POLITICS
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Aug- 2025 -10 August
Khammam: SUDA notifies Master Plan excluding expanded areas
The Stambhadri Urban Development Authority (SUDA) has notified its Draft Master Plan, but excluded the expanded areas recently brought under its limits. Public suggestions are invited within 90 days, even as questions arise over the exclusion and development plans Khammam: The Stambhadri Urban Development Authority (SUDA) on Wednesday (August 6) notified its Draft Master Plan and invited suggestions and objections from the public within 90 days of the notification. However, the notified Master Plan, covering an area of 571.83 square kilometres, excluded the recently expanded SUDA limits. It remains confined to the Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC) and 45 revenue villages from Wyra, Khammam Rural, Kusumanchi, Mudigonda, Chintakani, Raghunadhapalem and Konijerla mandals surrounding the corporation. It may be recalled that the previous…
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10 August
Mahabubabad: Four SCR staff escape unharmed as fire guts coach at Kesamudram station
Four South Central Railway employees escaped unhurt after a fire gutted a stationary coach at Kesamudram station in Telangana on Thursday. The coach, used by track machine staff, is suspected to have caught fire due to an electrical short circuit. Mahabubabad: Four South Central Railway (SCR) employees had a lucky escape as a fire broke out in a stationary train coach at Kesamudram railway station in the district during mid-night hours on Thursday. A support coach set up for the rest of the railway track machine staff was halted at the railway station and four employees were sleeping in it when the coach caught fire. The alert employees opened the doors of the coach and jumped off to save their lives.…
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10 August
KTR blasts Congress govt for scrapping Rs 5 lakh accident insurance for private drivers
BRS leader K.T. Rama Rao accused the Congress government of betraying gig workers and private-sector drivers by scrapping the ₹5 lakh accident insurance scheme. He demanded its revival and warned of a large-scale agitation if pending claims are not cleared. Hyderabad: Amid rising concerns, BRS working president KT Rama Rao accused the Congress government of betraying gig workers, private sector drivers and others in unorganised sector by scrapping the Rs 5 lakh accident insurance scheme. He demanded the immediate revival of the scheme and clearance of pending claims. “If the government fails, we will launch a large-scale agitation on behalf of drivers and bring this inhuman government to its knees,” he warned. Contrasting the Congress rule with former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s regime,…
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10 August
Telangana Kharif sowing surges in 2025; paddy continues to lag
Telangana’s Kharif sowing in 2025 has reached 90 lakh acres, a significant increase from last year. However, paddy transplantation remains behind schedule with only 35 lakh acres covered out of a target of 66 lakh. Erratic rainfall and urea shortages have hindered paddy sowing, while crops like cotton and maize are progressing well. Hyderabad: Telangana’s Kharif sowing in 2025 has reached 90 lakh acres by early August, a sharp rise from 73.65 lakh acres recorded during the same period last year. However, paddy transplantation remains sluggish, with only around 35 lakh acres covered so far against a 66 lakh-acre target, which stands in stark contrast to the overall robust sowing progress. The State has set a total Kharif acreage target of 152 lakh…
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10 August
Telangana High Court grants relief to CM Revanth Reddy in pending case, exempts personal appearance
Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court excused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy from appearing in person for a criminal case pending before the Principal Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for Excise Cases in Hyderabad. By Legal Correspondent Hyderabad: Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court on Thursday dispensed with the personal appearance of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy in connection with a criminal case pending before the Principal Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for Excise Cases at Hyderabad. The matter arises from a 2016 complaint lodged by N. Upender, which led to the registration of an FIR at the Osmania University Police Station. The complaint pertains to a student meeting held at the Osmania Arts College, where Revanth Reddy, then the Working President…
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10 August
No interim stay on Telugu language mandate, Telangana HC directs Govt to respond
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Telangana government’s decision to impose Telugu as a mandatory second language for students in national and international boards was heard by the High Court. The bench refused to grant interim relief and instructed the state to submit a comprehensive action plan within two weeks By Legal Correspondent Hyderabad: Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin of the Telangana High Court on Thursday heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the State government’s decision to impose Telugu as a mandatory second language for students studying under national and international educational boards. The bench declined to grant any interim relief and directed the State to submit a comprehensive action plan within two weeks. The PIL, filed…
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10 August
Woman ties rakhi to brother’s lifeless wrist after dengue death in Khammam
In a tragic incident in Khammam, a woman tied a rakhi to her brother’s lifeless wrist during his funeral. The young man died of dengue just a day before Raksha Bandhan, after promising his sister he would recover in time Khammam: In a heart-wrenching turn of events, a woman from Kusumanchi mandal in Khammam district ended up tying a rakhi to her brother’s body during his funeral, just a day before Raksha Bandhan. Pandiri Appi Reddy (24), an earthmover driver from Kistapuram village, succumbed to dengue fever on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Khammam. He had been diagnosed just days earlier. Before his condition worsened, Appi Reddy had called his sister, Sankapalli Jyothi, who lives in Guruvaigudem, and invited her to…
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10 August
Two soldiers martyred in J&K’s Kulgam as anti-terror operation enters Day 9
Two Army soldiers were martyred and two others injured in Kulgam’s Akhal Devsar forest as ‘Operation Mahadev’ entered its ninth day, making it J&K’s longest anti-terror mission in two decades. Security forces have intensified their crackdown on terrorism networks. Srinagar: Two Indian Army soldiers were martyred and 2 others injured in the protracted Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) anti-terror operation in the Akhal Devsar forest area of Kulgam district, which entered the 9th day on Saturday. An Army spokesperson said on Saturday, “Two Army soldiers succumbed and two others were injured as the exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces continued throughout last night, as the gunfight entered its ninth day in the Akhal forest area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.”…
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10 August
Indian Railways to upgrade ticket reservation system to process 1 lakh tickets per minute
Indian Railways is upgrading its passenger reservation system to handle over 100,000 ticket bookings per minute, a fourfold increase. The revamp includes new cloud-based technology and improved passenger facilities like the RailOne App and expanded non-AC coach production. New Delhi: Indian Railways is upgrading the current passenger reservation system to handle over 100,000 tickets per minute from existing 25,000, according to the government. Indian Railways is undertaking complete revamp of passenger reservation system (PRS) through Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS). The revamp of PRS involves upgradation and replacement of hardware, software, network equipment, security infrastructure and functionalities on new technology with design capable of handling new features. The current PRS system was deployed in 2010 and runs over Itanium servers…
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10 August
PM Modi pays tribute to Quit India movement participants on 83rd anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the brave participants of the Quit India movement on its 83rd anniversary, lauding their patriotism and sacrifice under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership that united India’s struggle for independence from British rule. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to people who took part in the Quit India movement on the 83rd anniversary of its start, saying their courage lit a spark of patriotism that united countless people in the quest for freedom. He said, “We remember with deep gratitude all those brave people who, under the inspiring leadership of Bapu, took part in the Quit India Movement. Their courage lit a spark of patriotism that united countless people in the quest for…
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