Telangana

Thane district reports 1,284 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths

12:34 pm August 23, 2020

Thane: The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra’s Thane district has gone up to 1,13,884 with 1,284 more people testing positive for the disease, a health official said on Sunday. The fatality count in the district has reached 3,240 as 26 more people succumbed to the viral infection on Saturday, he said. Kalyan town in […]

COVID caseload in India breaches 30-lakh mark

12:29 pm August 23, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. COVID-19 cases in the country jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh […]

Srisailam Hydel project tragedy: two bodies recovered

4:49 pm August 21, 2020

Hyderabad: Two bodies have been recovered by rescue teams from the Srisailam hydroelectric plant on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border, where nine persons are feared trapped in a fire mishap, officials said on Friday. Both were assistant engineers at the plant. Nagarkurnool District Collector L Sharman said the body of Assistant Engineer Sunder Nayak, hailing from Suryapet, has been […]

Fire broke out at Telangana’s Srisailam power plant, 9 feared trapped

11:24 am August 21, 2020

Nagarkurnool: As many as nine are feared to be trapped after a massive fire broke out inside the Srisailam Left Bank Hydra Electric Project’s powerhouse of the Srisailam reservoir here at around 10:30 pm on Thursday. So far, no casualties have been reported. A fire tender from Atmakar Fire Station in the Kurnool district was deployed at the spot to control […]

Heavy rainfall in several parts of Kerala

2 women die in rain-related incident, more showers forecast

11:23 pm August 16, 2020

Hyderabad: Heavy rains lashed many parts of Telangana claiming the life of an octogenarian and her 50-year-old daughter after their house in Nagarkurnool district collapsed, police said on Sunday. The deaths happened on Saturday night, even as weathermen warned of thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places in the state on Monday. The 80-year-old woman and […]