

HYDERABAD: Industries Minister KT Rama Rao expressed grief over the incident in which six students drowned in River Manair on the outskirts of Sircilla on Monday. He extended his condolences to the bereaved families and assured all support to them from the Government. On Tuesday, the Minister spoke to officials over the incident and appealed […]

Hyderabad: Continuing its effort to put new-age technology to use in real life cases, Telangana successfully piloted drone-based inspection of extra high tension (EHT) transmission line towers and lines of power utility TRANSCO. The pilot project aimed at leveraging drones and artificial intelligence to overcome the limitations of manual tower inspections. The Emerging Technologies wing […]

Hyderabad: Telangana BJP leaders here on Tuesday lodged a complaint to the Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan stating that the ruling party leaders attacked the State party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar during his visit to paddy procurement centres in Nalgonda district on Monday. A delegation led by three BJP MLAs – Eatala Rajender, M Raghunandan Rao and […]

Medak: In a tragic incident, a woman held her two children close to her and jumped into a tank at Dadaipally village in Tekmal Mandal of Medak district on Monday late at night. The bodies of two children have been fished out by the villagers on Tuesday morning while the efforts were on tracing the […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Legislative Council former Chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy, former MLC Kadiyam Srihari, Rajya Sabha member Banda Prakash, Padi Kaushik Reddy, Thakkellapalli Ravinder Rao and former IAS officer P Venkatrama Reddy, will be the TRS candidates for the biennial elections to six MLC seats under MLAs’ quota. TRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar […]

Hyderabad: The States are the driving force behind the country’s economic progress and the Centre must cooperate with them to compete in economic progress at international level, said IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao. He urged the Union government to extend financial support to States like Telangana which have potential to further accelerate the […]

Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday said there were plenty of opportunities for investors who are eager to set shop in India. Participating in the video conference of the Chief Ministers and the Finance Ministers of different States, which was chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Rama Rao said, “In […]

Hyderabad: TRS leaders lambasted the BJP for its doublespeak over the paddy procurement and demanded the BJP State leaders to refrain from playing with the lives of the farmers for their political mileage. They strongly condemned the attacks on farmers and TRS activists by the BJP cadre for staging demonstrations during the visit of BJP […]

Hyderabad: Speculations are rife over TRS candidatures for the six MLC seats under MLAs’ quota as several TRS leaders made a beeline to Pragathi Bhavan on Monday, on the eve of the last date for submission of nominations on Tuesday. The polling for biennial elections of the six MLC seats is scheduled to be held […]

Vigil stepped up along State borders to prevent Naxals' re-entry into Telangana

Mancherial: A daily wage earner was arrested on the charges of lifting pipes belonging to Mission Bhagiratha scheme, in Dandepalli mandal centre on Monday and pipes worth Rs 2 lakh were recovered from him. Luxettipet Inspector Kareemullah Khan and Dandeapalli Sub-Inspector T Srikanth said that the accused was Gandam Ashok, a laborer working with Mission […]

Hyderabad: After the disastrous performance in the Huzurabad bypoll, the State unit of the Congress is likely to decide on contesting the Legislative Council elections under the local authorities’ constituencies, on Tuesday. The Political Affairs Committee of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) held a meeting through Zoom App on Monday. TPCC president A Revanth Reddy, […]

Warangal: In a broad daylight robbery, Rs 25 lakh cash was stolen from a stationary car after the miscreants smashed the window panes of the driver seat of the car in Hanamkonda on Monday. The incident happened in front of the HDFC bank at Nakkalagutta, the busiest centre in the city. The victim, J Tirupathi, […]

Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Monday strongly condemned the attack of BJP activists on farmers during Bandi Sanjay’s visit to IKP paddy procurement centres in the erstwhile Nalgonda district. Reacting to the issue, the Minister said, ” paddy procurement was held peacefully in the erstwhile Nalgonda district for the last six years. Even […]

Hyderabad: IndiaJoy — a media and entertainment industry event — will be held from November 16 to 19. This will be the fourth edition of the annual event and will be held in both physical and virtual modes. The four-day event will comprise sector-specific events such as the India Game Developer Conference, VFX Summit, Influencer […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation (TSCSC) chairman M Srinivas Reddy urged Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy to desist from making illogical comments over paddy procurement. He wanted the Union Tourism Minister to convince the Centre to procure entire paddy produced in the State and prove his commitment towards the welfare of farmers in […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajasekar Reddy on Monday reserved orders on a batch of writ petitions on the prohibition of advertisement and regulation of cigarettes and other tobacco products. The Bench heard for the entire day a batch of over 100 […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: Five students were feared drowned in Manair river on the outskirts of Sircilla town on Monday. While authorities managed to retrieve the body of a 12 year-old boy Kolipaka Ganesh, search operation is on to locate the other children. Police said eight children from Rajivnagar area of Sircilla town went to Manair river for […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Tiryani police organised a mega health camp for the convenience of the residents belonging to around several hamlets under remote Mangi village in Tiryani on Monday. Superintendent of Police (Administration) YVS Sudheendra was the chief guest of the event. Sudheendra said that the police department was conducting a slew of service activities […]

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development department is intensifying its efforts in geo-tagging the properties across all the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the State and aims to complete the task by December this year. The department had conducted a pilot project in 2018 in 72 ULBs. The exercise yielded good results as Rs 30 […]