Rainfall refills city reservoirs
The heavy rainfall on Friday night resulted in the city reservoirs showing a significant improvement in the inflows. With the improvement in water levels, pumping activity which was stopped at both O
Nightmare for low-lying areas
Five people, including a woman, were killed when the compound wall of a factory fell on their huts in Balanagar on the city’s outskirts early on Saturday, said the police. Three of the victims were la
Specially-abled students troubled as hostel floods
Differently-abled students at the Government Home for Ortho Handicapped at Sagar Road in LB Nagar had a tough time as the ground floor of their hostel was completely flooded due to the heavy rain on F
Low pressure in Bay brings rains
The Metereological department predicts an all wet 48 hours for northern regions of Andhra Pradesh, especially in the Telangana region. An official of the Indian Meteorological Depart-ment said that Hy
GHMC deploys help after Friday’s downpour
Friday night’s heavy downpour has had the GHMC identify 78 areas prone to inundation with moves afoot to curb water stagnation. GHMC commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu said that 56 extra vehicles with gen
Med colleges soon for SC, ST students
Three medical colleges for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students are being planned by the state government. One college each will be set up in the state’s three regions, Andhra, Telang-ana and
Congress: TRS is weakening
Telangana Jagruti president K. Kavitha on Friday said, “If you think about deaths of Telangana children, who should be shot dead first? It's ministers like T.G. Venkatesh, Seemandhra ministers, those
State cautions cement ‘cartel’
The state government on Friday cautioned the cement manufacturers against a major public unrest over sale of the commodity at exorbitant rates. The government took some initiatives to rein in the ceme
Protests against deeksha reach new heights
The proposed maha deeksha by YSRC leader Y.S. Vijayalakshmi on July 23 in Sircilla for the cause of weavers, seems to have stirred up a storm in district politics.
To protest against the deeksha, tw
Protests mark counselling
The Eamcet medical counselling began on a raucous note on Friday amid protests by several student organisations.
The situation became tense at JNTU-Kukatpally, Hyderabad, one of the four online coun