EC to decide today whether Telangana state polls can be held by year end
Sep 07, 2018, at 10:56 am
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): A day after Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's declaration of the dissolution of the state Assembly, the Election Commission on Friday will decide whether polls in the southern state can be held by the end of the year, media reports said.
No decision taken on dissolving assembly: Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao
Sep 02, 2018, at 09:23 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 2 (IBNS): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday said a decision on hosting early assembly polls in the state will be taken soon.
President Kovind to visit Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Keralafrom Aug 4
Aug 03, 2018, at 06:50 pm
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IBNS): President of Ram Nath Kovind will visit Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala from Aug 4 to 7, 2018, officials said on Friday.
Mar 14, 2018, at 06:43 pm
At least 10 cadres of the ‘Telangana State Committee (TSC)’ of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed in an encounter near the Pujari Kanker Forest under the Pamed Police Station limits in the Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh, along the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border, on March 1, 2018. According to reports, acting on tip-off about a ‘big meeting’ of CPI-Maoists in the area, personnel from the Greyhounds[the elite anti-Maoist force of the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Police] and Chhattisgarh Police started a combing operation. The combing team came across an estimated 50 to 100 CPI-Maoist cadres and asked them to surrender, but the Maoists opened fire. In the retaliatory fire, Security Forces (SFs) killed 10 Maoists, while the remaining rebel force managed to escape. B. Susheel Kumar, a Greyhounds commando, also lost his life in the encounter.
Hyderabad: Woman dies after jilted lover sets her ablaze
Dec 23, 2017, at 04:09 pm
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IBNS): A woman, who was set on fire by her jilted lover on Thursday, succumbed to her injuries on Friday, reports said.
Telangana police gun down extremists on Thursday morning
Dec 14, 2017, at 06:39 pm
Hyderabad, Dec 14 (IBNS): Eight extremists were killed in an exchange of fire with police in Bhadradri area of Kothagudem district of Telangana, according to media reports on Thursday.
Aug 23, 2017, at 09:32 pm
On August 16, 2017, orchestrating the first violent incident of the current year (2017) in the State, suspected Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists (LWEs)] of the Red Flag faction of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist-New Democracy (CPI-ML-New Democracy-Red Flag), killed a farmer, identified as Rayala Bhaskar (55), of Narsampet, a hamlet under Pandurangapuram Gram Panchayat (village level local-self government institution) and a supporter of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), at Narsampet village in Palwancha mandal (administrative sub-division) in Khammam District. According to reports, around 15 Naxalites owing allegiance to CPI-ML (New Democracy) Ravi Dalam (armed squad) allegedly barged into Bhaskar's house of and dragged him out before battering him to death in full public view. The Naxalites were said to have nursed a grudge against the deceased for reportedly seeking the help of the members of Chandranna faction of the CPI-ML (New Democracy), to resolve an internal issue in the village. CPI-ML (New Democracy) had split into two in 2013 - CPI-ML (New Democracy) led by Chandranna and (CPI-ML-New Democracy-Red Flag) led by Rayala Subhash Chandra Bose aka Ravi.
Telangana: Man who went missing after marriage was killed by father-in-law
May 28, 2017, at 04:41 pm
Hyderabad, May 28 (IBNS): A 23-year old man who married an upper-caste women from Hyderabad without her parents' consent and then gone missing, was killed by his father in law, police told media on Saturday.
President Pranab Mukherjee to visit Goa and Telangana on April 25 & 26
Apr 24, 2017, at 11:32 pm
New Delhi, Apr 24 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Goa and Telangana on Apr 25 and 26, 2017, officials said.
Telangana legislative assembly Speaker suspends BJP members
Mar 24, 2017, at 09:25 pm
Hyderabad, Mar 24 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly have been suspended from the house for the rest of the week by the Speaker on Friday, according to media reports.
PM Modi greets Telangana CM on his birthday
Feb 17, 2017, at 06:09 pm
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on his birthday.
Opposition disrupts Telangana Assembly on SC categorisation issue, three suspended later revoked
Dec 27, 2016, at 09:16 pm
Hyderabad, Dec 27 (IBNS): Telangana Assembly speaker Madhusudhana Chary suspended three opposition members from the House on Tuesday but it was later revoked, according to media reports.
Heavy rains to sweep Hyderabad for two more days: MET
Sep 23, 2016, at 05:26 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 23 (IBNS): Pounded by heavy rains for two days, Hyderabad is set to receive the same for a couple of more days, according to the MeT department's prediction.
Ten killed, 30 injured in Telengana bus accident
Aug 22, 2016, at 06:02 pm
Hyederabad, Aug 22 (IBNS) : At least ten people were killed and 30 injured after a bus in which they were travelling, fell into a canal off a bridge in Telengana's Khammam district in the wee hours of Monday.
8 killed in Telangana bus mishap
Aug 22, 2016, at 03:29 pm
Hyderabad, Aug 22 (IBNS); At least eight people were killed as the bus, in which they were travelling, fell into a roadside irrigation canal on the Khammam-Hyderabad highway in Telangana on Monday, reports said.
Telangana: PM Modi inaugurates first phase of NTPC power project
Aug 07, 2016, at 10:42 pm
Gajwel, Aug 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the firstphase of NTPCSuper Thermal Power Project in Medak in Telangana and said as citizen of the nation one should conserve water.
Hyderabad: Under-construction arch collapses, 3 killed
Aug 03, 2016, at 04:05 am
Hyderabad, Aug 2 (IBNS): At least three people were killed as an under construction arch collapsed at the CBCID Colony in Telangana 's Hyderabad city on Tuesday, media reports said.
Telangana: 17-year-old girl killed in public view for rejecting marriage proposal
Jul 05, 2016, at 02:49 am
Hyderabad, July 4 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old girl's throat was slit by a man in full public view in front of her home in Telangana's Adilabad district, media reports said.
15 killed in Telangana road mishap
May 15, 2016, at 03:30 pm
Hyderabad, May 15 (IBNS): At least 15 people from a family were killed in a road road accident involving a truck and an auto in Telangana's Adilabad district, media reports said.
Telangana: Diminishing Rebel Spaces
Mar 07, 2016, at 09:00 pm
At least eight members of the Venkatapuram 'area committee' of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), which operates in the Bhadrachalam area of Khammam District in Telangana, were killed in an encounter with Security Force (SF) personnel along the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border on March 1, 2016. The Telangana Greyhounds had launched the operation after receiving information about the presence of Maoist leaders in the region, resulting in the encounter which took place in the Sakler area of Sukma District in Chhattisgarh State. Along with the dead bodies of the eight slain militants, SF personnel also recovered an AK-47 rifle, three Self-Loading Rifle (SLRs), several .303 rifles, and ammunition from the encounter spot.
Telangana: Woman allegedly raped, filmed, blackmailed by 3 batchmates
Feb 28, 2016, at 04:32 pm
Karimnagar, Feb 28 (IBNS): A 23-year-old woman in Telangana's Karimnagar district was allegedly raped, filmed and blackmailed by three of her batchmates for almost two weeks, media reports said.
Fire breaks out at K Chandrasekhar Rao's 'Yagna'
Dec 27, 2015, at 08:40 pm
Medak, Dec 27 (IBNS): A massive fire broke out at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's five-day 'Yagna' in Medak district on Sunday.
Telangana: 10 die in bus-truck collision
Oct 08, 2015, at 04:53 am
Hyderabad, Oct 7 (IBNS): At least 10 people were killed after while several others were injured as the bus in which they were travelling collided head on with a book-laden truck in Nalgonda district of Telangana on Wednesday afternoon, media reports said.
Mar 17, 2015, at 05:06 pm
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management After a protracted political slug fest and acrimonious protests, the new State of Telangana was created on June 2, 2014, bifurcating Andhra Pradesh. According to the arrangement, Hyderabad will remain the joint capital for both the States for ten years, after which Andhra Pradesh will have its own capital and Hyderabad will be transferred entirely to Telangana. While Telangana has 10 Districts, the residuary Andhra Pradesh has 13. Interestingly, even as the undivided Andhra Pradesh successfully broke the backbone of Maoist movement in the State, the Maoists managed retain a shadow of their presence in the State. That shadow remains visible in Telangana.
Vijayawada will be Andhra Pradesh capital: Reports
Sep 04, 2014, at 05:48 pm
Hyderabad, Sept 4 (IBNS): While Hyderabad is the capital of both the new state of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh now, the new capital of Andhra will be in Vijayawada as Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu will announce it soon, said a report by NDTV quoting sources.
18 killed in school bus-train collision in Telangana
Jul 24, 2014, at 05:54 pm
Hyderabad, July 24 (IBNS) In one of the worst accidents at an unmanned level crossing, at least 18 school children were killed when their bus was hit by a train on Thursday morning in a village in Medak district of Telangana, said reports.
TRS shutdown over Polavaram hits Telangana
May 29, 2014, at 09:25 pm
Hyderabad, May 29 (IBNS): Telangana is observing a shutdown on Thursday called by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to protest against the Centre's move to bring an ordinance to merge seven mandals of Telangana into Seemandhra, as a fallout of the Polavaram water project.