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Hyderabad, Sept 16 (Maxim News): Hyderabad and its surrounding districts are on alert today. As per the Telangana Weatherman post on X, a massive trough line is expected to pass through the region, resulting in heavy to very heavy rains during the evening to overnight hours. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Several districts like to get affected include Medak, Sangareddy, Kamareddy, Siddipet, Rangareddy, Vikarabad, Yadadri-Bhongir, Nizamabad, Jagtial, and Sircilla. As per the X post, Hyderabad city will remain mostly dry till afternoon. However, from the evening onwards, widespread heavy rains are expected to lash the city. (Maxim News)
Hyderabad: With back-to-back spells of heavy rain battering Hyderabad and nearby districts, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday forecast more downpours over the weekend, issuing a heavy rainfall warning for 10 districts including Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Sangareddy, and Mahbubnagar. The city has been placed under an orange alert, with citizens asked to remain prepared and take precautions, especially in flood-prone areas. Officials urged commuters to avoid unnecessary travel and opt for Metro Rail services in case of heavy downpour. The sudden shift in the w ...Read More >
Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Monday evening, causing waterlogging and traffic snarls for the city's residents. According to the IMD, an orange alert has been issued for Hyderabad, with light thunderstorms and moderate rain in the forecast. The Hyderabad Meteorological Centre has predicted moderate to heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds in Hyderabad and nearby areas. Furthermore, the GHMC rainfall forecast indicates that the city is likely to experience an intense spell of ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Telangana witnessed widespread heavy rain on Saturday due to a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal. Venkatapuram in Mulugu district received the highest rainfall at 106.5 mm, while Anna pureddypally in Bhadradri Kothagudem saw 81.3 mm. Hyderabad recorded steady showers, with Quthbullapur receiving 46.3 mm. The IMD issued an orange alert for Adilabad, Nirmal, Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Mulugu, Sangareddy, and Siddipet districts for Sunday. In Hyderabad, moderate to heavy rain is forecast for 48 hours, with misty, cool mornings and nights. ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The prohibition and excise department will pick successful applicants for 2,620 'A4' category liquor shops through a draw of lots at 11 am on Monday. The draw will be conducted by the respective district collectors. According to officials, a total of 95,137 applications have been received for the shops. Following the High Court's permission to conduct the draw, prohibition and excise commissioner C. Harikiran has instructed officials to ensure that the process is carried out smoothly without any inconvenience to applicants. The court has said that the allotments would be subject to ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy met Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on Tuesday. CM Reddy urged the Union Education Minister to sanction an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Hyderabad and to set up Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya schools in identified areas of Telangana. The Chief Minister met with Minister Pradhan at the Union Minister's chambers in the Parliament. During the meeting, the CM brought to the attention of the union minister the fast-growing Hyderabad city in technolo ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Congress-backed candidates won more than 60 per cent sarpanches in the gram panchayat elections across all three phases. The opposition BRS-supported candidates won 25 per cent posts, while the BJP-backed candidates got only four per cent panchayats. Independents and others emerged as a major block by winning at least 10 per cent, playing a key role in the Panchayat elections. In the third phase, the Congress-backed candidates won in 2,120 panchayats, while BRS-backed ones won 1,100 and the BJP 225, and others 465. With the third phase polls, the gram panchayat elections have c ...Read More >
Medak: Telangana State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Friday appealed to the people to give the committed party an opportunity to meet the aspirations of the poor and downtrodden. Addressing a large gathering of party workers in Medak, the BJP chief remarked that citizens have experienced the rule of the BRS and the Congress party and have had bitter experiences with the deceitful practices of both. He urged people to support the BJP wholeheartedly in the upcoming local body elections as a way to teach the ruling Congress party a lesson for its unfulfilled promises. Rao emphasized that t ...Read More >
ACB officials seized ₹1.31 lakh in unaccounted cash from RTA check posts across the erstwhile Adilabad district. Staff were reportedly taking bribes from drivers violating road safety norms, continuing operations despite government orders to remove the posts. Adilabad: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials conducted searches at inter-State Regional Transport Authority (RTA) check posts across the erstwhile Adilabad district on Sunday, seizing Rs.1.31 lakh in unaccounted cash from the staff. ...Read More >
NIZAMABAD: Union home and co-operation minister Amit Shah will visit Nizamabad on June 29. The official machinery and BJP leadership have made full arrangements for his arrival. He will fly in from Ahmedabad to Begumpet Airport on Sunday, then proceed by helicopter to the Integrated District Offices Complex (IDOC) in Nizamabad. At 2 pm, he will inaugurate the National Turmeric Board office in Vinayaknagar and address the board's meeting at Baswa Garden. Afterwards, he will travel to the Kanteshwar bypass road junction to unveil a statue of former Rajya Sabha member D. Srinivas. He will conclu ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heavy rain continued to pound parts of Telangana under the impact of a low-pressure area, paralysing normal life and affecting road connectivity to some villages. Rivulets, lakes and ponds were overflowing due to incessant rain, inundating low-lying areas. The low-pressure system has impacted south Telangana with heavy to very heavy rain at a few places, officials said. United Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Adilabad, Khammam and Rangareddy districts received heavy rains since last night. Maddukur in Bhadradri Kothagudem district received the highest rainfall of 1 ...Read More >
Hyderabad Traffic Advisory: Cyberabad traffic police on Thursday issued a comprehensive traffic advisory in the aftermath of road damage caused to the Nagpur Highway (NH44) due to torrential rains. The advisory outlines traffic diversions to ensure smooth vehicular movement. The affected stretch between Kamareddy, Dichpally, and Armoor sections has been closed. Meanwhile, the commuters are urged to take alternative roads to reach their respective destinations. Heavy vehicles approaching from Hyderabad towards Adilabad on the National Highway 44 will be diverted at the Medchal Checkpost. Comm ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 12 (VOICE) Cold wave conditions prevailed in parts of Telangana with minimum temperature dropping to single digit in at least six districts on Thursday. The average minimum temperature in the state was 14.3 degrees Celsius, which is 2.7 degrees below normal. Among all 33 districts, Adilabad was the coldest with average temperature of 9.3 degrees Celsius and Bela in Adilabad district was the coldest place in the state with the lowest temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, said meteorologists at the Telangana Development Planning Society (TGDPS). The lowest temperature in Sirpur (U) ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sept 26 (Maxim News): It has been raining in Hyderabad city since yesterday evening. heavy rain fell from 6 am to 8 amj on Friday. Heavy rain fell again one hour later. In the wake of the heavy rains, people's lives have been disrupted. All the low lying areas have been flooded. All the roads have become rivers. The Indian meteorological Department has said that there is a possibility of heavy to very heavy rains in Hyderabad city today and tomorrow. In this context, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has alerted the authorities. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp GHMC, HYDRA, NDRF, and SDRF ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Terming the handcuffing of Lagacharla farmer Hirya Nayak, currently lodged in Sangareddy jail, while taking him to hospital for treatment "inhuman", BRS working president KT Rama Rao has urged the Chief Justice of Telangana high court to take the case suo motu and urged governor Jishnu Dev Varma to order a probe into the incident. Addressing a press meet on Thursday, the BRS leader said the farmer, who is suspected to have suffered a heart attack while in jail, was treated inhumanly. ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Torrential rains have left a person dead and four others missing in Kamareddy and Medak districts. Rescue operations are underway on a massive scale as rivers, streams, and irrigation tanks overflowed, submerging colonies, breaching roads and halting transport.A govt doctor lost his life in Kamareddy after a wall collapsed on him. Two men were swept away in Neelakatta stream at Domakonda in the same district, while two others - Bestha Sathyam and Yada Goud of Rajpet village - were carr ...Read More >
Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Sunday evening, leading to water-logging and traffic disruptions across the city. Several areas, including Boudha Nagar and Jawahar Nagar in Musheerabad, experienced significant rainfall. The IMD has issued warnings for more heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and gusty winds in multiple districts. GHMC is actively working to manage the situation and divert water. Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Sunday evening causing water-logging on the roads and traffic snarls at diff ...Read More >
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a forecast of light to moderate rainfall with gusty winds in the state for the next five days. The officials said that there would be light to moderate rainfall in some places on October 22 and heavy rainfall on October 24 and 25 at isolated places in the state. The IMD officials have attributed this to a low pressure area forming near the south east of the Bay of Bengal is causing rains in the state. This would further strengthen into a dep ...Read More >
Hyderabad, August 13: All Irrigation Department officers in Telangana have been ordered to stay at their stations, maintain round-the-clock vigil at dams, reservoirs, canals, and tanks, and act immediately to prevent breaches as the state braces for days of heavy to very heavy rain. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Irrigation, Food & Civil Supplies Minister Capt N. Uttam Kumar Reddy issued the emergency directives on Wednesday, authorising engineers to bypass red tape and use funds instantly for flood-related works while instructing top officials to remain physically present at their assigned pro ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Heavy rains have caused severe disruption on National Highway 44 (Nagpur Highway) between Hyderabad and Adilabad, leading to a major traffic jam. Near Bhiknoor in Kamareddy district, a portion of the highway was washed away by floodwaters, leaving vehicles stranded for nearly 12 kilometers between Jangampally and Tekriyal. Following the damage, authorities issued a traffic alert and announced diversions for both heavy and light vehicles traveling on the Hyderabad-Adilabad route. Also Read: Countdown Begins: HYDRAA Readies Demolition of Fatima Owaisi Campus on Lake Land Heavy vehi ...Read More >
Adilabad, Hyderabad: A woman, her son and two girls drowned in the floodwaters in Wankidi mandal of Komaram Bheem Asifabad district on Saturday, when they went to retrieve some bags that had floated away. In the incident on the outskirts of Dobha village, Moharle Nirmala and her son Ganesh went to wash urea bags. When a bag was swept away, Ganesh entered the deeper part of the water and drowned. Nirmala rushed into the deep water to save her son and drowned. Two girls from the village, Ade Shashikala, 8, and Vadai Maheswari, 10, who noticed them struggling jumped in to help them but drowned. ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The deaths of five persons after consuming adulterated toddy triggered public outrage in Kukatpally, where locals staged a protest outside a toddy compound, demanding strict action and tighter regulation. Protesters alleged that earlier complaints about spurious toddy had been ignored by officials. As the protest intensified on Wednesday morning, police reached the spot and dispersed the crowd. "Can't believe this is being taken so lightly. It is an act that puts so many lives at risk," said one protester, a relative of one of the victims. Following the protest, officials sealed th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel looking into the levy of user fees or toll charges on National Highways (NHs) has raised concerns over the current practice of "perpetual tolling" even after project costs are recovered and a 3% annual escalation, irrespective of the highway quality, traffic volume, or user affordability.While recommending rationalisation and substantial reduction in toll charges on such stretches, its report has also mooted a "tariff authority" for toll fixation. The Public Accounts Committee headed by Congress MP K C Venugopal said, "Any continuation of tolls beyond this poin ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sept 14 (PTI) Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Sunday evening causing water-logging on the roads and traffic snarls at different places in the city. Boudha Nagar Community Hall in Musheerabad received 121 mm of rainfall, followed by 112.8 mm in Jawahar Nagar Community Hall also in Musheerabad during 8.30 AM to 9 PM, the Telangana Development Planning Society said. Due to the sudden downpour, waterlogging occurred on the roads even as traffic police took steps to clear the water. The Met Centre of IMD here warned that heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Adil ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra, her businessman husband Raj Kundra, and an unidentified individual have been booked by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for allegedly defrauding a Mumbai-based businessman of Rs 60.4 crore in a loan-cum-investment deal linked to their now-defunct company, Best Deal TV Pvt Ltd, police said on Thursday. According to Mumbai Police, businessman Deepak Kothari has accused the couple of jointly cheating him of more than Rs 60 crore. He alleged that the money, given between 2015 and 2023 in the name of business expansion, was ins ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 14 (ANI): Samajwadi Party MLA Pooja Pal, whose husband Raju Pal was shot dead by Atiq Ahmed and his associate, thanked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for zero-tolerance policy against crime that improved law and order in the state. The SP MLA said that the UP CM gave her justice by bringing in policies like zero tolerance that led to the killing of criminals like Atiq Ahmed. Speaking at the UP Assembly during the 24-hour marathon discussion on Vision Document 2047, Pooja Pal said, Everyone knows who murdered my husband (Raju Pal). I want ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kamareddy and Medak districts of Telangana received the highest rainfall in the last 50 years, state government officials said on Thursday. The two districts witnessed unprecedented rain during the last 24 hours, triggering flash floods. While Argonda station at Rajampet mandal in Kamareddy received 44 cm of rain, a total of 23 locations received more than 20 cm of rainfall. These include 10 stations in Kamareddy, four in Nirmal, six in Medak and the remaining in Nizamabad and Siddipet. This has been the heaviest downpour in such a short span in the last 5 ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Hyderabad centre has issued an orange alert, forecasting very heavy rains in Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Nirmal, Sangareddy and Medak districts on Saturday. In view of the low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal, the IMD officials alerted the state government to take precautions to prevent property damage as well as human and cattle loss due to heavy rains in the districts vulnerable to the low-pressure area. The IMD issued an yellow alert also, with forecast of heavy rainfall at isolated places in Adilabad, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, J ...Read More >
Hyerabad: Telangana experienced significant rainfall across the state, with Mulugu district bearing the brunt of the highest downpour. According to data from the Telangana Development Planning Society, Eturunagaram in Mulugu received a staggering 66.5 mm of rain between 8:30 am and 9:00 pm on Wednesday, making it the highest recorded rainfall in the state during this period.The heavy rains have affected several districts, with Jayashankar's Mahadevpur recording 36.8 mm and Khammam's Thallada rece ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Two gram panchayats from Telangana have secured the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskars, announced by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, for their outstanding performance in rural development and sustainable governance. Motukupalli gram panchayat, in Kotepalli mandal of Vikarabad district, has won the award in the "Good Governance" category. The recognition comes for its excellence in transparent administration, people's participation and effective implementation of development programmes at the grassroots level. Similarly, Faslawadi gram panchayat in Sangareddy manda ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday instructed all engineers, officers and employees of the irrigation department to stay put at their respective stations and maintain round-the-clock vigil at dams, reservoirs, canals and tanks. He also told them to act immediately to prevent breaches as Telangana prepares for several more days of heavy to very heavy rain.The emergency directives were issued during a high-level video conference with engineers-in-chief, chief engineers, superintending engineers, executive engineers, and deputy executive engineers from across the stat ...Read More >