Articles for Khammam District

Will strive for all-round development of Khammam constituency, says Congress MP R. Raghuram Reddy
6 months ago

Will strive for all-round development of Khammam constituency, says Congress MP R. Raghuram Reddy

The Hindu  

Congress MP from Khammam Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy on Saturday said he would work diligently to resolve people’s issues and ensure comprehensive development of Khammam Parliamentary constituency. Speaking to the media, Mr Reddy said he would strive to develop the constituency in all spheres under the aegis of Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Ministers Tummala Nageswara Rao and Ponguleti Srinivas …

Congress Reddy Congress Mp Mr Reddy Khammam District Raghuram Reddy
Known for Strong People Connect, Telangana Deputy CM Bhatti is Dalit Face of Cabinet
1 year, 1 month ago

Known for Strong People Connect, Telangana Deputy CM Bhatti is Dalit Face of Cabinet

News 18  

Mallu Vikramarka Bhatti, the deputy chief minister of Telangana, is a senior Congress leader from the Scheduled Caste community known for his connect to the people. Political Life Bhatti was active in politics since he was a student, and stepped into the mainstream after becoming Pradesh Congress Committee executive member in undivided Andhra Pradesh. He was known as one of …

Dalit Congress Mla Connect Bhatti Bhatti Vikramarka Khammam
Telangana HC directs GHMC to issue notice to Jubilee Hills eatery
1 year, 1 month ago

Telangana HC directs GHMC to issue notice to Jubilee Hills eatery

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice T. Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court granted three weeks’ time to GHMC to kick start procedures under law against Babylon Bar and Kitchen, a popular eatery at Jubilee Hills. Don’t remove villagers from their land, says HC Justice M. Sudheer Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed revenue authorities not to dispossess the petitioners …

Court Land Writ Judge High Notice Issue
Protests in Congress Over Sharing Wyra Seat with CPM
1 year, 2 months ago

Protests in Congress Over Sharing Wyra Seat with CPM

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Second-rung Congress leaders and cadre are strongly opposing the party high command’s move to allocate Wyra seat in erstwhile Khammam district to CPM in a seat-sharing arrangement with the left parties. The seat sharing arrangement between Congress and Left parties is causing a lot of heartburn within the party. Party leaders are questioning party's high command over allocating seats …

Congress Left Parties Cpm Seat Party Leader Khammam Wyra Seat
Seat talks between Left and Congress worry senior leaders in Khammam
1 year, 2 months ago

Seat talks between Left and Congress worry senior leaders in Khammam

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The talks between the Left and the Congress for seat-sharing as part of an alliance in the Telangana state Assembly polls are causing heartburn to senior Congress leaders and the newly joined leaders from other parties in Khammam. There are many aspirants for the Congress tickets but only three general seats in Khammam district. Paleru, Khammam and, Kothagudem are …

Congress Seats Seat Left Nalgonda Khammam Khammam District
Khammam District Seats Stalling Congress List, says Ponguleti
1 year, 3 months ago

Khammam District Seats Stalling Congress List, says Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Former MP and Congress election committee co-convenor Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said on Sunday that a meeting of the Congress election screening committee was underway in Delhi to finalise party candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections in Telangana. "There is intense competition for tickets for the 10 Assembly seats in erstwhile Khammam district, since the number of aspirants is high. …

Congress Party Telangana Brs Khammam Khammam District Ponguleti
'No moral grounds': YS Sharmila hits out at KCR ahead of his Khammam rally
1 year, 11 months ago

'No moral grounds': YS Sharmila hits out at KCR ahead of his Khammam rally

India Today  

The YSR Telangana Party chief YS Sharmila on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his BRS party for choosing Khammam district for the party’s national-level meeting slated to be held on Wednesday. YS Sharmila said KCR had "no moral grounds" to pick Khammam for the party meeting as the ruling party had "failed Khammam …

Telangana Kcr Sharmila Ys Sharmila Khammam District
Tummala in a quandary over his political future
2 years, 1 month ago

Tummala in a quandary over his political future

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Former minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, who helped shape the destiny of the erstwhile Khammam district for three decades -- as minister for 11 years and MLA for 22 years – has of late been a puzzle to his followers while his political future remains uncertain. Political analyst K Ramanarayana said, “Tummala made his mark in the region by getting …

Congress Party Political Future Bjp Minister District Khammam
Drone cameras to protect forest and wildlife
2 years, 3 months ago

Drone cameras to protect forest and wildlife

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The forest department aims at using drones to check the unabated poaching and illegal felling of trees by smugglers from the reserve forests in Khammam and Bhadradri –Kothagudem districts. Khammam district forest officer Siddhartha Singh said, “We plan to give a drone camera for each division. Districts like Warangal and Karimnagar witnessed encroachment of forest lands over 10.94 sq-km, …

Cameras Drone Forest Forests Khammam District Drone Cameras
BSNL revival efforts on in Khammam district
2 years, 4 months ago

BSNL revival efforts on in Khammam district

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is keen on coming out of its problems after the central government announced a relief package of Rs 1.67 lakh crore in a bail-out plan. Assistant general manager of technical division of BSNL, Srinivasa Rao, said its ‘wifi’ service starts at the rate of Rs 275 per month, the cheapest package now available. The …

Employees Plan Bsnl Khammam District District Khammam Revival Efforts
45,000 duplicate voters found in Khammam district
2 years, 8 months ago

45,000 duplicate voters found in Khammam district

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Election officials in Khammam district have found 45,000 duplicate votes in the five assembly segments of Khammam district. It will take time to identify duplicate voters whose names may figure in more than one constituency. Incidentally, 30,550 duplicate voters have been identified among 3.14 lakh voters registered in Khammam assembly segment. Similarly, 3,810 duplicate voters have been identified among …

Constituency Voters Voter Lakh Level Duplicate Rambabu
Only 10 per cent of paddy purchase centres open in Khammam district
2 years, 8 months ago

Only 10 per cent of paddy purchase centres open in Khammam district

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: State government has opened only about 10 percent of its proposed 236 paddy procurement centres in Khammam district on Thursday. Procurement of paddy by state government in Khammam district formally commenced with transport minister P. Ajay Kumar inaugurating the purchasing centre at Manchukonda in Raghunathapalem mandal on Thursday. Paddy had been raised over 98,000 acres in Khammam district against …

State Government Paddy Centre Cent Nda Khammam District District Khammam
Irrigation department to have own buildings in Khammam district
2 years, 10 months ago

Irrigation department to have own buildings in Khammam district

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Plans are afoot to run offices of irrigation department from government-owned buildings than private ones in Khammam district. The district has one chief engineer in Khammam, two superintendent engineers at Khammam and Kallur, six executive engineers and 24 divisional engineers in different areas of the district. The government is planning to construct 34 office buildings in the district – …

Engineer Irrigation Irrigation Department Khammam District District Khammam
Greenfield Highway Project cannot bolster Khammam’s inclusive growth
2 years, 11 months ago

Greenfield Highway Project cannot bolster Khammam’s inclusive growth

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The proposed greenfield highway from Khammam to Rajamahendravaram as part of an economic corridor will neither render additional benefits to farmers nor to those living in Khammam district in terms of inclusive growth due to the design of the road project. The design of the highway, which runs 92 kilometres in Khammam district, is unlike any other national highway …

Highway Inclusive Growth Road Greenfield Khammam Khammam District
Frontline warriors contract Covid-19 in Khammam
2 years, 11 months ago

Frontline warriors contract Covid-19 in Khammam

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Coronavirus cases in Khammam district are continuing their upward trend. Against only one case registered on January 1, more than 100 cases have been recorded since past one week. Among those affected are frontline warriors working for various government departments, including eight policemen of One Town police station; one of them being circle inspector Chitti Babu. Seven employees of …

Coronavirus Khammam District
Finding alternative to paddy not an easy task for farmers
3 years, 3 months ago

Finding alternative to paddy not an easy task for farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Agriculture officials in Khammam district as also those across Telangana State are finding it difficult to propose a better alternative to paddy as an ideal crop for farmers. The irony is that the official call against paddy cultivation came at a time when plenty of water is available in Khammam district as a result of the completion of various …

Water Union Telangana Crop Paddy Officials Irrigation
Efforts on to set up agro-hub in Khammam
3 years, 6 months ago

Efforts on to set up agro-hub in Khammam

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Efforts are on to make full use of the increase in farm production in Khammam district by setting up food processing units here. The farmers used to produce 6.2 lakh quintals of chilli every year and there is no unit in the district basing itself on chill. There are two palm oil units in Bhadradri district and another unit …

District Set Unit Chilli Mills Khammam Khammam District
Khammam seed dealers complain of needless police harassment
3 years, 6 months ago

Khammam seed dealers complain of needless police harassment

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Dealers of seeds in Khammam district are complaining of harassment by police and other authorities even though they are carrying out a legitimate business. They say different interpretation of a memo issued on May 9, 2017 on “inclusion of seed varieties” has caused confusion, leading to needless raids on shops selling seeds in Khammam district. According to dealers, Telangana …

Seeds Seed License Khammam Dealers Khammam District Chilli Seeds
Panchayat elections boost Congress hopes
5 years, 11 months ago

Panchayat elections boost Congress hopes

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The outcome of the first phase of panchayat elections on Tuesday was a relief to the Telangana Congress. Local-level Congress leaders who contested in the panchayat elections proved in this first phase that they are stronger than state level leaders who lost so disastrously in the Assembly elections last month. In the first phase of panchayat polls, elections were …

Lok Sabha Panchayat Panchayat Elections Phase Panchayats Sabha Elections Khammam
Telangana Assembly elections 2018 results live | TRS set for a landslide victory
6 years, 1 month ago

Telangana Assembly elections 2018 results live | TRS set for a landslide victory

The Hindu  

The Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K. Chandrashekar Rao's gamble to call for elections six months ahead of the schedule seem to have worked well for the party. In Khammam district, TRS heavyweight Roads and Buildings Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao suffered humiliating defeat in Palair constituency, when the Congress candidate K Upender Reddy won by a slender margin of 1920 votes. …

Elections Hyderabad Results Assembly Congress First Round Telangana