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Hyderabad, June 2 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan on Tuesday declared that his party would remain in Telangana and contest the 2029 elections. Making it clear that he will not be cowed down by threats, the actor-politician said that, if necessary, he would travel in Telangana.“Telangana is an integral part of India,” he said, addressing those threatening him that Telangana is not the private estate of their father.Pawan Kalyan was addressing a pr…

Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s (BRS) Deputy Leader in Telangana Assembly, T. Harish Rao, on Monday warned that if paddy procurement is not expedited within two days, he will lead a protest by thousands of farmers.The former minister visited the paddy procurement centre in Ensanpally village, Siddipet Urban Mandal, and personally enquired about the hardships faced by farmers who have been waiting for days on end at the drying floors.Later, speaking to the media, he criticised t…

Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Monday promised that if voted back to power, BRS would ensure a 24-hour safe drinking water supply to every household in Hyderabad.Addressing a meeting of party cadres in Kukatpally, he said the BRS government had earlier transformed Telangana from a state plagued by severe power shortages into one with uninterrupted 24-hour electricity supply and would similarly guarantee round-the-clock drinking water supp…

Amaravati, May 21 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday claimed that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s vision of Amaravati as the state capital will “never become a reality”, and instead pitched the ‘Mavigun’ region as a viable alternative.Stating that Amaravati as the state capital is not practical, he remarked that one, two or even three decades later, Andhra Pradesh will be without a state capital.“What Chandrababu is conceiving will never …

Hyderabad, April 30 (IANS) The Election Commission of India has approved Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) as the name of Kalvakuntla Kavitha’s new political party. Kavitha’s office said on Thursday that the Central Election Commission has officially given the TRS name to Kavitha.It said officials handed over a letter granting permission to the party at Kavitha’s residence in Banjara Hills here.Kavitha had, last week, launched the new political party as Telangana Rashtra Sena (TRS). However, the…

Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) The Telangana government has decided to exert pressure for a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram project. Acting on the advice of legal experts, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed the officials to write a letter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) requesting that an immediate inquiry be initiated into the project. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, the Chief minister instructed the ministers to see…

Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Monday said that political parties come and go, reacting to the formation of Telangana Rashtra Sena by his sister K. Kavitha.”Parties come and go. There is no need to pay much attention to it,” he said while replying to queries at a press conference here.Referring to certain remarks made by Kavitha about BRS president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), KTR said that many people speak abo…

Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Monday that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has a past but no future.He predicted that BRS, which turned 26 on Monday, will not survive. He had an informal chat with the media in Assembly premises.Revanth Reddy remarked that BRS headed by former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is no longer viable.He compared the BRS with a dead body. “No matter how much make-up is done to a dead corpse, it will not rise,” he …

Hyderabad, April 25 (IANS) K. Kavitha on Saturday formally launched her political party — Telangana Rashtra Sena (TRS). More than six months after resigning from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) following her suspension from the party led by her father and former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), Kavitha floated a new party at a public meeting at Muneerabad in Medchal Malkajgiri district near here.Interestingly, she has chosen the acronym TRS, the previous avatar of BRS.Telan…

Hyderabad, April 22 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former Minister T. Harish Rao said on Wednesday that the Telangana High Court’s order, barring the state government from taking any action against him and BRS president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on the basis of the P.C. Ghose Commission report, has exposed the political conspiracies of the Congress party.”Truth always prevails”, was how Harish Rao reacted to the High Court orders on their petitions challe…