Hyderabad, April 14 (IANS) Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday paid rich tributes to Dr B.R. Ambedkar on his 135th birth anniversary.The Governor described Babasaheb as one of the greatest sons of India and the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.Highlighting the enduring relevance of Dr Ambedkar’s vision, the Governor remarked: “Dr Ambedkar’s life remains a shining testament to the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. A visionar…
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Hyderabad, April 10 (IANS) Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha said on Friday that Pakistan may even seek the Nobel Peace Prize for terrorists like Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar. She was reacting to media reports that Pakistan is asking for the Nobel Prize for three of its leaders. “Today we are hearing very interesting news that Pakistan is asking for a Nobel Peace Prize for three of its leaders—different people. I believe they have also passed a resolution in their National Assembly. It i…
Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Sunday said the upcoming complex of Telangana High Court here will be the best high court in the country.He noted that courtrooms, administrative buildings, archives, residential infrastructure and training facilities will be grouped together in a single self-contained site.The CJI was speaking after laying the foundation stone for Zone-II of the new High Court complex coming up on 100 acres at Rajendranagar.He said after see…
Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) Intensifying its drive to curb adulterated food, Hyderabad police have seized a large number of ice and lassi candies laced with harmful chemicals.The sleuth of the Commissioners Taskforce, Golconda Zone Team, along with Mehdipatnam police, raided an ice cream parlour at Ahmed Nagar, in the First Lancer area, and apprehended its owner, Syed Musharafuddin, who was manufacturing and supplying ice candies and lassi in an unhygienic environment. The team seized material val…
Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Monday urged Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla to dismiss revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy over allegations of illegal mining and land grabbing.A delegation of BRS MLAs and MLCs led by party working president K. T. Rama Rao met the Governor and submitted a formal complaint seeking an inquiry into the alleged illegal mining and land grabbing activities of the minister.The delegation presented evidence related to la…
Hyderabad, March 29 (IANS) Telangana Assembly Speaker on Sunday referred to the Ethics Committee the incident of alleged unruly behaviour of opposition BRS MLA P. Kaushik Reddy in the House. After legislative affairs minister D. Sridhar Babu moved a resolution to refer the alleged unethical behaviour of Kaushik Reddy against senior member Kadiyam Srihari to the Ethics Committee, Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar announced passing of the resolution by a voice vote.Earlier, members of the ruling Congres…
Hyderabad, March 26 (IANS) The Telangana High Court on Thursday issued notices to Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar and to two MLAs who won the election on the BRS ticket but allegedly defected to the ruling Congress.The High Court issued the notices on the petitions filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs challenging the Speaker’s recent ruling dismissing disqualification petitions.A division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin directed the Speaker and …
Hyderabad, March 22 (IANS) The government of Telangana has allocated Rs 9,000 crore under Rythu Bharosa scheme to provide financial assistance to farmers for cultivation on 1.50 acres.Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday released first instalment of Rs 3,590 crore at a public meeting held at Narmeta in Siddipet district.With Sunday being a holiday, the amount will be credited in the bank accounts of farmers on Monday.He announced that second instalment of Rs 2,650 crore will be released wit…
Hyderabad, March 5 (IANS) Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy on Thursday filed nominations as the Congress party candidates for two Rajya Sabha seats from Telangana.They filed their nomination papers before the returning officer Upender Reddy at Telangana Assembly.The process was completed under the leadership of legislative affairs minister D. Sridhar Babu.Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud, ministers, Congress MPs, MLAs and other leaders were pres…
Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) The Telangana government will undertake 99-day public outreach programme from March 6 to June 12 in five phases to take welfare schemes, development works and public services closer to people, government officials said on Tuesday. The programme titled ‘Praja Palana–Pragati Pranalika’ (people’s governance-progress plan) will cover 10 different themes under various departments.These decisions were taken at a meeting Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had with the district …