Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced on Monday that the state government will introduce a special mechanism to curb food adulteration. Voicing concern over the growing problem of food adulteration, he said the proposed system would be similar to the recently launched enforcement models, such as EAGLE and HYDRAA, to curb drugs and lake encroachments, respectively.In an interaction with media persons, he stated that the government should study existi…
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Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) Members of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana Legislative Council were suspended for a day on Monday for stalling the proceedings of the House, and demanding dismissal of the revenue minister over alleged corruption and illegal mining.All 11 MLCs of BRS present in the House including Leader of Opposition, Madhusudhana Chary, were suspended by Council Chairman, G. Sukhender Reddy, after Legislative Affairs Minister, D. Sridhar Babu, moved a motion.The BRS MLCs we…
Hyderabad, March 29 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs were suspended from the Telangana Assembly for two days for stalling the proceedings of the House.Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar announced the suspension of 24 BRS members present in the House after a resolution moved by Legislative Affairs Minister D. Sridhar Babu was adopted by a voice vote.The legislators of the main opposition party have been disrupting proceedings over their demand for the House Committee to probe the allegations of …
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) Telangana High Court on Monday directed MLA Danam Nagender and Telangana Legislature Secretary to file counters to the petition of BJP Legislative Party leader Alleti Maheshwar Reddy, challenging the order passed by the Assembly Speaker dismissing his disqualification petition against Nagender.The High Court took up the petition for hearing and ordered notices to be served to the MLA and the Legislature Secretary.The BJP leader has sought a direction to quash and set a…
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 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 8 (IANS) Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday inaugurated the renovated Telangana Legislative Council building in the Assembly premises.The old Assembly building, where legislative business was conducted in the erstwhile Hyderabad State, has now become the Legislative Council.Council Chairman Gutta Sukhender Reddy, Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, ministers and senior officials attended the event.It was officially announced on Saturday that the Telangana Legislative Council wil…
Hyderabad, March 5 (IANS) Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Thursday took up a hearing on the petitions for the disqualification of two BRS MLAs who had allegedly switched loyalties to the ruling Congress in 2024.The Speaker completed the hearing on the petition for the disqualification of Kadiyam Srihari and postponed the hearing on the petition for the disqualification of Danam Nagender to Saturday.He directed both the petitioners and the MLA to appear for the hearing on Saturd…
Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Telangana Jagruthi President K. Kavitha on Friday announced that she will announce a new political party within three months.She told media persons here that she is waiting for a good ‘mahuratam’ (auspicious time) to launch the political party.Kavitha, daughter of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), quit the BRS last year after she was suspended from it for anti-party activities.The former MP announced that Tela…
Hyderabad, Feb 4 (IANS) Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday dismissed the petition for the disqualification of BRS MLA Sanjay Kumar, who had allegedly switched loyalties to the ruling Congress party.The Speaker, who had reserved the orders on the petition filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Jagadish Reddy last year, pronounced the same on Wednesday.The Speaker ruled that as the petitioner failed to provide evidence that Sanjay Kumar, who represents Jagtial constitue…