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The stage is all set for Assembly Speaker G. Prasad Kumar to announce his verdict on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) on the disqualification petitions pertaining to five of the 10 MLAs of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti who allegedly defected to the ruling Congress after winning on the BRS ticket. The Speaker has decided to announce the course of action into the petitions filed against MLAs Tellam Venkat Rao, Arekapudi Gandhi, Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy, T. Prakash Goud and Gudem Mahipal Reddy by the BR ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (PTI) More than 85 per cent of eligible voters exercised their franchise in the final phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana on Wednesday, the SEC said. The elections were held peacefully, and counting of votes was underway, officials said. Of the 50,56,344 eligible voters, 43,37,024 cast their votes, recording a turnout of 85.77 per cent, the State Election Commission said. Polling was conducted in 3,752 gram panchayats for 28,410 ward member seats. As of 7 pm, 1,9 ...Read More >
Nizamabad: The polling process for the third phase of gram panchayat elections in Nizamabad district concluded peacefully on Wednesday amid tight security arrangements.Polling began at 7 am, with voters braving cold weather and queuing up at polling stations from early morning to exercise their franchise. Officials said an average turnout of 23.35 per cent was recorded by 9 am, which rose to 54.69 per cent by 11 am.District election officer and collector T. Vinay Krishna Reddy visited polling st ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will challenge in court the order of Telangana Assembly Speaker dismissing the petitions for the disqualification of five BRS MLAs who allegedly switched loyalties to the Congress party. Terming Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar's order 'unconstitutional', BRS MLAs K. Sanjay and K. P. Vivekanand said the Speaker pronounced a unilateral order without taking their arguments into consideration. Sanjay and Vivekanand, who were among the ...Read More >
Sangareddy/Hyderabad, Dec 17 (Maxim News): Congress cadres allegedly attacked BRS workers in a village of Narayankhed mandal in Sangareddy district on Tuesday night, just hours before the third phase of polling. The incident took place at Jukal Thanda village and triggered tension in the area. According to the information available, the attack occurred when BRS workers tried to catch Congress activists who were reportedly distributing cash to lure voters. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp The situat ...Read More >
Hyderabad: More than 85 per cent of eligible voters exercised their franchise in the final phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana on Wednesday, the SEC said. The elections were held peacefully, and counting of votes was underway, officials said. Of the 50,56,344 eligible voters, 43,37,024 cast their votes, recording a turnout of 85.77 per cent, the State Election Commission said. Polling was conducted in 3,752 gram panchayats for 28,410 ward member seats. "The elections concluded pea ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against five MLAs of the state. Speaker Prasad Kumar said the petitioners failed to prove that the MLAs had switched to the Congress. He clarified that they are technically still in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and dismissed the disqualification petitions against Arikepudi Gandhi, Mahipal Reddy, Tellam Venkat Rao, Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy, and Prakash Goud. BRS leaders had ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (PTI) More than 85 per cent of eligible voters exercised their franchise in the final phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana on Wednesday, the SEC said. The elections were held peacefully, and counting of votes was underway, officials said. Of the 50,56,344 eligible voters, 43,37,024 cast their votes, recording a turnout of 85.77 per cent, the State Election Commission said. Polling was conducted in 3,752 gram panchayats for 28,410 ward member seats. "The elections ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Telangana Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against five of the 10 BRS MLAs, who had allegedly switched over to the ruling Congress. Describing the Speaker's decision as a "cruel joke" in democracy, BRS working president KT Rama Rao said they would challenge it in the court of law. The Speaker had earlier issued notices to 10 MLAs as petitions were filed against them by the opposition party. Eight among the 10 MLAs had submitted ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a big relief to five of the 10 defected Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs, Telangana speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) dismissed the disqualification petitions filed by the BRS against MLAs who defected to the Congress after being elected on the BRS symbol. Citing a lack of evidence to declare the MLAs as defectors for hopping to Congress after the 2023 Assembly elections, the speaker granted relief to Bhadrachalam MLA Tellam Venkat Rao, Gadwal MLA B Kri ...Read More >
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Monday witnessed vehement protests against the ward delimitation notification, with legislators across parties presenting their reservations before Commissioner R. V. Karnan. A team of legislators from Congress party including Khairatabad MLAs Danam Nagender, Serilingampally MLA Arikepudi Gandhi, MLC Balmoor Venkat and corporator Baba Fasiuddin met the GHMC Commissioner, and submitted objections against the delimitation exercise. Speaking t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: To examine all the objections and suggestions for the delimitation of wards in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi informed that a five-member committee has been formed. She said the delimitation of wards was notified based on a comprehensive study by the Centre for Good Governance (CGG). The Mayor said that the GHMC expansion marks a new era for Greater Hyderabad, bringing more areas under unified governance, ensuring equitable development, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In light of the Parliament session concluding on December 19, the joint meeting of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi Legislature Party (BRSLP) and the party's state executive committee, chaired by former chief minister and BRS national president K Chandrashekar Rao, has now been postponed to December 21. "The postponement has also been done so that BRS Parliament members can participate in this meeting." stated an X post from the BRS. On December 14, the pink party had announced that KCR p ...Read More >
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA from Malakpet, Ahmed Balala, on Tuesday, December 16, alleged that the delimitation of new GHMC wards was aimed towards damaging his party. On December 9, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation issued a preliminary delimitation notification after the state government announced the decision to merge of 27 urban local bodies into the corporation. The notification doubled the number of wards from the current 150 to 300. Citizens w ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 16 (Maxim News): A five-member committee would examine all objections and suggestions received zone-wise on the delimitation of 300 wards, GHMC commissioner RV Karnan said on Tuesday.Hyderabad Local Events Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Speaking at a special council meeting at the GHMC head office, he said 3,002 objections and suggestions were received between December 10 to 17. Citizens of notified 300 wards can submit their objections and suggestions on Wednesday. Karnan reveale ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The merger of the surrounding 27 urban local bodies with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will make it the biggest municipal corporation in the country both in terms of area and population. The GHMC boundaries will expand from the present 650 square kilometres to 2,050 square kilometres, while the estimated population will go up from 1.12 crore to 1.34 crore. The number of municipal wards in the new body will double to 300. GHMC Commissione ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Acting on the directions of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrashekar Rao, the BRS State Executive Committee meeting and the BRS Legislature Party (LP) meeting, originally scheduled for December 19, have been postponed to December 21. The decision was taken in view of the Parliament session concluding on December 19, enabling BRS Members of Parliament to participate in the party meetings.The BRS State Executive Committee meeting will be held on December 21 at Telangana ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Loudspeakers that had been blaring across 4,000-plus villages for so many days have fallen silent as campaigning by parties for the final phase of the Gram Panchayat (GP) elections, to be held on December 17 on non-party basis, concluded on Monday. The first phase of the GP elections was held on December 11 and the second phase on December 14. The final phase of the elections will be held on December 17 in 182 mandals, 4,157 village panchayats, and 28,406 wards. In the final phase, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana has emerged as the top-ranking major state in the country in terms of per capita income, according to the latest Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25 released by the Reserve Bank of India. With a per capita income of Rs 3,87,623, Telangana has outperformed several industrially-advanced states, including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Maharashtra and Kerala, underlining the State's strong economic momentum. In dollar terms, Telangana's per capita income stands at ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Congress-backed candidates won 61.24 per cent sarpanch posts in the recently held first and second phase of gram panchayat polls, registering a strike rate twice that of the BRS's 27.19 per cent and over 10 times of the BJP's 5.45 per cent. Out of the 8,566 sarpanch posts for which elections were held, the Congress-backed candidates won 5,246 posts, those by the BRS 2,329, the BJP-backed candidates won 500 and independents and others secured 467 seats. During the first phase of ...Read More >
The ruling Congress-backed candidates continued their winning streak, securing nearly 2,000 Sarpanch posts in the second phase of the Gram Panchayat elections in Telangana, followed by the main Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supporters with nearly 1,000 posts and BJP-backed candidates with about 300 posts, while others won around 450 posts. The counting process was still under way at the time of reporting. The results of the first phase reflected a similar trend. Congress-backed candid ...Read More >
Hyderabad Congress-backed candidates recorded an impressive performance in the first phase of the Panchayat elections, winning in nearly 2,000 villages across Telangana, while the BRS-supported candidates also fared better than expected, winning in about 800 villages, when reports last came in. In contrast, BJP-supported candidates failed to make a significant impact, barely touching the 150 mark. Though the elections were officially held without party symbols, voters in rural Telangana were l ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao claimed on Monday that the defeat of Congress in Panchayat elections even in the constituencies of the Ministers is a testament to the changing political landscape in the state. He congratulated the BRS cadres for achieving exceptional results in the second phase of the Panchayat elections. Special congratulations to the BRS leaders and workers who demonstrated their strength even in the constituenc ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 15 (Maxim News): BRS Working President KTR extended his heartfelt congratulations to the pink ranks who achieved unique results in the second phase of the Panchayat elections. He specially congratulated the BRS party leaders and activists who showed their strength in the constituencies of Congress ministers and MLAs. He said that the people of the villages have once again decided through their votes that the time has come for the Congress party, which came to power in a roundabout ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A joint meeting of the BRS Legislature Party (LP) and the party's State Executive Committee will be held on December 19, 2025, under the chairmanship of former Telangana Chief Minister and BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao. The meeting will take place at the party's central office, Telangana Bhavan, from 2 pm onwards. The meeting will focus on the Congress government's alleged negligence in carrying forward irrigation projects initiated during the decade-long BRS rule, particularly ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Jubilee Hills bypoll delivered a sobering reality check to the Telangana BJP, significantly undermining the narrative of steady gains it had built through recent electoral battles.For a party that once positioned itself as the rising alternative in Greater Hyderabad -- buoyed by wins in Dubbak and Huzurabad and strong runner-up finishes in Secunderabad Cantonment and Munugode -- the steep erosion of its vote share in Jubilee Hills has triggered serious introspection. A sharp fall ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Malkajgiri MP Etala Rajender stated that the BJP lost the Jubilee Hills elections because the party announced its candidate late. According to him, the Congress and BRS parties had started their election preparations six months before polling. Meanwhile, BJP's last-minute decision led to defeat. He added, "It is not right to say that the BJP's work is over just because it lost in Jubilee Hills." Rajender cited past elections to bolster his argument. "Didn't the Congress come to power ...Read More >
HYDERABAD A day after the Jubilee Hills Assembly byelection result was announced, working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), K.T. Rama Rao visited party activist Rakesh, who was injured in an attack allegedly by Congress workers on Friday (November 14, 2025) night. Condemning the attack, Mr. Rama Rao said the ruling party had resorted to 'goondaism' in less than 24 hours after winning the byelection. The BRS had won several byelections during its 10-year rule but had never resorted ...Read More >
Suspended BRS MLC and Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha took a sharp dig at her former party's leadership following its defeat in the Jubilee Hills Assembly byelection, remarking that 'karma hits back'. Her comment, posted on 'X' soon after the results were declared, triggered a fresh round of speculation about deepening rifts and also Ms. Kavitha's serious differences with her family's party, which is now literally being headed by her brother K.T. Rama Rao in the silence of BRS chief K. ...Read More >
Vote counting for the Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election commenced Friday amid tight security, with postal ballots processed first. The crucial contest, necessitated by the death of a BRS MLA, sees candidates from Congress, BRS, and BJP vying for the seat. Nearly half of the eligible voters participated in the November 11 polling. Amid tight security, the counting of votes for the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency by-election, a key contest for both the ruling Congress government and BRS, beg ...Read More >
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