Did you know that the national flag hoisted at Necklace Road, one of the five biggest flags in the country, was installed in violation of the Flag Code of India? The national flag at Secunderabad, Nampally and Kacheguda railway stations, and M J Market are also installed in violation of the code.
Telugu lyricist Chembolu Seetharama Sastry, popularly known as Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, passed away on Tuesday. He was 66. He was a recipient of Padma Shri award in 2019.
In a huge relief to the state, the Telangana high court on Tuesday upheld the ban imposed by the state food safety commissioner on the sale of gutka, khaini, pan masala and other chewable tobacco products while dismissing 160 petitions filed by gutka traders challenging it.
Telangana recorded 196 cases on Tuesday and two Covid-19 deaths.
Authorities in Telangana said they are on high alert after 212 students got affected by the novel coronavirus in a month, with 42 cases reported from a residential school on Monday.
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has threatened to hire 1,000 trucks and dump the entire paddy produced in the state at India Gate in Delhi if the central government doesn’t procure it.
The state has decided not to set up paddy procurement centres (PPCs) in forthcoming rabi (yasangi) season. However, the government will continue to provide Rythu Bandhu and other benefits.
While the state has 83 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine on hand, 25 lakh people are due for the second dose. Concerned about their reluctance to take the dose immediately, the health department set up call centres in some districts to approach them and tell them about the importance of getting the jab.
Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday asked his party MPs to vociferously demand in the winter session of Parliament starting on Monday that the central government come out with a comprehensive and uniform food grain procurement policy for the country.
Two workers who were cleaning a septic tank at an apartment in Kondapur died after inhaling poisonous gas on Sunday. The were not wearing any protective gear, police said.
Telangana recorded 135 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Sunday.
Telangana is among top six states in the country with more than Rs 80,000 crore self-generated income from taxes and other local sources, according to the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat are the other states with income over Rs 80,000 crore.
With the impending need to reduce area under paddy cultivation, for many farmers the switch is a question of necessity rather than choice. Majority of farmers are concerned about challenges of water management.
Telangana recorded 160 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Saturday. The number of active cases in the state stands at 3,545. The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,75,479 and the death toll stands at 3,988.
Property tax from Ward no-VI (New Bowenpally) is the highest among all wards falling under the Secunderabad Cantonment Board, with Rs 25 crore being collected per annum. While residents of the ward remain dutiful citizens, they lag behind in basic amenities.
A socialite, known for throwing kitty parties for women who belong to rich families, was arrested for allegedly duping several persons on the pretext of business opportunities. The woman would collect crores while offering high returns on ‘investments’.
After the Centre made it clear that it would not procure parboiled rice in the forthcoming rabi season, the Telangana government has asked farmers not to cultivate paddy in the rabi season.
Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay alleged that chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao did not seek the appointment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent visit to Delhi and tried to malign the BJP in the name of self-respect.
Four persons, including three brothers, died on Friday morning when the car they were travelling in hit a tree on the national highway at Manakondur on the outskirts of Karimnagar town. A relative of the brothers, who suffered serious injuries in the accident, is critical.
Justice T Vinod Kumar of the Telangana high court on Friday stayed the ongoing land acquisition process for adding additional facilities to the Kaleshwaram project to draw 1 more tmc water per day in addition to the current 2 tmc per day capacity.
Dispelling the popular myth that climate change will spell doom only for small and marginal farmers, a study has found that even the large farmers in Telangana may not be spared from its fallouts.
Much to the chagrin of Telangana government, the Centre has turned down its three major demands on paddy procurement on Friday.
With six TRS MLC candidates getting elected unanimously, including CM’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha from Nizamabad local authority constituency, polling for the other six MLC seats from Karimnagar, Medak, Adilabad, Khammam and Nalgonda local authorities constituencies will now be held on December 10.
The NGT-appointed joint committee has awarded Rs 3.7 crore compensation to a Kadapa resident and eight others to be paid by Telangana irrigation department for dumping debris of Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) in various locations and displacing the local people.
A businessman ended his life in Suryapet district on Tuesday after being allegedly harassed by a financier to return money he had borrowed for online investments. Police said that were probing if the online losses were linked to crypto currency investments. The businessman earlier ran schools which had suffered losses following the pandemic.
Airbus, Spain, will procure two advanced radar systems -- Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) and Missile Approach Warning Systems (MAWS) -- developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which would be incorporated into the 56 Airbus C295 aircraft ordered by the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Political leaders and senior officials in Andhra Pradesh are alert after Telangana assembly speaker Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy tested positive for Covid. Srinivasa Reddy met several politicians and senior officials at the wedding ceremony of his granddaughter in Hyderabad on November 21.
Dozens of Independent candidates, who filed their nomination in the MLC elections, have submitted either forged signatures of proposers or furnish the proposers’ names, the election authorities said.
Stating that it is unfair to deny woman deputy superintendents of jails an opportunity to become superintendent, the Telangana high court on Wednesday struck down a rule in the Telangana Jail Service Rules, which is discriminating against woman officers.
Majority of Muslim women from the city abandoned by their husbands to escape the consequences of triple talaq either have meagre income or beg to survive.
Two road accidents, one at Keesara and another in Vanasthalipuram, resulted in the deaths of five persons, including four students, on Wednesday.
While the ruling TRS team led by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has returned from Delhi, the political wrangling over paddy procurement problem is likely to continue for the next couple of weeks in the national capital.
Several BJP corporators, including women, and party workers were booked on Wednesday for allegedly ransacking the office of Hyderabad Mayor at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation here on November 23 and vandalising public property, demanding that a council meeting be held immediately to discuss civic issues, police said.
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered IIT-Bombay to admit a young Dalit boy who had collected the fees with great difficulty, but was not given admission simply because the payment was delayed due to a technical glitch.
Telangana recorded 153 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Tuesday while the number of active cases stood at 3,533. The cumulative case load and death toll are now at 6,74,842 and 3,984 respectively.
Despite the Telangana government's demand and TRS protests, the Centre has made it clear that it would not buy boiled rice from the state. The Centre has also not given any clarity on the quantity of paddy it would procure in the current season.
The Telangana high court on Tuesday issued notice to newly elected TRS MLC P Venkatrama Reddy in a suo motu criminal contempt case for comments against the high court and Supreme Court over paddy cultivation while he was still the Siddipet collector.
At least 11 persons were injured after a gas cylinder exploded early on Tuesday morning at a three-storey building in Nanakramguda. Gachibowli police said that the injured persons were shifted to different hospitals in the city, including Osmania General Hospital (OGH) and that two persons are critical.
Telangana recorded 137 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Monday. The number of active cases in the state stands at 3,538.
Rasam, sambar and other dishes have become expensive with tomato prices skyrocketing to Rs 100 per kg in city markets.
The high court on Monday reserved its judgment on the custodial death of Dalit woman Mariamma at Addagudur in the Rachakonda police commissionerate.
When Daniel Negers travels to Hyderabad next month, high on his agenda will be a series of meetings with Telugu academics. The objective: To accelerate the process of compiling a 1,500-page Telugu to French dictionary, for the European reader base.
When the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team came calling to Ravi Chander's house on November 18, the last thing on his mind was a call to Jharkhand for his house keys.
Hyderabad has received a cumulative rainfall of 164.1 mm between October 1 and November 21, 2011. During the same period, Rangareddy received 135.9mm of cumulative rainfall. On Sunday, Hyderabad received 4.7mm of rainfall.
Days after Tollywood actress Shalu Chourasiya was mugged at KBR Park, another woman lodged a complaint with Banjara Hills police stating that an unidentified man had molested her at the same spot where the actress was robbed in the first week of November. She said that the accused extorted Rs 2,500 cash from her.
Telangana recorded 103 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Sunday. The number of active cases in the state stood at 3,575. The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,74,555 and the death toll stands at 3,981.
After heavy rains destroyed crops, farmers in Telangana have their tasks cut out with a huge scarcity of gunny bags to pack their paddy.
Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday flew to New Delhi to persuade the Centre to announce the target for procurement of rice (paddy) for the ensuing yasangi (rabi) and following seasons from Telangana.
With tanks overflowing and causing breeches in railway tracks at three locations in the South Central Railway (SCR) zone, SCR authorities have cancelled 42 trains, while nearly 70 other services were impacted. The cycloneinduced heavy rainfall in Andhra Pradesh over the last 24 hours and its impact on train movement, left many stranded. Also, there are long delays in running of many trains.
Coming out in support of farmers from Punjab and UP, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday demanded that the Centre enact minimum support price (MSP) Act in the forthcoming Parliament session along with repealing the three farm laws. He also demanded the Centre to withdraw all cases booked against farmers during protests and against people like Disha, a girl from Bangalore, who was booked under sedition charges.