Hyderabad, July 9 (IANS) Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief K. Kavitha on Thursday alleged that the Rs 1,400 crore in the bank accounts of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) came from “quid pro quo” deals. She demanded that BRS distribute the money to Telangana martyrs’ families.Addressing workers of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in Kothagudem, Kavitha also launched a scathing attack on her brother, BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao (KTR), and her cousin, former minister T. Harish Ra…
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Hyderabad, July 2 (IANS) Tension prevailed at BRS headquarters Telangana Bhavan here on Thursday as police detained former minister T. Harish Rao and other BRS leaders as they were heading to Gun Park for a debate with state ministers on the alleged irregularities in Gurukul residential school tenders.There was high political drama in Hyderabad as three ministers reached the Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial (Gun Park) for a debate with Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders.However, police detained f…
Hyderabad, June 4 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday alleged that party leader and former MLA Balka Suman was imprisoned on fabricated charges solely to divert public attention away from the failures of the Congress government and the multi-crore coal scams unfolding within the public sector Singareni Collieries.Accompanied by some BRS leaders, Rama Rao met Balka Suman in Chanchalguda Jail, where he is currently lodged after being arrested last week f…
Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) In the wake of the row over the action of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation to remove a driver of a hired private bus for allegedly criticising leaders of the ruling Congress holding a protest, state Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said on Tuesday that he has advised the management to change its decision and let him continue.Prabhakar stated that driver Ashok spoke on behalf of the farmers, and the government welcomes it.The minister said that despite the Ce…
Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation has dismissed a bus driver of a private hire bus after he allegedly criticised the leaders of the ruling Congress staging a protest over the hike in petrol and diesel prices. The TGSRTC has written to the owner of the private hire bus (PHB) to withdraw the driver from PHB services with immediate effect.The driver, Ashok, while driving the bus from Jagtial to Dharmapuri on Monday, had made certain remarks criticising the Cong…
Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a family in Telangana was forced to carry a relative’s body on their shoulders after a government hospital failed to provide them with a hearse vehicle. The incident occurred in Bhadrachalam town, Bhadradri Kothagudem district, on Sunday.Kandi Venkanna (45), who suffered heatstroke and was undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Bhadrachalam, succumbed on Sunday night.The hospital staff failed to arrange a vehicle to transport the body….
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 7 (IANS) Tension prevailed at BRS MLA Gangula Kamalakar’s office at Karimnagar in Telangana on Thursday as BJP workers allegedly tried to attack BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy over his remarks against Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar. Supporters of Bandi Sanjay damaged the car of Kaushik Reddy and ransacked the furniture at the office of Karimnagar MLA Gangula Kamalakar.Workers of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) confronted the rival group. Police intervened …
Hyderabad, April 23 (IANS) The Telangana government will constitute a Cabinet sub-committee to discuss and decide the next course of action on the case relating to alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project. Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy told media persons after the Cabinet meeting on Thursday that the government has not yet taken a decision on the next step in the case.He said that it has been nine months since the state government wrote to the Central Bureau o…
Hyderabad, April 22 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Wednesday claimed that the High Court verdict has completely exposed and dismantled what he described as false propaganda and a sustained conspiracy allegedly carried out by the Congress party against the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project.He termed the judgment as a strong reaffirmation of the principle that truth ultimately prevails and that politically motivated narratives cannot stand the test of jud…