Telangana

Mahabubnagar: A couple Narasimha Reddy (54) and his wife Latha (48) committed suicide by hanging themselves in their house at Madhuranagar here on Monday. According to police, the relatives said the couple might have committed suicide as they were suffering from prolonged illness.  Rural SI Ramesh reached the spot and is investigating the case. Now […]

Wanaparthy: A farmer in Natavelli village of Kothakota died of cardiac arrest on Monday night after his land was unauthorizedly registered to another person by the local revenue officials.  According to reports, Niranjan’s land was unauthorizedly registered by Abdul Adil on his name and he had even sold the land to other persons. All this […]

Hyderabad: The Director General of Police M Mahendar Reddy on Monday clarified that the allegations levelled by TPCC president A Revanth Reddy with regard to tapping of phones of DGP and those of Ministers besides groupism within the department were absolutely baseless and defamatory in nature. A press release from DGP’s office said the police […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), celebrating two decades of its formation, has emerged as one of the strongest political parties in the country besides being a strong voice of the people of Telangana, TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said on Monday. “The party, which started with just a handful of leaders, […]

Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said Telangana, which was once known for poverty and drought, had now emerged as the rice bowl of India following the reforms introduced by the TRS government. In the united Andhra Pradesh, farmers in the Telangana region faced many difficulties, including lack of sufficient water, power supply and investment […]

Hyderabad: The State government has effectively handled the Covid-19 pandemic in Telangana, TRS MLA and former Health Minister C Laxma Reddy said on Monday. Introducing a resolution on education and health sectors at the TRS plenary session, Laxma Reddy said Covid-19 had posed several challenges but the State government took necessary steps to protect the […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday said Hyderabad, which used to be the back office for Information Technology (IT) in the past, had now become the backbone of the sector in the country. Besides being the vaccine capital of the world, Hyderabad is now also the heart […]

Hyderabad: TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said the State government will soon come up with a policy that would ensure that all the orphans in the State are considered as State children. “The government will take care of them as their guardian and I request all the TRS leaders to immediately inform […]

Hyderabad: From taking birth at Jala Drushyam on the banks of Hussainsagar two decades ago to Telangana Bhavan in the upmarket Banjara Hills, the journey of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) was tough but it ensured accomplishment of the people’s dream of statehood for Telangana, party leaders and delegates participating in the ruling party’s plenary said. […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajashekar Reddy on Monday reserved orders in a batch of public interest litigation cases challenging the Election Commission’s direction to defer the implementation of Dalit Bandhu Scheme till the completion of Huzurabad by election. Petitioner Mallepalli Laxmaiah […]

Hyderabad: The plenary session of the TRS on Monday approved amendments to the party by-laws empowering the TRS president to appoint the State executive committee, district party committees and constituency-level committees. Further, it also approved an amendment to give all the powers to the party working president in the absence of the party president to […]

Hyderabad: A replica of Telangana government’s flagship project Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme turned out to be a selfie point for the delegates at the TRS plenary venue on Monday. The Kaleshwaram project model was set up at the main entrance of the venue. Before entering the venue for registration, participants made it a point to […]

Huzurabad: TS Planning Board Vice-Chairman B Vinod Kumar appealed the people to teach a befitting lesson to BJP candidate for Huzurabad bypolls Eatala Rajender for neglecting the issues of local people and deceiving TRS. Speaking at an election campaign in Huzurabad town and Jaggaiahpalli and Peddapalli of Jammikunta mandal on Monday came down heavily on […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao put up a spirited defence for the implementation of the Dalit Bandhu scheme in the State pointing out that one of the major elements in the statehood movement was the discrimination shown against the people of Telangana region in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. “Having fought against the discrimination, we must […]

Nirmal: Dalit organisations staged a protest here on Monday seeking action against the people who vandalized the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar in Bhainsa town by an unidentified person. Activists and members belonging to different Dalit organisations conducted rasta-roko and protests across Bhainsa Assembly constituency, condemning the incident. Mild tension prevailed when police shifted women, […]

Sangareddy: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said the State government had launched schemes that were never thought of by any government in the country. Addressing students of Kautilya School of Public Policy (KSPP) at GITAM University Hyderabad campus at Rudraram in Sangareddy district on Monday, the Chief Secretary said the State government could come up with […]

Adilabad: Adilabad Collector Sikta Patnaik told officials concerned to encourage those aged above 18 to vaccinate against Covid-19. In a press statement, Sikta said that 4.52 lakh beneficiaries out of the total beneficiaries of 5.48 lakh had undergone vaccination against the virus in the district so far. While 3.74 lakh beneficiaries had the first jab […]

Kothagudem: District Collector D Anudeep warned that PD Act would be invoked against those cultivating or selling ganja in the district. Speaking at a review meeting on controlling ganja and gudumba here on Monday, he directed the officials to take strict measures to eradicate ganja consumption as the State government was serious about ganja menace […]

Mancherial: Five persons were arrested for allegedly possessing ganja at an irrigation tank on the outskirts of Mancherial on Monday. A kilogram of ganja and a mobile phone were seized from them. Two more accused were absconding. Mancherial Assistant Commissioner of Police Akhil Mahajan said that the accused Kandugula Sai, Samala Venkatesh, Kanuganti Prashanth and […]

Huzurabad: The Election Commission of India on Monday transferred Jammikunta Circle Inspector Ramchander Rao following complaints lodged by opposition parties against him in the run-up to the by-election to Huzurabad Assembly constituency on October 30. Based on the EC’s instructions, the top brass transferred the CI and attached him with Deputy Inspector General of Police, […]

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Hyderabad: TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao urged the people of Huzurabad constituency especially the Dalit families not to be disheartened by the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to suspend Telangana Dalit Bandhu (TDB) scheme in the constituency. He asserted that no one including ECI can stop implementation of Dalit […]

Huzurabad: Huzurabad by-election General Observer Muthu Krishnan Shankar Narayana on Monday instructed the micro-observers to follow the polling process closely. Shankar Narayan along with District Collector RV Karnan attended the training programme held for micro observers at SRR Degree and PG College here. Speaking on the occasion, he wanted micro observers to give instructions to […]

Hyderabad: Age is just a number and old age is not an hindrance to express one’s love for the party, M Prabhakar Rao, a septuagenarian delegate at the TRS plenary session at Hitex said on Monday. The 75-year-old, a native of Rajanna Sircilla district, said he would not miss the plenary session for anything, and […]