Hyderabad Dec 27 PTI Hitting out at the ruling TRS and also the NDA government at the Centre over the paddy procurement issue the Congress in Telangana on Monday said it would step up its fight for the sake of farmers State Congress president and MP A Revanth Reddy alleged that the TRS government failed to procure paddy and mount pressure on the NDA government for buying paddy from farmers Reddy was taken into preventive custody from his house here earlier in the day after he announced a plan to leave for nearby Erravalli village as part of the partys Rachabanda programme to meet farmers Police said he was taken into preventive custody as his proposed visit may lead to a breach of law and order The PCC president was speaking in the context of ongoing row over paddy procurement with the TRS government alleging that the NDA government adopted an unhelpful attitude over paddy procurement State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar took up a protest on Monday on unemployment to divert peoples attention from paddy procurement issue he claimed TRS and BJP are playing out a drama by pretending to be indulging in a war of words so that the peoples attention is diverted away from Congress he said Congress is not interested in gaining political mileage he said adding that his partys focus was on procurement of paddy from Telangana farmers Meanwhile state Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said the Congress being a national party should protest in Delhi on the paddy procurement issue PTI SJR APR APR

Hyderabad Nov 27 PTI Customs officials on Saturday seized 410 grams of gold valued at Rs 2030 lakh from a male passenger at the international airport here The gold was concealed inside a talcum powder container at the inner supporting metal frame of a suitcase the Customs department said in a release A case was booked against the passenger for smuggling of gold it said PTI SJR APR APR

Hyderabad Nov 26 PTI Telangana on Friday reported 171 new COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 675319 while the toll rose to 3987 with one more fatality The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC accounted for most number of cases with 75 followed by Khammam 15 and Karimnagar 14 districts a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM today It said 167 people recovered from the infectious disease on Friday The cumulative number of recoveries till date was 667798 The number of active cases was 3534 the bulletin said A total of 38731 samples were tested on Friday taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 28456179 The samples tested per million population was 764540 The Case Fatality Rate in the state was 059 per cent while the recovery rate was 9888 per cent the bulletin said PTI SJR APR APR

Hyderabad Sep 29 PTI Telangana on Wednesday reported 245 new COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 665749 while the toll rose to 3916 with one more fatality The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC accounted for the most number of cases with 73 followed by Karimnagar 21 and Warangal Urban 16 districts a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM It said 173 people recuperated from the infectious disease taking the overall number of recoveries till date to 657213 The number of active cases was 4620 A total of 52683 samples were tested today taking the total number of specimens examined so far to 26333345 The samples tested per million population was 707505 The Case Fatality Rate in the state was 058 per cent while it was 13 per cent at the national level the bulletin said The recovery rate in Telangana was 9871 per cent while it was 9781 per cent in the country PTI SJR APR APR

Hyderabad Sep 22 PTI Telangana on Wednesday logged 258 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the caseload to 664164 while the toll rose to 3908 with one more fatality The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC topped in the number of cases with 69 followed by Karimnagar 25 and Ranga Redddy 21 districts a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM today It said 249 people recuperated from the infectious disease taking the cumulative number till date to 655310 The number of active cases stood at 4946 the bulletin said It said 55419 samples were tested on Wednesday and the total number of specimens examined so far to 26002886 The samples tested per million population was 698626 The Case Fatality Rate in the state was 058 per cent while it was 13 per cent at the national level the bulletin said The recovery rate in Telangana was 9866 per cent while it was 9774 per cent in the country PTI SJR APR APR

Hyderabad Sep 20 PTI Telangana on Monday reported 208 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 663662 while the toll rose to 3906 with two more fatalities The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC accounted for the most number of cases with 49 followed by Warangal Urban 20 and Karimnagar and Medchal Malkajgiri 15 each districts a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM today The number of recoveries outnumbered fresh cases on Monday with 220 people recuperating from the infectious disease The cumulative number of recoveries till date was 654765 The number of active cases was 4991 the bulletin said It said 45274 samples were tested on Monday taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 25896962 The samples tested per million population was 695780 The Case Fatality Rate in the state was 058 per cent while it was 13 per cent at the national level the bulletin said The recovery rate in Telangana was 9865 per cent while it was 9769 per cent in the country PTI SJR APR APR

Hyderabad Sep 18 PTI Telangana on Saturday reported 255 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 663281 while the toll rose to 3903 with one more fatality The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC accounted for the most number of cases with 70 followed by Khammam 22 and Karimnagar 20 districts a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM The number of recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 329 people recuperating from the infectious disease taking the total so far to 654230 The number of active cases stood at 5148 the bulletin said It said 52244 samples were tested on Saturday taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 25816528 The samples tested per million population was 693619 The Case Fatality Rate in the state was 058 per cent while it was 13 per cent at the national level the bulletin said The recovery rate in Telangana was 9863 per cent while it was 9762 per cent in the country PTI SJR APR APR

Hyderabad Sep 17 PTI Telangana on Friday reported 241 new COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 663026 while the toll rose to 3902 with two more fatalities The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC accounted for the most number of cases with 68 followed by Karimnagar 23 and Nalgonda 16 districts a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM today The number of recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 298 people recuperating from the infectious disease The cumulative number of recoveries till date was 653901 The number of active cases was 5223 the bulletin said It said 52943 samples were tested taking the total number of specimens examined so far to 25764284 The samples tested per million population was 692216 The Case Fatality Rate in the state was 058 per cent while it was 13 per cent at the national level The recovery rate in Telangana was 9862 per cent while it was 9763 per cent in the country the bulletin said PTI SJR APR APR