Telangana

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has made it clear that government would not take back Rs 10 lakh amount deposited in the bank accounts of beneficiaries under Dalit Bandhu scheme. Once deposited, there was no question of taking the amount back by the government. The amount would be utilized to provide employment opportunities to […]

Kothagudem: Differently-abled persons’ associations in Kothagudem district have opposed the proposed shifting of the District Welfare Office to old Kothagudem. The leaders of Telangana Vibhinna Pratibhavantula Sangham (TVPS) met District Collector D Anudeep on Monday and submitted a memorandum asking him to immediately withdraw the proposal to relocate the office to old Kothagudem. The TVPS […]

Medak: Two youths died in a road accident at Ramanathapur village of Masaimpet Mandal in Medak district on Monday morning when a tractor hit their two-wheeler. Death was instant for both of them. The victims were Rajendar (28) and Bandela Ravindar (27) of Kamareddy district. They were heading to Hyderabad on a two-wheeler. The Masaipet […]

Hyderabad: In order to encourage a culture of thinking and innovation among school students, the Telangana government announced the unveiling of the Telangana School Innovation Challenge 2021. Jointly organised by Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC), UNICEF India, YuWaah and Inqui-lab Foundation, the challenge intends to provide a platform to students from 6th to 10th grade […]

Hyderabad: The hasty and thoughtless acts of TPCC president A Revanth Reddy seem to continue to cause unnecessary headache for the Congress high command. The latest being his ‘White Challenge’ to IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao, with the latter agreeing to it and suggesting that AICC former president Rahul Gandhi too should undergo […]

Hyderabad: Nizamabad Rural MLA Bajireddy Goverdhan took charge as the new Chairman of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation at Bus Bhavan here on Monday. MLC K. Kavitha, R&B Minister V Prashanth Reddy, MP Suresh Reddy, PUC Chairman Jeevan Reddy and other elected public representatives participated in the programme. Addressing on the occasion, MLC K Kavitha […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday filed a defamation suit in the Hyderabad City Civil Court against TPCC president and MP A Revanth Reddy for spreading lies with political malice. He also sought grant of perpetual injunction against Revanth Reddy here on Monday. The suit is a result of […]

Adilabad: The immersion of Lord Ganesh idols went off peacefully in Adilabad, Mancherial, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad and Nirmal districts on Sunday evening. The devotees from all walks of life performed special prayers to the god of wisdom, who eliminates obstacles, and bid adieu to Lord Ganesh on the culmination day of nine-day festival. The pandal […]

Karimnagar: Ganesh immersion was held on a colourful note in the erstwhile Karimnagar district on Sunday. A grand farewell was given to the Lord Ganesha across the district. Devotees, who stayed away from Ganesh celebrations last year due to Covid pandemic, participated in the celebrations in a big way. Amid dancing to drum beats, devotees […]

Mancherial: An observation of Mancherial railway police has revealed that the railway track between Sirpur (T) in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district and Peddampet in Peddapalli district has reported 102 deaths of which 61 are suicides, from January 1 to August 31. While bodies of 93 victims were identified, identities of nine persons are still not […]

Warangal: The sudden downpour on Sunday evening during the valedictory ceremony of the 60th National Open Athletics Championships (NOAC) -2021, failed to deter the enthusiasm of the participants of the event, thanks to the State government for making all arrangements. Ministers Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Satyavathi Rathod, Government Chief Whip and Organising Committee chairman of the […]

Hyderabad: With vast stretches of endowments lands lying unused in the State, the department has decided to put them to good use and generate revenue for the State exchequer either by constructing shopping complexes on such lands or leasing them out to oil companies to set up fuel stations. In fact, the department has already […]

Hyderabad: The Opposition parties comprising Congress, Left and others in the State, have decided to launch a series of agitation programmes and ‘fight against the anti-farmer’s policies of the Central and State governments.’ They will participate in the nation-wide agitation programmes including the Bharath Bandh call given by the Opposition parties and the farmers unions […]

Sangareddy: A farmer, who climbed a tree while chasing a group of langurs from his field, fell off the tree when honey bees attacked him at Haddanur village in Nyalkal Mandal on Sunday. The victim was identified as Gummadi Venkat Reddy, a tenant farmer. According to locals, Venkat Reddy, his wife Vittamma and son Shekar […]

Nalgonda: Bidding adieu to Lord Ganesh, Ganesh idols immersion process was taken out in Nalgonda, Suryapet, Bhongir and other towns in erstwhile Nalgonda district amid chants of Ganapathi Bappa Morya by the devotees. The Ganesh idols immersion procession was concluded peacefully in the district. Energy Minister G jagdish Reddy flagged off the immersion procession of […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A teenager accidentally drowned in a waterfall when he went on a picnic with his six friends, on the outskirts of Chintalamadara village in Tiryani mandal on Sunday. His body is yet to be fished out. Tiryani Sub-Inspector P Rama Rao said that the deceased was identified as Daya Amith Prathap Chowdary […]

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 173 new Covid infections and one fatality on Sunday taking the cumulative number of deaths to 3,904 and the total number of positive cases to 6,63,454. The number of active cases in Telangana, as on Sunday, was 5,005. The authorities today conducted 35,160 Covid tests of which results of 633 samples were […]

Warangal: Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao has laid foundation for development works including the CC Roads and construction of the double bedroom houses (2HBK) besides inaugurating the Gram Panchayat and Rythu Vedika buildings at several villages in the erstwhile Warangal district during a whirlwind tour on Sunday. While he had laid foundation for CC […]

Khammam: Two persons died in separate incidents in erstwhile Khammam district on Sunday. In an incident at VM Banjar, a married woman V Vanaja (28) allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence. In another incident, a 45-year-old man K Gangaraju accidentally fell in a tank and drowned at Kannaigudem in Aswaraopet mandal in […]

Warangal: Marking the conclusion of the Ganesh Navratri celebrations in the city, the immersion procession of Ganesh idols was taken out in a grand manner. Mayor Gundu Sudharani has formally launched the immersion procession on Sunday evening and immersed a small idol of Lord Ganesh at Chinna Waddepally tank in the 13th division of the […]

Khammam: The Telangana government gives equal importance to all religious faiths and wants people in the State to celebrate all festivals in a grand manner, said Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The Minister along with Mayor P Neeraja, SUDA Chairman B Vijay Kumar, District Collector VP Gautam and Commissioner of Police Vishnu S Warrier flagged […]

Nalgonda: The prevailing conditions of COVID-19 pandemic have not shown impact on auction of laddus at Ganesh pandals in erstwhile Nalgonda district as devotees competed to get Ganesh laddus by participating in the auction. The laddu of No.1 Ganesh pandal at Nalgonda was auctioned for Rs 6 lakhs, higher than last auction. A government employee […]

Jagtial: Jagtial Municipal Chairperson Boga Sravani accidentally fell into waters while immersing Ganesh idol in a tank on Sunday. The alert staff rescued her and brought her back to safety. The Municipal chairperson along with others went to Chinthakunta tank located on the outskirts of Jagtial town on Sunday afternoon to immerse Ganesh idol. Besides […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar on Sunday said farmers have to take the cultivation of crops other than paddy in the wake of the Union government’s decision not to procure common variety of paddy. The Minister was speaking at a meeting with farmers of Tahirkondapur of Karimnagar Rural mandal. Attributing the […]