Telangana

Warangal: As part of the government’s special efforts to crackdown on the drug menace, Task Force sleuths, along with Subedari police, raided a lodge on Thursday and apprehended six youths for their alleged involvement in drug peddling and consumption. Two of them were identified as drug peddlers, while others were as consumers and addicts. The […]

Hyderabad: A two judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajashekar Reddy dismissed a batch of writ pleas seeking direction for implementing superannuation age 61 since July 2017. In March, 2021 the superannuation age of State government employees in Telangana has been enhanced to 61 years. […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Electricity Assistant Engineers’ Association has urged the State government not to issue orders to transfer hydel power generation stations, its offices and staff to Krishna River Management Board (KRMB). As per gazette notification issued by the Central government a few months ago, the KRMB will take control of administration, operation, maintenance and […]

Hyderabad: With an intention to replicate Telangana’s TIF-MSME Green Industrial Park model developed at Dandumalkapur, Choutuppal, a delegation from Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) visited the park on Friday. Spread over 462 acres, the TIF-MSME Green Industrial Park is developed by Telangana Industrialists Federation (TIF) and State Government. It is a unique model, where […]

Sangareddy: Sarvodya Grama Seva Foundation (SGSF), a Sangareddy based NGO, has come forward to support two children who were orphaned following the death of their parents within five days gap at Ammeerabad village of Nyalkal Mandal in Sangareddy district. Giving a new hope to the children’s future on the day of Diwali, SGSF founder Dr […]

Karimnagar: The main course is complete with different curries, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian with dessert. The dishes are neatly arranged and crackers are burst. This could be the usual practise everywhere on Diwali day, but in Karimnagar, it’s different. This was the scene at the Karkhanagadda burial ground. Offering food and savouries, even liquor, pan […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: Pushpa Alankarana Seva darshan was launched at Sri Yadadri Lakshminarsimha Swamy temple on Friday by the temple authorities. As a part of newly launched facility, the devotees would get the opportunity to have a darshan of the presiding deity of Sri Lakshminarsimha Swamy when pushpa alankarana performed by the temple priests. The price of […]

Hyderabad: After experiencing heavy rains during the monsoon, the Nizamabad district has started registering a dip in temperatures with the onset of winter forcing many people to wear woolen sweaters to protect themselves from cool weather. For the last few days, the entire district was enveloped with fog in the morning forcing people, especially farmers […]

Hyderabad: The BJP in Telangana demanded the TRS government slash Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel as done by the BJP-ruled states after the Centre cut the excise duty on fuel. State BJP chief Bandi Sanjay demanded that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) reduce VAT to provide relief to common man. He pointed […]

Hyderabad: A man died when an airgun allegedly misfired at a house in a village in Siddipet district of Telangana on Thursday, police said. The man (aged about 20), who resides in Hyderabad, was on a visit to the village along with his friends and they were taking a look at the airgun in the […]

Hyderabad: Governors and Chief Ministers of the two Telugu states on Thursday greeted people on the occasion of Diwali. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan conveyed her heartiest greetings to the people of the state on the auspicious occasion of Deepavali.She stated in her message that the festival of lights signifies the victory of righteousness over the […]

Khammam: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has been extending financial assistance to every person who applied for assistance under Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF), said ZP Chairman, Lingala Kamal Raju. He handed over CMRF cheques worth Rs 27.71 lakh to a total of 69 beneficiaries from Madhira Assembly constituency at MP Nama Nageshwar Rao’s camp […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has once again requested Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) to submit six detailed project reports (DPRs) submitted by the former, to Central Water Commission (CWC) for according clearances without any further loss of time. In a letter to the Board Chairman, Engineer-in-Chief (General) Irrigation and Command Area Development (CAD) C Muralidhar recalled that […]

Adilabad: Recognising the significance of religious and cultural affairs of aboriginal tribals, the State government released Rs 1 crore for the conduct of Dandari-Gussadi dance festival for the first time. The government’s move cheered tribals of the erstwhile Adilabad district. Incidentally, no earlier government had recognised the festival, nor allocated any grant for this dance […]

Kothagudem: Police have unearthed as many as 110 booby traps set up by Maoists in the forests in Cherla mandal on Telangana-Chhattisgarh borders in Kothagudem district. Inspector of Police (CI) B Ashok in a statement on Wednesday stated that Cherla police, Special Party personnel and 141 Bn ‘A’ Coy CRPF personnel jointly carried out a […]

Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham has directed the district revenue officials to take immediate steps to protect government lands from encroachments. He along with Municipal Commissioner Adarsh Surabhi inspected government lands in Khammam Urban mandal on Wednesday. He also inspected government lands at Burhanpuram, NSP Camp area, BC Bhavan, VDOs Colony and Ballepally in the […]

Warangal: Government has accorded administrative sanction to upgrade nine Community Health Centres (CHCs) or Area Hospitals to District Hospitals under the National Health Mission (NHM) on Wednesday. Health Secretary SAZ Rizvi has issued the GO MS 149 to this effect. While three CHCs – Narsampet, Mahabubabad, Mulugu and Bhupalpally- are from the erstwhile Warangal district, […]

Hyderabad: Government Whip Balka Suman maintained that the moral victory belongs to TRS in the Huzurabad bypolls as both the BJP and the Congress colluded with each other to defeat the TRS. He said both the parties which are rivals at the national level, have turned into friends in the State without any shame. He […]

Nirmal: Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for sanctioning funds of Rs 48.83 crore for up-grading Nirmal Area Hospital as a 250-bedded facility. The government issued an order granting the funds on Wednesday. Indrakaran Reddy said that the government was giving paramount importance to public health and accordingly, it had released […]

Karimnagar: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar demanded that the state government resume the implementation of Dalit Bandhu scheme in Huzurabad assembly constituency from November 4 as promised earlier. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Sanjay said as the election commission put on hold the implementation of the scheme in the wake of by-poll, Chief […]

Hyderabad: The Summative Assessment (SA) I for students of Classes I to X for the academic year 2021-22 will be conducted from December 1 to 7. The School Education Department has issued a detailed timetable for this. According to a proceeding issued by the State Council of Educational Research and Training, School Education Department, in […]

Mancherial: Two students belonging to Telangana Social Welfare Centre of Excellence (TSWR CoE)-Bellampalli excelled in National Eligibility-Cum Entrance Test (NEET)-2021 of which results were declared on Wednesday. They were felicitated by the management of the centre on the premises of the institution. Inala Saidulu, principal of the centre said that the students were Konuri Umesh […]

Kothagudem: As many as 20 militia members of the proscribed CPI (Maoist) party surrendered before Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Dutt and CRPF141Bn officer from Cherla mandal here on Wednesday. Speaking to the media persons, the SP informed that surrendered militia members were from Yerrampadu, Ramchachandrapuram, Boorugupadu, Bakkachintalapadu, Chennapuram and Veerapuram villages. They have been […]

Warangal: The Task Force police arrested a total of 10 people for their alleged involvement in gambling (playing cards) at the DCM Adda on Narsampet road in Warangal on Wednesday. They have also seized Rs 21,720 cash, 10 mobile phones, four motorcycles and playing cards from the accused. According to a press note by the […]