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The health department intends to reach the vaccination programme to all village/ward secretariats soon in addition to providing vaccine at primary healthcare centres. (Photo: PTI)

AP to take Covid-19 vaccination to doorstep of people

AP govt has carried out a vaccination programme at 4 select village secretariats covering nearly 1,400 people in Krishna...

23 March 2021 4:20 AM IST

Harish Rao said that after the formation of Telangana, two crore acres more of land were being brought under cultivation every year. Alternative crops should be raised instead of conventional crops. (Photo: @trsharish)

Telangana has lowest debt burden: Harish Rao

Credits fiscal discipline and state government's prudence

23 March 2021 4:18 AM IST

People buy vegetables at a Rythu bazaar. (DC Photo)

Rythu Vedikalu yet to be functional; little of activity, shortage of...

Officials are allegedly taking decisions on their own without consulting the people's representatives and farmers

23 March 2021 1:44 AM IST

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Police arrest Gurijala Ravinder Rao, calls him Urban Maoist'

The former state president of Telangana Vidya Vanthula Vedika was arrested after a police raid on his house

22 March 2021 11:07 AM IST

A woman waits to get tested at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad (AP /Mahesh Kumar A.)

Major spurt in COVID-19 cases in Telangana

The recovery and case fatality rates in the state stood at 98.47 per cent and 0.55 per cent respectively

22 March 2021 10:35 AM IST

A health worker collects swab sample from a person for COVID-19 test, near Kashmere Gate in New Delhi. (PTI)

India records highest single-day COVID-19 spike this year with 43,846...

Registering an increase for the 11th day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 3,09,087

21 March 2021 11:33 AM IST

Not only were they resorting to financial irregularities, many managements were threatening not to relieve house surgeons and withhold certificates unless they complete the extended two months of internship. DC image

Junior docs strike work, demand payment of pending stipend

PG students, house surgeons of private medical colleges getting less than those of government medical colleges

21 March 2021 8:58 AM IST

Presently, the nearly 1,145 PHCs in rural areas function from 9 am to 4 pm. Meanwhile, nearly 500 of them are already working 24x7 as they are located in agency and highly inaccessible areas to attend to emergency cases of the tribal population. (Representational Photo: DC)

All rural PHCs to work 24x7 in Andhra Pradesh

PHCs will function from 9 am to 4 pm in the first shift and from 2 pm to 9 pm in the second

21 March 2021 4:34 AM IST

An Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) worker (L) checks the temperature of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) municipal worker outside a containment zone in Hyderabad. PTI Photo

Adilabad more prone to Covid as it borders high-risk Maharashtra

It is suspected that these districts are high-risk as many people from the neighbouring state, particularly Yavatmal...

20 March 2021 8:24 AM IST

A medic places a swab sample in the tray to be sent for COVID testing at a lab in Hyderabad. PTI photo

Anantapur district on Covid alert

The medical college administration announced a week-long holiday for students

20 March 2021 8:17 AM IST

A medic collects swab samples of a girl for COVID testing. PTI photo

Increase in Covid-19 cases shatters parents, officials

Veenavankam ASI, deputed to Vemulawada for the Maha Shivarathri jatara succumbed while undergoing treatment for...

20 March 2021 8:04 AM IST

A health worker collects sample of a woman for COVID testing at a medical camp in Chennai. PTI photo

COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions on the rise in Telangana

According to the daily Covid-19 bulletin, with 313 cases reported in Telangana on Thursday, the total cases have risen...

20 March 2021 7:59 AM IST