Telangana

Adilabad: A farmer died, allegedly by suicide after consuming pesticide at his field due to depression on account of damage to standing cotton crop in the recent rains at Nagalkonda village in Narnoor mandal. Police identified the farmer as Ade Srinivas (27), from Nagalkonda village. He had taken a loan of Rs 5 lakh and […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: In a remarkable achievement, the district administration has successfully covered 98.5 per cent of the district population under the Covid-19 vaccination programme. Out of 3,52,846 people above the age group of 18 years, 3,47,577 people have been administered at least the first dose of the vaccine so far. Only 5,269 people remain unvaccinated. 59,442 […]

Sangareddy: Excise and Enforcement officials HA Mohan Kumar and S Ramesh Reddy on Wednesday raided the agriculture field of a farmer at Huligera village of Raikode Mandal and identified 4,500 ganja plants grown as inter crop in the four-acre cotton field. The cost of the ganja plants was estimated at Rs one crore. The cotton […]

RAJANNA-SIRCILLA: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao came to the rescue of the family of a flood victim in Sircilla town by providing financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh on Wednesday. Ganga Kishan (35), a construction labourer, was washed away in flood waters in Sircilla on Tuesday, and his body was subsequently […]

Jayashankar Bhupalpally: In a tragic incident, a farmer died, allegedly by suicide after consuming pesticide at his field in Yeleti Ramaiahpally village of Chityal mandal in the district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ummanvena Yellaiah (62). According to family members, Yellaiah allegedly took the extreme step as crops in six acres were damaged […]

Hyderabad: The Deputy Consul General of the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Chennai, Lalana Jitsattanane, along with Consul of the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Chennai, Pinpong Chauvachata, met City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar here on Wednesday. Anjani Kumar briefed them about the various initiatives taken up by the Hyderabad City Police to ensure the safety and […]

Nalgonda: Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan will attend official programmes at Mahatma Gandhi University at Anneparthy on October 7. Nalgonda district Collector Prashant Jeevan Patil and Superintendent of Police A V Ranganath inspected the places where programmes would be held with the Governor in attendance. Vice-Chancellor of the university Prof Gopal Reddy informed the district Collector about […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Mapmygenome India gave 1,00,000 Covid test kits to the Telangana government. This is part of their initiative with Zymo Research to donate one million kits to India. The team is working with other State governments to facilitate the distribution in all major States of India. These kits include the new DNA/RNA Shield – […]

Kothagudem: Four gates of Taliperu reservoir at Cherla in Kothagudem district were lifted to discharge 5087 cusecs of excess water downstream on Wednesday. Though the district remained dry on Wednesday, the project received inflows due to rains in its upper catchment and there has been an inflow of 5542 cusecs into the reservoir, officials said. […]

Hyderabad: A woman was gang raped by four persons in a hospital room near the bus station in Nizamabad town on Wednesday. The culprits committed the crime after forcing her to drink liquor. Nizamabad Deputy Commissioner of Police Arvind Kumar said they could not collect more details since the victim was still in an unconscious […]

Hyderabad: The Irrigation department officials opened 11 gates of Nizam Sagar Dam and released 85,500 cusecs of water downstream. The dam is getting inflows of 62,500 cusecs from the upstream catchment areas. The water released from the dam will reach Sriram Sagar Project. Presently, the water storage level in the dam was 14.978 TMC against […]

Karimnagar: Tanks, rivulets, ponds and other water bodies are overflowing following incessant rains in the last 24 hours in erstwhile Karimnagar district. While some localities were cut off from the rest of the world following damage to roads, rainwater entered some houses in other areas. Road connectivity between Bavusaipet-Venkatraopet of Konaraopet mandal of Rajanna-Sircilla district […]

Hyderabad: Telangana saw some respite from rains on Tuesday after incessant downpour since Sunday under the influence of cyclone Gulab. Even as the rain clouds moved towards Maharashtra and Gujarat, several districts were still reeling under the impact of heavy rains in the past couple of days with most water bodies including rivers, rivulets, streams […]

Warangal: The noted cardiologist from Warangal city Dr Ramaka Srinivas has been winning accolades and awards for his community cardiology programmes with a special focus on training the common public on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to save people. Speaking to ‘Telangana Today’ ahead of the World Heart Day celebrated on September 29, Dr Srinivas said he […]

Mancherial: IT and Industries Minister K T Rama came to the rescue of Durgam Bheemaiah, a daily wage earners and native of Nennal, by assuring all support to him in treatment of tuberculosis. His office responded to a tweet by an NRI software engineer, Thode Krishna Reddy, who drew the Minister’s attention to Bheemaiah’s plight […]

Hyderabad: TRS legislators lashed out at BJP State president Bandi Sanjay and condemned his allegations in his letter to the Chief Minister. They said Sanjay who could not even get at least Rs 1 crore worth of works done in his constituency, has no moral right to criticise the State government or the Chief Minister. […]

Internet Society Hyd chapter plans to set up 50 community network centres in rural areas of Telangana

Hyderabad: State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday said he was an ambassador of the poor people in the State. Addressing a public meeting at Bejjanki in Siddipet district on the 32nd day of his ‘Praja Sangrama’ yatra, Sanjay said farmers had incurred losses because of damage to their crops due to rains and […]

Hyderabad: With 6.59 per cent, Telangana is ranked second in the country in the growth rate of income from the agriculture sector in the last decade between 2011-12 and 2019-20. Tripura is the only State to have performed better than Telangana recording an agricultural income growth rate of 6.87 per cent during the period. Sikkim […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has requested the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to stop all the new projects and expansion of existing projects and canals in Andhra Pradesh without the appraisal of the board and apex council. In a letter to the board chairman, TS Irrigation Engineer-in-Chief (General) urged him to communicate the information to the Secretary, […]

Nirmal: The sighting of a tiger by a farmer in a cotton field created a flutter on the peripherals of Chata village in Kubheer mandal on Tuesday. Sources said that Shankar, a farmer of Chata village, spotted the big cat moving in the field. He alerted neighbouring farmers who raised an alarm, sending the carnivore […]

Khammam: Tenth class students of private school came to the rescue of their classmate whose father was suffering from a kidney ailment. B Srinivas Rao of Saradhinagar in the city has been suffering from kidney disease for the past few months. Doctors advised him to go for kidney transplantation as both his kidneys were damaged. […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court, consisting of Acting Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justice T Vinod Kumar, directed the State government to take steps to enumerate and assess the extensive crop damage caused in the State in the past three months. The panel also directed the State and the National […]

Hyderabad: All the major irrigation projects in Godavari basin in north Telangana were in spate, prompting Irrigation department officials to lift gates in most projects on Tuesday. The department also issued a red alert for people living in areas downstream of Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) on Monday night asking them not to go near project […]