Telangana

Hyderabad: Nature lovers can look forward to experiencing the beauty of Nallamalla forests on foot with Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR) planning to launch a trekking tour from Mannanur to Umamaheswaram in November. Covering a distance of five km in the deep forests, en route the trek, there will be some picturesque locations to enjoy, besides […]

Karimnagar: District Collector RV Karnan on Tuesday warned that bank accounts in Huzarabad Assembly Constituency that record transactions in excess of Rs 1 lakh would be monitored and appropriate action would be taken against such account holders. The Collector, along with poll expenditure observer SH Elamurugu, conducted a meeting with the representatives of different political […]

Khammam: Telangana’s State festival Bathukamma has gained international recognition because of the efforts by the TRS government, said TRS Lok Sabha Floor Leader and MP, Nama Nageswara Rao. Extending Bathukamma greetings to all the women in the district, in a statement here on Tuesday, he said with the initiative by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, […]

Hyderabad: It can’t get more brazen than this! Twisting facts and tweaking figures, a section of agenda-driven media including a vernacular daily and a national newspaper have been making unscrupulous attempts to project Telangana’s emergence as the ‘rice bowl of the country’ as more of an environmental hazard than an achievement. Culling out certain figures […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) in partnership with Daretostart.org, Germany and Federation of Asian Biotech Association (FABA) Academy, India, will be virtually organising, an international conference ’DNA@150’ on October 29 and 30. The conference includes lectures, workshops and quiz competitions on latest trends in DNA research. Eminent scientists and professors from […]

Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy said that developmental works would soon commence at Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devi temple in Basar, costing Rs 50 crore. As part of nine-day-long festivities, he offered silk clothes to the presiding deity Sri Saraswathi Devi and performed special prayers at the famed temple on Tuesday. Indrakaran Reddy said that […]

Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Tuesday asked the farmers to take up cultivation of alternative crops to paddy under organic farming methods. Inaugurating Farmers’ Production Organization (FPO) at Gangadevigudem of Kattangur mandal in the district, Jagadish Reddy said that usage of chemical fertilizers would erode the soil fertility, which would lead to decrease […]

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar distributed CMRF cheques worth Rs 14.33 lakh to 26 beneficiaries at a programme at the Minister’s camp office here on Tuesday. The Minister informed that so far, Rs 8.41 crore worth of CMRF cheques had been distributed to around 1,968 beneficiaries with the help of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar […]

Hyderabad: To clear extra rush during Dasara festival, the South Central Railway (SCR) will run three special trains between various destinations. The special trains include Secunderabad – Kakinada Town on October 14, Machilipatnam – Secunderabad on October 17 and Lingampalli – Vijayawada on October 18. The Secunderabad – Kakinada Town Dasara special train will stop […]

Officials directed to make arrangements for smooth procurement in Adilabad

Hyderabad: To help students overcome fear and stress and perform well in the first-year inter exams, the State government has made available free study material of the intermediate first-year, Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy said. Releasing the study material of the intermediate first-year here on Tuesday, the Minister said it would help the students […]

Hyderabad: Amid reports of shortage of power supply in several States because of dip in coal supplies, Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Tuesday said power supply in the State will continue without any outages to all its consumers.Stating that Telangana has coal reserves sufficient for over 200 years, he said there was no scope […]

Hyderabad: The Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE) 2021 first year question papers have been set from the 70 per cent syllabus, Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education Secretary Syed Omer Jaleel said on Tuesday. The 70 per cent syllabus has been made available on the website https://tsbie.cgg.gov.in/. The internal choice has been enhanced in the first […]

Adilabad: The prime accused in the case involving in the theft of the cartons of cigarette and pan masala worth Rs 8 lakh in Adilabad on October 8, has been arrested. He was produced before the media on Tuesday. Already, three persons were arrested in the case and the property was recovered by the police. […]

Sangareddy: Some unidentified persons murdered a man and dumped his body in a stream at Bonthapally village in Gummadidala Mandal. The victim was identified as Yellakota Swamy (35) who left home on Monday night. According to the victim’s wife Harika, Swamy had left home late on Monday night but failed to return. The next morning, […]

Finance Minister dares BJP candidate to quit bypoll race if it is proved that State doesn't get tax share

Adilabad: Adilabad Collector Sikta Patnaik said cotton procurement from farmers will begin from October 20. She convened a meeting with growers, farmer leaders, traders, officials of Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) officials here on Tuesday. She was joined by MLAs Jogu Ramanna and Bapu Rao. Sikta stated the minimum support price fixed by the government […]

Khammam: With the objective of supporting street vendors, the Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC) has planned to set up a new street vendors’ complex in the city, said Transport Minister, Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The minister distributed loans and bank linkages to street vendors and small traders under PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) here on […]

Kothagudem: The authorities at the Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Temple at Bhadrachalam in the district proposed to increase the rates of five types of ‘Prasada bhogams’ (offerings made by devotees to the presiding deity). Temple Executive Officer B Sivaji, in a statement here on Tuesday, said that in view of the hike in essential commodities, […]

Hyderabad: A series of proactive measures aimed at breaking the transmission chains of SARS-CoV-2 and containing the second wave of the Covid pandemic taken-up across Telangana in the last four months has led to a consistent decline in daily number of infections. The measures also have played a crucial role in preventing resurgence of Covid […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A tribal farmer was arrested for allegedly growing prohibited ganja as an intercrop in his red gram, cotton and chilly crops raised in his backyard at Errabanda hamlet under Koutagam village in Tiryani mandal on Tuesday. As many as 350 trees found in the field were destroyed. Tiryani Sub-Inspector P Rama Rao […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Drawing inspiration from her father, a soldier in the Indian Army, Kanchan Yadav from Kaghaznagar town expressed her desire to join the Border Security Force (BSF) to her parents. But, she was discouraged and advised to choose some other field by her father. She, however, convinced him and was selected as a […]

Hyderabad: The government will promote development of social infrastructure in Hyderabad in public private partnership or even by giving incentives to companies developing them, said Industries an IT Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan on Tuesday. While the social infra in the western part of the city towards Hitec City is on par with international standards, there […]

Owing to confusion surrounding the dates of Saddula Bathukamma, a delegation of Telangana Vidwat Sabha, on Tuesday, met renowned priests and decided to celebrate the last day of the festival on October 13. This year, confusion has been prevailing over the date of Saddula Bathukamma since Ashtami is falling on the 8th day of the […]