The State Government is preparing an action plan to procure over 77 lakh tonnes of paddy to be produced this rabi (yasangi) season, procurement of which is likely to begin from April 1. A Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting on the paddy procurement during the rabi season was conducted here on Monday by Ministers S. Niranjan Reddy … Read more
The Government of Telangana has decided to designate a hospital exclusively to treat COVID-19 patients. Currently, the 24-year-old techie from Hyderabad who has tested positive for the dreaded virus is admitted in an ICU located in Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad. Sources stressed that there is an urgent need to shift the ICU facility from the … Read more
The stage is all set for the commencement of intermediate examinations from Wednesday. Over 9.65 lakh students, including 4.83 lakh girls, are expected to appear for the examination that would be held till March 18. The examinations would be held in 1,339 centres, including 543 government institutions, manned by equal number of chief superintendents, while … Read more
Hyderabad-based designer Ganesh Nallari will be showcasing his exclusive collection ‘Madhyamaka’ at the Bangalore Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020. Speaking about the label, Ganesh says, “The state of centrism (madhyamaka), free from all extremes brings together the creation as one. So I have let colours convey a sense of confidence with ease, a personalised self-expression of … Read more
Working president of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) K.T. Rama Rao has stated that the Rythu Samanvaya Samithis would be renamed as Rythu Bandhu Samithis soon. Speaking to the newly-elected chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of District Cooperative Central Banks (DCCBs) and District Cooperative Marketing Societies (DCMSs) at Telangana Bhavan party headquarters here on Monday, he reiterated that … Read more
Forests in Telangana have recorded a drastic fall in forest fire incidences in the first two months of this year thanks to better planning and management. While this is so, the Forest Department does not want to claim that rampant forest fires are a thing of the past. The reduction in the number, compared to … Read more
A 37-year-old cab driver, Polagoni Narender from BN Reddy Nagar, ended life by jumping from LB Nagar flyover in the wee hours of Monday. He was rushed to a private hospital where he succumbed, according to the LB Nagar police. Roshni — suicide prevention helpline: +914066202000. You have reached your limit for free articles this … Read more
The Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM) national convener Jiten Chowdhury charged the BJP-led Central government with infringing on the hard won rights of tribal communities by attempting to dilute the landmark Forest Rights Act (FRA) enacted in 2006. Mr Chowdhury was addressing a public meeting held here on Monday evening to mark the beginning of … Read more
Women for Women (WoW) cab services will roll out its first set of four cars in the city on March 8. YoDee (Yosha Deedithi Foundation), which conceived WoW, is supported by Telangana government, Department of Women Development and Child Welfare, TSRTC, Transport department, police and several other institutions and NGOs. Minister for Women and Child … Read more
Singareni Thermal Power Plant (STPP) at Pegadapalli in Mancherial district has achieved 100% plant load factor (PLF) one more time by notching up 100.18% PLF in February. According to the STPP officials, the plant has generated 836.7 million units of energy in February and after the captive needs 791.79 MU was supplied to the grid. … Read more
Telangana High Court on Monday directed the State government to file counter affidavit in a PIL petition that had challenged a provision of new Telangana Municipalities Act empowering government to demolish illegally built structures without prior notice. Hearing contentions of the petitioner, a division bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A. Abhishek … Read more
BJP city president and MLC N. Ramchander Rao on Monday demanded that the State government to come clean on the number of two-bedroom houses constructed in the twin cities and explain how many have been handed over and how many more are proposed to be constructed over the next few years. “Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar … Read more
Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav observed that the Annapurna scheme of the Telangana government has grown from eight centres in 2014 to 150 centres now, and is serving 30,000 to 35,000 hungry persons in the city at ₹5 per plate of meals. He spoke at the six-year celebration of the scheme organised at Ameerpet here on … Read more
Notwithstanding the recent spate of drunk driving accidents in the city, several liquor shops continue to cater to customers from permit rooms. The stretch of road from Santoshnagar crossroads to Gurramguda on one side and Sagar Ring Road to Uppal bisecting the former have become notorious. There are at least 10 liquor shops and quite … Read more
Works for the cable-stayed bridge on Durgam Cheruvu have reached the final stage. Engineers of L&T, the contracting agency, apprised Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) K.T. Rama Rao about the progress of the structure during a surprise inspection on Monday. Interacting with officials and engineers, the Minister asked the agency to take … Read more
The need for stringent measures to curb drunk driving has come into sharp focus following the death of three youngsters in Karmanghat 10 days ago. Despite routine drunk driving checks by the traffic police of Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda Commissionerates, instances of tipplers involved in accidents are reported every other day in the State capital. … Read more
Singareni Thermal Power Plant (STPP) at Pegadapalli in Mancherial district has achieved 100% plant load factor (PLF) one more time by notching up 100.18% PLF in February. According to the STPP officials, the plant has generated 836.7 million units of energy in February and after the captive needs 791.79 MU was supplied to the grid. … Read more
The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the State was reported from Hyderabad on Monday where a man, who recently returned from Dubai, tested postive for coronavirus. The 24-year-old patient who works for a software company in Bengaluru landed there on February 20 from Dubai, worked there for a day and reached Hyderabad by bus … Read more
SCR has announced the cancellation of several MMTS trains from March 3-7 and on March 11 due to quadrupling of track between Moula Ali-Ghatkesar stations as part of the phase two works. The affected services are: 47180 Lingampalli-Falaknuma, 47178 Lingampalli-Falaknuma, 47157 Falaknuma-Lingampalli, 47175 Lingampalli-Falaknuma, 47155 Falaknuma-Lingampalli, 47133 Lingampalli-Hyderabad, 47112 Hyderabad-Lingampalli, 47107 Hyderabad-Lingampalli, 47183 Lingampalli-Falaknuma, 47132 … Read more
A software engineer, his wife, and their two sons, including a toddler were found dead at their residence in Hastinapuram, an eastern suburb of the city on Monday morning. LB Nagar police of Rachakonda Commissionerate said the couple allegedly administered poison to their five-year-old and one-and-half year sons, before taking the extreme step. Debt-driven death … Read more
Telangana State Legislative Council Chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy on Sunday demanded the BJP government at the Centre to take up delimitation exercise in Telangana, besides Jammu and Kashmir. The senior leader, speaking to reporters at his camp office here, said the Central government, as per the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, which bifurcated Telangana and AP., … Read more
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday described the violence in Delhi as ‘pogrom’ and ‘genocide’ and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had remained silent on the issue. Mr. Owaisi was speaking on the occasion of the party’s 62nd Foundation Day in Darussalaam headquarters. “The Delhi violence is a pogrom, a genocide. … Read more
The State budget for the year 2020-21 may include allocation for establishment of an airport in Adilabad, and perhaps Kothagudem, if the timing of information sought by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) is anything to go by. The latter has asked the Adilabad district administration to furnish details of an over-five-year-old survey which had identified … Read more
The South Central Railway (SCR) has introduced QR (Quick Response) code ticketing. The QR codes for all the stations have been created and supplied for display at the railway stations. This utility facilitates passengers to book tickets through Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) on mobile app within the station premises and also from the areas within … Read more
The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) has seen a tremendous growth in terms of applications over the past few years. This year, 15,168 applications have been received. EFLU Vice-Chancellor E. Suresh Kumar said that in 2016-17, the number of applications for admission into various undergraduate, postgraduate, teacher education courses and doctoral programmes stood at … Read more