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Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that maximum temperatures are likely to increase by 2-3 degrees Celsius in Telangana over the next three days. According to the seven-day weather bulletin issued till April 14, dry weather conditions are expected to continue across the state. From April 10 to 12, temperatures in districts such as Adilabad, Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Jogulamba-Gadwal, Khammam, Komaram-Bheem, Mahabubnagar, Mancherial, Nagarkurnool, Narayanpet, and Wanaparthy are likely to be in the range of 41-44 degrees Celsius. In Hyderabad, the temperature is expected to remain between 36 and 40 degrees Celsius during the same period. Amid an expected rise in temperature, the IMD Hyderabad has advised people to avoid direct exposure to heat and take precautions to stay cool. In order to prevent dehydration, it also suggested drinking enough water even if not feeling thirsty.
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 >
Hyderabad: Severalparts of the city witnessed heavy rainfall on Sunday, disrupting normal life and resulting in huge traffic jams at many places. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Hyderabad issued an orange alert and predicted moderate to heavy rain for two days, with misty, cool mornings and nights. City and its outskirts received heavy downpour, resulting in huge traffic gridlocks in Gachibowli, Hitec City, Miyapur, Sanathnagar, Kondapur and other places. Roads and low-lying areas were inundated with flood water, leaving people stranded. Two people were reported to be missing in a ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Jul 18 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to cooperate in completing irrigation projects in the state as the two states share river waters. Addressing a public meeting after attending various development programmes in Nagarkurnool district, the CM said he knows how to fight to safeguard the state's rights if cooperation from Naidu is not forthcoming. Observing that some of the projects in undivided Mahabubnagar district (of which Nagarkurnool was a part) like Bhima and Nettempadu were started when Naidu ...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: 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 >
Telangana: BJP nominee Kolagani Srinivas was elected Mayor of the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation on Monday. Following his victory, Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar, along with other BJP leaders, felicitated him at the municipal office in Karimnagar. The elections, held on February 11, were conducted across seven municipal corporations and 116 municipalities in Telangana. Voting covered 414 wards in the corporations of Kothagudem, Karimnagar, Mahabubnagar, Mancherial, Nizamabad, Nalgonda and Ramagundam, besides 2,582 wards spread across the municipalities. Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition i ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: The State government on Friday accorded approvals to a slew of industries. Among those are Krishnapatnam Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), which is set to establish a 350 MW Solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Thamminapatnam and Mommidi villages of SPSR Nellore district with a Rs 1,225 crore investment, creating 575 jobs. Furthermore, the government also waived off a Rs 54 crore extension of time fee, contingent on project completion within two years as per the Andhra Pradesh Integrated Clean Energy Policy-2024. The government also allocated 22.80 acres at MPSEZ in N ...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, 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 >
New Delhi: Hyderabad experienced widespread rainfall on Friday afternoon, drenching both the southern and northern parts of the city and forcing pedestrians and motorists to seek shelter. This marks the second consecutive day of showers, as the city continues to face wet weather conditions. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an alert at 3:31 p.m., forecasting moderate rain with intense to very intense spells across the entire Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area. Ac ...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 >
PUNE: A few hours before the deadline for withdrawal of nominations for the bypolls, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar 'advised' the Congress party to withdraw its candidate from the Baramati seat and support NCP chief Sunetra Pawar. Earlier, Sharad Pawar had said there was nothing wrong with the Congress contesting the Baramati seat. However, on the last day for withdrawal, he appealed to his alliance partner at both the Centre and state levels to step aside. "Maharashtra lost a talented politician like Ajit Pawar. The Baramati seat got vacant due to an accident. Against that backdrop, my advice to ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Jul 18 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to cooperate in completing irrigation projects in the state as the two states share river waters. Addressing a public meeting after attending various development programmes in Nagarkurnool district, the CM said he knows how to fight to safeguard the state's rights if cooperation from Naidu is not forthcoming. Also Read | Chhattisgarh: 6 Bodies of Naxals Recovered in Ongoing Encounter With Security Forces in Narayanpur. Observing that some of the projects in und ...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 >
Hyderabad: Heavy rain lashed several districts across the state, causing streams and lakes to overflow and damaging roads, thereby disrupting traffic movement.The Edupayala Vanadurga Temple in Medak district was closed once again by the temple authorities on Saturday after floodwaters entered the temple premises. In Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, around 100 sheep were killed after being struck by lightning on Sept 11 near Peddapapet village in Mahadevpur mandal. The incident occurred when the shepherds, returning from grazing in a nearby forest, were struck by lightning near the Godavari ri ...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 >
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health department has urged district administrations to issue a public advisory on JE prevention measures and to i ...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: Several parts of Hyderabad witnessed moderate to heavy showers on Wednesday evening, bringing relief from the heat but triggering traffic snarls across major corridors. The sudden downpour during peak travel hours left several roads waterlogged and slowed vehicular movement, particularly in busy junctions. According to data from the Telangana Development Planning Society (TDPS), Begumpet recorded the highest rainfall in the city at 31 mm, followed by Bowenpally with 16.8 mm and Tolichowki with 14.8 mm. Other localities such as Ferozguda (14 mm), Shaikpet (7.8 mm), and Srinagar Colon ...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 >
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 >
Hyderabad: Telangana has recorded 131.7 mm of cumulative rainfall since the onset of the southwest monsoon to date, compared to the normal average of 140.7 mm, according to the Telangana Development Planning Society (TSDPS). This places the state under the "normal" rainfall category overall, with just a 6 per cent deviation from the average. District-wise data shows uneven distribution. TGDPS data reveals that 18 districts have received deficient rainfall, while four districts are under the large deficient category. Only three districts have recorded excess rainfall, and the remaining eight a ...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: 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 >
Telangana's Congress government, led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, expanded its cabinet by inducting three new MLAs: G Vivek Venkata Swamy, Adluri Laxman Kumar, and Vakiti Srihari. This first expansion since December 2023 brings the cabinet strength to 12, leaving six positions vacant. The expansion aims for inclusivity, representing SC, ST, and backward class communities.The Congress government in Telangana expanded the cabinet headed by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy by inducting three MLA ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday said if Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu was sincere about equal development of both Telugu states, then he should scrap the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS) and allow Telangana to complete irrigation projects in Palamuru (erstwhile Mahabubnagar district).Addressing a public meeting in Kollapur in Nagarkurnool district, Revanth reminded Naidu that some projects in undivided Mahabubnagar district were started when the latter was the CM of united Andhra Pradesh."Meeru Vignulu (learned person). Come forward and cooperate, allowing ...Read More >
Telangana Weather Alert: Hyderabad Faces Torrential Rain Flood-Like Conditions in Hyderabad Streets Disrupt Traffic and Power Meteorological officials warned that heavy to very heavy rains are expected in several districts including Nirmal, Nizamabad, Mahabubabad, Warangal, Hanumakonda, Jangaon, Siddipet, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy, Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Narayanpet, Jogulamba, and Gadwal. Moderate to heavy rainfall is anticipated in Adilabad, Komuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Jagtial, Rajanna Sircilla, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Jayashankar ...Read More >