Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Following reports that ethical guidelines were violated during the clinical trials of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, meant to prevent cervical cancer, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday constituted a three-member committee to look into the matter. The inquiry committee comprising Dr S P Aggarwal, former Director General …
April 1: The century-old Singareni collieries decided to offer six of its coal mines to private developers at a cost plus basis. Javaharkhani Opencast, Kothagudem Opencast in Khammam district, Chennur-1 and 2 and Ramakrishnapur Shaft block in Adilabad district and Kakatiya Longwall in Warangal district have been identified for private …
Visakhapatnam, March 23: Laying out full details of the Indira Sagar Polavaram project in presence of civil engineers here on Tuesday, retired executive engineer S. Nageswara Rao urged that pressure should be brought upon various agencies to take up the project on a war-footing and complete it by 2015. Addressing …
March 4: Over 11 lakh acres under the Prakasam barrage ayacut in Krishna and Guntur districts will be transformed into barren lands in the coming years due to the implementation of GO no.107 issued by the Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy government in September 2004. The Congress government in the order instructed …
KHAMMAM: The AICC Secretary and MLC, P. Sudhakar Reddy wanted the government to order a probe into allegations of illegal mining of iron ore and other valuable minerals in Garla and Bayyaram revenue mandals of Khammam. In a statement issued here he said, he made a representation to Chief Minister …
The Koya folks' fear of Muria ferocity started to fuel xenophobia. Irritations led to frustration and further resentment. Eventually, their tolerance reached a breaking point. They went to the police. They didn't do anything for a resolution. The Koya fam Tribals fleeing the Maoist conflict in Chhattisgarh find themselves fighting …
Sept. 1: The state is unwell if the outbreak of seasonal diseases is any indication. While dengue cases are on rise in urban areas, including Hyderabad, malaria is spreading in rural areas. Many malaria cases have been reported from Ramachodavaram, East Godavari, Kadapa, Paderu in Visakhaptnam, Srikakau- lam, Vizianagaram Badrac- …
Aug. 9: Hyderabad is the worst affected among seven Telangana districts, failing to get any rain in the last week, according to the Indian Meteorological Department
D. Chandra Bhaskar Rao KHAMMAM: Conditions across the 46 revenue mandals in Khammam district are slipping deeper into a drought-like situation as the monsoon is playing truant. Medium irrigation sources, which are expected to be rebounding by this time of the year, have touched the dead storage level, while hundreds …
A decision support system for canal water releases (CWREDSS) was developed to provide demand-based optimal canal water releases for reducing the gap between canal supplies and demands for increasing the water-use efficiency in canal command areas. The developed decision support system (DSS) was evaluated under different situations of the command …
June 28: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has decided to tear up the ground in a process called open cast mining, to meet the voracious demand for coal. The decision could render 20,000 people homeless and affect 200 villages. The mines will also affect an estimated 3,000 hectares of forests. …
May 12: Diseases supposedly on the verge of eradication have reared their deadly head in the state. A cholera epidemic in Bholakpur, an anthrax outbreak in Visakhapatnam and the recurrence of polio cases, are the recent reminders that yesterday
Hyderabad, April 13: The Andhra Pradesh forest department is probing the Mumbai link of the tiger poaching that occurred at Narsampet reserve forest area in Warangal district. It is suspected that one of the accused in the case, Raheem, was in contact with people in Mumbai allegedly to sell off …
April 7: Three more persons were arrested by sleuths of the forest department on Tuesday for killing a tiger in Narsampet reserve forest area in Khammam district. Three others had been arrested earlier. The trio arrested on Tuesday confessed that they had skinned the tiger after trapping and killing it. …
Enabavi, a village of 52 families, is abuzz. It is hosting farmers from the nearby Kallem village who have come here for tips on profitable agriculture. Those who missed the excitement of the Green Revolution in the 1960s can get a glimpseSavvy Soumya MisraEnabavi, a village of 52 families, is …
Rajahmundry, Nov. 25: The state government issued an order declaring Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary as a National Park recently. The government issued GO No. 144 declaring the wildlife sanctuary as a national park to be developed in an area covering about 1,012.85 square kilometres. At present, the wildlife sanctuary is located …
