Top storyState Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said the people's government's aim is to deliver welfare and development benefits to every doorstep. On Sunday, at his residence near Sri Sri Circle in Khammam, he distributed cheques worth Rs 1,02,51,000 to 216 beneficiaries from Khammam Rural and Yedulapuram municipality areas. Of these, 51 beneficiaries in Khammam Rural mandal received Kalyana Lakshmi cheques, while 70 in Yedulapuram municipality and 95 in Khammam Rural mandal got CMRF cheques. He said the government stands by every poor family in distress.
The graduates' MLC election in the combined Khammam, Nalgonda and Warangal districts is not an ordinary election but will decide who speaks for graduates in the Legislative Council, BJP state executive member Rukma Rao said. He was chief guest at a district workshop held Friday at the BJP Khammam district office, chaired by district president Nelluri Koteswara Rao. He said recruitment, filling of vacancies, exam transparency and skill training must be raised continuously, and urged every eligible graduate to register as a voter.
Khammam District Collector Divakara TS said in a statement on Tuesday that a fresh voters list is being prepared for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates' constituency on Election Commission of India directions. Those who graduated by October 31, 2023 are eligible, with November 1, 2026 as the qualifying date. The exercise follows a Legislative Council vacancy in March 2027. Form-18 can be filed online or with the AERO; the last date is November 6. The draft roll will be published November 25 and the final roll December 30.
Khammam District Collector Divakara TS directed education officials to work towards a 99% pass rate in Class 10. He held a review on Monday at the collectorate along with Additional Collector Dr P. Sreeja. Special classes should begin after Diwali, with attention to lagging students, he said. FLN competencies must reach at least 80%, and inflated or false reports would not be tolerated. Attendance must improve in Khammam Urban, Thallada, Penuballi and Mudigonda mandals. DEO D. Vasanthi attended.
Former Palair MLA Kandala Upender Reddy on Sunday visited agricultural labourers from Kamanchikal village in Khammam Rural mandal who were injured in a road accident two days earlier. He went house to house to meet those being treated at home, enquired about their health and handed over financial assistance. He also met victims undergoing treatment at the Khammam government hospital and asked health staff to provide better care. He paid tributes at the home of Donthusarapu Bharatamma, who died in the accident, and gave her family financial help, assuring BRS support.
Personnel of the Khammam police commissionerate won medals at the 5th Telangana State Police Sports and Games Meet–2026, held at the Telangana State Police Academy in Hyderabad from September 28 to October 1, 2026. Police Commissioner Sunil Dutt congratulated Additional DCPs Kumaraswamy and Vijayababu, head constable B. Dasu and constable M.D. Faiyaz, who finished first, second and third in events including shuttle badminton and lawn tennis (gazetted officer category). He said interest in sports alongside duty builds physical fitness, mental cheer and discipline.
State Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Sattupalli MLA Dr Matta Ragamayi Dayanand toured Tallada mandal in Khammam district on Thursday and took part in several programmes. In Tallada town they attended the tenth-day rites of the late Guvvala Rami Reddy, placed garlands on his portrait and consoled the family, assuring support. They later visited the family of Dundeti Kesava Reddy, who died recently, in Gollagudem. Former TGIDC chairman Muvva Vijayababu and mandal Congress president Godugunuri Lakshma Reddy participated.
Six students fell ill due to suspected food poisoning at Uppalchiluka UPS in Penuballi mandal of Khammam district on Wednesday. The school served upma with groundnut chutney in the morning and rice with sambar at 12 noon. Soon after, Sravanthika, Manoj Kumar, Naveen, Shiva Kesava, Lakshminarayana and Udayasri suffered vomiting and stomach pain. Teachers shifted them by auto to Penuballi area hospital. Lanka Sagar PHC medical officer Kiran said their condition is stable. MEO Mohan Rao has begun an inquiry.
T Prasadu and Jallipalli Murali Mohan were elected unanimously on Tuesday as mandal president and general secretary of the Forum for Physical Science Teachers. A one-day training programme for Sathupally division physical science teachers was held at the Zilla Parishad High School in Adasarlapadu, Vemsur mandal. Complex headmaster Srinivasa Rao said the new committee should guide efforts to strengthen physical science. The new office-bearers said curriculum, question-paper and teacher issues would be taken to officials. Sudarshan and Teressa participated.
District Prohibition and Excise Officer S. Janaiah said in a statement that applications are invited from interested persons for grant of prior clearance to set up one 2B bar within Kalluru municipality limits under the Telangana Excise Rules 2005. The applications are being invited as per orders of the Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise. The application fee is Rs 1 lakh and forms must be submitted by 12.10.2026 at excise offices in Khammam or the Commissioner's office in Hyderabad. Details: tgbcl.telangana.gov.in.
Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka took part in development programmes held in Chintakani mandal of Khammam district. He laid foundation stones for road development works at Jagannathapuram, Pandillapalli, Chintakani, Narasimhapuram and Nagulavancha in the mandal, and inaugurated a Stree Shakti Bhavan at Chintakani. He said the government is working for the state's development. He later met BLAs at the Nagulavancha Kalyana Mandapam. District Collector Divakara TS, CP Sunil Dutt and district-level officials attended.
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy will tour the combined Khammam district and Palair constituency on January 18, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy told the media. Development works worth Rs 362 crore will be launched, including a JNTU foundation and nursing college at Maddulapalli, the Munneru-Palair link canal, and a 100-bed hospital and market yard at Kusumanchi. Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka and Ministers Tummala, Uttam, Damodar and Vakiti will attend. The first cabinet meeting at Medaram is also scheduled that day.
A road accident took place on Friday within the limits of Edulapuram municipality in Khammam district. A lorry hit a bike near Belief Hospital on the bypass road, and the man riding the bike died on the spot. Police identified the deceased as Gopi of Namavaram village, who is said to have worked as a mechanic at a local showroom. Eyewitnesses said the lorry came at speed from the Naidupet side as he was crossing a U-turn. Police registered a case and began an investigation.
Poet and former Telangana Sahitya Akademi chairman Juluri Gouri Shankar said the time has come for the struggle for BC rights to take shape as a movement. He said a silver jubilee meeting marking 25 years since the publication of 'Ventade Kalalu - Venukabadina Kulalu' will be held on the 20th of this month at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in Hyderabad. The poster was unveiled at Khammam on Wednesday. Poets, writers, artists, intellectuals and social activists from 33 districts will attend, he said.
A mass annadanam was organised on Wednesday at the Ganapathi mandapam set up for Vinayaka Navaratri celebrations at Karepalli Cross Road (Ramalingapuram) in Singareni mandal of Khammam district. The food offering was donated by the couple Mekala Rambabu and Uma. Special abhishekam rituals were performed for the deity earlier. Hundreds of devotees from surrounding villages attended and received food and theertha prasadam. Donor family members Mekala Manasa, Mounika and Risvitha Krishna, village elders, youth and festival committee members took part.
