Telangana

Hyderabad: Unless the Central government takes up the caste-based Census to ascertain the population of backward classes (BC) in the country, the BC organisations in the State have vowed not to vote for the BJP in future. They have also decided to campaign against the BJP in all elections across the country if the BJP […]

Hyderabad: A high-level delegation from Colombia headed by its Minister of Health and Social Protection Fernando Ruiz Gómez visited Hyderabad on Wednesday on a two-day visit to witness first-hand the life sciences initiatives and clusters like Genome Valley of Telangana. Vice Minister of Knowledge, Innovation and Productivity Sergio Cristancho and Embassy of Colombia Ambassador Mariana […]

Hyderabad: When Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra tweets, people sit up and take notice, and on Wednesday, he had a one-liner that said it all about Telangana being a hot investment destination. If Anand Mahindra’s tweet spoke about Telangana’s potential in the industry, Under-Secretary of the United Nations Erik Solheim’s tweet on greening efforts provided […]

Sources said Nagaraju (33) of Ashok Nagar Colony in Laxmidevipally mandal used to excavate and transport sand illegally on his bullock cart. Even though the water level in the stream was high due to recent rains, he ventured into the current on a bullock cart.

Sangareddy: Dr Falguni Pati, Associate Professor, Department of Bio-medical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, and his research team have developed a hydrogel from discarded corneas from human and bovine sources using a novel and simple method. In a serendipitous happening, they discovered the most striking feature of this tissue-specific hydrogel to prevent […]

Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy instructed officials concerned to take action against developers of illegal layouts in Nirmal town. He toured the flood-affected areas here on Wednesday. Indrakaran said that Ibrahim Tank was brimmed with rainwater and opined that the flood water was not discharged from the water body due to illegal layouts. He […]

Warangal: District Collector B Gopi has said that the district administration would provide all assistance to Railways to construct the under-bridges at railway level-crossings for the benefit of the road users and people. He was speaking at a review meeting with Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) Mahender Ji and Railway Engineering officials on the construction of […]

Hyderabad: The first phase web-based counselling for admissions into ME/MTech/ MPharm/Pharm D (PB)/MArch courses through the Telangana State Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (TS PGECET) 2021 will commence from October 4. An admission notification will be issued on October 1 and the last date for uploading the certificates for online verification is October 18, […]

Karimnagar: BJP leader Eatala Rajender faced the wrath of Dalits in the Huzurabad Assembly constituency on Wednesday when they held protests against him in several areas for writing a letter to the Election Commission of India seeking suspension of the Dalit Bandhu scheme in the constituency. A letter purportedly written by Rajender to the EC […]

Jangaon: A special campaign to make people aware of child rights and other issues related to children has been launched in the district by Childline. As a part of it, District Welfare Officer, Jayanthi, has launched the special campaign vehicle here on Wednesday. She said that children who are subjected to physical, sexual and psychological […]

Hyderabad: The Covid pandemic is yet to completely free the education sector from its clutches, with the situation prompting the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education to consider the Union government’s suggestion to curtail the syllabus this year as well. If the proposal is approved by the State government, Intermediate students will be taught only […]

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 […]