Telangana

Adilabad: Collector Sikta Patnaik urged the people living in low-lying areas to be alert in view of heavy rains forecast by Indian Meteorological Department on Tuesday and Wednesday. Sikta instructed officials concerned to be cautious and to take steps for shifting people residing in low-lying areas to safer places. She requested public representatives to ensure […]

Siddipet: With IMD’s forecast of heavy rains across Telangana for the next couple of days, District Collector P Venkatrami Reddy set up a control room at the Integrated Collectorate office to reach out to the people in emergency need. The Collector asked the poeple to call 08457-230000 if they need any help. He instructed the […]

Hyderabad: Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister E Dayakar Rao said since 2019-20 financial year, the State government was releasing matching funds to local bodies which was not being done any other State in the country. Stating that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had taken this decision in 2019-20 financial year, the Minister said these […]

Hyderabad: The customs officials on Monday booked a case against a person for smuggling gold from Riyadh to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Shamshabad via Kuwait. The passenger, who arrived by a Jazeera flight from Riyadh, concealed the gold worth Rs.34.24 lakh in cookies and chocolate boxes. The passenger’s suspicious movements roused the suspicion […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday said the State government will pay the interest component on farm loans, and ryots who had taken Rs one lakh loan, need not worry about interest since the government will take care of it. Stating that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had already issued instructions to bankers […]

Hyderabad: The State government took up construction of 25 Integrated District Collectorate Complexes in the Sate at a cost of over Rs 1,365 crore, Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy here on Monday. “We are spending over Rs 50 crore to Rs 70 crore for construction of each complex in over 20 acres to […]

Hyderabad: The initiatives of the State government in tiger conservation are yielding desired results. As per the All India Tiger Estimation 2018, there are 26 tigers in the State and with the fifth round of All India Tiger Estimation 2021-22 already in progress, there are expectations that the tiger population will increase further in the […]

Hyderabad: The State Government has declared holidays for three days on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for Assembly and Council in the wake of heavy rains in the State, sources said. The Assembly and the Council are currently in session, but the holiday was declared in view of the heavy rains battering the State. The Government […]

Hyderabad: Heavy rains lashed several districts on Monday and very heavy rainfall (ranging from 115.6 to 164.4 mm) was recorded in Rajanna Sircilla district. While, heavy rainfall (64.5mm to 115 mm) was recorded in Adilabad, Mahabubabad, Khammam and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts, moderate rainfall (15.6 mm to 64.4 mm) was recorded in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Narayanpet, […]

Kothagudem: Police arrested three persons and seized ganja worth about Rs 1.25 crore at Brindavanam under the limits of Chunchupalli police station in Kothagudem on Monday. Inspector of Police D Guruswamy told media persons that the seized ganja weighs about 626 kg and was concealed among coconut saplings in a truck. The substance was seized […]

Hyderabad: TSSPDCL CMD G Raghuma Reddy on Monday said a control room was set up at the SCADA office to monitor the power situation in the wake of heavy rainfall predicted due to the impact of cyclone ‘Gulab’. Three Chief Engineers, who will be in the control room, will coordinate with other officials at the […]

Nalgonda: Police arrested five persons and seized 120 kgs of ganja from their possession during vehicle check at Kattangur on National Highway 65 on Monday. Sumithra Sarkar, Sujith Biswal and Amal Poddar, natives of Odisha, who were travelling by bus, were arrested in the first case while they were trying to smuggle 20 kgs of […]

Siddipet: Braving heavy rain, Finance Minister T Harish Rao participated in several programmes in Gajwel on Monday. The Minister, who arrived at Gajwel to participate in the 106th birth anniversary celebrations of Konda Lakhshan Bapuji, laid the foundation for a community hall that will be constructed at a cost of Rs 50 lakhs in Gajwel […]

Hyderabad: All government offices and educational institutions in Telangana State would be closed on Tuesday following the forecast of heavy rains in the next 48 hours. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, after holding a stock taking meeting with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, said emergency departments like Revenue, Police, Fire Services, Municipal, Panchayati Raj, Irrigation, Roads […]

Hyderabad: Women and Child Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod said that from next year, Urdu medium would be introduced in Anganwadi Centres across the State. At present, there are 412 Anganwadi teachers teaching Urdu, the Minister said in the Legislative Council, adding: “We are teaching in Urdu in Muslim areas and in local languages like Lambada […]

Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said there would be clarity on paddy procurement by the Central government in 10 days. He urged the Centre to procure paddy from Telangana State in the same manner it was procuring from Punjab. After Punjab, paddy is widely cultivated in Telangan State, which is now the second largest […]

Hyderabad: Keeping in view of the heavy rain alert issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the Rangareddy district collector has declared a holiday for all schools in the district on Tuesday. The district educational officer issued instructions to headmasters of all schools under all managements in the district regarding the same. The same instruction […]

Sangareddy: Erstwhile Medak district received heavy rains throughout Monday under the influence of cyclone Gulab. With the district receiving continuous rains since Sunday, major water bodies such as Singur, Shanigaram, Edupayala and Pocharam Dam were overflowing. Singur recorded inflows of 40,000 cusecs from upstream Manjeera, forcing irrigation authorities to release equal amount of water downstream […]

Hyderabad: All the semester examinations to be conducted for various degree and engineering courses by Osmania University (OU) on September 28 and September 29 have been postponed due to heavy rains. The revised time table for the examinations for the third and fourth semester will be posted on the OU website shortly.  The exams to be conducted […]

Hyderabad: The Physical Efficiency Test of Telangana State Physical Education Common Entrance Test-2021 (TSPECET-2021), for admission in B.Ed and D.PEd courses in Telangana, which was scheduled to be held on Thursday, September 30 has been postponed and will now be conducted on Saturday, October 23, according to Chairman, TSPECET 2021, Prof. Ch Gopal Reddy here […]

Sangareddy: A fruit vendor died when his two-wheeler rammed into a van at Pasalwadi village under Sangareddy Rural Police station limits on Monday. The victim was identified as Mohammad Hussain, a native of Tumukunta village of Zaheerabad Mandal. Hussain, who sells various fruits in Rehmat Nagar area of Hyderabad, was on his way to Dhannaram […]

Mancherial: Several parts of Mancherial and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts registered light to moderate rains on Monday. Thandur, Nennal, Vemanapalli, Nennal, Mancherial, Chennur and Kotapalli mandals recorded somewhere between 16 mm and 60 mm of rainfall. Dandepalli, Bheemini, Kaspet, Mandamarri, Jannaram, Hajipur and other mandals saw below 15 mm of rainfall. The average rainfall of […]

Hyderabad: The festival season is here and it is time to plan your visit to the bank accordingly. A message doing rounds on social media says banks will be closed for 21 days in October which is not correct, bank officials clarified. “In Telangana, there are ten closed holidays for banks in October. These include […]

Mancherial: Dr M Neha, a young MBBS graduate and the only daughter of ENT surgeon Dr Phani Kumar and gynecologist Dr Jayalalitha of Mancherial, died of a heart attack in Goa on Sunday morning. Her body was brought to Mancherial town on Sunday evening and final rites were performed on Monday. According to the family, […]