Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader and former minister R Damodar Reddy died at a hospital here due to a kidney-related illness. He was 73. Damodar Reddy breathed his last at a super-speciality hospital here late on Wednesday, Congress party sources said. Reddy, who was battling health issues for several months, succumbed to his illness despite medical…
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to clear pending bills of contactor amounting upto Rs 400 crore for the works they executed since 2014, said a government source. Contractors who executed works between 2014 and 2019, with project value below Rs 5 crore, will now receive payments, ending years of financial uncertainty and hardship,…
Hyderabad: An interstate drug peddling racket involved in transporting ganja from Malkangiri district of Odisha to Rajasthan via Hyderabad was busted here on Tuesday, police said. Contraband weighing 1,210 kg worth Rs 6.25 crore was seized, and one person was taken into custody in this connection, it said. Acting on credible information, police teams intercepted…
Hyderabad: The Art of Living Foundation’s three-day Navaratri Mahotsav in City, held under the divine guidance of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, concluded today with an atmosphere of devotion, cultural vibrance, and spiritual fulfillment. The celebration drew thousands of devotees from across Telangana who immersed themselves in rituals, chants, dance, and satsangs that blended tradition…
Hyderabad: Kondareddypally, the native village of Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, has become South India’s “first fully solar-powered village,” under the state government’s green energy mission. Spread across Vangoor mandal in Nagarkurnool district, the project covers 514 houses and 11 government buildings, an official release said on Sunday. Currently, 480 houses are powered by…
Hyderabad: After floodwater in the Musi river receded, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Sunday intensified post-rain cleaning, desilting, and sanitation works in surrounding localities. The GHMC said its field teams were working round the clock in bastis and vulnerable colonies to restore normalcy and safeguard public health. “Roads, inner lanes, and bastis near…
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy condoled the deaths of 38 people in a stampede at Karur in Tamil Nadu. The CM expressed grief over the tragedy and wished for the speedy recovery of the injured. “Deeply saddened by the tragic loss of lives in…
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said that it is important to make products rather than remain as employees, emphasising that products guarantee 100 per cent revenue. Inaugurating the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd’s (BSNL) Swadeshi 4G Mobile Network in Vijayawada, the chief minister noted that Indians are downloading 24 per cent…
Hyderabad: In a late-night order, the Telangana state government transferred 23 senior IPS officers, including the appointment of 1996-batch officer V.C. Sajjanar as the new Hyderabad Police Commissioner and 1997-batch officer Vijay Kumar as the new intelligence chief. The order came hours after the government appointed B. Shivadhar Reddy as the next in-charge Director General…
Hyderabad: In a relief to the Telangana Public Service Commission (TGPSC), the High Court on Wednesday ordered the interim suspension of the order of a single judge directing the Commission, among others, to re-evaluate all the answer scripts of the Group-1 mains examination held last year. Hearing writ appeals filed by the Commission and some…
