Hyderabad, May 22 (IANS) Police detained Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) leader Kalvakuntla Kavitha and several party workers at Telangana Secretariat here on Friday when they were staging a protest over the problems faced by farmers.Alleging that the state government is acting with negligence in procurement of paddy from farmers, Kavitha and her supporters sat in front of the Secretariat.Holding placards and raising slogans, they demanded that the government expedite paddy procurement and pay bon…
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Hyderabad, May 19 (IANS) The Telangana government has raised the upper age limit by 10 years for a period of one year for direct recruitment jobs.The state government issued a Government Order (G.O.) Number 86, raising the upper age limit.With this, the upper age limit has been raised from 34 years to 44 years.The government on February 8, 2024 issued G.O. No. 30, raising the maximum age limit prescribed in the Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996 for appointment by direct recruit…
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…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday described the party’s performance in the Telangana local body elections as an endorsement of its governance model centred on welfare, dignity and inclusive growth.“Heartfelt thanks to every Congress ‘karyakarta’ and leader. This victory belongs to you and to the people of Telangana,” LoP Gandhi said in a post on X.The ruling Congress secured close to 60 per cent of the …
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…