Telangana

Khammam: An age-old practice of direct seeded rice (DSR) cultivation, which was relinquished by farmers in the past, has been gaining traction again in the district. Thanks to the efforts being made by the State government in promoting the practice, more farmers in Khammam district are adopting the cultivation practice that offers multiple benefits. The […]

Suryapet: Annoyed over spurning of his amorous advances, a youngster attacked a woman in Rajiv Nagar colony in Nereducherla mandal on Thursday. The youth identified as Bala Saidulu (24) was reportedly harassing the young woman in the name of love and she was resisting his advances, police said. Saidulu got enraged when the woman’s marriage […]

Sangareddy: Sarvodya Grama Seva Foundation (SGSF) has offered Rs 4,000 scholarship to young mountaineer Bhukya Yaswanth (16), who recently conquered Mt Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain on the African continent. SGSF, which also funded a part of Yaswanth’ss expenses of his Mt Kilimanjaro expedition, has come forward to extend Rs 4,000 scholarship per month until he […]

Warangal: The 107th birth anniversary of poet and freedom fighter Kaloji Narayana Rao has been celebrated across the erstwhile Warangal district on Thursday. People’s representatives, officials and others paid rich tributes to Kaloji who was also a prominent advocate of the separate State for Telangana. Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Government Chief Whip Dasyam […]

Warangal: Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao has asked the department officials to immediately assess the roads damaged due to heavy rains across the state and submit an estimate to him within two to three days. He also directed the officials to take up road repairs on a fast track. At a review meeting here […]

Nestled in dense forests on the outskirts of Medaram village in Mandamarri mandal, the seasonal nature wonder is beckoning nature aficionados and picnickers of not only Mandamarri town

Hyderabad: An inter-State highway at Kandukurthi Triveeni Sangamam in Nizamabad district was submerged completely due to heavy rain water from the Godavari River. Though rains in the district receded for the few days, the inflows from the river continued submerging the highway. The police officials are not allowing motorists to travel on the highway because […]

Kothagudem: The water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district has reached 43 feet on Thursday and officials have issued the first warning. The water level crossed the first warning level of 43 feet at 3.35 am and at 6 am the gauge reading was 43.90 feet, informed the officials adding that the […]

Sangareddy: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay said that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao went on Delhi tour as he got information on the defection of TRS MLAs into BJP from the State intelligence department. Alleging that Chandrashekar Rao was moving from pillar to post in New Delhi seeking the appointments […]

Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy emphasised the need to bring radical changes in farming and asked farmers to focus on cultivating all types of crops, instead of paddy alone. He instructed the officials to expedite the crop enumeration which was started on August 15 and conduct field visits to complete it within next 10 […]

Warangal: Enlightening the students on various applications of Embedded Systems in industry and Vivado development tool for measuring the delay between nodes (Routers) in a network, Xilinks Validation Engineer Shaik Zubair Ahmed said they were many opportunities in the ‘embedded field’ as Embedded Hardware Engineers, Board Designer, Validation Engineer, Application Engineer, Product Development Engineer, and […]

Sangareddy: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize, for work that has improved food security across 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The award was given away at the Africa Forum for Green Revolution (AGRF)-2021 Summit that is underway in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr Jacqueline d’Arros […]

Hyderabad: The photographs in the inspection reports submitted by the Krishna River Management Board and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) clearly indicate that Andhra Pradesh was committing violations with respect to the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS). This was brought to the notice of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by the advocate […]

Inflows to major irrigation projects were also decreasing gradually, say officials

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said Telangana is now exporting fish to other States and countries. The State was importing fish from other parts of the country until Telangana was formed seven years ago, he added. Speaking after releasing the fishlings into Ranganayaka Sagar located at Chandlapur here on Wednesday, Harish Rao said that […]

Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao urged the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (PSCIT) to recommend to the Centre to allot a project similar to ITIR to Telangana or provide an additional incentive for the youngest State to take the IT sector to new heights. KTR urged the committee to highlight the […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao conveyed his greetings to people of Telangana State on celebrating the Telangana Language Day marking the birth anniversary of people’s poet and Padma Vibhushan awardee Kaloji Narayana Rao. The Chief Minister said Kaloji’s emphasis on “everybody to speak and write in one’s own mothertongue”, was an inspiration and gave […]

Rajanna Sircilla: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao toured flood-affected areas in Sircilla town on Wednesday. Due to torrential rains since Monday evening, most low-lying areas in Sircilla town, which recorded 15 cm rainfall after 30 years, were inundated. Life came to a standstill in Venkampeta, Pragathinagar, Shivanagar, Ashoknagar, Old Bus Stand, […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will lay the foundation stone for the proposed government nursing colleges at Wanaparthy and Nagarkurnool soon. Similarly, IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao will lay the foundation stone for the nursing college at Gadwal, announced Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy. He wanted the officials to make all arrangements […]

Kothagudem: District Collector D Anudeep asked horticulture officials and scientists to motivate farmers to follow modern farming techniques for getting better yield and profits. He said farmers should be educated about the cultivation of commercial crops like oil palm as there was good demand for palm oil in the market. The Telangana government has been […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said that a Rs 6 lakh insurance facility would be provided to fishermen on par with Rythu Bima. Mobile fish outlets would also be sanctioned to all mandals in the coming days. Speaking at a Mudiraj community meeting held in Veenavanka on Wednesday, Harish Rao said that previous governments […]

Hyderabad: The number of students turning up for regular classes in schools in Telangana is improving each passing day. This is evident from the daily attendance being recorded in different schools. A total of 35.83 per cent out of 53,34,630 students attended regular classes in 36,869 schools under different managements on Wednesday as against 31.12 […]

Warangal: The English Language Teachers’ Association(ELTA), is now focusing on imparting the HOT topics (Higher Order Thinking) which include Artificial Intelligence (AI), IoT, Machine learning (MI), and Robotics providing an opportunity for the young learners to explore their favourite areas of interest. On the other hand, it is also running a Radio Podcast service for […]

Mancherial: A notorious inter-State thief from Chhattisgarh was arrested for allegedly involving house burglaries in the coal belt region of Mancherial district, in Ramakrishnapur on Wednesday. A total of 45 grams of gold was recovered from him. The accused was Suraj Sriram Shetti (29), an auto-rickshaw driver from Balikunta in Jagdalpur city of Chhattisgarh. Sriram […]