Telangana

Hyderabad: Taking exception to the remarks made by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao against Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy after the Cabinet meeting on Monday, State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar said he would take the responsibility of ensuring that the Centre purchases raw rice. “The Chief Minister’s outburst against Kishan Reddy, who is […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed grief over the demise of renowned Telugu film lyricist and Padmasri awardee Chambolu (Sirivennela) Seetharama Sastry. He said Seetharama Sastry had won the hearts of both scholars and general public through his literature which blended with any musical form. He remembered that Seetharama Sastry turned his debut film’s […]

Medak: Finance Minister T Harish Rao instructed the Medak RDO to immediately procure paddy from farmers of Alladurgam Mandal in the district on Tuesday. The Minister, who was on his way back to Narsapur after a surprise visit to Narayankhed Area Hospital in Sangareddy district, saw the farmers protesting at the Alldurgam Mandal headquarters. Harish […]

Nalgonda: Regional Manager of Nalgonda of Telangana State Road Transportation Corporation (TSRTC) Rajendra Prasad, who has so far donated blood 33 times and plasma four times, was an inspiration for others at the mega blood donation camp jointly organized by TSRTC and Red Cross Society at Nalgonda bus stand on Tuesday. Over 150 persons including […]

Hyderabad: A recent report from the National Family Health Survey (NHFS) revealed that as much as 84 per cent of women from Telangana justify men beating their wives. The survey put forward the probable circumstances under which a husband beats his wife: if he suspects her of being unfaithful; if she disrespects her in-laws; if […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Auto Drivers Joint Action Committee (TADJAC) has called for an auto bandh on December 15 in the twin cities in protest against the alleged negligence of police and Regional Transport Authority (RTA) in stopping the neighboring districts autos plying illegally here.    Addressing media persons, TADJAC convener Mohd Amanullah Khan alleged that the […]

Khammam: A TRS leader died when hit by a speeding train near Chintakani railway station in the district. The deceased, Shaik Ramzan (40) was working for the party since its inception. He was the co-option member of Chintakani mandal praja parishad. The incident occurred when the deceased went to relieve himself near the railway tracks […]

Hyderabad: The State government will not set up paddy procurement centres in the ensuing Rabi season as the Union Government has ruled out lifting parboiled rice from Telangana. Disclosing this at a media conference Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao slammed the Centre for running away from its social responsibility. The Telangana government does not have […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajashekhar Reddy took up a PIL challenging the inaction of the government in procuring paddy from farmers. The Bench directed the government pleader for Civil Supplies, Food Corporation of India and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, food and […]

Warangal: The growing availability of Internet data at ‘cheaper prices’ and also the availability of smartphones have become a boon for online cricket betting mafia in India. Though there is no authentic data available with the police, it is said that thousands of crores of rupees are being punted by the organisers of online cricket […]

Nalgonda: The Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation (TSTDC) on Monday resumed Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam cruise service. The two-day package will be priced at Rs 3,050 for adults and Rs 2,450 for children. The tariff for just one-way of cruise travel, i.e., from Nagarjuna Sagar to Srisaliam or vice versa, would be Rs 1,000 per adult and […]

Rajanna Sircilla: TS Tourism Development Corporation Chairman Uppala Srinivas Gupta informed that the government has decided to develop various tourist places in the State with Rs 1,400 crore. Srinivas, who visited the Vemulawada temple on Monday, spoke to media persons and said the State government was giving top priority to the development of tourism as […]

Hyderabad: The Central government released Rs 450 crore to Telangana as against Rs 900 crore requested by the State government for the development of backward districts in the State. The Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary stated this in response to a question raised by Khammam MP Nama Nageswara Rao in Lok Sabha on […]

Mancherial: Seva Bharati, a voluntary organisation, in association with Rotary International has launched a sewing training centre for women here on Monday. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mancherial district president Verabelli Raghunath, who was the chief guest of the programme, said that the initiative was aimed at providing self-empowerment to women who lost sole breadwinners of […]

Hyderabad: The war of words between the ruling parties at the Centre and the State further intensified on Monday when the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao launched a no-holds-barred verbal assault on what he termed as best examples of double speak from the ruling BJP and likened it to a party ‘that kills farmers’. On […]

Hyderabad: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy waded into a controversy when he maintained that the Central Government was procuring grains every year and that there was no issue regarding paddy procurement. His assertion made at a press conference in New Delhi is in stark contrast to Centre’s decision of not procuring paddy and refusing to […]

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Sangareddy: A woman passenger was robbed of Rs 1 lakh in cash and three grams of gold while she was travelling in an RTC Bus from Sadasivapet to Sangareddy on Monday morning. The victim Vijayalakshmi of Nizampur, along with her husband and daughter, boarded the bus to go to Hyderabad. When the bus reached Nandikandi, […]

Hyderabad: Telangana government’s relentless efforts for Tribal University in the State have fructified with the Central government finally preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for setting up the varsity. Though, the Tribal University was sanctioned for Telangana under the AP Reorganization Act, since last seven years there was no considerable progress in setting up the […]

Mancherial: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district president Verabelli Raghunath Rao accused the State government of cheating the students by delaying the sanction of scholarships for three years. The BJP leader, along with activists of the party, staged a dharna and took part in the burning of an effigy of the government, here on Monday. […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs brought the Parliament to a standstill, forcing the adjournment of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, as they demanded that the Centre address the issues of paddy procurement and also issual of a gazette notification taking over irrigation projects on Godavari and Krishna rivers. Later, they staged a […]

Sangareddy: Sangareddy Rural police seized a huge haul of 600 kgs of ganja which was being transported from Thuni in Andhra Pradesh to Maharastra. The value of ganja is estimated at Rs 40 lakh. During the regular checks up conducted on Monday at Kandi Junction on NH-65, the Sangareddy Rural police and CCS police caught […]

Kumram Bheem-Asifabad: The annual three-day-long Kankalamma-Koutheshwaramy jatara concluded at Koutala mandal centre on Monday. Around 10,000 devotees belonging to several parts of the Kumram Bheem-Asifabad, Mancherial districts and neighbouring Maharashtra thronged the shrine and performed special prayers by forming serpentine queue lines for darshan of the presiding deity. They have arrived at the religious place […]

Khammam: TRS party cadre across erstwhile Khammam celebrated the 12th anniversary of ‘Deeksha Divas’ remembering the fast-unto-death launched by Chief Minister and TRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao on November 29, 2009. At a programme held at party district headquarters here on Monday, the party leaders performed ‘palabhishekam’ to the Chief Minister’s portrait and distributed fruits […]