Telangana

Hyderabad: Health Minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday directed authorities to expedite works related to establishing eight medical colleges in Telangana and the multispecialty hospital coming up in Warangal. Harish Rao said that the larger aim of the State government is to ensure improvement of health care services in rural areas and to achieve that […]

Hyderabad: In a bid to curb drug peddling and substance abuse in the State, the Telangana Police have developed a Drug Offenders Profiling Analysis and Monitoring System (DOPAMS) for profiling Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) cases. It will be supported by the CCTNS software being used by the State Police. DOPAMS will enable the […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajasekhar Reddy dismissed a batch of writ petitions challenging a notification issued by the government in banning/restricting sale of gutka and other tobacco products across the State. The panel observed that a similar question was dealt by Mumbai […]

Khammam: As the stage is set for the opening of licenced retail liquor shops for the new liquor policy period 2021-23 on Wednesday, Adivasi, SC and Goud associations are gearing up to check benami traders. The associations wanted the officials to safeguard the reservations the State government provided to the communities ensuring a livelihood to […]

Hyderabad: TRS legislators lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre and the State BJP leaders for making contradictory statements, leading to confusion among farmers in Telangana. They stated that without clarifying on the quantity of rice that the Centre was willing to procure, the State BJP leaders were instigating farmers in Telangana to […]

Hyderabad: Starting this academic year, postgraduate courses in conventional universities will have a common academic calendar. A decision to this effect has been taken during a meeting convened by the officials of the Telangana State Council of Higher Education with Vice Chancellors of various universities in the State here on Tuesday. So far, the common […]

Peddapalli: Trade unions at Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) have decided to launch a 72-hour strike from December 9 across its coal mines in protest against the Central government’s decision to privatise four coal blocks. All the trade unions including national unions organised a meeting in Godavarikhani on Tuesday in this regard and formed a […]

Hyderabad: Fintech player BANKIT said it is planning to tie up with over one lakh outlets next year to strengthen its presence in both the Telugu States —Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. These outlets will include medical stores, recharge shops, grocery shops and others. Currently, BANKIT has about 17,500 operational outlets in towns and villages of […]

Hyderabad: For the second consecutive day on Tuesday, proceedings in the Lok Sabha were disrupted and the House was adjourned twice amid protests by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs demanding clarity on paddy procurement, a law on Minimum Support Price (MSP) and compensation for families of farmers who lost their lives during agitation against the […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: The last date to apply for the entrance examination for admissions into Class VI at Jawaharlal Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kaghaznagar, has been extended to December 15. School principal Satyanarayana said the last date was extended from November 30 to December 15 for the convenience of the students. He advised the pupils to utilize […]

Hyderabad: A day after Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao launched a blistering attack against him, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday said he was ready for a debate on the paddy procurement issue at Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial at Gun Park. “Let us discuss the issue in the presence of senior journalists,” he said, […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy said the Congress will intensify its battle on paddy procurement and would not rest till the Centre and State governments purchase every grain produced by Telangana farmers. “We will not allow TRS and BJP governments in the State and at Centre respectively to exploit farmers,” Revanth Reddy said. Speaking […]

Hyderabad: Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy asked students and parents not to believe in rumours being spread on social media over holidays to schools. In a statement on Tuesday, Sabitha said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao in the recently held Cabinet meeting had directed that educational institutions should continue to function by strictly following […]

Mancherial: In a tragic incident, a young private electrician was electrocuted when he came into contact with a live wire while repairing a power transformer at Lingapur village in Dandepalli mandal on Tuesday. Sources said that the deceased was Madavi Laxman (26), a resident of Pardhanguda, a hamlet under Myadaripet village in Dandepalli mandal. Laxman […]

Khammam: Four persons were arrested and dry ganja weighing about 16 kg was seized from them here on Tuesday. Khammam Town ACP Anjaneyulu, in a statement here, said a police patrol team led by SI Rayappa arrested the accused at Eidgah maidan at Gollagudem in the city while they were engaged in the sale of […]

Nalgonda: Telangana Rythu Sangam State general secretary T Sagar on Tuesday urged the Centre to bring a law to ensure Minimum Support Price (MSP) to the crops produced by farmers in the country. Speaking at the district level meeting of the Sangam at Nalgonda, Sagar said that the withdrawal of three farm laws by the […]

Hyderabad: The State government has completed preparations for a probable third Covid-19 wave by augmenting vital medical infrastructure and imparting training to healthcare workers to handle a possible surge of Covid-19 infections. As part of these efforts, 28,000 beds in government hospitals in the State now have direct medical oxygen lines for Covid patients. Overall, […]

Suryapet: A girl died after allegedly consuming a potion prepared by a sorcerer at a dargah located near Gandhi Nagar in Suryapet district on Tuesday to cure her of her sickness. According to police, Pallapu Sravani, who was suffering from ill health for the last four days, was brought to the dargah by her parents […]

Peddapalli: Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths on Tuesday arrested Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) of Peddapalli, Kundikala Shankar Kumar, on charges of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a contractor. Shankar Kumar was also discharging duties as in-charge commissioner of Ramagundam Municipal Corporation. According to ACB officials, Shankar Kumar demanded Rs 1 lakh bribe […]

Karimnagar: The Karimnagar District Cooperative Central Bank (DCCB), which has emerged as the best cooperative bank in the country and won several national awards by NAFSCOB and NABARD, has embarked on an ambitious programme of bringing the rural folks into the banking sector and launched financial literacy programmes in rural areas. ‘Burra Katha’ The Karimnagar […]

Khammam: Kothagudem District Employment Officer Velpula Vijetha extended financial assistance to two para-athletes to help them participate in the wheelchair T-20 cricket tournament. The wheelchair cricketers, Bandla Ramu and J Suresh of Khammam have been selected to represent Telangana in T-20 Wheelchair Cricket Cup 2021 to be held in Mumbai in Maharashtra on Dec 2 […]

Karimnagar: District Collector RV Karnan advised the people on Tuesday to utilise the medical and other facilities provided in the district headquarters government hospital. The Collector was speaking after inaugurating a 12 bed ICU ward constructed on the first floor of the district headquarters hospital. While Hyderabad-based firm Laurus Lab donated about Rs 30 lakh […]

Khammam: Four persons were arrested and dry ganja weighing about 16 kg was seized from them by Khammam police here on Tuesday. Khammam Town ACP Anjaneyulu, in a statement here, said a police patrol team led by SI Rayappa arrested the accused at Eidgah maidan at Gollagudem in the city while they were engaged in […]

Hyderabad: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Tuesday said the Centre was hatching conspiracies to cheat farmers in the State on the paddy procurement issue. “The ire of the people is reflected in the statements made by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhara Rao during the media briefing after the Cabinet meeting on Monday,” the Minister said, […]