Telangana

Hyderabad: Telangana will seek early release of pending GST (Goods and Services Tax) compensation to the State at the 45th GST Council meeting scheduled to be held at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on September 17. The State government, which had strongly opposed the Centre’s attempt to impose ‘backdoor GST’ on liquor in the name of […]

Hyderabad: With the Central government refusing to purchase paddy beyond the allocated quota, the State government will procure only 60 lakh tonnes of paddy through the procurement centres for the Vaanakalam (Kharif) season. The officials of Agriculture Department were asked to sensitise people in this regard. The State government had procured the entire yield during […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Sona, the low glycemic index rice developed by Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), is finding its way to domestic and international markets. The rice variety, also known as RNR 15048, is being positioned as a lifestyle product and is aimed at diabetics who seek to include rice in their diet. Two […]

Karimnagar: Various sections of the society paid their tributes to a six-year-old girl who was raped and killed at Singareni colony in Saidabad of Hyderabad. Terming the incident as heinous, people paid tributes to the girl by placing candles at her portrait in different places of erstwhile Karimnagar district on Sunday. The Tribal JAC paid […]

1.42 crore people already received first dose; 53 lakh people fully vaccinated

Adilabad: The two-day tour by Chowrasta Band in Mancherial, Asifabad and Adilabad districts ended on Sunday. They covered different parts of the three districts as part of their busking, a first-of-its-kind musical trip from Lambadipalli of Karimnagar to Adilabad. During their tour, music director and singer Yashwanth Nag, who was the key member of the […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday expressed confidence that he would win the Huzurabad Assembly seat if he contested the by-poll. “I am staying away from this poll to avoid a by-poll in Siddipet Assembly constituency,” he said. The Minister was responding to repeated challenges thrown by BJP leader Eatela Rajender asking Harish […]

Mancherial/Kumram Bheem Asifabad: The sighting of a tiger at a stream on the outskirts of Chinnagudipet village in Kannepalli mandal, Mancherial, on Sunday created flutter among rural folk in the area. Rebbena Forest Range Officer Purnima said the carnivore inhabiting the forests of Kumram Bheem Asifabad drifted towards Kannepalli and Bheemini mandals by crossing Peddavagu […]

Hyderabad: Suravaram Pratapa Reddy was a multi-faceted personality who left his indelible mark on Telangana’s social consciousness and also worked for uplift of the downtrodden as well as development of society as a whole, said Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy. He said Pratapa Reddy was a dynamic person who organised community lunches nearly 80 years […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Kaghaznagar Inspector Ch Mohan has been accused of assaulting a retired army man over a land dispute on the premises of Kaghaznagar police station on Sunday. The police, however, denied the allegations and accused the ex-service man of thrashing a person from Kaghaznagar over the dispute. It is learned that Shiva, the […]

Hyderabad: At least 20,483 tanks in several parts of the State received surplus water during this monsoon, officials of Irrigation department said on Sunday. In the tank filling status report as on September 9, as many as 20,483 of the 43,870 tanks under jurisdiction of 19 Chief Engineers and Engineer-in-Chiefs received surplus water while 12,255 […]

Hyderabad: The State government will file a review petition seeking permission to immerse Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) in Hussain Sagar lake for this year, according to Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav on Sunday. The Telangana High Court had directed authorities not to allow immersion of Ganesh idols made of Plaster […]

Hyderabad: Several students who appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2021 UG found questions in the physics section tough to crack. The entrance test was held smoothly at centres across the State on Sunday. The medical aspirants found the questions in Physics to be lengthy besides requiring calculations. In the case of […]

Warangal: Ln Katanguru Ramgopal Reddy, the District Communicator, was conferred with state-level ‘VIBGYOR’ award for his ‘excellent service’ by the former International Director Sunil Kumar and former Multiple Council Chairman Prabhakaran Mohan at a programme held at Hotel Marriott in Hyderabad on Saturday night. In a press note here on Sunday, Ramgopal Reddy said that […]

Sangareddy: Andole MLA Chanti Kranthi Kiran has described State BJP president and Karimanagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s padayatra as a luxury ride. “He spends the nights and takes rest breaks in air-conditioned vehicles,” he said. Speaking to the media in Andole on Sunday, the MLA alleged that even the food for Sanjay was being prepared […]

Hyderabad: The Chairpersons of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) and Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) will attend an emergency meeting to be convened by the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) on Monday in New Delhi to discuss pending water issues pertaining to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Krishna River basin. KRMB and GRMB Chairpersons […]

Says Rs 3,000 extra burden being imposed as input costs of farm operations have increased

Warangal: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) of Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science-Warangal (KITSW), organised a one-day workshop in online and offline mode on ‘High-Performance Computing Applications for Electrical Engineers’ for the benefit of students of B Tech (EEE) department on Sunday, said KITSW Principal Prof K Ashoka Reddy in a press note. […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: Film actor R Narayana murthy on Sunday said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was the only leader in the country to take up a series of welfare schemes for the benefit of farmers, and in the process, restoring the past glory of agriculture. Speaking at a media conference at Yadagirigutta, he said the movie […]

Hyderabad: The award winning project built under Telangana government’s Double Bed Room Housing Scheme in Kolluru, Sangareddy district, is nearing competition and will be inaugurated soon.  The 2BHK project in Kolluru-Phase 2, was recognised nationally and bagged the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) award for best practices 2019-20 under Housing, Urban Poverty and Infrastructure theme. The […]

Medak: BJP State president and Karminagar MP Bandi Sanjay has demanded that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao observe September 17 as Telangana Liberation Day officially. In a five page letter to the Chief Minister, Sanjay asked the State government to build a Telangana Liberation Spoorthi Centre from the funds sanctioned by the Union government. Demanding […]

Medak: A leopard, which was terrorising villagers, was trapped in a cage placed by Forest Department at Kamaram Tanda of Chinna Shankarampet Mandal in Medak district late on Saturday night. The leopard had killed a number of domestic animals and local cattle-herders spotted them many times in forest fringe areas, prompting the Forest officials to […]

So far, Dalit Bandhu amount was deposited in the bank accounts of around 13,000 beneficiaries.

Hyderabad:  The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2021 has commenced on a smooth note across the State on Sunday amid Covid-19 safety protocols. The entrance test for admissions into MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS, BUMS, BHMS and other undergraduate medical courses which began at 2 pm will conclude at 5 pm.  Over 16.14 lakh candidates registered […]