Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) has come to the rescue of a bus conductor who was unable to perform his duties due to his exceptional height of 6.5 feet.Ameen Ahmed Ansari had been serving as bus conductor at TGSRTC’s Mehdipatnam depot in Hyderabad.However, the 198 cm (6.5 feet) tall conductor was unable to perform duties as conductor inside the bus as the maximum height of the bus is only 6.4 feet.Ansari was suffering from neck and back pain due to …
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Hyderabad, May 4 (IANS) Telangana Transport and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said on Monday that there is no chance for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state and that BJP leaders are daydreaming of coming to power there.The Congress leader remarked that the people of Telangana will not trust those who spoke insultingly about the formation of Telangana and the division of Telangana.Reacting to statements of BJP leaders that after capturing West Bengal, the saffron pa…
Hyderabad, May 1 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday assured the employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation that the state government is committed to addressing their demands and protecting their rights. During the meeting with the representatives of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation unions, he assured that the government was taking numerous measures to strengthen the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation financially and ensure the eff…
Hyderabad, April 20 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister, A. Revanth Reddy, on Monday laid the foundation stone for the development works of the Sri Kaleshwara Mukteshwara Temple at Kaleshwaram in Jayashankar Bhupalapally district. The development works of the temple are being taken up at a cost of ₹198 crore.Chief Minister Revanth Reddy also laid the foundation stone for the Kaleshwaram Bus Station.Ministers Uttam Kumar Reddy, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Ponnam Prabhakar, Adlu…
Hyderabad, April 17 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s student wing BRSV on Friday staged a protest near the BJP’s Telangana headquarters here, condemning the remarks made by Tejasvi Surya about Telangana in the Parliament.Activists of BRSV tried to surround the BJP office in Nampally, raising slogans against the BJP MP from Karnataka.The protestors set a poster of Surya on fire. Police intervened to detain the protestors.During the debate on Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha on Thurs…
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) Telangana’s Minister for Transport and Backwards Classes Welfare, Ponnam Prabhakar, has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to expunge the offensive remarks made by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Telangana’s formation from official records and to take strict action, including cancellation of his membership. In a letter submitted to the Lok Sabha Speaker, the minister strongly objected to Surya’s remarks made during the debate on the bills for women’s reservation.Th…
Hyderabad, April 14 (IANS) Telangana Minister for Transport Ponnam Prabhakar on Tuesday urged the TGSRTC employees to withdraw their decision to go on strike, reiterating that the government is always ready to resolve employee issues amicably through dialogue. The minister said in a statement that the matter relating to the merger of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) with the government and issues related to trade unions fall within the government’s jurisdiction. He, however, a…
Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) employees have decided to go on strike from April 22 in support of their demands. This was announced by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the TGSRTC employees on Monday.JAC leaders said that, though they gave notice of the strike on March 13, there was no response from the government or the TGSRTC management.They said the government should take steps to avert the strike. JAC chairman Thomas Reddy said they placed 32…
Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Monday said that the issue of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation’s merger with the government is under consideration of a committee. He appealed to TGSRTC employees not to go on strike and assured them that their concerns would be addressed.He stated that the government is ready to discuss all issues except two pending matters and assured that employee-related concerns will be resolved.The minister mentioned th…
Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) Telangana’s Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2026, was referred to a Select Committee of the State Legislative Assembly for detailed scrutiny after members expressed concerns over certain provisions and potential misuse. Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, who piloted the Bill, moved a motion to refer the Bill to a Select Committee. R. Prakash Reddy, who was in the chair, announced the passing of the motion by a voice vote.The Bill, earlier table…