Top storyTen Congress party workers from Peddanagaram village in Narsimhulapet mandal of Mahabubabad district joined the BRS in the presence of former minister DS Redya Naik. The workers said they were switching parties as they were unhappy with the Congress government's policies. Redya Naik alleged that the Congress government had deceived people in the name of six guarantees. He advised BRS workers to work in coordination at the village level, and welcomed the entrants by draping shawls on them.
A new Jana Vignana Vedika district committee for Mahabubabad was elected unanimously for 2026-28 at the organisation's 6th district conference. Chirra Yakanthagoud was elected district president, Agurti Suresh general secretary, Gade Naveen Chekimukhi convener and Uppala Srinivasulu treasurer. Speaking at Kesamudram on Monday, Yakanthagoud said the body's main aim is to remove superstition and build scientific temper. He said science exhibitions and awareness programmes would be held in schools and colleges, and fake medicine and social media misinformation countered with scientific evidence.
Daram Supraja (31) of Maripeda in Telangana's Mahabubabad district died in a road accident in the United States. She ran a restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri, with a friend from Kodad. On Saturday night, after closing the restaurant and heading home, a truck hit the car she was travelling in and she died on the spot. Her friend in the car was seriously injured. Daughter of Daram Srinivas and Jyothi of Simhadri Nagar in Khammam district's Yedulapuram, she married Kodumuru Ranjith, a software employee from Maripeda, four years ago. They have a three-year-old son, Sai Advaith.
Villagers stopped Dornakal MLA Redya Naik and staged a protest as he arrived for a Palle Pragathi programme at Jayapuram in Narsimhulapet mandal. They demanded that double bedroom houses be allotted to genuine beneficiaries and said injustice was being done to them. Police tried to stop the protesters, leading to an argument with villagers. On Monday, Naik opened a Telangana sports ground at Bodrayithanda and reviewed development works.
Doodimetla Linganna, a resident of Ayyagaripelli village in Mahabubabad district, died of a heart attack. On learning of the death, Government Whip and Dornakal MLA Dr Jatoth Ramachandra Naik reached the village and paid respects to Linganna's body. He later met the bereaved family, conveyed his deep condolences and sought to console them. Kuravi mandal Congress president Balagani Srinivas Goud, sarpanches, public representatives, Congress leaders and workers took part.
The government has decided to supply Yasangi irrigation water on an on-and-off (warabandi) basis under SRSP Stage 1 and 2 in erstwhile Warangal district. Officials estimate about 5.77 lakh acres can be served, subject to water availability. From January 1 to March 31, 2025, water will be released for a week and stopped the next week. In Mahabubabad district, farmers say the unlined DBM 60 canal is overgrown with thorny bushes and want it modernised.
