Telangana

Mancherial: Authorities of the Disable Welfare Department provided a tri-cycle to a differently-abled person Annarapu Santhosh belonging to Ghanpur village in Nennal mandal, here on Thursday. On November 18, MA&UD Minister K T Rama Rao assured Santhosh of all support in response to a tweet by a software engineer who tweeted about the latter’s plight. […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday advised farmers to go for alternative cash crops such as groundnut, cotton, blackgram, mungdaal, and bengal gram since they have a good demand in the market. “Farmers should focus on such crops rather than paddy since it will not only fetch them good prices but also prevent […]

Hyderabad: As on Thursday, two persons from Karnataka have tested positive for Omicron variant of Covid-19. A 35-year-old woman from Rangareddy district, who flew down to Hyderabad from the UK, also has tested Covid positive and officials are waiting for results of genome sequencing to ascertain the cause of Covid-19 was Delta or Omicron. What […]

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 189 new Covid infections and two fatalities on Thursday taking the cumulative number of deaths to 3,995 and the total number of positive cases so far to 6,76,376. The number of active cases in Telangana, as on Thursday, was 3,680. The authorities on Thursday conducted 36,883 Covid tests of which results of […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday called on Gadwal MLA Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy and his family members in Gadwal to console them over the recent death of the MLA’s father Bandla Venktrami Reddy. The Chief Minister paid floral tributes to Venktrami Reddy portrait. Ministers S Niranjan Reddy, V Srinivas Goud, MLC Goreti […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Tukaramji on Thursday directed the Telangana government to file a report pertaining to the status of roads in Jadcherla. The Bench was dealing with a writ plea filed by one Nerati Mallesh complaining against the government and […]

Kothagudem: Three village committee members and two militia members of CPI (Maoist) party surrendered before Kothagudem SP and a CRPF 141 Bn official here on Thursday. Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Dutt giving details of naxal’s surrender to media persons said the surrendered naxal activists belong to Kondavai village of Cherla mandal in the district. […]

Hyderabad: Radha Smelters, a manufacturer of TMT bars, is planning to expand its capacity from 4 lakh tonnes per annum to 10 lakh tonnes per annum by 2025, with an investment of about Rs 100 crore. The company plans to expand its capacity at its Chinna Shankarampet unit in Medak District of Telangana. The company […]

Hyderabad: The State health authorities have requested the general public to carry their vaccine certificates on the person, as health teams will start randomly checking their vaccination status. The surveillance teams of the health department will conduct random checks at public areas and individuals will be asked to present their vaccination certificates. If you have […]

areas and individuals will be asked to present their vaccination certificates.

Hyderabad: With cases of Omicron Covid variant being reported from various countries, the police across the city are also pitching in to create awareness on use of face mask and preventive measures. The health authorities had sought help of the police to enforce the Rs 1,000 challan rule for violators. The Rachakonda police again revived […]

According to reports, Saritha along with her daughter Bhumika, had left the house two days back.

Adilabad: People often find the actual pronunciation of certain syllables in Indian languages confusing since it varies from the English language. One struggles to come up with the exact pronunciation of consonants द, त, श, in names of persons and places in English. Dr Raju Ramekar, an Adilabad-based radiologist, has been awarded a patent for […]

Hyderabad: A two judge panel of the High court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Tukaram on Wednesday, while extending time to the GHMC to respond to a bunch of writ pleas and PILs, made clear that if the counters are not filed on the said day, the Commissioner will have to be […]

Nizamabad: District Collector Jitesh V Patil on Wednesday asked the police department to take stern action against those who attempt to encroach forest lands in the district. At a meeting with officials at the Collectorate office, he instructed the Revenue, Forest and Police departments to work in coordination to prevent encroachment of forest lands in […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao took to social media and gave a fresh spin to the BJP-led NDA’s abbreviation, terming it as ‘No Data Available’ government. After the Centre announced in Parliament on Wednesday that it had no data on farmers who died during the farm laws protests across the […]

Warangal: Gratitude does not come easy to most people. For 55-year-old Dasari Hanmaiah, a businessman from Hyderabad, however, a humanitarian gesture by a person more than three decades ago in troubled times placed him in eternal debt of the latter, so much so that he rushed to Kishtapuram Thanda in Palakurthi mandal of Jangaon district […]

Kothagudem: With the objective of attracting students towards the study of science, Paloncha-based NBVL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad. The MoU aims at implementing ‘Jigyasa,’ a student outreach programme in the district. As part of the initiative, scientists from CSIR-IICT will conduct Jigyasa virtual lab activities to strengthen scientific acumen among […]

Siddipet: Three persons met with a watery grave in a freak accident when a car plunged into an open well at Chimnapur in Dubbak mandal on Wednesday. The deceased include a youngster and his mother who were in the car and a diver who drowned in the process of rescue operation. Since the well was […]

Hyderabad: The Cabinet sub-committee set up by the State government following identification of Omicron, the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that was first reported in South Africa, has directed District Collectors to prepare a fool-proof action plan and implement it to achieve 100 per cent Covid vaccination by December. In the backdrop of the recent reporting […]

Mahaububabad: An eight-member gang led by a pastor was arrested for their alleged involvement in chain-snatching incidents in Mahabubabad district on Wednesday. The Central Crime Station (CCS) police along with Thorrur police nabbed the gang on the outskirts of Thorrur town and recovered 30.25 tolas of gold ornaments and four motorcycles worth Rs 18 lakh […]

Karimnagar: Telangana State Co-operative Apex Bank Chairman Konduru Ravinder Rao on Wednesday visited the Karnataka State Cooperative Apex Bank (KSCAB) in Bengaluru of Karnataka and interacted with the Apex bank officials. KSCAB managing director Devaraj received Ravinder Rao in the office and introduced all the officials of the bank. On this occasion, the Karnataka apex […]

Hyderabad: Amid reports of coal shortage in the country, the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has asked the area general managers (GMs) to work collectively to achieve the production targets in the current financial year. At a review meeting conducted with GMs through video conference, SCCL directors S Chandrashekar, N Balaram and D Satyanarayana said […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Wednesday constituted a special committee with officials from Forest, Veterinary and Agriculture departments to come up with effective measures to control the monkey menace in the State. An article on how monkey menace was forcing farmers to stick to paddy was published in these columns on November 29. The issue […]