With over 10 years of experience in reporting, Sistla Dakshina Murthy from Vijayawada is the Prinicipal Correspondent at News Meter, Telangana. An alumnus of Andhra Loyola College. Prior to this role, he gained experience in journalism, having contributed to media houses such as The New Indian Express, The Hans India and NewsTAP. He served as a Senior Reporter at The New Indian Express Newspaper in Vijayawada for 6.7 years. You can follow Sistla Dakshina Murthy on Twitter @Murthy_BZA

Sistla Dakshina Murthy

With over 10 years of experience in reporting, Sistla Dakshina Murthy from Vijayawada is the Prinicipal Correspondent at News Meter, Telangana. An alumnus of Andhra Loyola College. Prior to this role, he gained experience in journalism, having contributed to media houses such as The New Indian Express, The Hans India and NewsTAP. He served as a Senior Reporter at The New Indian Express Newspaper in Vijayawada for 6.7 years. You can follow Sistla Dakshina Murthy on Twitter @Murthy_BZA

Sistla Dakshina Murthy

Telangana govt steadfastly implementing EV policy for sustainable transport: Minister Ponnam Prabhakar
Telangana govt steadfastly implementing EV policy for sustainable transport: Minister Ponnam Prabhakar

The State is preparing a policy to ensure that 25–50% of vehicles used by government departments, school transport services, and others

By Sri Lakshmi Muttevi  Published on 6 Jan 2026 11:48 AM IST


Hyderabad: Youth who lost leg in accident involving TGSRTC bus  awarded ₹21.73L compensation
Hyderabad: Youth who lost leg in accident involving TGSRTC bus awarded ₹21.73L compensation

Doctors were forced to amputate his left leg up to the joint

By Sri Lakshmi Muttevi  Published on 6 Jan 2026 8:40 AM IST


GHMC debt Rs 4,717.81 crore; no fresh loans taken; trifurcation not for borrowings: Telangana govt
GHMC debt Rs 4,717.81 crore; no fresh loans taken; trifurcation not for borrowings: Telangana govt

Sridhar Babu said the financial stress was a legacy issue, pointing out that the previous government had borrowed Rs 6,401 crore between 2018 and 2023...

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 5 Jan 2026 8:22 PM IST


From Alwal’s 200-year-old well to Khajaguda Lake FTL, encroachments flagged at HYDRAA Prajavani
From Alwal’s 200-year-old well to Khajaguda Lake FTL, encroachments flagged at HYDRAA Prajavani

Residents of Venrock Enclave in Alwal, Medchal–Malkajgiri district, complained that encroachers are attempting to seize a historic open well locally...

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 5 Jan 2026 6:33 PM IST


SC defers stay on Polavaram-Nallamala Sagar link, asks panel report; hearing on Jan 12
SC defers stay on Polavaram-Nallamala Sagar link, asks panel report; hearing on Jan 12

A Bench led by Justice Surya Kant observed that the allegation that Andhra Pradesh was ā€˜ready to commit violations’ was premature at this stage.

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 5 Jan 2026 5:11 PM IST


Kavitha announces Telangana Jagruthi’s political entry, vows to contest next Assembly elections
Kavitha announces Telangana Jagruthi’s political entry, vows to contest next Assembly elections

Calling it a decisive political turn, Kavitha said Telangana Jagruthi would formally become a political party and emerge as a strong alternative in...

By Sistla Dakshina Murthy  Published on 5 Jan 2026 3:13 PM IST


Ranga Reddy: Consumer panel asks Byju’s to pay ₹71K for not holding online classes
Ranga Reddy: Consumer panel asks Byju’s to pay ₹71K for not holding online classes

According to the complainant, classes did not begin even weeks after enrollment

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 5 Jan 2026 8:57 AM IST


Harish Rao accuses Congress of neglecting Kaleshwaram, Palamuru projects in Telangana
Harish Rao accuses Congress of neglecting Kaleshwaram, Palamuru projects in Telangana

Harish Rao said the Congress government was systematically targeting projects built under former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao

By Sistla Dakshina Murthy  Published on 4 Jan 2026 4:01 PM IST


ā€˜Historic blunder on Krishna waters’: CM Revanth holds KCR, Harish Rao responsible for Telangana’s loss
ā€˜Historic blunder on Krishna waters’: CM Revanth holds KCR, Harish Rao responsible for Telangana’s loss

Revanth also said that the BRS failed to complete key irrigation projects sanctioned during the united Andhra Pradesh period

By Sistla Dakshina Murthy  Published on 3 Jan 2026 10:19 PM IST


HMWSSB sets two-month deadline to replace old pipelines, use robots to curb water pollution
HMWSSB sets two-month deadline to replace old pipelines, use robots to curb water pollution

Officials were directed to analyse contaminated water complaints received by the MCC over the past two years to identify hotspots and patterns

By Sistla Dakshina Murthy  Published on 3 Jan 2026 7:20 PM IST


BRS spent ₹90,000 Cr on Kaleshwaram, just 30% on Palamuru–Rangareddy: Irrigation Minister Uttam in Assembly
BRS spent ₹90,000 Cr on Kaleshwaram, just 30% on Palamuru–Rangareddy: Irrigation Minister Uttam in Assembly

The Minister said flawed planning, delayed approvals and arbitrary changes in design severely damaged the Palamuru–Rangareddy project

By Sistla Dakshina Murthy  Published on 3 Jan 2026 5:44 PM IST


Telangana Assembly scraps two-child norm for local body polls, cites falling fertility rate
Telangana Assembly scraps two-child norm for local body polls, cites falling fertility rate

Panchayat Raj Minister Danasari Anasuya Seethakka said that three decades later, the demographic scenario has changed substantially, necessitating a...

By Sistla Dakshina Murthy  Published on 3 Jan 2026 3:33 PM IST


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