Tribal festival ‘Medaram Jatara’ to be conducted on lines of Kumbh Mela, says Telangana CM

Hyderabad:  Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said the Telangana government will conduct ‘Medaram Jatara’, the world’s biggest biennial tribal festival, on the lines of the Kumbh Mela. As part of ‘Medaram Jatara’ or ‘Sammakka Saralamma Maha Jatara’, tribals worship tribal folk goddesses Sammakka and her daughter Saralamma. The festival will be held from…

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Telangana BJP Questions Relevance of CPI’s Centenary Celebrations in a Changing India

Hyderabad: The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday sharply questioned the political and ideological relevance of the Communist Party of India’s (CPI) proposed centenary celebrations in Khammam, describing the event as a symbolic exercise disconnected from the political and social realities of modern India. Reacting to the event organized at Khammam…

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Jealous people dreaming of stalling Amaravati capital project but it is unstoppable: Andhra CM

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said that some people are “jealous” of the pace at which Amaravati is being built, and are dreaming of stalling the greenfield capital city’s development, which is “unstoppable”. Addressing an event at a private college in Vijayawada, the chief minister said that Amaravati will be…

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India will one day have hijab-clad woman as PM, says Owaisi; BJP slams his ‘irresponsible’ remark

Mumbai: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said a hijab-clad woman would one day become India’s prime minister as the country’s Constitution accords equal status to people from all communities unlike that of Pakistan, which restricts top constitutional posts to a single community. His remark drew a sharp reaction from the ruling BJP, which said that…

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