Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) The “Telangana Rising 2047” vision aims to radically transform the image of Telangana and position the State as a key driver of India’s progress by 2047, Governor Jishnu Dev Varma said on Monday.Addressing the 77th Republic Day celebrations after hoisting the national flag at the Secunderabad Parade Grounds, the Governor said the Telangana Rising Vision 2047 document, launched on the completion of two years of the present government, lays out a comprehensive roadma…
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Hyderabad, Jan 13 (IANS) There are 52.43 lakh voters in 118 municipalities and five municipal corporations in Telangana, reveals the final voter list published by the State Election Commission on Tuesday. The municipalities and corporations have 2,996 wards. The total number of voters is 52,43,023, comprising 25,62,369 men, 26,80,014 women and 640 others.Stepping up the arrangements for the upcoming municipal elections, the Election Commission has mapped and confirmed municipality-wise voters.Th…
Hyderabad, Jan 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will go it alone in the upcoming municipal elections in Telangana, the party’s state president N. Ramchander Rao announced on Tuesday.He, however, said that the BJP would welcome support from any other party.The BJP leader’s clarification came days after the announcement by Jana Sena Party that it will contest the municipal elections in Telangana.Jana Sena, led by Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and actor Pawan Kalyan, is an ally…
Hyderabad, Dec 30 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday directed officials to prepare an action plan to develop Greater Hyderabad as a pollution-free city. At a review with senior officials of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, and also newly appointed Zonal Commissioners, he emphasised that effective measures should be taken to maintain cleanliness and garbage management. It was also decided to impose a complete ban on plastic use to reduce pollution in the ci…
Hyderabad, Dec 29 (IANS) The government of Telangana on Monday reorganised the existing three police commissionerates for Hyderabad and its suburbs and created a fourth commissionerate for the upcoming Future City. Existing commissionerates of Hyderabad and Cyberabad will continue with the same names, while Rachakonda has been renamed as Malkajgiri.Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, which was part of Rachakonda, has been excluded from the commissionerate jurisdictionThe decision has been taken as par…
Hyderabad, Dec 29 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Monday alleged that Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy stalled the Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation project to appease his ‘old boss’ and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.Rama Rao said that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy fears that completion of the project would bring credit to former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and invite the displeasure of his former political m…
Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Caste census and the move to enhance reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) dominated Telangana politics in 2025. Sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs), two Cabinet expansions, the Congress party’s victory in the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll, and its strong showing in the recently conducted Gram Panchayat elections were among the other major political developments of the year.The Socio-Economic, Education, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey, launc…
Hyderabad, Dec 22 (IANS) The Telangana High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the state government’s move to reorganise the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). A division bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Gadi Praveen Kumar dismissed the petitions challenging the delimitation of municipal wards with the merger of 27 urban local bodies with the GHMC.The state government has already issued a notification to increase the number of GHMC wards from 150 to 300. Pet…
Hyderabad, Dec 22 (IANS) The tourism department of Telangana has planned an international kite festival, hot air balloon and drone festivals in Hyderabad as part of Sankranti celebrations next month.The Kite festival will be organised from January 13 to 15 at the Parade Grounds, with participation from international and national kite flyers.According to the Tourism Department Managing Director, V. Kranti, the department has lined up several events as part of the Sankranti festival celebrations.A…