Hyderabad: The Telangana govt has decided to revive district irrigation advisory panel immediately. The panels—comprising the district collectors, officials from the irrigation and agriculture departments, elected representatives and other stakeholders—must meet before and during every crop season to assess reservoir and canal supplies and clearly advise farmers on crops that can be safely cultivated in…
Hyderabad: Telangana tribal welfare minister Adluri Laxman Kumar on Friday urged the Centre to immediately release ₹452 crore towards post-matric scholarships for tribal students, saying delays in disbursal were affecting thousands of students pursuing higher education across the state.The demand was raised during a meeting with Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram in New Delhi,…
Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao urged the Telangana govt to immediately restore the “Nethanna Bima” and “Nethannaku Cheyutha“ schemes, clear pending dues, and implement all election promises made to handloom workers.On the occasion of National Handloom Day, KTR wrote an open letter to Telangana CM A Revanth Reddyon Friday alleging that the Congress…
Hyderabad; In another significant step towards exploration of gold and copper deposits in Karnataka, the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has signed an agreement with Karnataka mines and geology department to formally commence exploration activities.The SCCL secured the exploration licence for the block through the Government of India’s mineral auction at Devadurga block, spread across…
Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao urged the union minister for Jal Shakti (MoJS) CR Patil to intervene to protect the Telangana’s legitimate water interests. In a letter to the union minister Harish Rao demanded withdrawal of Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) agenda items seeking review of statutory approvals granted to Telangana irrigation projects.“The union…
Hyderabad: Telangana has extended the Centre-developed framework for fertiliser sales (FFS) to 10 more districts, expanding a digital system aimed at bringing greater transparency to fertiliser distribution and ensuring farmers have real-time access to stock availability.Reviewing the implementation of the programme, agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said the FFS platform is now operational in Nizamabad,…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Thursday directed Election Commission and state govt to file their counters in a petition filed by Adivasi Sena, a tribal rights society, seeking directions to poll authorities to delete illegally enrolled non-tribal voters from electoral rolls in the Agency areas (areas under the Fifth Schedule) during the ongoing special intensive…
Uncertain incomes and gambling-related losses are pushing more people into severe emotional distress, often leading them to seek help through a helpline as a last resort before reaching a point of crisis Hyderabad: Financial distress, driven largely by betting addiction and loan-related debt, emerged as a major concern among callers to Hyderabad-based Roshni’s helpline in…
A legacy dumpsite near IKEA in Hyderabad Construction and Demolition Debris at Meenakshi Towers in Gachibowli in Hyderabad on Thursday. Pic: Suman Reddy D Hyderabad: At a time when land in Hyderabad’s IT corridor commands more than Rs 200 crore an acre, a prime parcel near IKEA and Deloitte remains locked in a decades-old legal…
Towering almost as high as the adjoining hospital buildings, the two dumps are estimated to contain several lakh tonnes of construction debris Hyderabad: Even as twin mountains of construction and demolition (C&D) waste have already risen near IKEA and Deloitte in Gachibowli, two more massive debris mounds have emerged behind Yashoda Hospital and Sindhu Hospital…
