HYDERABAD

TSPSC reschedules five recruitment exams dates

Telangana State Public Service Commission on Saturday rescheduled examination dates for five recruitment notifications Hyderabad: The Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) on Saturday rescheduled examination dates for five recruitment notifications. As per the revised schedule released by the Commission, the test for recruitment to posts of Agriculture Officer (AO) in Agriculture and Co-operation department and Drugs Inspector (DI) in Drugs Control Administration department is on May 16 and 19 respectively. The exam for Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector (AVMI) posts in the Transport department has been rescheduled to be held on June 28. Further, the recruitment exams for various gazetted and non-gazetted posts in the Ground Water department will be held on July 18 & 19, and July 20 & 21 respectively.…

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Telangana scientist Dr Ramesh Butti develops model for treating breast cancer patients

With breast cancer accounting for the highest mortality among woman cancer patients, scientists from NCCS and Tata Memorial Centre have developed a PDOX model Dr Ramesh Butti Warangal: With breast cancer accounting for the highest mortality among woman cancer patients in India, the scientists from National Center for Cell Science (NCCS)in Pune and Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai have developed a PDOX model to treat breast cancer. Patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) nude-mouse model precisely identifies effective and ineffective therapies for recurrent leiomyosarcoma (LMS), a type of rare cancer that grows in the smooth muscles. The study was led by Warangal born scientist Dr Ramesh Butti. It helps researchers to assess the effectiveness and safety of a drug or therapy towards a particular patient’s tumor…

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Revanth Reddy pays tributes to Ambedkar’s statue in Shamirpet

“Taking inspiration from Dr Ambedkar’s ideology, the Congress will provide benefits for Dalits. In ensuing general elections, the Congress will give importance to Dalits, the TPCC chief said. Hyderabad: Stating that the Congress governments of the past had offered a number of opportunities to Dalits, TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy said that the party, if elected to power, would convert Pragati Bhavan, the Chief Minister’s camp office, into Dr Ambedkar Knowledge Centre. Revanth Reddy paid tribute to a statue of Dr Ambedkar at Sharmirpet to mark his birth anniversary. Speaking at the event, Revanth Reddy said that when the Congress was in power, Dalits had been made Chief Minister and Speaker. “Taking inspiration from Dr Ambedkar’s ideology, the Congress will…

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Telangana shows new path to nation: Prakash Ambedkar

Prakash Ambedkar said there was an opportunity for State leaders to make a mark at the national level now, hinting at Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s foray into national politics Hyderabad: Stating that Telangana, through its development, had shown a new path to the nation, former MP and grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar, Prakash Ambedkar, hoped that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao would replicate the same development across the nation. Remarking that there was no national leader of stature in the country after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he said there was an opportunity for State leaders to make a mark at the national level now, hinting at Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s foray into national politics. But for State leaders to play a crucial role…

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Unveiling of Telangana’s Ambedkar Statue: People from across India reach Hyderabad

People from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have arrived in large numbers to witness the unveiling of the statue. Hyderabad: The entire NTR Marg on Friday is agog with festivities as people from different parts of the country are thronging the area from early morning to witness the historic event of unveiling the 125-feet tall bronze statue of Dr BR Ambedkar. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will be unveiling the statue in the afternoon. People from not only Telangana, but from neighbouring States like Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have arrived in large numbers to witness the unveiling of the statue. In fact, a 15-member Women Ambedkarists group arrived from Amaravati in Maharashtra two days ago. “We came to know about the 125-feet…

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Kavitha denies having links with conman Sukesh

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha. HYDERABAD: BRS MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha, the daughter of Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao, on Thursday strongly denied having any links with conman Sukesh Chandrashekar. In a media statement, she refuted the allegations of having WhatsApp chatting with Sukesh, who is an accused in a money laundering case. She alleged that the BJP was using Sukesh as a ploy to defame BRS and CM. “Some anti-Telangana forces, who are unable to digest the growing popularity of the BRS and are unable to face its president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao politically, are creating the fake chats with help of some media houses and YouTube channels. The circulation of these fake news is a deliberate attempt…

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Three teens electrocuted to death while repairing pump motor

Syed Basheer (in orange shirt) and Mohammad Mahabub (wearing black namaz cap) whose children were electrocuted. HYDERABAD: Three teenagers, two brothers and their friend, were electrocuted to death in Paramount Colony in Tolichowki on Wednesday night. The tragic incident occurred when 15-year-old Mohammed Razak was attempting to repair a broken water pump motor at his home when he was electrocuted, while his 18-year-old brother Mohammed Rizwan, who attempted to save him, was also electrocuted and both fell unconscious into the well. When the brothers left to repair the water pump motor at around 8.30 pm but did not return until 10.30 pm, the parents of Rizwan and Razak called the victim’s close friend Syed Anasuddin, who lives in the adjacent house,…

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Dalit Bandhu: Making dreams comes true

Here are some inspiring stories of how the scheme has turned the fortunes around of many Dalit families Bandela Rajendra Pasad, dalit bandhu beneficiary, Hanamkonda. Hanamkonda: Though he wanted to become a cinematographer at the age of 17, he could not join the film industry due to different reasons, one of them being financial constraints. But his passion for videography and photography prompted Bandela Rajendra Prasad alias Shane to follow that path. At the initial stage of his career, Prasad worked as a light boy in a studio. But now, he is an entrepreneur, providing employment to a couple of photographers, apart from having a studio of his own, thanks to the State government’s Dalit Bandhu scheme aimed at transforming lives…

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Dalit Bandhu: Yadamma’s leap from stigma to respect

Dalit Bandhu scheme transforms the life of this Bhongir woman, who, now, apart from earning about Rs 40,000 a month, employs two other women too Yadadri-Bhongir: Gade Yadamma from Gudimalkapur village is still in a state of disbelief. It was just a couple of years ago that she was staring down the barrel, literally, thinking about how she would bring up her two daughters after her husband passed away. It was not just about being a widow. Though she used to earn about Rs 4,000 a month doing a bit of tailoring work, a neurological disorder made it difficult for her to sit and work for long hours. The social stigma of being a Dalit and a widow at the same…

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Dalit Bandhu scheme helped trio escape poverty trap

Kolli Babu, Somapogu Gopi and Gandham Balakrishna pooled in the money they received under ‘Dalit Bandhu scheme’ to buy an earthmover and construction equipment3 Gandham Balakrishna, Kolli Babu and Somapogu Gopi Khammam: Once daily wage labourers, these three men are now proud owners of an earthmover and are flourishing financially, courtesy Dalit Bandhu. Kolli Babu, Somapogu Gopi and Gandham Balakrishna pooled in the money they received under the scheme to buy an earthmover and construction equipment. Earlier, Babu, a labourer, used to double up as a tailor to make both ends meet, while Balakrishna worked as a painter and Gopi as a sanitation worker. Belonging to Railway Colony of Nagulavancha village in Chintakani mandal, they used to earn Rs 400-500 a…

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