Telangana

50 to 60% cases reported in last month across TS from urban centres

Huzurabad: BJP candidate for Huzurabad Assembly by-poll Eatala Rajender said it was “a fight between Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s arrogance and people’s self-respect.” “Many politicians are under the impression that people will support them and cast their votes as directed by them but that is not going to be the case,” he said, campaigning […]

Nomination papers of 19 candidates were rejected in Huzurabad. Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Shashank Goel said the nominations of 42 candidates were found valid.

Hyderabad: Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation chairman Mareddy Srinivas Reddy directed the officials to take measures to overcome the challenges faced in handing over the Custom Milling Rice (CMR) to the Food Corporation of India (FCI). He said the longer the delay in handing over the CMR, the greater the financial burden on the Corporation […]

Hyderabad: With the gazette notification on projects’s control issued by the Union Jal Shakti Ministry coming into force on October 14, the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) has proposed to supervise the operations of Peda Vagu project on Godavari River on a pilot basis. The Telangana government has already requested the Centre to postpone implementation […]

Hyderabad: The chorus for merger of border villages and districts in neighbouring States with Telangana is growing louder and spreading far and wide, with elected representatives from even the BJP in Karnataka pitching hard for such a move. The reasons? Telangana’s emergence as a progressive State where welfare of the people and development go hand […]

Adilabad: Boath MLA Rathod Bapu Rao handed over cheques to 16 beneficiaries of Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) at his residence here on Monday. The value of the cheques was Rs 6.67 lakh. Bapu Rao said that the government was implementing a slew of schemes for the poor. He cited Kalyana Laxmi, KCR Kits and […]

Warangal: The Task Force police arrested a person who was involved in the illegal purchase and sale of rice meant for the Public Distribution System (PDS) and seized 130 quintals of rice worth nearly Rs three lakhs on Monday. According to a press note released by the Task Force, they got credible information about illegal […]

Khammam: Two MBA students from Khammam have been provisionally selected for gold medals in the tenth convocation of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad which is likely to be held this month. According to the provisional list released by JNTU’s Director of Evaluation M Chandra Mohan, an MBA student of Swarna Bharathi Institute of Science and […]

Karimnagar: TRS social media activist Nampalli Jagan was attacked by three youths in Bornapalli of Huzurabad mandal in the early hours of Monday. The exact reason for the attack has not been ascertained, but he was thrashed badly. According to villagers, the youths, Nampalli Suman, Agraka Raju and Rajender, carrying a knife went to Jagan’s […]

Adilabad: A private employee and his aide were arrested for allegedly duping public with promises of providing jobs in Forest department and posing as an IFoS officer, here on Monday. Police also seized Rs 3 lakh cash, computers, printers and two mobile phones from him. Briefing the media after the arrests, in-charge Superintendent of Police […]

Warangal: Alleging that Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, deliberately ran over farmers those who were protesting peacefully in Lakhimpur Kheri demanding repeal of the ‘black’ farm laws, CPI State secretariat member Thakkallapalli Srinivasa Rao demanded severe punishment for Ashish Mishra for his ‘heinous crime’ of killing innocent farmers. The […]

Sangareddy: Vasavi Maa Illu, a Sangareddy based Non-governmental organisation (NGO), donated a funeral vehicle (Vaikunta Ratham) to Sangareddy Municipality on Monday. The members of the NGO collected Rs 11 lakh to buy the vehicle. Founder of the NGO Topaji Anantha Kishan said it came to his notice that people were suffering due to a lack […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday slammed the BJP stating that attacks on Dalits and rape of Dalit women continue in States where the party was in power, and cited the example of the mowing down of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri recently. “BJP leaders are trying to create doubts in the minds of […]

Nalgonda: Irrigation officials lifted 10 crest gates of Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) up to five feet height to release 80,900 cusecs of water downstream following heavy inflows. The project officials decided to open the crest gates with inflows going upto 1,37,239 cusecs. The water level in the project touched 589.9 feet against it Full Reservoir […]

Hyderabad: The State health department on Monday has urged people to take precautions from Covid-19 during the upcoming season of festivals.   While the daily Covid infections in Telangana have dropped considerably and are hovering between 150 and 200 positive cases, the upcoming months between October and December could prove to be crucial in ensuring there […]

The Minister, who was proceeding to Rachapalli of Illandakunta mandal to take part in an election campaign, stopped his vehicle at the on spotting the eatery.

Medak: A man died when a vehicle in Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy’s convoy hit him near Kallakal in Manoharabad Mandal on Monday. The victim was identified as Donthireddy Narsimha Reddy (55), a native of Ibhraimpur in Chegunta Mandal. Narasimha Reddy worked for a private company in Kallakal industrial area. While he was crossing the busy […]

Hyderabad: In a relief to students, the State government has reduced the number of question papers from 11 to 6 in the SSC Public Examinations for the academic year 2021-2022. A memo to this effect has been issued by the School Education department here on Monday. The department has also included Urdu as a second […]

Huzurabad: Etela Rajendar, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party recently, has now excelled in the art of peddling untruths. An art for which his party has already earned the dubious distinction. Perhaps, stung by the fact that people were celebrating Bathukamma festival with a gas cylinder in the midst of flower-bedecked bathukammas and singing songs […]

Hyderabad: Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to Justice Satish Chandra Sharma at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, Ministers, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, attended the event and congratulated […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Association of United Kingdom (TAUK) on Sunday celebrated Chenetha Bathukamma and Dasara in London. Non-Resident Indians and Indian community organisation representatives from across the UK attended the event. British MPs Virendra Sharma and Seem Malhotra along with Hounslow Mayor Bishnu Gurung were special guests. TAUK Vice President Shusmuna Reddy said: “As responsible citizens […]

Nalgonda: In a shocking incident, a farmer, who could not bear the death of his son in a road accident, died of cardiac arrest in Nalgonda district on Sunday night. Gorla Indra Reddy (52), a native of Thadakamalla village and residing in Chowdari Colony in Miryalaguda, died while he was being shifted to hospital after […]

Warangal: The recent poaching of a tigress in the forest of the Eturunagaram Wildlife Sanctuary in Mulugu district has raised much concern over the protection of tigers that are reportedly entering forest areas of Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Warangal, Mahabubabad, and Kothagudem districts from the Indravati Tiger Reserve (ITR), which is a part of Indravati National Park […]