Telangana to host techno-cultural festival showcasing North East India from November 20

Telangana to host techno-cultural festival showcasing North East India from November 20

The Telangana Government, in partnership with the Governor’s Office and the Ministry for the Development of North Eastern Region, is set to host the “Telangana–North East India Connect: A Techno-Cultural Festival” in Hyderabad from Thursday, November 20. The festival will take place in two phases, from November 20 to 22 at Hitex exhibitio. Centre and … Read more

Media with its objectivity and fairness should be a partner in nation-building: Vice President Radhakrishnan

Media with its objectivity and fairness should be a partner in nation-building: Vice President Radhakrishnan

Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan, A.P. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and others dignitaries with Ramoji Excellence Award winners at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan urged media houses to become partners in nation-building through their constructive role as the fourth pillar of … Read more

Amar Jyoti centre, memorial for martyrs of Telangana Statehood movement, ready for inauguration

Amar Jyoti centre, memorial for martyrs of Telangana Statehood movement, ready for inauguration

Amar Jyoti centre, a memorial for martyrs who sacrificed their lives during the separate Statehood struggle, is ready for inauguration. State Planning Board vice-chairman G. Chinna Reddy stressed the need for opening the centre soon. He inspected the centre on Wednesday and appreciated facilities like auditorium and canteen. The memorial’s architect M. V. Ramana Reddy … Read more

HC dismisses contempt plea

HC dismisses contempt plea

Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed a contempt of court petition filed by Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) against industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad. RAKIA secured a civil decree in a court at Ras Al Khaimah, one of the emirates of UAE, in a financial dispute relating to VANPIC project (of … Read more

Railway Board calls for design tweaks in Vande Bharat sleeper trains

Railway Board calls for design tweaks in Vande Bharat sleeper trains

Following extensive trial runs the Railway Board has flagged some issues regarding furnishings and workmanship in the Vande Bharat sleeper rakes and has directed that they be addressed. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT The Railway Board has directed its Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) to implement a few specific design rectifications in the new 16-car … Read more

Training begins for 115 newly-recruited Excise officers in Telangana

Training begins for 115 newly-recruited Excise officers in Telangana

The first batch of 115 newly-recruited Excise officers, including Assistant Excise Superintendents (AES) and Sub-Inspectors of Excise (SIS), began their six-month foundational training at the Excise Academy on Saturday (November 1, 2025). The group includes 31 AES candidates selected through the TSPSC Group-I examination and 84 SIS candidates recruited through Group-II. The trainees formally reported … Read more

States urge Union Finance Ministry to ease their borrowing limits

States urge Union Finance Ministry to ease their borrowing limits

New Delhi: Several states, including Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra, have approached the Union finance ministry, seeking easing of their borrowing limits that now factor in dues to power distribution companies, unspent central funds, contribution to the guarantee redemption fund and off-budget borrowings, ET has learnt. While the Centre says it imposed the borrowing limits … Read more

Centre considers including unlisted institutions in Schedule X; Telangana raises eye brows

Centre considers including unlisted institutions in Schedule X; Telangana raises eye brows

The Central Government is reportedly contemplating to include the institutions not included anywhere in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (APR) Act 2014 into the Schedule X institutions. The Ministry of Home Affairs referred to the division of assets and liabilities of institutions not mentioned anywhere in the APR Act and requested the Telangana Government to furnish … Read more

Telangana DGP urges parties to observe bandh on October 18 peacefully

Telangana DGP urges parties to observe bandh on October 18 peacefully

Telangana’s Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy on Friday (October 17, 2025) urged all political parties and organisations to ensure that the statewide bandh call given for October 18 is observed peacefully. In a statement released to the media, the DGP said that any attempt to disrupt public order or indulge in unlawful activities … Read more

From Charminar to Ramappa, Telangana deploys tourist police units to enhance safety across heritage spots in 7 districts

From Charminar to Ramappa, Telangana deploys tourist police units to enhance safety across heritage spots in 7 districts

As part of the initiative, 80 police personnel underwent specialised training in Orientation and Sensitisation of Tourist Police from October 6 to 9 at the National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management (NITHM), Hyderabad | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Government of Telangana has launched Tourist Police Units across major tourist destinations in the state … Read more