Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The national animal, tiger, has all but disappeared from the newest state in the country. The situation is so alarming that wildlife officials say there is a very real danger of the tiger going locally extinct in Telangana in the next two or three years. In the latest census conducted …
India is preparing to lift its solar target to 15 gigawatts by 2019, more than five times current capacity, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to accelerate clean-energy deployment. The government may scrap plans to auction 1,500 megawatts of solar projects by April in favor of a more ambitious program …
Spurt in malaria cases alarms health officialsHyderabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Several districts in Telangana are in the grip of malaria and other viral fevers. However, the absence of an effective mechanism to monitor and report diseases such as malaria and dengue is resulting in the state health department officials working …
India’s newly formed state of Telangana announced plans to auction licenses to build 500 megawatts of solar capacity. Solar installations are set to accelerate in India, including Telangana, carved out of Andhra Pradesh state in June, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government pledges to extend photovoltaic power from irrigation pumps …
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh is thinking of notifying a new tiger reserve in the Seshachalam hills comprising Tirupati and Kadapa forest areas. Telangana already has two tiger reserves at Kawal and Amramabad. Sources in the forest department said that camera traps have to be installed to check the presence of tigers …
Withdrawal of monsoon, which normally commences by September 1, has been delayed this year The withdrawal of the monsoon, which should normally begin by September 1 from west Rajasthan, is delayed this year, cheering farmers with rain that's been patchy during the season. Meteorologists said the retreat was unlikely to …
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision on sanitation, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided to focus on creating an action plan for constructing toilets in all government schools to create an enabling environment for girls, with HRD minister Smriti Irani asking states to do so by …
State Govt Urged To Look Into Losses Due To High Rate Of Power Theft Strengthening the state's transmission lines is the key to resolving the acute power crisis ailing Telangana, feel experts closely following the developments in the new state. Pointing out how the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led government needs to …
In its bid to promote environment-friendly Ganesha idols, the Telangana Pollution Control Board will install clay Ganesha models across Telangana region. On the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi, the board will install idols of 10 ft to 12 ft in the four zones of GHMC by spending Rs. 9.5 lakh. Further, …
Environmental scientists and experts have cautioned the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments against declaring industrial sites at places where land is abundantly available and warned that these could prove to be environmental disasters. Both the governments have identified land for industrial use without taking environmental impact into consideration. “For a …
In what could be termed as a tough start, the new Telangana state is now facing both depleting groundwater table and deficit rains, thanks to the monsoon playing truant. Sample this: By the end of July, all 10 districts in Telangana recorded deficit rainfall, the worst being Nalgonda (-57%), followed …
Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday asked the states to pass necessary order to implement the ban on all forms of processed flavoured or scented chewing tobacco like gutka and zarda. Citing that tobacco use is the foremost preventable cause of death and disease globally as well as …
States to tie-up with the centre for solar power projects: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Shreya Jai The Narendra Modi government has made the first concrete move towards expanding India's solar generation capacity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh would soon tie up with the …
This will be the American company's first project in India US-based First Solar Inc (FSLR), a thin film solar module manufacturer and developer of solar projects worldwide, plans to build a 45-Mw capacity solar power generation project in the new state of Telangana through its Indian subsidiary. First Solar India …
Hyderabad: Viral hepatitis is a major threat and continues to remain a cause for concern on World Hepatitis Day observed on July 28. Unsafe blood transfusion, reuse of needles for tattoos, acupuncture, ear-piercing, and used health instruments spread the virus. Recent studies have found that 5 out of every 100 …
The Secunderabad Cantonment could be the first cantonment area to switch over to solar energy, with a Delhi-based firm (PEC Limited) getting ready to set up a solar power mini grid either at Balamrai pump house or Gun Rock pump house. Once functional, the plant would generate 1 MW (mega …
BELGAUM: While advocates and farmers organizations in north Karnataka have reorganized to put pressure to implement the controversial Kalsa-Bhandura water diversion project, the Karnataka government is all set to give a strong representation during the September 3 hearing before the Kalsa Bhandura Water Dispute Tribunal. According to official sources, a …
Nearly 60 peacocks were found dead in Chitur village of Lingala Ghanapur mandal early on Monday morning. The peacocks died as a result of drinking poisonous water. It is learnt the farmers in the area used pesticides in the fields and the peacocks which drank the water in which the …
The Telangana government is examining the idea of formation of armed forest protection teams and striking forces to prevent smuggling of teak and other timber from the forests of Adilabad, Warangal, Khammam and other districts. Minister for Forests and Environment Jogu Ramanna stated here on Thursday that they would create …
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 (As passed by Lok Sabha on 18-02-2014). The bill aims to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh and for matters connnected therewith.
