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HYDERABAD: Former irrigation minister T. Harish Rao on Friday said if Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy wanted a meaningful debate on river water issues between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, he should call a special session of the Assembly. "The BRS is ready for such a discussion. The only condition that we want is that microphones should not be switched off when we are speaking, and the House should not be abruptly adjourned," Harish Rao said. Harish Rao was responding to the Chief Minister's c ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao on Friday, July 11 submitted data related to approvals and construction of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme barrages, including Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla, to the PC Ghose Commission in Hyderabad. Following the sumission, Rao told the media that since he was no longer in government all the relevant documents were with the Telangana administration. The Siddpet MLA further said that he wrote letters to government officials seekin ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Former Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao was again admitted to a private hospital here for medical investigations. The 71-year-old leader was admitted to Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, on Thursday on the advice of doctors. He was accompanied by his wife Shobha, nephew and former Minister T. Harish Rao and other family members. KCR, as the BRS chief is popularly known, was admitted to the same hospital on July 3 after preliminary ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao was again admitted to a private hospital here for medical investigations. The 71-year-old leader was admitted to Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, on Thursday on the advice of doctors. He was accompanied by his wife Shobha, nephew and former Minister T. Harish Rao and other family members. KCR, as the BRS chief is popularly known, was admitted to the same hospital on ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said that the government would persist with its legal, technical and administrative battle for Telangana's rightful share in Krishna river waters. He accused the previous BRS regime of betraying Telangana and compromising on its long-term interests, allowing large-scale water diversion by Andhra Pradesh, engineering failures and financial mismanagement. The minister made two detailed PowerPoint presentations at Praja Bhavan -- one ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 9, 2025 - Telangana Irrigation Minister Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has launched a scathing attack on the previous BRS government, accusing it of compromising Telangana's water rights by enabling Andhra Pradesh to illegally divert Krishna River water. He said the Congress government will fight a legal, technical, and administrative battle to restore the state's rightful share and fix the engineering blunders of the past. He pointed out that water diversion by AP skyrocketed from ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 9 (ANI): Telangana Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said the Congress government in Telangana would persist with its legal, technical, and administrative battle to reclaim the state rightful share of Krishna river waters. He accused the previous BRS regime of betraying Telangana long-term interests by compromising with Andhra Pradesh, allowing large-scale water diversion, engineering failures, and financial ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 8: The BJP said the public debate challenge between BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao and Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was a "staged political drama" aimed at diverting attention from pressing issues. BJP state chief spokesperson N.V. Subash dismissed Rao's invitation for the debate a "frivolous stunt" and pointed out that it was issued while the Chief Minister was away in New Delhi. Subash said that substantive debates on governance should take place in the Assembly, not on ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Monday, July 8, challenged opposition leader and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) for a debate in the Assembly on the Krishna and Godavari river water with Andhra Pradesh. He also said that the BRS will lose its deposit in the coming local body elections. "Did KCR, when he was CM, not make a public statement in Andhra Pradesh saying "no matter what happens to the state, use Krishna and Godavari w ...Read More >
Pasighat: Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister P.D. Sona inaugurated "Saksham", an innovative Student Activity and Enrichment Centre for the holistic development and empowerment of young minds, at Springdale 5th IRBn Welfare School in Pasighat, on Monday. The team established the Saksham Centre on the principles of activity-based, play-based, and experiential learning, aligning it with the vision of NEP 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework 2023 to nurture well-rounded, curious, and confid ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Lashing out at the Irrigation Minister for refusing to start the Kannepalli pump house motors, BRS MLA Vemula Prashanth Reddy on Monday asserted that it was not the barrages sagging but rather the brain of Uttam Kumar Reddy. The BRS leader stated: "When we ask him to switch on the motors and provide water to the fields, he questions whether to lift the water from the sagging barrage. It is not the barrage that is sagging, Uttam; it is your brain that is sagging. If a single pillar in ...Read More >
Hyderabad: After making a detailed presentation on the Polavaram (Godavari)-Banakacharla link project to MLAs, MPs and elected representatives to counter the criticism of BRS, irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy is now preparing a similar briefing on the controversial Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS). Sources said Uttam Kumar Reddy would deliver a comprehensive presentation covering the technical, financial and structural aspects of KLIS. The timing aligns with the expected submis ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: BRS MLA and former T Harish Rao demanded that the state government provide irrigation water to farmers by operating the Kannepalli pump house. Addressing the media here, the former irrigation minister claimed it was possible to draw water through the Kannepalli pump house "irrespective" of whether the gates of the Medigadda barrage are operated. "There is a drought-like situation in northern Telangana and if this situation continues, it would create both irrigation and drinking water ...Read More >
Nizamabad/Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who has been asserting time and again that Naxalism is on its last legs across the country, on Sunday asked Maoists to immediately halt killings and surrender. He was addressing a public meeting after inaugurating the National Turmeric Board in Nizamabad in the afternoon. The Union Home Minister said: "Pakistan attempted to intimidate us with the Pahalgam terror attack. However, both Pakistan and the world learned about India's strength". Pri ...Read More >
Hyderabad, June 29 (UNI) In a scathing attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao on Sunday demanded to know why the BJP-led Centre has failed to order an investigation into the corruption allegations against the Congress government in Telangana. Reminding Shah of his own remarks made earlier in Nizamabad- where the latter called the Revanth Reddy-led government an "ATM" for Congress high command- KTR questioned, "Why hasn't the Union Home Minister acted upon i ...Read More >
Hyderabad, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Sunday demanded to know why the BJP-led government at the Centre failed to order an investigation into the corruption allegations against the Congress government in Telangana. Hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged at a public meeting in Nizamabad that the Congress government in Telangana has become "ATM" for the Congress high command, Rama Rao wanted to know why he did not act upon it ...Read More >
Nizamabad (Telangana), June 29 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal is to eliminate both terrorism and Naxalism from the country by March 30, 2026. He was addressing farmers at the Kisan Maha Sammelan held at the Polytechnic Grounds after inaugurating the National Turmeric Board Office in Nizamabad district on Sunday. Shah called upon Naxalites to immediately stop violence and surrender, stating that over 10,000 Naxalites have already laid down ...Read More >
Nalgonda: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday accused the previous BRS government of harming Telangana's interests in the sharing of Krishna and Godavari waters through "negligent" agreements with Andhra Pradesh. Speaking to the media after inspecting the Jawahar Janpahad Lift Irrigation Scheme (LIS) on the Krishna and the Jettethanda LIS on the Musi in Huzurnagar constituency, the minister said the former government had accepted in writing a division of 599 tmc ft of Krishna wat ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar has written a strongly worded letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, criticising General Education Minister V Sivankutty for walking out of a function held at Raj Bhavan on June 19. The Governor described the incident as a breach of protocol and an insult to the constitutional office. The letter, dated June 26, refers to an awards ceremony for the Bharat Scouts and Guides, where Sivankutty -- who also serves as President of the Associatio ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Despite being blessed with one of the largest river systems in India, Telangana continues to lose massive quantities of Godavari water to the sea every year due to incomplete projects, under-utilisation, and other issues.Over the last 30 years, more than 1 lakh tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of floodwater from the Godavari has been discharged into the Bay of Bengal-an alarming waste of a precious natural resource.Since the formation of Telangana in 2014, an estimated 40,000 tmcft ...Read More >
Hyderabad: BJP MP Eatala Rajender on Sunday clarified his appearance before the commission probing irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, stating that he had only explained the decisions taken during his tenure as finance minister and his specific role in them. He asserted that he was under no obligation to shield former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, and took aim at Congress ministers for making what he called "misleading and politically motivated" statements aimed at c ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Congress MLA and government whip Aadi Srinivas on Saturday expressed his disappointment over former minister Eatala Rajender's "failure to expose" alleged corruption in the execution of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS). Addressing the media at the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) office, he said that contrary to expectations, Rajender did not reveal BRS president and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's involvement in the alleged scam while deposing before the PC Ghos ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: BRS MLA and former irrigation minister T Harish Rao, who is scheduled to depose before the Commission of Inquiry on Kaleshwaram on Monday, said that the project was like a "wishing tree" for the people of Telangana. Making a PowerPoint presentation titled "Kaleshwaram -- misinformation and facts" here on Saturday, Harish claimed that so far new ayacut of 98,570 acres has been irrigated under Kaleshwaram. He said that 456 minor irrigation tanks were filled with Kaleshwaram water, prov ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Union Coal & Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday said that MP Eatala Rajender deposed before Justice PC Ghose Commission on Kaleshwaram not as a BJP leader but as former finance minister in the BRS government. During an informal chat with reporters, he said: "Rajender did nothing wrong and that's why he has the courage to appear before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI). He spoke the truth and explained to the Commission what had happened during the BRS regime." "Rajender, in fac ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charges in court against Canada-based gangster-terrorist Satwinder Singh alias Goldy Brar and four others for orchestrating grenade attacks on two Gurugram clubs in December, the agency announced on Saturday. The December 10, 2024 attacks targeted Warehouse Club and Human Club in Sector 29, with investigators linking the violence to a broader conspiracy by the banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) to spread communal disharmony across Haryana. ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Deposing before the Justice (retd) PC Ghose one-man commission inquiring into alleged irregularities in Kaleshwaram project, former BRS finance minister (now BJP MP) Eatala Rajender said the decision on redesigning the project and location of the three barrages - Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla - was taken by the cabinet led by CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, and he had limited role as finance minister.Rajender, who was witness no. 113, told the panel that the project cost, loans, auditing an ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a joint operation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) have eliminated As'ad Abu Sharaiya, a senior leader of the Mujahideen terrorist organization in Gaza, and another terrorist, Mahmoud Muhammad Hamid Kuhail. According to the IDF, Abu Sharaiya was directly involved in the October 7, 2023, massacre, infiltrating Kibbutz Nir Oz, and was responsible for the abduction and murder of several Israeli citizens, including Shiri, Ariel, Kfir Bibas, and Nat ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao on Saturday dropped a political bombshell, accusing BJP MP Eatala Rajender of lying before the Justice PC Ghose Commission over the approval process for the Kaleshwaram project. He stated that the project was never approved by the state Cabinet during the BRS regime and was instead taken up through an executive order. Speaking to reporters at the Secretariat, Nageswara Rao called Rajender's deposition before the Kaleshwaram commission on Fr ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Countering former minister and MP Eatala Rajender, Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Saturday stated that no cabinet approval had been obtained during the previous BRS regime for the Kaleshwaram project."The sub-committee that Eatala refers to was not constituted to examine the Kaleshwaram project proposal. Its mandate was limited to reviewing other existing projects and determining whether and how they should be continued," said Tummala. Both Tummala and Eatala Rajender s ...Read More >
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], June 7 (ANI): Following the completion of one month of Operation Sindoor, people living near the Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan expressed happiness. A resident in Barmer said that there was too much enthusiasm among the people during Operation Sindoor, and nobody living near the border vacated their village. A resident, Raghuvir Singh, said, "My village is just 2 km away from the Indo-Pak border. We have seen Operation Sindoor very closely. Nobody living near the bo ...Read More >
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