Hyderabad: After spearheading the separate Telangana movement and leading his party to significant victories since 2001, a third term in office eluded BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao, as his party fell behind in the legislative assembly polls. The setback could derail Rao’s ambitions to expand the BRS’s influence beyond Telangana and establish a national presence….
Hyderabad: Polling is underway to elect 119 members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, with voters queuing up to exercise their franchise amid tight security on Thursday. Voting began at 7 AM in the 35,655 polling stations across the state, officials said. Polling would be held till 5 PM in 106 constituencies, while it would conclude…
Hyderabad: Microphones fell silent and rallies ended as the longest campaigning period for the assembly elections among the five states going to polls came to a close in Telangana at 5 pm on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj said, “It is 5 pm and the. silent period has started. There…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on a plea by the Andhra Pradesh government against a high court order granting regular bail to him in the skill development corporation scam case. A bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and SC Sharma issued notice to Naidu…
Gajwel/Warangal (T’gana): Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday got philosophical, saying he will turn 70 by next February and all he wishes for is development of Telangana, not “posts”. Addressing a rally in Warangal, which he represents currently, Rao attacked Congress leaders over promise of bringing back ‘Indiramma Rajyam’ (rule of former Prime Minister Indira…
Huzurabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday claimed there was an atmosphere of “anger” against the ruling BRS in Telangana and that the people did not want the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led dispensation to come back to power. Addressing an election rally at here, the senior BJP leader said he toured Telangana during the campaigning and…
Hyderabad: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday attacked the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led regime, alleging that all “big” leaders in the BRS are sitting in farmhouses and running the government, and the poor are becoming poorer while the ruling party is becoming richer. Addressing a poll rally at Bhongir, about 50 km from…
Hyderabad: Slamming the Congress for lodging a complaint with the Election Commission requesting it to stop the state government’s proposal to make payment to the beneficiaries under the “Rythu Bandhu” scheme, BRS MLC K Kavitha on Monday said dirty politics of the grand old party has once again surfaced. Reacting to the EC’s withdrawal of…
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a notice to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao, citing a violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and also its president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, for alleged violation of election code. The notice served to KTR is based on…
Kamareddy: Exuding confidence that Congress would sweep the assembly polls in Telangana, AICC leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao to tell people what he did for the state before questioning the grand old party about it. “BRS supremo KCR is running the most corrupt government in the country and all…
