Hyderabad/Amaravati, March 19 (IANS) Telugu New Year ‘Ugadi’ was celebrated with traditional fervour on Thursday across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. A festive atmosphere prevailed across both Telugu states as thousands thronged temples, praying for prosperity. Special prayers were held at Tirumala, Srisailam, Vijayawada and Bhadrachalam temples.People offered special prayers, decorated the entrances of their houses and shops with strings of mango leaves, savoured traditional food, and lis…
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Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday said that Leader of Opposition K. Chandrasekhar Rao drew over Rs 1.06 crore in salaries and allowances without attending the Assembly. Speaking in the Assembly on Wednesday night, the Chief Minister revealed that the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) received Rs 1,06,56,674 in salary and allowances from December 1, 2023, till today (March 18), but he was rep…
Hyderabad, March 13 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao has demanded a probe by the Central agencies into the alleged irregular allocation of government contracts to KLSR Infratech Private Limited, a company, which he says is linked to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy as a benami entity.In a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday, he raised serious concerns over the deteriorating law and order situation in Telangana.In his letter, KTR alleged that…
Hyderabad, March 13 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Deputy Floor Leader in Telangana Assembly on Friday wrote a letter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, questioning the ‘glaring contradiction’ between what he preaches nationally about protecting the Constitution and what his party practices in Telangana where it holds power.Day after Telangana Assembly Speaker dismissed the petitions for disqualification of two BRS MLAs, including Danam Nagender who had contested as a Congress candidate i…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of contempt petitions alleging non-compliance with its earlier order directing the Telangana Assembly Speaker to decide disqualification pleas against MLAs who defected from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to the ruling Congress. Following the submission that a decision has now been taken in all the disqualification petitions by the Speaker, a bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and A.G. Masih directed the Speaker’s office to provid…
Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao, also known as KTR, on Thursday, wrote to the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, urging immediate intervention to address the severe shortage of commercial and domestic LPG cylinders. In his letter, Rama Rao highlighted that the disruption in LPG supply is severely affecting hotels, eateries, PG hostels, and small food businesses.He warned that if the supply is not restored imme…
Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday served notice to Telangana Jagruthi leader K. Kavitha in connection with the hearing of the Delhi excise policy case in the Delhi High Court.A team of CBI officials personally handed over the notice of the High Court, informing her about the hearing of the CBI’s petition on March 16.Kavitha has been informed that she is at liberty to argue anything against the petition on the date fixed or any other date to which …
Hyderabad, March 11 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has alleged that Telangana Assembly Speaker took the decision on the disqualification petitions against defecting MLAs under pressure from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) accused the Congress leadership of orchestrating the entire episode.Addressing a press conference, he called Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar’s decision, dismissing disqualification petitions against the remaining two MLAs, as highly und…
Hyderabad, March 11 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Wednesday termed Telangana Assembly Speaker’s clean chit to MLAs Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari in the anti-defection case as an open attack on democracy. He took to ‘X’ to react strongly to Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar dismissing petitions for disqualification of Nagender and Srihari, who were elected to Assembly on BRS tickets in 2023 but later defected to the ruling Congress party. Rama Rao criticis…
Hyderabad, March 9 (IANS) Senior Supreme Court advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s close aide Vem Narender Reddy have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from the state.Returning Officer Upender Reddy on Monday declared them elected after the deadline to withdraw the nominations came to an end.As only Singhvi and Narender Reddy had remained in the fray for two seats, they were elected unopposed.An independent candidate named Sai had also filed h…