Telangana

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has called upon the citizens to install only clay Ganesh idols by staying away from using the idols made up of Plaster of Paris (POP). Addressing a gathering after launching the distribution of clay idols by BC Corporation, the Minister said several NGOs, spiritual organisations, individuals and even the […]

Kothagudem: The water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district has been increasing slowly and reached 38.70 feet at 6 pm on Wednesday. There has been an increase of 4.2 feet in the water level since 6 pm, on Tuesday, at which the water level recorded was 34.50 feet. District Collector, D Anudeep […]

The project’s first two days of the trials will focus on the visual line of sight (VLOS), which involves drones flying between 500 and 700 meters from the base and they can be seen with the naked eye.

Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Wednesday said that the fish production has increased significantly like paddy production in the State due to initiatives of the State government. Releasing fishlings into Pedda Cheruvu of Nakrekal in the district, Jagdish Reddy said that the state government has been according equal priority to agriculture and its […]

Tharoor also expressed happiness at having the opportunity to plant a sapling as part of the Challenge, initiated by Rajya Sabha MP J. Santosh Kumar. Other members of the committee, Mahua Moitra, Syed Zafar Islam

Peddapalli: Peddapalli MLA, Dasari Manohar Reddy was infected by the Coronavirus. The Legislator, who tested positive for the virus on Tuesday night, got admitted in a private hospital in Hyderabad. Manohar Reddy, who was also affected by the virus in the first wave too and took two doses of corona vaccine. The MLA has been […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has chosen noted poet, literary personality and critic Shivaramakrishna Penna for this year’s Prajakavi Padma Vibhushan Kaloji Narayana Rao Award. The 61-year-old has made several significant contributions to various genres of modern Telugu literature. He has to his credit 11 volumes of poetry, eight volumes of literary criticism, hundreds of ghazals […]

Mahabubnagar: A leopard was found dead on National Highway-167 along Mahabubnagar-Raichur route at Kakatiya School near Manyamkonda on Wednesday morning. The officials suspect that the leopard was crossing the road in search of food when an unidentified vehicle ran over it resulting in its death. Upon receiving information, the Devarakadra police and the Forest officials […]

Sangareddy: Telangana state BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday said the party would bring a population control act in the state if it comes to power after the 2023 Assembly polls. Addressing a public meeting in Sangareddy on his 11th day of Praja Sangram Yatra, Kumar said the BJP would implement a […]

Kothagudem: An association of persons with disabilities has appealed to the governments of two Telugu States to give a cash prize of Rs 2 crore to each athlete who won medals in the Tokyo Paralympics. The Telangana Vibhinna Pratibhavantula Sangham (TVPS) organised a celebration here on Tuesday and cut a cake marking the winning of […]

Three washed away in separate incidents; Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Warangal bore the brunt of heavy rains

Hyderabad: The ruling TRS, which has maintained utmost patience over the Oppostion parties’ abusive criticism for the past seven years, has decided to turn aggressive and respond strongly to the Opposition parties in multiples. In a stern warning to the Opposition parties, TRS working president KT Rama Rao asked them to mend their ways especially […]

Khammam: Telangana government has emerged as a role model in the implementation of welfare schemes, stated Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. He said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s development and welfare initiatives were being appreciated across the country and many governments in other States were emulating them. Ajay Kumar along with ZP Chairman Lingala Kamaraj […]

Sangareddy: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) president Tejasvi Surya termed Bandi Sanjay’s ‘padayatra’ as a war against Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. Addressing a rally at Ambedkar Junction in Sangareddy town as part of BJP State president Bandi Sanjay’s Praja Sangrama Yatra here on Tuesday, the BJYM president said the TRS government was fearing BJP […]

Hyderabad: With the water bodies getting huge inflows due to incessant rains for the last few days, the gates of at least four irrigation projects on Godavari basin were opened by the Irrigation Department officials to release water downstream. For the last five days, the officials were opening gates of Sriram Sagar project and releasing […]

Suryapet: Zilla Parishad Chairperson Gujja Deepika Yogender on Tuesday underlined the need to ensure that fruits of welfare schemes and development programmes reach every person in the State. Speaking at a standing committee meeting of Zilla Parishad, she said that the State government had taken up several welfare schemes for the benefit of all sections […]

Hyderabad: TPCC working president T Jagga Reddy said internal differences among leaders in the Congress party were common and appealed to the party cadre not to worry about such issues. Referring to the objections raised by a senior leader in the party over Mulugu MLA Sitakka tying ‘rakhi’ to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu recently, […]

Department has stocked up coal in large quantity to deal with any situation, says Transco CMD

Hyderabad: Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC) on Tuesday provided an option for students to submit the application forms for ‘B’ category admissions in the private professional colleges at its office if the managements were refusing to accept. There were allegations by certain students and student organisations that private professional colleges were not accepting […]

Hyderabad: The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has asked the Andhra Pradesh government to furnish views and submit the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of the proposed irrigation schemes and projects immediately to it. In a letter to the Engineer-in-Chief, Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Department, KRMB member DM Raipure referred the letter received from the Engineer-in-Chief, […]

To ensure institutional and structural development of the sector, says KTR

Hyderabad: The Managing Director, State Bank of India (SBI), Challa Srinivasulu Setty during his visit to Telangana, participated in a series of bank’s CSR activities. As part of these initiatives, the top SBI official inaugurated a high-end computer lab, projector room and science lab, developed by SBI with a cost of Rs 12 lakh, at […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday sought the Centre to relax the existing norms for implementation of Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme in the State and make it applicable to even small and marginal farmers. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy appealed to the Union government to encourage the cultivation of oil seeds and pulses, apart from […]

Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday issued an order for implementation of Revised Pay Scales-2020 to the teaching and non-teaching staff working under the Telangana Residential Educational Institutions Society (TREIS) management. According to the order copy, the Revised Pay Scales, 2020 will come into force on and from July 1, 2018, and the monetary benefit […]