HYDERABAD
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Dec- 2022 -20 December
Christmas magic is back in Hyderabad
After a two-year Covid hiatus, Hyderabadis have grand plans for festive season Hyderabad: The much-anticipated festive season has arrived and after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, Hyderabadis this year are planning to celebrate Christmas grandly. From cultural activities in churches to carol singing and Secret Santa at workplaces, it seems like we are back to the pre-Covid days. As part of the advent, which is a four-week joyous preparation for celebrating Jesus’ birth, churches in Hyderabad have already started organising theme-based fetes. Mount Carmel Church in Bowenpally has lined up events for senior citizens, couples, youngsters and children. The church has also reached out to orphan children and provided them with food. Similarly, churches under the St Joseph Cathedral, Abids, have been…
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19 December
Congress has lost its existence in Telangana: BJP’s Tarun Chugh
Chugh, who is also the BJP incharge in Telangana, told IANS that the saffron party is the “only option against the corrupt Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)”. New Delhi: As the crisis within the Congress in Telangana has intensified with the mass resignation of 13 MLAs, BJP leader Tarun Chugh said the party has lost its existence in the southern state. Chugh, who is also the BJP incharge in Telangana, told IANS that the saffron party is the “only option against the corrupt Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)”. “With the mass resignation of the 13 Congress MLAs, the party has lost its existence in Telangana. People have understood that voting for KCR (Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao) means giving vote to the…
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19 December
KCR directs FM to release Rythu Bandhu funds from Dec. 28
HYDERABAD: As farmers prepare for the Yasangi (rabi) harvest season, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao gave farmers good news ahead of the Sankranti festival by instructing finance minister T. Harish Rao to begin disbursing crop investment support to farmers under the Rythu Bandhu scheme from December 28. The Chief Minister has asked the finance minister to deposit Rs 7,600 crore into bank accounts of farmers with one acre or less by Sankranti. The Rythu Bandhu farm investment support scheme was launched by the Chief Minister five years ago with the objective of providing a total of Rs 10,000 per acre per year for both Vanakalam (kharif) as well as the Yasangi (rabi) seasons. He wanted disbursement of Rythu Bandhu funds to…
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19 December
Leopard count touches 80 in Kawal Tiger Reserve
Adilabad: While serious efforts are being made to increase the population of tigers in the Kawal Tiger Reserve (KTR), the number of leopards in the reserve has reached 80, pug mark and scat records reveal. Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary had been declared a tiger reserve a decade ago in 2012. Forest officials say tigers are exploring the forests within the five districts of Telangana all along River Godavari. The big cats are entering the state through the existing corridor from Tadoba in Maharashtra via Kagaznagar in Telangana. A senior forest official said: “All source population tiger areas need connecting corridors. Kagaznagar forests have become that source for tigers to visit Mahadevpur, Eturnagaram and Tadvai. They are also crossing the river Pranahitha from…
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19 December
HAML to fast track Hyderabad Airport Metro
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Airport Metro Ltd (HAML) has decided to undertake a number of activities in parallel processing mode in order to begin the Airport Metro Rail ground works as soon as possible and to expedite the pre- construction activities. It has hired two survey teams to collect ground data for final alignment. The information will be critical in determining the location of the metro pillars and stations, as well as their heights and the profile of the viaduct. On Sunday, HAML managing director N.V.S Reddy and his senior engineering team inspected the Airport Metro route from Raidurg Metro Station to Narsingi Junction. He stated that station locations would be closer to major road junctions, and that the Airport Metro corridor…
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19 December
Groundwater extraction in Telangana comes down, thanks to Missions Kakatiya, Bhagiratha
Groundwater extraction has reduced from 65.45 per cent to 41.6 per cent Hyderabad: Telangana’s flagship lift irrigation schemes, Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya, have turned the water tables up in Telangana over the last five years. The annual ground water extraction has decreased from 8.09 BCM (billion cubic metres) in 2017 to 8 BCM in 2022, while the stage of groundwater extraction has reduced from 65.45 per cent to 41.6 per cent during the corresponding period. The availability of groundwater resources in an area depends on a number of factors including period of rainfall, geological strata, number of existing recharge structures, extraction by consumers for various purposes like industrial applications, drinking/domestic purposes, irrigation etc., and therefore, the increase or depletion rate of…
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19 December
Harish Rao announces Rs 11 crore special grant for Komuravelly temple
On behalf of the Telangana government, Harish Rao along with Ministers Talasani Srinivas Yadav and Ch Malla Reddy, Medak MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy, Jangaon MLA Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said the State government was giving utmost priority to the development of temples and providing facilities for devotees across Telangana. On behalf of the State government, Harish Rao along with Ministers Talasani Srinivas Yadav and Ch Malla Reddy, Medak MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy, Jangaon MLA Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy and others presented silk vastrams to the presiding deity on the occasion of the celestial wedding of Sri Komuravelly Mallikarjuna Swamy in Siddipet on Saturday. Addressing the gathering after participating in the annual Kalyanam, Rao said the State government…
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18 December
Revanth faces rebellion in TS Congress
HYDERABAD: The Congress in Telangana state on Saturday plunged into a severe crisis with a number of senior party leaders, who have been in the party from the start of their respective political careers, declaring that they are launching a ‘Save Congress in Telangana’ movement to protect the party from what they described as a “leader who came into the Congress after shifting loyalties from party to party”, and called it a battle between the “original Congress” and “migrants from TD”. In a clear attack on Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy, without naming him, senior leaders slammed him for “packing” the recently announced party executive with “migrants from the TD”, and said this move by Reddy, himself…
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18 December
LEDs light up GHMC finances
Civic body saves Rs 558 crore adopting the energy conservation model Hyderabad: Going the LED (Light Emitting Diode) way has helped the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) boost the status of its coffers apart from contributing to the environment by reducing carbon emissions. The civic body adopting the energy conservation model has already saved Rs 558 crore and reduced an estimated 5.16 lakh tons of carbon emissions. The savings include the money spent on electricity bills, material procurement, maintenance, and staff. So far, 4.93 lakh conventional street lights in the city have been replaced with LED lights and LED adoption is being further expanded. While the number of LED streetlights in 2020 was 4.53 lakh, the number increased to 4.92 lakh in 2021…
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18 December
Telangana’s 3D mantra to see five new IT Hubs in districts, says KTR
The Mahabubnagar IT Hub was almost a month away from being inaugurated, he said, adding that Minister V Srinivas Goud had been ‘extremely diligent’ in his efforts. Hyderabad: Telangana will soon have five new Information Technology Hubs in different districts as part of the State government’s vision to expand the IT and ITES sector to Tier-II towns. These will be at Nizamabad, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Siddipet and Adilabad. Announcing this on Saturday, IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao said the State government was taking information technology to the district headquarters as part of its 3D Mantra – Digitise, Decarbonise and Decentralise. While the Warangal, Khammam and Karimnagar IT Hubs were already up and running successfully, next in line would be IT Hubs at…
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