Hyderabad: The counting of votes polled in the February 11 elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in Telangana began on Friday morning. The counting began at 123 centres across the state at 8 AM. The outcome of the three-cornered contest involving the ruling Congress and opposition BJP and BRS is crucial for all…
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is planning to introduce mobile anganwadi centres to provide nutritious food and other services to eligible beneficiaries in underserved slums and residential areas of Hyderabad. Official sources said on Thursday that the Women and Child Welfare Department has been facing difficulties in establishing new anganwadi centres in the city due to…
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday reorganised the existing GHMC into three separate municipal corporations of Greater Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri. The government had merged 27 municipalities on the fringes of Hyderabad into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Following the merger, GHMC emerged as a megacity with its area increasing from 650 sq km…
Hyderabad: Senior BJP leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy raised serious allegations against what he described as an “extra-constitutional power structure” operating within the Telangana government, naming Faheem Qureshi—whom he termed the “shadow Chief Minister,”—and digital media activist Akram Ali Mohammed, also known as Abu Aimal Azad Reporter. Addressing the media, Reddy referred to reports stating that…
Mahabubnagar (Telangana): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday launched a sharp attack against the BJP-RSS over the Sangh chief’s demand to confer a Bharat Ratna on VD Savarkar. Invoking Maulvi Allauddin, known for his contribution to the 1857 revolt, Owaisi criticised the idea of conferring the highest civilian award to Savarkar. He said, “Maulvi Allauddin,…
Amaravati: India is poised to become a leading player in quantum technology, which could prove to be a game-changer for the IT sector and the wider economy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Sunday. The Quantum Valley initiative launched in Andhra Pradesh is set to usher in the next wave of the…
Hyderabad: Accusing Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of making hate speeches, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday said action should be first taken against him under the anti-hate speech legislation proposed to be made by the Congress government. Referring to Revanth Reddy’s comments that “Congress means Muslims and Muslim means Congress”, the Union…
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy referred to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks in the past that BJP would end reservations for minorities if voted to power in Telangana, and challenged the saffron party to form a government in the state. Speaking at the Consultative Meeting of Jamiat Ulama Telangana here on Thursday, he…
Hyderabad: Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by BRS seeking the disqualification of its Jagtial MLA M Sanjay Kumar. The Speaker told PTI that the petition has been dismissed. BRS filed petitions in 2024 against Sanjay Kumar and nine other party MLAs, alleging that they had defected to…
Hyderabad: Former Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was questioned by the state police’s SIT at his residence here on Sunday in connection with a case related to alleged “phone tapping” during the previous BRS regime. A team of SIT officials questioned the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president for nearly five hours. After the questioning,…
