Telangana

    Telangana: Students thrashed by teacher end up in Siddipet hospital

    Physical education teacher of a social welfare residential school at Kondapak hit the students for turning up late for special classes by 10 minutes Siddipet: A physical education teacher thrashed students of a social welfare residential school at Kondapak for turning up late for special classes on Wednesday morning. With the beating by teacher Vasu, who took the attendance when the students came to class late by barely 10 minutes, being quite brutal, teachers had to shift a couple of them to government hospital in Siddipet. School vice-principal Krishna said that several students had complained to him that the teacher had beat them. The issue was taken to the notice of higher officials, the vice-principal said. With one of the students, Harshavardhan, a native of Ramanathapur in Hyderabad, complaining to his parents, they arrived at the school and demanded the suspension of Vasu. More parents soon turned up and staged a…
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    Telangana Governor approves Bhu Bharathi Bill introduced by Congress government

    Efforts will be made to implement the new Act at the earliest, says Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy HYDERABAD: Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said Governor Jishnu Dev Varma had approved the Bhu Bharathi – 2024 Bill and efforts would be made to implement the new Act at the earliest. The State government had introduced the Bhu Bharathi Bill to extend comprehensive and better revenue services to people. All measures have been taken to address the land issues permanently, he said here on Thursday, adding that instructions were issued to officials to frame rules and guidelines at the earliest and implement the same. One revenue officer would be appointed for every revenue village. The revenue officials should work as per the people’s aspirations and address all their issues, he added. Meanwhile, the Minister said evaluation of about 95 per cent of Indiramma Indlu applications was completed. Save for Hyderabad, the evaluation…
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    Bandi demands Congress government to clear Arogyasri, fee reimbursement bills

    Due to non-payment of Arogyasri amount, poor and the needy are not able to get health services from network hospitals, says Union Minister of State for Home Hyderabad: Blaming the Telangana government for the Arogyasri scheme empanelled hospitals’ decision to stop providing services under the scheme from January 10, Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay demanded the government to immediately clear the pending bills of Arogyasri. The Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association (TANHA) has announced that it will suspend Aarogyasri services from January 10 due to a pending payment of approximately Rs 1,100 crore from the government. In a letter addressed to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday, Sanjay said due to the non-payment of the Arogyasri amount, the poor and needy were not able to get health services from the empanelled hospitals. “On one hand, you have announced that you are increasing the ‘Arogyasri’ limit to Rs 10 lakh…
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    Telangana: Chia cultivation is new favourite for farmers in Sangareddy district

    New practise of cultivating Chia seeds across the Karnataka border in Sangareddy district is being witnessed now Sangareddy: There is a new favourite crop for farmers living along the Karnataka border nowadays. They are slowly shifting to cultimation of Chia seed cultivation. Hitherto, they used to cultivate Sunflower, Maize and other crops during summer. They seemed tohave drawn inspiration from their counterparts across the border in sowing Chia, which has its origins in Mexico. Chia sees know for their rich fibre content are in good demand now. Moreover, the farmers said they had cultivated the crop to beat the monkey and wild boar menace since they would not eat the crop. The 90-day crop is nurtured with a dry irrigation (ID) method. Irrigating the crop once a week would be enough. The farmers of Dhanasri, Gopanpally and other villages in Mogudampally were cultivating the crop for the third consecutive year while farmers…
    National

    Tirupati stampede: Probe ordered, Naidu transfers SP, two officials

    Says he noticed some loopholes in TTD administration, also flags new system of issuing tokens introduced by the previous regime in Tirupati as against the earlier system of giving them in Tirumala Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said he would order a judicial inquiry into the stampede incident that left six people dead and dozens injured, besides transferring three senior officials including the district Superintendent of Police. Addressing a press conference, Naidu said he has ordered suspension of two officials, including a DSP, for their dereliction. He further said he noticed some loopholes or leakages in the administration and monitoring mechanisms in Tirupati which should have been ‘perfect’. Expressing grief over the incident, Naidu said he is announcing Rs 25 lakh ex gratia to the kin of the deceased and Rs 2 lakh to those injured. According to him, a new system of issuing tokens was…
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    Pawan reacts on Tirupati stampede, says “we are extremely sorry”

    Andhra Deputy Chief Minister says some devotees expressed doubts that the incident must have been staged and that some policemen who should be the first responders, did not act on time Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Thursday said he is profusely apologising to the nation and Hindu community for the stampede incident that left six people dead and dozens injured. After visiting the injured at the hospital here, Pawan Kalyan said some devotees expressed doubts that the incident must have been staged and that some policemen who should be the first responders, did not act on time. He further said he was hearing some reports that there are gaps between the Executive Officer and the Board of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. He said the TTD Board, EO, and JEO should take responsibility for the incident and suggested that they should give up “VIP focus”. “To the entire nation, to the entire…
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    Andhra Pradesh CM orders judicial probe into Tirupati stampede

    The officials who were responsible for this including the DSP Sri Raman Kumar, In-charge of that point SV Gosala Director Dr Harinath Reddy have been suspended while JEO Goutami, SP Sri Subbarayudu and CVSO Sri Sridhar have been transfered. Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has on Thursday ordered a judicial probe into the stampede in Tirupati that left six dead and nearly 40 injured.  Naidu who expressed deep grief over the death of devotees during the stampede incident occurred at Tirupati on Wednesday night, and said he would initiate steps to ensure a hassle-free Vaikuntha Dwara Darshanam to the devotees on the day of Vaikuntha Ekadasi. Addressing mediapersons here on Thursday evening, Naidu said the incident where in six devotees lost their lives in a stampede that occurred near in Tirupati while waiting in queue lines for Vaikuntha Ekadasi Vaikuntha Dwara Darshanam tokens has shocked and disturbed him…
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    Jagan blames Naidu for stampede, says sanctity of Tirumala degraded

    Former Chief Minister demands an exgratia of Rs 50 lakh each for the kin of the deceased and Rs 5 lakh each for the injured Tirupati: YSR Congress Party president and former Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday blamed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for the stampede in Tirupati, which claimed the lives of six devotees and left many others injured. After calling on the injured at a hospital, he said that the sanctity of Tirumala temple had been degraded as never before had such an incident taken place. He alleged that the entire police force was deployed for Chandrababu Naidu’s Kuppam tour for three days and there was no police for crowd management which led to the stampede. Naidu, the EO, the AEO, the TTD chairman, the SP, and the Collector should take responsibility for the incident, in which six persons died and nearly 50 persons were injured, he said. The former Chief Minister demanded…
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    Railway Board initiates steps to finalise site for SCoR headquarters

    It has appointed an OSD for the proposed zone to oversee the upcoming infrastructure and ongoing activities related to its formation Visakhapatnam: The Railway Board has expedited its initiatives to decide on the site for the office of the general manager of the proposed South Coast Railway Zone (SCoR) in Visakhapatnam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday for a roadshow and launch of multiple rail and other projects, virtually laid the foundation stone of this new railway zone. “Land parcels have been allocated at two different places in Visakhapatnam but we are yet to get clarity on the site for headquarters office for zone and staff quarters,” a railway official from the East Coast Railway Zone said. The Railway Board has already appointed an OSD for the proposed zone to oversee the upcoming infrastructure and ongoing activities related to its formation. The Indian Railways has 17 zones…
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    Telangana government yet to clear Rs 3,900 crore dues to alcobev sector: BAI

    Commercial viability of prices set by the State government has become far too stressed, says Brewers Association of India DG Vinod Giri New Delhi: A day after the country’s leading brewer United Breweries suspended supply to Telangana, beer industry body BAI on Thursday said the commercial viability of prices set by the State government has become far too stressed. The prices allowed to supplier companies are actually below the cost of goods supplied as these prices are based on the cost of production in 2018-19, said Brewers Association of India (BAI) DG Vinod Giri. On Wednesday, United Breweries Ltd (UBL), which operates with popular beer brands like Kingfisher, Kalyani Black, Heineken, and Amstel Bier, announced to suspend the supply of its beer to Telangana State Beverages Corporation with immediate effect. The decision has been taken due to the non-revision of the basic price of the company’s beer from 2019-20 by Telangana State Beverages…

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      Kamala Harris’ ancestral village performs special puja for her victory

      The Sree Dharmasastha Temple in Thulaseendrapuram is the ancestral temple of Kamala Harris’ mother, Shyamala Gopalan Chennai: Special puja was being held at the Shree Dharmasastha Temple at Thulaseendrapuram in Tiruvayur district, Tamil Nadu, the ancestral village of US Vice President Kamala Harris, for her victory in the Presidential polls. The Sree Dharmasastha Temple in Thulaseendrapuram is the ancestral temple of Kamala Harris‘ mother, Shyamala Gopalan. Kamala’s grandfather, PC Gopalan, played a key role in renovating the family’s ancestral temple, and the family regularly visits to attend pujas dedicated to their family deity. A temple board shows that Kamala offered Rs 5,000 as a donation to the temple, a gesture carried out by her aunt, Sarala Gopalan, on her behalf. Kumaresan, a villager…

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      MEA takes dig at Canada, says ‘political space being given to extremist forces’

      External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar takes strong exception to the Hindu temple incident in Brampton Canberra: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday took a strong exception to the Hindu temple incident in Brampton and said it tells in a way the “political space” which is being given to “extremist forces” in Canada. He said this in response to queries related to the incident that took place in Canada on Sunday and the ongoing diplomatic row between India and Canada, during a joint press briefing with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong here. In Canada’s Brampton, protestors carrying Khalistani flags clashed with people at the Hindu Sabha temple on Sunday and disrupted a consular event co-organised by the temple authorities and the Indian Consulate. “You would have seen a statement…

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      Pawan condemns Canada temple attack, says ‘Hindus easy target’

      Urges Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take necessary steps to ensure the safety of Hindu community there Amaravati: Describing the attack on a Hindu temple in Canada as “more than an isolated incident”, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan said the incident pained him deeply and hoped that the Canadian government would take necessary steps to ensure the safety of Hindu community there. In a social media post on Monday night, Kalyan said Hindus are a global minority, and as such, they receive little attention, little solidarity, and are easily targeted. Every act of hatred, every instance of abuse against them is a blow to all who cherish humanity and peace. “It pains me deeply to see our Hindu brothers and sisters enduring persecution, violence, and unimaginable…

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      Andhra government to call fresh tenders soon for Amaravati works

      Municipal Minister says old tenders called for capital will be closed soon and fresh tenders will be called to complete works in three years Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government will soon call fresh tenders for the State capital development works here, State Municipal Minister P Narayana said. Addressing reporters after the 39th Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) meeting, Narayana said, “World Bank agreed to give Rs 15,000 crore for Amaravati development works but insisted on completing flood prevention works as soon as possible. Consequently, action will be taken to build reservoirs within the 217 sq km Amravati core capital region and outside.” The Municipal Minister said the old tenders called for Amaravati will be closed soon and fresh tenders will be called to complete Amaravati…

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      Revanth-Adani posters surface ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Telangana

      People from different sections appeal Congress leader to meet unemployed youth, farmers and women, who have been waiting for the party to fulfil its poll promises Hyderabad: With Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arriving in the city on Tuesday evening, people from different sections are appealing to him to meet unemployed youth, farmers and women, who have been waiting for the Congress to fulfil its election promises. This apart, posters taking a sarcastic jibe at the Congress MP, especially with the party’s hypocrisy towards the Adani Group, have also surfaced in different parts of the city. Sharing an image of poster in which Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is seen along with Gautam Adani, BRS leader Manne Krishank on X said “Team RADANI welcomes Rahul Gandhi…” “Instead of giving…

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      Congress government turned Ashok Nagar to ‘Shok Nagar’, says Harish Rao

      Shares videos of job aspirants getting beaten up during protests seeking government jobs and questioning the revised reservation policy Hyderabad: Senior BRS MLA T Harish Rao challenged Congress Lok Sabha leader Rahul Gandhi to visit Ashok Nagar and witness how the Congress government in Telangana, turned it into ‘Shok Nagar’, with its attacks on job aspirants. He said both Rahul Gandhi and his Congress party have misled the youth of Telangana. Ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Telangana, Harish Rao took to X and asked whether the former was aware how students were beaten up by his ‘Prajala Sarkar’ (people’s government) at the very place he visited before the Assembly elections. He shared the videos of job aspirants getting beaten up during protests seeking government jobs and questioning the…

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      Student falls ill while playing baseball, dies during treatment in Nirmal

      Fayaz Hussain, studying Class IX at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule BC Residential School in Nirmal district headquarters, had fell sick when he was playing baseball. He was immediately rushed to a hospital in the town. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment. Nirmal: A student, who fell sick while playing baseball, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nirmal on Tuesday. Sources said Fayaz Hussain, studying Class IX at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule BC Residential School in Nirmal district headquarters, had fell sick when he was playing baseball. He was immediately rushed to a hospital in the town. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment. Meanwhile, parents and family members staged a dharna demanding action against the officials of the school, holding them…

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      Forest officials win laurels for quickly giving compensation to farmer in Mancherial

      The forest officials claimed that the application was processed within 12 hours for the first time and granted the compensation to the farmer. Mancherial: Forest officials won laurels for extending compensation to a farmer whose cows were killed by a tiger and leopard in the forests of Luxettipet forest range, here on Tuesday. Mancherial Forest Division Officer (FDO) Sarveshwar and Luxettipet Forest Range Officer (FRO) Subhash said that compensation of Rs 33,000 was given to farmer Chatru from Gonduguda village for losing three cows killed by a tiger and leopard recently. The cows were attacked when they were grazing in the Medaram forest section. The farmer thanked the officials for quickly releasing the compensation. The forest officials claimed that the application was processed…

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      Telangana: Unofficial State Emblem on RTA checkpost barricade sparks row

      Images of the barricade, put up by the Jogulamba Gadwal RTA officials, has gone viral on various social media platforms Jogulamba Gadwal: The Congress government has done it again! After the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC), now the Transport Department has put an up unofficial Emblem the Telangana State on the barricades established at Jogulamba Gadwal district here on Tuesday. The RTA border checkpost barricade established on the Alampur-Kurnool road on the inter-State border triggered a row again. Images of the barricade, put up by the Jogulamba Gadwal RTA officials, has gone viral on various social media platforms. Many raised serious objections over the RTA officials using the unofficial emblem on the barricade. “It has become fancy for officials to disrespect the official logo of Telangana,” said SRG on…

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      Man arrested for smuggling PDS rice from Mancherial to Maharashtra

      Motam Raju from Vidyanagar in Mandmarri was apprehended while he was illegally transporting the grains by the trolley to Maharashtra, during a vehicle check. Mancherial: A person was arrested by sleuths of Ramagundam commissionerate’s task force team for allegedly smuggling rice meant for public distribution system (PDS) in Mandamarri on Tuesday. A trolley and 7 quintals of rice grains were seized from his possession. In a statement, Ramagundam task force Inspector Raj Kumar said that Motam Raju from Vidyanagar in Mandmarri was apprehended while he was illegally transporting the grains by the trolley to Maharashtra, during a vehicle check. He was handed over to Mandamarri police for further action, while the rice was given to officials of the civil supplies department. Sub-Inspector Lachanna…

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