Hyderabad: Telangana’s main opposition Congress party on Thursday decided to contest 95 Assembly seats and leave the remaining 24 seats for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and other constituents of the grand alliance. Under the seat sharing agreement, the Congress has allotted 14 seats to the TDP while the remaining[Read More…]
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Telangana: Former Congress MLA’s aide offers bribe to voters, TRS files complaint with EC
Ahead of Telangana assembly polls, the video of a supporter of ex-Telangana Congress MLA SA Sampath Kumar apparently offering a Rs 5 Lakh bribe in exchange for votes has gone viral. The incident occurred at Sankapur village in Alampur constituency in Jogulamba Gadwal district. “People who vote for Congress will[Read More…]
Telangana Election Campaign: TRS candidates spoon-feed, shave and help villagers bath for votes
With elections round the corner in Telangna, candidates of different political parties have indulged in strange tactics as a strategy to appease the voters. Recently, several Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidates were spotted cutting the hair of a customer, shaving another’s beard, helping one in taking bath and even ending a hand in[Read More…]
Telangana to get separate bar council soon
After four and a half years of the creation of Telangana, the state is going to receive a separate bar council by bifurcating with erstwhile Andhra Pradesh (AP) Bar Council under AP Reorganization Act, 2014. Following which Telangana and Andhra Pradesh state governments have issued a gazette notification declaring two bar[Read More…]
More than poll arithmetic, Congress needs to get its alliance chemistry right for Telangana
Away from the heat and dust of assembly elections to three BJP ruled states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan dubbed as the semi-final before the 2019 Lok Sabha general elections, an interesting battle is ensuing in the newest state of Telangana in South India for the December 7 polls. Here the[Read More…]
Removing 26 castes from backward list becomes a headache for TRS
Telangana Elections 2018: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) gets lashing from inside and outside party for removing 26 castes from the Backward Caste list after enjoying benefits of caste politics for 30 long years. The TRS announced to pull out 26 castes from the list of BCs list right in[Read More…]
BJP declares first list of candidate for Chhattisgarh, denies ticket to 14 MLAs
Bhartiya Janta Party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) on Saturday declared candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana. Among the 77 candidates announced for Chhattisgarh assembly, 14 sitting MLAs have been replaced with new names, Union minister J P Nadda told media. 38 candidates for Telangana assembly[Read More…]
Rahul kicks off Telangana campaign with attack on Modi, KCR
Hyderabad: Congress President Rahul Gandhi kicked off his party’s election campaign in Telangana by targeting both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao by accusing them both of indulging in corruption. Promising to build ‘new Telangana’, he addressed a massive public meeting at Bhainsa town in Adilabad[Read More…]
Telangana: KCR likely to declare TRS poll strategies and road-map on October 21
Telangana Rashtra Samithi Supremo K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) is likely to provide necessary instructions to all the 105 candidates of TRS on the strategy to be implemented in the upcoming elections at Telangana Bhavan on October 21. According to reports, TRS leaders and all the 105 candidates will be present[Read More…]
Telangana: Man attacks his wife near a police station in Hyderabad
A horrific incident came into light from Hyderabad, where a man attempted to attack his wife in broad daylight on Thursday near Begumpet police station. Rahman, a 35-year-old, who is a painter by profession attacked his wife and four other members of her family. The police stated that the Rahman[Read More…]
Telangana Polls: KTR destroyed my career, alleges TRS founding member Ramulu Naik
As Telangana elections are coming near, political developments are enlarging day by day in the state. Member of Legislative Council from Narayankhed, Ramulu Naik has blamed TRS Chief K Chandrashekhar Rao’s son KTR over his removal from Telangana Rashtra Samiti. Ramulu alleged that KTR was not able to face criticism[Read More…]
Man along with children protests outside wife’s lover’s house, begs her to return
Telangana: Krishnaiah, who has been married to Sunitha for 14 years, along with his three children and elderly parents, staged a silent protest in front of his wife’s lover’s house at Reddygudem in Khammam district on Sunday demanding her to return. According to the reports, M Balakrishna, who works at[Read More…]
PM Awas Yojana: Union government asks Telangana to return Rs 190 cr
The Union government has asked the Telangana government to return Rs 190 crore which was given to the state in 2016-17 for building rural houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). After Telangana government did not build a single house under the scheme, on October 13 Union government directed the Telangana[Read More…]
Telangana: 18-year-old kills herself, over fear of punishment
In a shocking incident on Saturday in Kukatpally area of Hyderabad, where an 18-year-old girl allegedly took her life, after she was caught speaking on a mobile and feared of punishment. The victim was identified as B Maneesha, a native of Karimnagar. She was studying CA at CMS CA academy[Read More…]
Social media to be monitored for poll code violations: Telangana CEO
Social media posts of political parties and groups in poll-bound Telangana will come under the Election Commission’s scanner to check for any objectionable content under the model code of conduct, state Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar has said. An agency had been appointed in Telangana to help the CEO on[Read More…]
Telangana assembly polls: Padmini Reddy joins BJP, returns to Congress within few hours
In a major political development on Thursday in Hyderabad, Padmini Reddy, wife of senior Congress leader Damodar Raja Narsimha, who joined BJP in the afternoon, returned back to Congress on the same day, as her supporters were feeling hurt after the decision. The political drama started on Thursday morning, as[Read More…]
Income Tax searches at TDP MP’s houses in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, Oct 12, The Income Tax Department officials on Friday conducted searches at the residences and offices of TDP MP C.M. Ramesh in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The tax officials began simultaneous searches at his residences in Hyderabad and at Potladurti in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, informed sources said.[Read More…]
Telangana Assembly Polls 2018: Congress asks 100 seats for himself, irks grand alliance partners
The proposed ‘grand alliance’ for Telangana assembly elections comprised of Congress, TDP, TJS and CPI is witnessing a massive battle among each other. And on Tuesday, troubles clearly came out in light, when Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) president Prof M Kodandaram blamed Congress over adopting the callous attitude towards its[Read More…]
EC announces assembly election dates for MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Telangana; results on December 11
LIVE UPDATES: The Election Commission Saturday announced dates for the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana. With the announcement of the poll dates by the ECI, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force with immediate effect. The election in Chhattisgarh will be held in[Read More…]
Telangana: EC files complaint against TRS MLA
Ahead of state assembly election in Telangana, Yellareddy, TRS MLA E Ravinder Reddy promised to provide Rs 5 lakh to the people, if they elect him. Yellareddy said in a recent campaign meeting that “Form groups, conduct meetings and make a decision to elect me unanimously and I will give[Read More…]
Hyderabad: Techies launch ‘no road, no vote’ campaign
Ahead of state assembly election in Telangana, techies of Ameenpur area of Hyderabad initiated a ‘no road, no vote’ campaign on Tuesday. Techies came out with placards on the dangerous potholes of Ameenpur area, requesting the administration to make the road motorable. Ameenpur area comprises of various ventures and enterprises,[Read More…]
Sexual assault of UKG student: Administration orders Hyd school to close primary wing
After two weeks of the sexual assault of a UKG student at a school in Hyderabad’s old city, had created an issue for several parents. The Telangana Education Department has ordered the school to close its pre-primary wing and stated that “School had violated the government’s guidelines, the department also[Read More…]
With over 1 lakh contaminated vaccines, India’s ‘polio-free’ status at risk
The Union Health Ministry on Monday claimed it had identified hundreds of children who received contaminated polio vaccine in states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana. As per the local media reports, police arrested the managing director of Bio-Med after routine testing which revealed it had made and shipped some 150,000[Read More…]
Modi failed to secure pensioners’ rights, say protesters
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) A large number of elderly people and those with disabilities from across the country protested here on Sunday in support of their demands and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to secure their right to pension. Converging on Parliament Street, the protesters, mostly labourers[Read More…]
Telangana Election 2019: AAP announces to contest all 119 assembly seats
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced that it will be contesting all the 119 assembly seats in Telangana in the upcoming elections. AAP leader Somnath Bharti told reporters that the people of Telangana also want services like Delhi’s doorstep delivery of public services, quality education and corruption-free governance.[Read More…]