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Hyderabad: Apart from ensuring water to the wildlife during summer season, Forest department officials face another task of curbing poaching near watering holes. During summer season, wild animals quench their thirst at these watering holes. Taking undue advantage of the situation, poachers set up snares, traps, nets, electric wires around the watering holes in forest […]
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Kothagudem: An agriculture extension officer (AEO) was trapped by ACB sleuths at Papakollu in Julurpad mandal in the district on Wednesday. The accused, Bezawada Manikanta was said to have demanded Rs 30, 000 as bribe to process a file related to Rs 5 lakh Rythu Bima of a deceased female farmer Banoth Chukkali of Annarupadu […]
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Khammam: The State government has extended life tax exemption to physically challenged persons with left leg disability, informed Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. He said the Transport Department has given life tax exemption to all motor vehicles with automatic transmission (non-transport vehicles) driven by PwDs with left leg disability at the instructions of Chief Minister […]
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Hyderabad: Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod on Wednesday accused the BJP of resorting to opportunistic politics on the 10 per cent increase in reservations for STs in the State. “If the reservations issue was within the purview of the State, why is the Centre then failing to announce it officially?” she asked, referring to a […]
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Hyderabad: The new financial year has arrived. While one has time for tax related planning, it will be prudent to develop a habit of keeping a tab on the income and the spending. The Income Tax department last year introduced an Annual Information Statement (AIS) that captures various transactions. Currently, Form 26AS displays TDS/TCS transactions […]
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Karimnagar: Additional DGP (Road Safety), Sandeep Shandilya opined that it was possible to control road accidents through continuous safety measures. They managed to reduce 500 road accidents during the last one year period by taking various safety measures. The Addl DGP organized a meeting with the police officials of Karimnagar and Ramagundam police commissionerates, Rajanna-Sircilla, […]
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Hyderabad: Prohibition and Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud on Wednesday called upon the Goud community to teach a fitting lesson to politicians making derogatory remarks against toddy tappers. Neera and toddy, which have medicinal values to treat 15 types of diseases, was banned in the city in undivided Andhra Pradesh, he said, after reviewing the […]
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Hyderabad: The Vikarabad police have arrested one person allegedly involved in the rape and murder of a girl at Angadichittempally village in Chengomul police station limits on Sunday night. The arrested person, C Mahender (20), a resident of Angadichittempally village, stayed near the victim’s house and befriended her on the pretext of marriage. Believing him, […]
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In a statement here on Wednesday Kothagudem DSP Venkateshwara Babu informed that the accused, Burugu Mutyalu and Chintala alias Matta Krishna were taken into custody on Tuesday and during investigation they confessed to their crime.
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Hyderabad: The State Council of Educational Research and Training, a wing of the School Education department, on Wednesday released a timetable for the Summative Assessment (SA) II exams for Classes I to IX which will be held from April 7 to 16. The exams for Classes I to V will be conducted from 9.30 am […]
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Warangal: Much to the surprise and joy of the chilli farmers, the Desi variety chilli has created history by fetching Rs 52,000 per quintal on Tuesday at the Enumamula agriculture market here. The same variety of chilli got a record price of Rs 48,000 per quintal on March 22, while the same variety was sold […]
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Hyderabad: TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao found fault with Congress former president Rahul Gandhi over the latter’s remarks on the ongoing paddy procurement issue, terming that he was clearly misinformed and misguided on ground realities. Rahul Gandhi criticised both the TRS and BJP governments for politicising the issue. In a series of […]
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Hyderabad: An overall look at the Group III cadre posts may help aspirants draw a clear plan of action according to desired post The Government of Telangana has announced a total of 1,373 posts in the Group III cadre. The posts under the Group III cadre are: 1. Senior Accountant (Government Life Insurance Sub-Service) 2. […]
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Hyderabad: After initiating the process to allot 16 percent of contracts related to sanitation, security and diet at government hospitals to entrepreneurs from the SC community, the State government is in the process of devising a mechanism to introduce a similar initiative for medical shops that are located within the campus of all government hospitals. […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad IT sector that was earlier confined to just the Western corridor is expanding to other areas. From a dedicated IT Tower at Kompally to Genpact and Ramky Estates announcing development of 14 acres of land in Uppal, the northern and eastern corridors are seeing the much-needed growth in Hyderabad. All of this is […]
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Hyderabad: To ensure smooth implementation of works related to Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP) in Hyderabad, the municipal officials are focusing on rehabilitating poor families while removing the encroachments so that the drains can be widened. On Tuesday, Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav, while reviewing the works related to SNDP along with Home Minister, […]
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Hyderabad: Central Government has recognised and approved Telangana Government’s efforts in legacy waste dumpsite remediation of 32.5 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste and reclaiming over 842 acres across the State for its optimum utilisation. Under this initiative, the State Government is executing the project with Rs.178.6 crore. Of this, Centre’s share is about Rs.69.09 […]
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Hyderabad: The union government’s stubborn attitude in refusing to procure the Yasangi paddy harvest from Telangana can only mean two things – that it stands completely exposed in understanding the global market needs or it is guilty of wilful rejection of the State’s genuine pleas. There has been a growing demand for broken rice in […]
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Hyderabad: The State Government may use funds for such repairs, available under various other provisions. This was shared by union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyothi in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. TRS MPs Kavitha Malothu, Venkatesh Netha, Ranjith Reddy and P Dayakar asked whether Central Government was extending any financial or other […]
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Hyderabad: Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday made it clear that the Centre would not intervene and oppose if the State government brought an order to increase reservations for STs. Interacting with mediapersons here, he said the States have the right to increase reservations and the State governments in Manipur and Mizoram are […]
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Hyderabad: Fertiliser consumption in Telangana has come down considerably between 2015-16 and 2020-21, with usage of urea reducing from 256.13 kg per hectare in 2015-16 to 193.48 kg per hectare in 2020-21. However, overall consumption of fertilisers has increased with usage of urea from 12.53 lakh tonnes in 2015-16 to 17.53 lakh tonnes in 2020-21, […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help Indian students who returned from Ukraine to complete their education by enabling them to join medical colleges here in equivalent semesters in relaxation of regulations in vogue, as a special case. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Rao pointed […]
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Sangareddy: The National Highway-161-B that connects Narayankhed-Nizampet and Bidar towns will get a facelift as the union Ministry of Road Transportation and Highways has granted Rs 512.98 crore for laying a 46-KM double-lane road to connect these two towns located on two sides of Karnataka and Telangana border. In a press statement on Tuesday, Finance […]
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Hyderabad: The total deposits in banks in Telangana touched Rs 6.03 lakh crore as of December 31, 2021. The advances grew by Rs 25,889 crores (or about 3.81 per cent) during the December quarter to touch Rs 7.06 lakh crore. The credit-deposit ration increased from 110.1 per cent to 117 per cent as of December […]