sankranti
- Hyderabad
Sankranti rush leads to traffic jam on Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway
Hyderabad: Railway and bus stations in Hyderabad were packed with passengers while Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway saw traffic jams on Friday as thousands of families were heading to their native places in Telangana and…
- Telangana
Telangana: TSSPDCL urges citizens to not fly kites over power lines, transformers
Hyderabad: Power supply authorities have requested citizens to be cautious while flying kites on the day of Makar Sankranti i.e on the 15th Jan and urged not to fly kites in an…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Police ban kite flying on thoroughfares from January 14 to 16
Hyderabad: In the interest of maintaining law and order, the Hyderabad police prohibited kite flying on all city thoroughfares as well as in and around places of worship. The orders were issued…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Kite sales go up ahead of Sankranti
Hyderabad: Kite sales go up ahead of the Sankranti festival in Hyderabad with vendors slogging to meet the demand. Wholesale markets in the old city area, especially Begum Bazar and Gulzar Houz…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: Traffic gridlock at highway toll ahead of Sankranti
Hyderabad: A major traffic gridlock was observed at Panthangi toll plaza on National Highway No. 65 near Choutuppal in Yadadri district ahead of the Sankranti celebration. As people started going to their…
- Hyderabad
Ahead of Sankranti, RTA cracks down on 10 private bus services
Hyderabad: RTA officials have cracked down on the buses of private travel agencies operating in violation of rules. In the run-up to Sankranti, officials conducted searches of private vehicles in Hyderabad’s Hayat…
- Telangana
Sankranti 2023: Telangana govt sets up helpline to fight sale of synthetic manja
Hyderabad: The Telangana Forest Department during the festival season of Sankranthi is deploying six mobile parties with uniformed staff and NGOs to go around the shops selling synthetic Manja to ensure implementation…
- Telangana
Telangana to witness political activities after Sankranti
Hyderabad: Assembly elections are being held in 9 states of the country including Telangana this year, which is being considered as the semi-final before the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. Political activities…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: Citizens urged to use special TSRTC buses for Sankranti
Hyderabad: Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) managing director VC Sajjanar held a coordination meeting with the officials of the transport and police departments on Friday. In the meeting, officials from TSRTC…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: SCR to run 94 special trains for Sankranti
Hyderabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) will operate 92 special trains between various locations for the Sankranti festival. The reserved and unreserved coaches for the special train services will be divided across…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: TSRTC offers 10% off on round trips for Sankranti
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), announced a discount on bus tickets for commuters travelling to their native places on the occasion of Sankranti. TSRTC announced on Monday to give…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: TSRTC to ply over 4K special buses for Sankranti
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) will operate 4,233 special buses from January 7 to 15, on the occasion of Sankranti 2023.The special buses will function between Hyderabad and various…
- Andhra Pradesh
Amid row over casino, Andhra police orders probe
Vijayawada: Police in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district have ordered a probe into a casino that was set up at Gudivada on Sankranti. Krishna district superintendent of police Siddharth Kaushal directed Nuzvidu deputy…
- Telangana
Monkey scare leads to woman’s death in Jagtial
Hyderabad: On Friday, a 50-year-old woman fell to her death from the staircase of the second floor of an under-construction building, as the sudden appearance of a monkey, took her by surprise.…
- Andhra Pradesh
Telangana Governor offers prayers at Andhra’s Tiruchanur temple
Tirupati: Governor of Telangana Tamilisai Soundararajan offered prayers at Sri Padmavathi Ammavari temple in Tiruchanur, Andhra Pradesh on the third day of the harvest festival Makar Sankranti on Sunday.The temple officials welcomed…