Telangana

Hyderabad:  Social media was flooded with celebratory messages on Monday marking the achievement of the Telangana government’s flagship investment support programme, Rythu Bandhu, touching the whopping Rs 50,000 crore that has been deposited into the bank accounts of farmers as of Monday. Social media platform Twitter saw the hashtag ‘#RythuBandhuKCR’ trending as it was used […]

Hyderabad: Former BJP MLC N Ramchander Rao demanded that the State government issue a white paper on the extent of acreage supported through Kaleshwaram project and urged the TRS leaders not to keep people in the dark. Reacting to Industries Minister and TRS working president KT Rama Rao’s comments, the former MLC said if Kaleshwaram […]

Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday made it clear that the State government had fulfilled its responsibility with regards to paddy procurement and it was the Centre’s turn to prove its commitment towards farmers’ welfare. He ridiculed the statements of Chief Ministers of the BJP-ruled States against the TRS government in Telangana and […]

Hyderabad: In order to clear the extra rush of passengers during Sankrati festival, South Central Railway will run one more Suvidha special train from Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam. Train number 82725 will depart from Secunderabad at 9 pm on January 11, to reach Visakhapatnam at 9:50 am the following day. Enroute, this special train will stop […]

Kothagudem: Police nabbed six inter-state gang of robbers who robbed a branch of SBI Bank at Lakshminagaram village of Dummugudem mandal on Dec 14 last year. The gang cut the CC cameras and the alarm system wires inside the bank, smashed the safe locker in the bank’s strong room, looted an amount of Rs 19.35 […]

Kothagudem: The Maosist Cherla local guerrilla squad (LGS) commander Rajitha was hiding in Chhattisgarh under the protection of her husband and top Maoist Damodar, district police said. A statement on Monday said they have credible information that Rajitha fled to Chhattisgarh fearing for her life after the encounter in Pesarlapadu forests in Chhattisgarh on Dec […]

Khammam: Administering of Covid vaccine booster dose to frontline warriors kick-started in Khammam on Monday. Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar along with District Collector VP Gautham launched the vaccination drive at District Hospital. Speaking on the occasion the minister said in view of the spread of Omicron and increasing Covid cases the State government decided […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Cybercrime police on Monday arrested a youngster from Nirmal district on charges of harassing a woman on social media. The arrested person, K Praneeth Kumar (25), a private employee from Sarangapur mandal in Nirmal, had become with the victim on Instagram and started chatting. However, due to misunderstandings between them, she stopped […]

Sangareddy: Researchers studying the nutritional benefits of millets have found that these ‘smart foods’ can boost growth in children and adolescents by 26 to 39 per cent when they replace rice in standard meals. The results suggest that millets can significantly contribute to overcoming malnutrition. The study was published in the journal ‘Nutrients’ and is […]

Medak: A boy and his sister, who took ill after eating chicken cooked by their mother at home, died within a gap of two weeks at Manoharabad in Medak district. The deceased were identified as Potharaju Lakshmi Priya (11) and her younger brother Kishore (8). According to Manoharabad Police, Lakshmi Priya and Kishore, children of […]

Nalgonda: Mystery shrouds the finding of a severed head at the feet of Kalimata idol in Mettu Mahankali temple on the outskirts of Gollapalli village on Monday morning. The decapitated head was found at the feet of the Kalimata idol triggering suspicions of it being a human sacrifice. Police have not commented on the human […]

Hyderabad: i2E Lab, a 14-week pre-incubation programme co-created by Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC) and Make Room India (Uttunga Ventures) has onboarded 20 high impact startup ideas. They were selected based on the potential to grow and market necessity. The programme will hold workshops on idea validation, business model, customer validation, and scaling of ideas. […]

Adilabad: Bullock cart and tractor rallies marked the Rythu Bandhu celebrations in Erstwhile Adilabad district on Monday. Local legislators took part in the event held to mark the milestone of Rs 50,000 crore released for implementation of Rythu Bandhu scheme. Participating in an event organized in Jainath mandal centre, Adilabad MLA Jogu Ramanna said that […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy has demanded the BJP government at the Centre to initiate measures to scrap GO 317, alleging that it was in violation of the provisions of the Presidential Order. Revanth Reddy, who has recovered from a second Covid infection, was addressing media persons at Gandhi Bhavan here on Monday. He […]

Hyderabad: Farmers across the State began Sankranti festivities early with the Rythu Bandhu farm investment support scheme reaching the milestone mark of Rs 50,000 crore deposited into the bank accounts of ryots in Telangana. More than 64 lakh of the total 66 lakh farmers have received their farm investment for the current Yasangi (Rabi) season, […]

Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy said that the State government would earmark Rs 20,000 crore in the coming budget, covering 100 families from every Assembly constituency under the ambitious Dalit Bandhu scheme. He was speaking at a meeting with district authorities and public representatives held here on Monday. Addressing the participants, Indrakaran said that […]

Hyderabad: The Covid-19 vaccine administration drive for eligible individuals above 18 years in Telangana is continuing at a brisk pace with the State Health Department managing to administer the second dose of Covid vaccines to 72 per cent of the beneficiaries. The State Health Department has already administered the first dose of the Covid vaccine […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: Two youngsters in love committed suicide by hanging from a tree in an agriculture field at Burugupally of Rajapet mandal in Yadadri-Bhongir district. The deceased were identified as Kotaraju Sai (20) and Medichettu Akhila (18), both natives of Burugupally. Since they belonged to different castes, their parents strongly opposed their love and warned them […]

Hyderabad: The daily Covid-19 positive cases driven by the Omicron variant in Telangana has continued with health authorities on Monday reporting 1825 positive cases out of which 1042 positive infections were from areas under GHMC. Health officials have also reported a fatality on Monday, which has taken the overall number of deaths in TS to […]

Mahabubabad: The State government is taking steps for the development of both the Padigiddaraju temple at Punugondla village of Gangaram mandal and Musalamma temple at Gunjedu village of Kothaguda mandal in the district, Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod said on Monday. The Minister, accompanied by Mulugu MLA Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka), Zilla Parishad chairperson Angoth Bindhu , […]

Khamamm: In yet another artistic display, farmers created a massive 1800 square feet portrait of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao with vegetables at Burhanpuram Vegetable Market here on Monday. Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar along with Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy took part in Rythu Bandhu celebrations at the market, where farmers used 50 quintals […]

Warangal: Stating that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has made agriculture a profitable occupation and made ‘farmer the king by implementing many welfare schemes including the investment support scheme under Rythu Bandhu, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao said a total of Rs 50,000 crore had been credited to the bank accounts […]

Jayashankar Bhupalpally: With misuse of social media platforms like YouTube, Superintendent of Police (SP) J Surender Reddy has announced that they had set up a special social media monitoring cell in their office and were keeping round-the-clock vigil on suspicious accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and others. In a statement issued here on Monday, […]

Sangareddy: Even as farmers across the State are looking for various alternative crops to paddy, a young farmer from Sangareddy district has taken up wheat cultivation for Yasangi season in his two acres of agriculture field under Singur ayacut. P Raghavendar, a farmer from Ganojipet village in Choutakur mandal cultivated paddy in eight acres of […]