Telangana News

Monsoon news and updates: Hundreds of people have been shifted to safer places in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district of Telangana following heavy rain. The water level in Godavari river in the temple town of Bhadrachalam was flowing above the danger level of 53 feet and stood at 55 feet, officials said.

Rescue officials have retrieved bodies of nine people who were trapped inside a hydroelectric plant in Telangana which had caught fire late last night.

A study of sewerage samples by the country's premier research institute in modern biology, the CCMB, suggests that at least 6 lakh people in Hyderabad alone - about 6 per cent of its population - may have contracted the coronavirus. This, when according to the official figure, the overall number of COVID-19 cases in Telangana was under one lakh.

Thirteen people from Karnataka went missing in Telangana after their raft capsized due to heavy rains on Monday. Nine of them were rescued while four are still missing.

The weather department has downgraded the 48-hour high alert in Telangana from red to yellow as it has stopped raining after three days. However, the continuous and heavy rains have left northern and eastern parts of the state, especially Warangal, flooded prompting the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao-led administration review the disaster relief work in a high-level meeting later today.

The third and final flood warning alert was issued on Sunday as water levels of the Godavari river touched 53.7 feet in Telangana's Bhadrachalam.

Telangana rains: Several areas in Hyderabad and rural areas have been flooded with non-stop rains over the last three days. The weather office has predicted more rains in the next three days. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has asked officials to be on high alert for any incidents of flooding.

Anti-corruption bureau officials in Telangana have seized cash worth over Rs 1.1 crore from the residence of a revenue officer in the state's Medchal-Malkajgiri district

Telangana has taken over 50 per cent beds in all private hospitals of the state and reserved them for coronavirus patients after the K Chandrashekar Rao-led government received as many as 1,039 complaints of malpractices by private hospitals for COVID-19 treatment, including overcharging.

The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the state government to initiate action against those private hospitals allegedly charging excessively for COVID-19 patients in violation of guidelines and beyond the prescribed rates fixed by the government.

A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) rank official died due to COVID-19 at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Monday, police said.

The Centre should formulate clear guidelines on the development of vaccines for COVID-19 besides decentralising the authority for fast-tracking testing and approvals, Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao said on Thursday.

The Cyberabad police on Monday arrested the chairman of a TV channel for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of allocating houses under a government plan, police said.

A self-styled godman has been arrested for allegedly cheating a man by claiming to cure him of COVID-19 symptoms in Hyderabad on Saturday.

The cover page of almost all big newspapers in Telangana has birthday wishes for Telangana Rashtra Samiti leader KT Rama Rao, popularly known as KTR, who turned 45. From politicians to business leaders, everyone appears to have wished Mr Rao.