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AP govt transfers two IAS officers on SEC's request

Andhra Pradesh government has given new postings to two IAS officers who were collectors of Chittoor and Guntur districts after being asked by State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar to be relieved from their duties.... read..

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Women police officers real stars, says Anushka Shetty

Popular actor Anushka Shetty on Wednesday described women police officers as the real stars, as it is because of their efforts that women feel secure.... read..

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Dr Reddy's terminates Avigan trial study in Kuwait

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd and Global Response Aid FZCO (GRA) on Wednesday announced the termination of Avigan (antiviral drug) trial study conducted in Kuwait focused on moderate to severe Covid patients in a hospital setting.... read..

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Peaceful rally in Hyderabad to show solidarity with farmers

A rally organised here on Tuesday to show solidarity with protesting farmers in New Delhi passed off peacefully.... read..

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AP govt advisor appeals to stakeholders in Panchayat elections to avoid friction

Andhra Pradesh Government Advisor (Public Affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy on Tuesday appealed to all stakeholders in the upcoming gram panchayat polls to strive for unanimous elections to avoid friction and expenditure and make use of the incentives an... read..

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Telangana governor felicitates Col Santosh Babu's wife

Telangana Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan on Tuesday has felicitated Santoshi, widow of Colonel Santosh Babu, a day after he was posthumously conferred with Maha Vir Chakra, the second highest gallantry award.... read..

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Telangana reports 147 new COVID cases, 1 death

Telangana reported 147 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 2,93,737.... read..

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Serial killer of women arrested in Hyderabad

Hyderabad police have arrested a serial killer who was targeting women after his wife eloped with another person.... read..

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Andhra couple held for killing daughters in occult ritual

Madanapalle police on Tuesday arrested the superstitious parents who had killed their own daughters on Sunday in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district.... read..

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Serial killer involved in 21 cases arrested in Hyderabad

On credible information, the police officials of Commissioner's Task Force North Zone team along with Rachakonda Police apprehended most wanted serial killer Maina Ramulu on Tuesday.... read..

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Andhra woman who killed her daughters continues to be unstable

The superstitious mother of two girls, whom she and her husband had murdered as part of eccentric rituals with a hope to resurrect them later, continued to be in an unstable condition on Tuesday.... read..

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KCR wants work on his dream Secretariat project to be speeded up

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday directed the engineers working on construction of new building for the state Secretariat to speed up the work.... read..

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BJP-JSP to meet Andhra Governor, request him to ensure free and fair Panchayat polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jana Sena Party (JSP) will meet and request Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan to ensure free and fair Gram Panchayat polls in the state.... read..

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Telangana's active corona cases fall below 3K

With more recoveries than new coronavirus infections in a day, Telangana's active cases dropped below 3,000 to further improve its recovery rate, health officials said on Wednesday.... read..

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Covaxin neutralizes UK variant of Covid: Study

Covaxin, the Covid vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech, effectively neutralizes UK variants of SARS-CoV-2 reducing the possibility of mutant virus escape, finds a study.... read..

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Andhra Pradesh reports 111 fresh COVID-19 cases

Andhra Pradesh reported 111 new COVID-19 cases, 97 discharges, and two deaths due to the disease in the last 24-hours, the state health department informed on Wednesday.... read..

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Andhra SEC misusing power, playing to Chandrababu Naidu's tune: YSRCP

Andhra Pradesh government's advisor and YSRCP general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy on Wednesday accused State Election Commissioner N Ramesh Kumar of misusing its power ahead of the Gram Panchayat Elections.... read..

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Class 9 Hyderabad student receives Bal Shakti Puraskar for smart wristband for elderly

Hemesh Chadalavada, a Class 9 student from Hyderabad has been chosen this year as a recipient of the Bal Shakti Puraskar Award for his unique invention a smart wristband to monitor the elderly and disabled.... read..

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Incentive scheme for unanimously elected gram panchayats in Andhra

The Government of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday decided to give wide publicity on the incentive scheme announced by the state for unanimously elected gram panchayats.... read..

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Hyderabad's Hussain Sagar gets a facelift

Hussain Sagar, the most popular hangout place in Hyderabad, is getting a major face lift.... read..

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Blueprint to be prepared for dispersing IT growth in Hyderabad

Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar on Monday directed officials to prepare a blueprint for the development of information technology in all areas around Hyderabad under the IT Grid policy.... read..

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Over 20,000 private healthcare workers in Telangana take vaccine

Over 20,000 private healthcare workers in Telangana were administered Covid vaccine on Monday.... read..

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Telangana's Kanaka Raju who preserved tribal dance form gets Padma Shri

Tribals in old Adilabad district of Telangana hailed Padma Shri award to Ghusadi dance master Kanaka Raju, who is the only Padma awardee from Telangana this year.... read..

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AP govt respects SC decision on gram panchayat elections: YSRCP

Advisor to Andhra Pradesh government on public policy, and Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy on Monday said that the government respects the verdict of Supreme Court and the state government will pro... read..

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Two arrested in Hyderabad on bribery charges

Two government officials on Monday were arrested by Telangana Police in Vikarabad on corruption charges.... read..

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Patriotic fervour marks Republic Day celebrations in T'gana

Patriotic fervour marked 72nd Republic Day celebrations in Telangana on Tuesday.... read..

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Telangana records 189 new COVID-19 cases

Telangana reported 189 new COVID-19 cases, 349 discharges and two deaths in the last 24 hours, the state health department said on Tuesday.... read..

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COVID-19: 47.4 pc private health get vaccinated in Telangana

About 47.4 per cent of the total private health workers scheduled to take the COVID-19 vaccine in Telangana took the jab on Monday, the state health department informed.... read..

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India's youngest state becoming strongest: Telangana Guv

India's youngest state Telangana, with new schemes, new initiatives, innovations and a successful record, is emerging as the country's strongest state, said Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.... read..

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Superstitious parents in Andhra's Chittoor district kill daughters in occult ritual

In a horrific incident, two young women were killed allegedly by their parents in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district, in what police said appeared to be a case linked to superstition.... read..

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Andhra SEC reschedules phase 1 of gram panchayat polls

The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission on Monday rescheduled the dates for the first phase of the Gram Panchayat elections. The first phase will now take place on February 21.... read..

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Integrated weapons system design centre opened in Hyderabad

Vice-President M.Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the Integrated Weapons System Design Centre at DRDO's APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex here on Monday.... read..

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COVID-19: Andhra govt employees federation slams State Election Commission for announcing local body polls

Andhra Pradesh (AP) Government Employees Federation hit out at the State Election Commissioner (SEC), Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, for 'not caring about the lives of employees' by announcing local body elections amid COVID-19 outbreak.... read..

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SS Rajamouli's multistarrer 'RRR' in cinemas on October 13

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli's much-hyped upcoming multistarrer RRR is set for a theatrical release on October 13, the cast and crew announced on Monday.... read..

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Pakistan: Sindh farmers protest against Imran Khan government over tomato import

Farmers in Hyderabad city of Sindh province staged a demonstration on Sunday against Prime Minister Imran Khan's government for continuing the import of tomatoes.... read..

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2 T'gana cops to be awarded President's Police medal

Hyderabad's Additional Commissioner of Police (ASP), Shikha Goel, and Inspector General of Police, N. Shiva Shankar Reddy, have been chosen for the President's Police Medal (PPM) for their distinguished service on the occasion of the Republic Day.... read..

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Nara Lokesh decries 'rape cases' filed against student agitators

TDP National General Secretary and former Minister Nara Lokesh has condemned the manner in which the police tried to file false "rape cases" against the student activists of Telugu Nadu Students Federation (TNSF) just for trying to protest at the Chief Mi... read..

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Telangana sustains declining trend in Covid cases

The declining trend in Covid-19 cases in Telangana continued as the state reported 148 new cases during the last 24 hours, health officials said on Monday.... read..

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Andhra records 56 new COVID cases, 2 deaths

Andhra Pradesh health department reported 56 COVID-19 cases, 141 discharges, and 2 deaths due to the disease on Monday.... read..

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10km and 5km runs held at Hyderabad's cable bridge

Enthusiastic participation by youngsters and those young-at-heart was on display in the 10km and 5km runs organised on Sunday at the Durgam Cheruvu cable-stayed bridge, a new landmark in Hyderabad, to mark the National Girl Child Day.... read..

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Telangana woman dies 5 days after vaccination, reasons unknown: State health dept

A 45-year-old female healthcare worker in Telangana died in the early hours of Sunday, five days after undergoing COVID-19 vaccination at Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC), New Shayampet area of Warangal Urban District.... read..

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Ram Madhav attacks Rahul Gandhi, says 'govt is running country properly'

Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ram Madhav on Sunday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for a recent tweet attacking the PM Modi government over the farmers' protest.... read..

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Telangana's Covid count drops below 200

Telangana's daily Covid count dropped below 200 while the state continued to report more recoveries than new positive cases, health officials said on Sunday.... read..

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Telangana logs 221 more Covid cases, tally reaches 2.93 lakh

Telangana registered 221 new Covid positive cases, increasing the state's tally to 2.93 lakh, even as 431 more patients recovered from the virus to outnumber infections on Saturday.... read..

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'Pandemic an eye-opener to increase allocation for health sector'

The Covid-19 pandemic should serve as an eye-opener for the government to increase allocation for the health sector in the Union Budget 2020-21, feel representatives from the sector.... read..

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South Central Railway ships bananas in containers to JNPT

For the first time, bananas have been transported by train in freezer containers from Tadipatri station in Guntakal division of the South Central Railway (SCR) zone to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai for onward export to Middle Eastern countr... read..

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Everything in the nation, its welfare, is nationalism, forefathers have given philosophy of 'world is one family': Vice President

The nation doesn't mean geographical boundaries; everything in the nation, its welfare, is nationalism said Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday while adding ours is a glorious civilization that embodies the value of sharing and caring.... read..

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Encourage people to drink water supplied under Mission Bhagiratha: Telangana CM

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has directed officials to encourage people to drink pure and safe drinking water that is being supplied through the Mission Bhagiratha programme of the Telangana Government.... read..

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Worker dies in accident at pharma company in Visakhapatnam

A worker died in an accident at a pharma company in Visakhapatnam on Saturday following which the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) leaders have demanded that the management should take the responsibility of deceased's family members and until then, CI... read..

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Telangana reports 197 new COVID-19 cases

Telangana reported 197 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 2,93,253 on Sunday, the health department informed.... read..

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Vaccine 99 pc safe, people should step forward to get vaccinated: Telangana Health Minister

The COVID-19 vaccine is 99 per cent safe and it is important to get vaccinated, said Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender while hoping everyone would step forward for it in the coming days.... read..

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