Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday met Telangana Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju and demanded that the State government consider issuing Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) or Family Register Certificate to electors of the state in the ongoing SIR in Telangana. The Hyderabad MP said he, along with Faheem Qureshi, president and vice chairman of Telangana Minority Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS), met the Chief Secretary and demanded that the Re…
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New Delhi/Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi on Friday accused the Karnataka government of pushing thousands of government schools towards closure due to what he described as administrative failure, claiming that student enrolment has witnessed a sharp decline under the Congress government.In a statement, Joshi alleged that since the Congress party came to power in Karnataka, the government had remained preoccupied with inter…
Belagavi, July 9 (IANS) Former Karnataka Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar on Thursday expressed confidence that Belagavi district would secure two additional berths in the State Cabinet, citing the district’s size and the Congress party’s strong electoral performance.Speaking to reporters in Belagavi, Hebbalkar said the district, one of the largest in Karnataka, deserves greater representation in the Cabinet. She pointed out that 11 Congress MLAs were elected from Belagavi district in the recent Assembl…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Congress top brass paid tributes to the veteran Congressman and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on his birth anniversary, stating that his service to people will always be remembered. Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi took to social media handle on X and said, “Remembering senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ji, on his birth anniversary. A true statesman, he uplifted countl…
Hyderabad, July 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Telangana unit has alleged “systematic deletion” of voters from North India in Hyderabad and has sought the intervention of the State Chief Electoral Officer. Raising serious concerns regarding the integrity of the electoral rolls in Hyderabad, the BJP alleged that the ruling Congress party and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) have colluded to “systematically” remove the names of Hindi-speaking residents and those of N…
Hyderabad, July 6 (IANS) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday urged the Telangana government to immediately issue Permanent Residence Certificates (PRCs) for the poor, saying many lack documents and risk exclusion from the voter list during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The Hyderabad MP wanted to know what is stopping the state government from issuing PRCs. He said that if the ruling party is not realising that the poor of Telangana lack documents, then it is totally cut of…
Hyderabad, July 3 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Friday urged Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to issue a notification immediately to fill 20,000 police constable posts. Rama Rao wrote an open letter to the Chief Minister Revanth on behalf of police constable aspirants.The BRS leader brought to the CM’s attention the demands and hardships of police constable and sub-inspector (SI) aspirants.Stating that the unemployed youth of Telangana have be…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA, B.Y. Vijayendra, on Friday alleged that the Karnataka government was misusing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and conducting the exercise from mosques instead of following the Election Commission’s (EC) prescribed procedures.Addressing a Press conference at the BJP headquarters, Jagannath Bhavan, in Bengaluru, B.Y. Vijayendra alleged that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were being misused during the ongoing SIR process…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Karnataka Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka on Friday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, accusing him of remaining silent after the Tamil Nadu Congress leadership opposed the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir project.In a statement, Ashoka alleged that Shivakumar had undertaken the Mekedatu padayatra before the Assembly elections only to gain political mileage and has now abandoned the issue due to political compulsions.”Bef…
Belagavi, July 1 (IANS) Referring to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Karnataka, state Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Wednesday said the SIR exercise should be carried out carefully to ensure that no eligible voter is deprived of the right to vote, and that every effort should be made to ensure that no voter loses the right to vote. He urged Congress workers to work unitedly to strengthen the party and continue striving for the welfare of the poor, Dalits, backward …