Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao has written a letter to Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging the immediate formation of a new Railway Division with headquarters at Kazipet in Telangana. Rama Rao highlighted that the ongoing restructuring within the South Central Railway and operationalisation of the South Coast Railway have placed an excessive operational burden on the Secunderabad Division. As per the latest restructuring data,…
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New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Centre allocated Rs 227.42 crore till February 24 in 2025-26 for modernisation of police forces in States and Union Territories, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in a written reply, said that under the “Assistance to States & UTs for Modernisation of Police (ASUMP)” scheme, major infrastructure and technology upgrades have been proposed/completed since 2021-22.In 2024-25, funds released/…
Hyderabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Elections to chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of 11 municipalities in Telangana were postponed on Monday as both the ruling Congress and main opposition BRS accused each other of resorting to undemocratic means to capture power in the urban local bodies.Elections in Yellandu, Sultanabad, Ibrahimpatnam, Kagaznagar, Ketanapally, Khanapur, Zaheerabad, Inderesham, Dornakal, Jjangaon and Thorrur have been postponed by the election authorities.Elections to 116…
Hyderabad, Feb 13 (IANS) Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao claimed on Friday that the results of municipal elections made it clear that the political landscape of Telangana is undergoing a decisive shift. Reacting to the results of the elections for 116 municipalities and seven corporations, he stated that the saffron wave is marching ahead in Telangana“BRS is gone: A party that once dominated urban local bodies has witnessed a dramatic collapse. From a towering 1,341 wards earlier, it…
Hyderabad, Feb 13 (IANS) Telangana’s ruling Congress party has won nearly 60 per cent of urban local bodies, the results show on Friday night.The Congress party captured power in 64 out of 116 municipalities and three out of seven corporations.Main Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) bagged 13 municipalities, while Forward Block captured one urban local body.There were no clear winners in 38 municipalities. This triggered camp politics by both Congress and BRS to lure independents and othe…
Hyderabad, Feb 13 (IANS) Telangana’s ruling Congress party has bagged at least 62 out of 116 municipalities and three out of seven corporations, as the counting of votes continued on Friday.Main Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) captured power in 12 municipalities while Forward Block captured one urban local body.There were no clear winners in 37 municipalities. This triggered camp politics by both Congress and BRS to win over independents and others to get the posts of chairpersons and …
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 11 (IANS) Under the various self-employment schemes being implemented by the double-engine government at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh, Nizamabad in Azamgarh district is carving out a distinct identity through the One District One Product (ODOP) initiative, with its famed black pottery gaining recognition both nationally and internationally. Once on the verge of extinction, the traditional craft of black pottery has witnessed a revival over the past few years. In …
Hyderabad, Feb 11 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minster A. Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka cast their votes for the municipal elections on Wednesday.The Chief Minster reached Kodangal in Vikarabad district by a helicopter from Hyderabad and cast his vote at a polling centre at Zilla Parishad High School.Revanth Reddy, who represents Kodangal Assembly constituency, exercised his franchise for elections to Kodangal municipality.After his return to Hyderabad from Kodangal, …
Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IANS) A man from Maharashtra killed one of his three children to overcome the two-child norm to contest the upcoming Panchayat elections in that state.Pandurang Kondmangale, a resident of Kerur village in Mukhed taluka of Maharashtra’s Nanded district, pushed her six-year-old daughter into a canal in Telangana’s Nizamabad district.Nizamabad Police on Monday announced the arrest of Pandurang (28) and village sarpanch Ganesh Ramachandra Shinde.Nizamabad Police Commissioner P….
Hyderabad, Feb 1 (IANS) The government of Telangana on Sunday announced ex-gratia of Rs1 crore to the family of excise constable Gajula Soumya, who died in an alleged attack by Gaanja smugglers. The 25-year-old succumbed at a hospital in Hyderabad on Saturday night after remaining critical for a week.The government also announced a job for Soumya’s brother.It was also decided to conduct her funeral with police honours. Nizamabad district Collector has been directed to make necessary arrangemen…