Telangana

Hyderabad: From parched lands to frequent drought situations, farmers across Telangana used to face untold miseries due to complete neglect of the agriculture sector by rulers in undivided Andhra Pradesh. But after separate Telangana was carved out, the TRS government accorded top priority to the agriculture sector and came up with a slew of pro-farmer […]

Hyderabad: AICC Telangana in-charge Manickam Tagore wants Congress party’s State unit leaders to keep aside their group wars and work relentlessly to secure 78 seats in the next Assembly elections in Telangana. Addressing a two-day training programme for party workers here on Tuesday, he wanted the party leaders to prepare plans for bagging 80 lakh […]

Hyderabad: The fee for Engineering and other professional programmes offered by the private colleges in the State will be revised soon and will be applicable for the next three academic years starting from the academic year 2022-23. As the fee revision was due for the next three-year block period, the Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has become the first State in the country to distribute 100 per cent loans to the targeted 3.44 lakh street vendors under the PM SVANidhi scheme. Sharing details, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra on Tuesday tweeted, “Heartiest Congratulations to Telangana for becoming the first the State to get […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy said he would arrange felicitation programmes for workers, who strive for the party’s development, involving party senior leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi. At the same time, after January 26, action would be initiated against all those, who were undisciplined towards the party, he warned. Addressing the two-day political […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC) launched Impact Labs, an initiative that focuses on co-creation of solutions by startups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for complex social issues. TSIC is calling startups with technological and non-technological solutions in education, health and nutrition, assistive technology, old-age empowerment, women and child development, hunger, agriculture, livelihoods and community development, […]

Warangal: Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao has thanked Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao for releasing Rs 75 crore for organizing ‘Sammakka-Sarakka- 2022’, the largest tribal fair in Asia, to be held from Feb 16 to 19, 2022 in Medaram village in Mulugu district. Errabellli said that the state government would organise the Medaram jatara […]

Khammam: Stambhadri Urban Development Authority’s (SUDA) Draft Master Plan was ready, stated SUDA Chairman Bachu Vijay Kumar. The Centre for Symbiosis of Technology, Environment and Management (STEM) has conducted primary surveys such as existing land use surveys, socio-economic surveys, traffic surveys as part of the geographic information system-based (GIS) Draft Master Plan proposals. The compilation […]

Adilabad: Erstwhile Adilabad district will have 29 new liquor retail shops for the year 2021-23, as per the policy of the government. Notification with regard to the allotment of licenses to the outlets was declared on Tuesday. Currently, there are, in total, 163 liquor shops in the erstwhile Adilabad district for the year 2019-21. The […]

Nalgonda: Communist Party of India (Marxist) Thammineni Veerabhadram on Tuesday alleged that the statement of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao asking the farmers not to take up the cultivation of paddy was tantamount to supporting the Central government’s decision. Speaking at a media conference here on Tuesday, Veerarabhadram said that the Centre conspired to discourage […]

Peddapalli: Police have launched a manhunt to nab a man who slit the throat of a woman after she turned down his love proposal. The woman Anjali Devi died instantly and the assailant, identified as Raju, fled the spot. The incident took place at Venkatraopali village of Ramagiri mandal on Tuesday afternoon. Police said Raju, […]

Mahabubabad: District Collector K Shashanka said that all eligible persons would be given the right to forest podu lands under the Recognition of Forest Rights (RoFR) Act in the district. As a part of the district administration’s efforts to create awareness on the process of submitting applications under the RoFR Act, the Collector held meetings […]

Hyderabad: Amid repeated demands from the State government to purchase entire paddy produced in Telangana, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday categorically said the Central government would purchase only raw rice but not parboiled rice. No one can scare the Central government or BJP and its leaders through false propaganda, he said at […]

Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy stated that the Centre had utterly failed in terms of paddy procurement. He accused that the Union government had no specific policy on paddy procurement for the Yasangi season and was showing discrimination towards Telangana State, despite purchasing entire paddy crop from Punjab. Addressing the mediapersons at Telangana Bhavan […]

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 173 new Covid infections and one fatality on Tuesday taking the cumulative number of deaths to 3,968 and the total number of positive cases to 6,72,823. The number of active cases in Telangana, as on Tuesday, was 3,754.The authorities today conducted 40,797 Covid tests of which results of 1,661 samples were awaited. […]

Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham appealed to the podu farmers to make use of the Podu Action Plan launched by the State government to address the farmers’ issues. He visited Rajab Ali Nagar in Earlapudi gram panchayat in Raghunathapalem mandal in the district on Tuesday and attended a grama sabha. Speaking on the occasion, he […]

Sangareddy: A short film made by Panchayat Secretary of Enkemuri village in Kangti mandal in Sangareddy district won second prize in the Swachhata Filmon Ka Amrit Mahotsav. As part of the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen, the Department of Water and Sanitation conducted the competition. As many as 1,394 villages from Telangana participated in the competition. […]

Mancherial: In a novel gesture, Mancherial police constructed a culvert across a water canal at interior Ootla village in Dandepalli mandal as part of community policing on Monday. Mancherial Assistant Commissioner of Police Akhil Mahajan took part in the initiative and set an example to others. Akhil said that the policemen would not only protect […]

Karimnagar: Workers of the CPI staged a protest at Kaman Chowk here on Tuesday demanding the State and Central governments reduce the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. They also burnt the effigy of the Union government. Participating in the protest, CPI district secretary Ponaganti Kedari warned that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]

Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has been given the additional portfolio of Medical and Health departments. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao took a decision in this regard on Tuesday and formal orders will be issued shortly. Till recently, the Chief Minister held the portfolio of Medical and Health, following the removal of Eatala Rajender […]

Kothagudem: Cherla police extended financial assistance to a tribal student who secured a seat in IIT, Varanasi. Cherla Inspector of Police, Boddu Ashok, gave away an amount of Rs 12,000 to the student, Karam Srilatha, to help her meet her educational expenses, at Cherla police station in the district on Tuesday. The meritorious student hails […]

Nirmal: Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam (SGSD) of Basar registered an income of Rs 51.77 lakh for a period of 39 days. Counting of offerings through hundis was held on the premises of the shrine on Tuesday. In-charge Executive Officer of the temple K Vinod Reddy said that the shrine recorded Rs 51,77,527 income by way […]

Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy said that a medical oxygen plant was created on the premises of district headquarters hospital to address the shortage of the gas. He formally inaugurated the plant here on Tuesday. Indrakaran stated that the shortage of oxygen resulted in deaths of patients with respiratory-related ailments and during the second […]

Hyderabad: BC Welfare Minister G Kamalakar said all the Backward Castes should form a trust and a unanimous resolution should be passed to this effect. A copy of the resolution should be sent to the Government before November 17 to facilitate government expedite the construction of BC Atma Gaurava Bhavans, he said. The government was […]