sankranti
- Hyderabad
Sankranti holidays for colleges, schools in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has announced Sankranti holidays for junior colleges and schools in Hyderabad and other districts of Telangana. The holidays include a Sunday that falls on January 12. Number of…
- Telangana
Telangana: Motorist’s throat slit due to Chinese manja, hospitalised
Hyderabad: A motorist named from Gurrayigudem village, Chandrugonda mandal in Telangana suffered a severe throat cut, reportedly caused by Chinese manja, while riding his two-wheeler in Ramavaram village, Bhadradri Kothagudem district. The incident…
- Hyderabad
5,246 special RTC buses to run across Telangana for Sankranti
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) announced that it will run 5,246 special RTC buses from January 7 to 15 for commuters travelling during the Sankranti festival season. Out of…
- Hyderabad
APSRTC to run 2400 spl buses from Hyderabad to AP for Sankranti
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has announced the operation of 2,400 special buses from Hyderabad to various destinations in Andhra Pradesh during the Sankranti festival in order to accommodate the…
- Telangana
Telangana: Around 2.5 cr women used TSRTC buses during Sankranti
Hyderabad: The Telangana Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) has transported approximately 2.5 crore women for free during the Sankranti festival season between January 10 and 18. On an average day, about 27 lakh…
- Middle East
Sankranti fete cheers Telugu expats in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam
Jeddah: A celebratory mood is prevailing among the Telangana expatriate community across the Gulf region as Sankranti festivities are being organised on a grand scale. The harvest festival of Sankranti is celebrated…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad mechanical engineer’s kite making guide is going viral
Hyderabad: In a whimsical fusion of art and engineering, a social media post showing the age-old craft of kite making from the mechanical engineering perspective, just in time for Makar Sankranti, is…
- Tollywood News
Inside Chiranjeevi’s multicrore, huge farmhouse in Bengaluru
Hyderabad: The Mega family of Tollywood, comprising of Chiranjeevi, Allu Arjun, Ram Charan, and others, celebrated the festival of Sankranti together in Bengaluru. The mega celebrations took place at Chiru’s palatial farmhouse…
- Hyderabad
Sankranti holidays bring traffic ease to Hyderabad; netizens share videos
Hyderabad: Sankranti holidays have brought relief to the residents of Hyderabad, who were struggling with traffic congestion for the past few weeks. Fewer vehicles are plying on the roads, resulting in no…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP villages to splurge Rs 2000 crore on Sankranti cockfights
Hyderabad: In the Godavari and coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh, where the spirit of Sankranti fills the air with festive fervour, thousands of crores change hands in illegal cockfights arenas during the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Area-wise control room numbers in case of a power cut
Hyderabad: On the eve of Sankranthi, kites are being flown by citizens, especially children under the limits of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits. The fall of kites/ manja on the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra minister adds colour to Sankranti with his dance
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh’s minister for water resources Ambati Rambabu once again added colour to festive celebrations with his dancing steps during Bhogi on Sunday. The minister was at his jovial best during…
- Telangana
Sankranti 2024: TSSPDCL asks people to fly kites away from power lines
Hyderabad: Ahead of the Sankranti festival on January 25, the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) on Saturday, January 13, advised participants not to practice kite-flying around electricity installations. The…
- Telangana
Telangana Governor Tamilisai celebrates ‘Bhogi’ in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor and Puducherry LG Tamilisai Soundararajan celebrated ‘Bhogi’ at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad, Telangana. The festival marks the beginning of the four-day Pongal festival. Earlier, on January 8, Puducherry Lieutenant…
- Hyderabad
Chinese Manja continues to be in high demand ahead of Sankranti
Hyderabad: As the countdown begins for the Makar Sankranti begins, markets are buzzing with a variety of kites. In the aerial battleground of kite-flying, Indian manja and Chinese threads vie for supremacy, sparking…