April 2021

TELANGANA Annual Brahmotsavams at Telangana’s Chilkur Balaji temple begins A seven-day annual ‘Brahmotsavams’ at Chilkur Balaji temple, popularly known as ‘Visa Balaji temple’ began recently. The temple is located on the banks of the century-old Osmansagar reservoir, about 25km from the Hyderabad city. Amid the chanting of Vedic hymns, the temple’s main archakas and rithviks … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana: Google removes 290 loan apps   Upon a request from Telangana police, Google has removed as many as 290 loan shark apps from its Play Store that are playing havoc with the lives of innocent borrowers. These rogue apps, hosted on US-based Amazon Cloud and China-based Ali Cloud, are linked with Chinese companies and are … Read more

TELANGANA Expedite report on school education: Cabinet panel   The Cabinet sub-committee on improving education and infrastructure in schools on par with corporate sector met and urged the officials to expedite the preparation of document for speedy implementation.   The committee was constituted as part of the government’s efforts to enhance quality education by spending … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana Grameena Bank net profit up by 76% in FY21   The Telangana Grameena Bank (TGB) for 2020-21 has posted a net profit of ₹301 crore, an increase of 75.92% from the ₹171.10 crore registered in the previous fiscal. This came on the back of total business increasing 15.63% to ₹20,212.97 crore (₹17,480.28 crore). … Read more

TELANGANA Include Covid-19 treatment in AarogyaSri in Telangana: Uttam Kumar Reddy   Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy  alleged that hundreds of people were dying due to the failure of the TRS-government in extending adequate number of ambulances to take the patients to the hospitals.   Uttam said while other states have … Read more

TELANGANA Water Board to take up door-to-door seeding of Aadhaar numbers   In order to fastpace the Aadhaar linkage for providing the 20,000 litres free water supply per month to all the eligible citizens, the State government has begun door-to-door enumeration of the consumers and seeding of their Aadhaar numbers with the water connection. While … Read more

TELANGANA Sharp rise in rabi cultivation ups energy consumption   Sharp increase in yasangi (rabi) cultivation this agriculture year (2020-21) has pushed up the energy consumption significantly in the second crop season mainly the December-March period. There was an 18% spike in demand in March, the crucial stage for major rabi crops, compared to March … Read more

TELANGANA Sharp rise in rabi cultivation ups energy consumption   Sharp increase in yasangi (rabi) cultivation this agriculture year (2020-21) has pushed up the energy consumption significantly in the second crop season mainly the December-March period. There was an 18% spike in demand in March, the crucial stage for major rabi crops, compared to March … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana power utilities reaches record peak power load   With the rise in temperatures in Telangana, the power demand has reached record peak recently. The Telangana power utilities reached 13,688 mega watts demand which is a record in the state. According to officials, the power highest demand recorded was 13,168 MW in February, 2020. In the … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana government to source testing kits from Tamil Nadu & Karnataka   Facing demand for more antigen kits and need for uninterrupted supply of oxygen, the Telangana government has now turned its eyes towards two southern neighbours and abroad. Now, antigen kits will be sourced from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, while Telangana will import all oxygen supply-related equipment from foreign countries, as local … Read more