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 14 (IANS) Taking a key step for conducting municipal elections in Telangana, the state government has finalised reservation of wards and offices of chairpersons/mayors in 121 municipalities and 10 corporations.The municipal administration department on Wednesday issued a notification regarding reservation for Scheduled Tribes (STs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Backward Classes (BCs) and women.The reservation has bee finalised for SCs and STs as per 2011 census and for BCs as per recom…
Hyderabad, Jan 13 (IANS) The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) collected 88 tonnes of electronic waste during the two-day special drive, which concluded on Tuesday. The e-waste was collected through 531 collection locations using 191 dedicated vehicles, said GHMC Commissioner RV Karnan.On the first day, the drive was conducted in 271 locations across GHMC. Officials stated that 95 vehicles were utilised for e-waste collection, and 47 tonnes of e-waste were collected.On the second da…
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 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…