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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: 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: The BRS party has filed a contempt petition against Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar in the Supreme Court of India for failure to comply with the SC's 3-month deadline to decide on the disqualification petitions of 10 BRS MLAs. The advocate appearing for BRS has requested the Chief Justice's court to accept it for hearing soon. He submitted that the Supreme Court had earlier said that if the proceedings in this matter are delayed, a decision can be taken against it, and ...Read More >
Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin has been sworn in as a minister in the Telangana cabinet. He will contest the Jubilee Hills by-poll. This appointment marks the first minority representation in Revanth Reddy's cabinet. Azharuddin was previously nominated as an MLC but awaits the Governor's clearance. He had unsuccessfully contested from Jubilee Hills in the 2023 polls. Former Indian cricket team captain Mohammad Azharuddin was sworn in as a minister of Telangana cabinet on Frid ...Read More >
Telangana: The former Indian cricket team captain and popular Congress leader, Mohammad Azharuddin, took oath as a minister in the cabinet of Telangana on Friday. This action has sparked debates, as the opposition has severely criticised his inclusion in the cabinet. Previously, the Raj Bhawan gave an official announcement stating that the cricketer would be taking the oath on the morning of Friday and that the oath-taking ceremony would take place in the presence of the governor, Jishnu Dev Var ...Read More >
BRS received Rs 15 crore via electoral trust funds. Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which was routed in the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections, received a little over Rs 15 crore in donations during the last financial year. According to a filing with the Election Commission of India, the former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led party received over Rs 580 crore a year before. Out of Rs 15.09 crore worth donations, BRS received Rs 15 crore via electoral trust funds and the res ...Read More >
"Indira Gandhi ultimately did secure a permanent place at the doorstep of history as a great martyr. With her dynamism born out of her fearlessness and dexterity, she was able to take the country forward like a colossus for over a decade. She alone could run the decadent political system of our corrupt and divided society," wrote RSS ideologue Nanaji Deshmukh in 1984 after the assassination of the prime minister. Deshmukh's article in Hindi magazine Pratipaksh, titled Moments of Soul Searching, ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 19 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that a resolution will be passed in the state Assembly seeking to amend the Constitution for lowering the minimum age to contest Legislative Assembly elections to 21 from 25. He termed his proposal to change the minimum age as need of the hour and insisted that the youth should play a vital role in the active politics of the country. CM was speaking after participating in Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra commemoration ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The 'Telangana BC JAC' led by R. Krishnaiah has appealed to all political parties and organisations to extend their support to the 'Bandh for Justice', being observed in demand for increasing reservations for Backward Classes (BCs). Responding positively to the appeal, Telangana Jagruti President Kalvakuntla Kavitha announced her organisation's complete support for the bandh scheduled for Saturday. Kavitha strongly criticised both the Congress and BJP, stating that neither party has ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 17 (Maxim News): Telangana Jagruthi President K.Kavitha extended support to the BC Bandh on October 18. Telangana BC JAC Chairman R.Krishnaiah has written to Telangana Jagruthi, urging support for the "Bandh for Justice." Responding to his appeal, Telangana Jagruthi President Kalvakuntla Kavitha announced complete support for the bandh. Kavitha asserted that neither the Congress nor the BJP have the moral authority to speak about increasing BC reservations. She questioned how th ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 7 (ANI): BRS Working President KT Rama Rao slammed the Revanth Reddy-led government in Telangana after the minimum bus fare was hiked by Rs 10. Taking a jibe at the Mahalaxmi Scheme, which provides free bus tickets to women, KT Rama Rao said that the Congress wants to garner votes in the present without considering the future. He said that ultimately, the household expenditure will increase with the move to raise bus fares. The BRS leader told ANI, "Where ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday began hearings on disqualification petitions filed under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution against 10 BRS MLAs accused of defecting to the ruling Congress. Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, acting as the Tribunal, presided over the proceedings. Petitioners and respondents, along with their counsel, presented arguments and underwent cross-examination. Meanwhile, outside the Assembly, BRS leaders reiterated their demand that the legislators ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana assembly speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar will hear the versions of four of the 10 turncoat MLAs, who had joined the Congress after winning the assembly elections on the BRS tickets, on Monday and Wednesday.The hearing will be conducted from 11am to 4pm on Monday, including the possibility of cross-examination of petitioners and respondents. The remaining six turncoats are expected to be summoned for hearing by the speaker after the Dasara festival.T Prakash Goud (Rajendranagar), ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sept 29 (UNI) Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Monday commenced in-camera hearings on disqualification petitions filed by the BRS against 10 defected MLAs, amidst tight security. This is the first time in Telangana Assembly's history that the Speaker is conducting the hearing on disqualification petitions. The first day of the trial was held at the Speaker's chamber from 11 am to 4 pm, where the counsels of defected MLAs cross-examined the petitioners. On October 1 ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Monday began conducting a trial in connection with petitions filed by the BRS for disqualification of defected MLAs. Turncoat MLAs, including T Prakash Goud (Rajendranagar), Kale Yadaiah (Chevella), Gudem Mahipal Reddy (Patancheru) and Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy (Jogulamba Gadwal) have been summoned on Monday and Wednesday. The Speaker began hearing the cross examination of the counsels of the petitioners by th ...Read More >
Karimnagar: The spirit and culture of Telangana were celebrated on a grand scale as the Telangana Association of Queensland (TAQ) hosted Bathukamma festivities in Brisbane, Australia. The event highlighted Telangana's rich traditions and drew a large turnout, not only from the Telangana diaspora but also from other expatriate Indians. Congress MLA Medipally Satyam and Telangana Assembly media advisory committee chairman Ireddy Srinivas Reddy attended as chief guests. Addressing the gathering, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Nearly a month after the Telangana cabinet deciding to implement 42 percent reservations for Backward Classes (BC), the state government on Friday, September 26, passed an order to implement it in view of the upcoming Telangana local body elections. This comes even in spite of the bill related to it still waiting for the President of India's assent. It it to be seen if the move will meet legal hurdles in the coming days before the upcoming local body elections in Telangana. According ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sept 26 (Maxim News): Maganti Sunitha, wife of Maganti Gopinath has been named as the BRS party candidate for the Jubilee Hills by-election. Party chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao officially announced the name of Maganti Sunitha. He said that Sunitha is being given an opportunity based on the aspirations of the people of Jubilee Hills. KCR said that Maganti Gopinath's commitment as a sincere and selfless leader has been examined. He said that after observing everything, he is recognizing a ...Read More >
Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao took potshots at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of maintaining a "conspiratorial silence" over the spate of defections of BRS legislators into the Congress. He alleged that instead of addressing people's issues, the Congress govt was indulging in unconstitutional tactics to weaken the opposition.KTR said while Rahul Gandhi frequently raises the issue of 'vote chori' in national politics, he failed to utter a word against 'brazen MLA chori' ...Read More >
Bhongir MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy came down heavily on BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao and senior leader Harish Rao for their remarks on the High Court verdict regarding Group-1 examinations. In a statement here, he said the only intention of the BRS was to stall the Group-I at any cost, as they could not conduct it in their 10-year rule. "You couldn't even conduct DSC, Group-1, Group-2 or Group-4 exams. Was it not during your time that the Group-I papers ended up at photocopying centres ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Friday asked Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, if MLA 'chori' in Telangana is any less than the 'vote chori' he has been talking about. Rama Rao slammed the Congress leader over the defection of 10 BRS MLAs to the Congress party. The BRS leader took to X to launch an attack on the Congress party amid reports that the defected MLAs wrote to Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar that ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy accused former minister T Harish Rao and the BRS govt of abandoning the Pranahita Chevella project at Tummidihatti, despite the Union water resources ministry giving a clear go-ahead for the project and confirming sufficient water availability.He alleged that the then BRS govt, with the intention of misappropriating funds, constructed the Kaleswaram project with barrages instead of proceeding with the project at Tummidihatti. During a brief discussion in ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Aug 6 (PTI) Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday accused the Congress government in Telangana of trying to provide reservations to Muslims in the guise of 42 per cent quota to backward classes. Congress had promised 42 per cent quota to BCs, but was now allocating 10 per cent of it to Muslims in the name of Muslim BCs, he said in a statement. Taking potshots at the dharna held by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and other Congress leaders in Delhi seeking P ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) Union minister and Telangana BJP leader Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday accused the state government of pushing reservation for all Muslims in the name of enhanced quota for backward classes, as he slammed Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for his protest in Delhi to demand presidential nod to two related bills. Reddy led the protest by Congress at the Jantar Mantar here to demand Presidential assent for the Backward Classes (BC) reservation bills passed by the state legisla ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Jagruthi President and BRS MLC K. Kavitha on Monday began a 72-hour fast to press for 42 per cent reservation to Backward Classes in education, employment, and local bodies. Kavitha, along with Telangana Jagruthi workers, launched the fast at Dharna Chowk near Indira Park here after garlanding the statues of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule, and Professor Jayashankar. She stated that the Telangana Jagruthi's struggle would become historic and the Backwards Classes (BCs), ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Aug 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Jagruthi President and BRS MLC K. Kavitha on Monday began a 72-hour fast to press for 42 per cent reservation to Backward Classes in education, employment, and local bodies. Kavitha, along with Telangana Jagruthi workers, launched the fast at Dharna Chowk near Indira Park here after garlanding the statues of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule, and Professor Jayashankar. She stated that the Telangana Jagruthi's struggle would become historic and the Ba ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 4 (ANI): Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Monday launched a 72-hour hunger strike at Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad, demanding urgent clearance of the Telangana OBC Reservation Bill that gives 42% quota for Backwards Classes (BC) in government jobs, educational institutions, and local body elections. Speaking to ANI ahead of her hunger strike, Kavitha accused both the Congress and the BJP of "playing with the destinies of OBCs of Telangana." Also R ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Aug 3 (PTI) A special train carrying several Congress workers and leaders from Telangana departed for New Delhi on Monday. They are set to participate in a protest led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on August 6, demanding Presidential assent for the Backward Classes reservation bills passed by the state legislature. The special train departed from Charlapalli railway station on Monday morning, party sources said. Among those who boarded the train were Telangana Congress president ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: In a high-stakes bid to exert pressure on the Union government to clear key Bills on enhancing BC reservations to 42 per cent in local bodies, education and employment, the ruling Congress will be launching a three-day protest in the national capital beginning August 5. In a show of strength and party unity, the TPCC has arranged a special train to take thousands of party workers from Charlapalli railway station to Delhi. The train is scheduled to leave at 9 am on Monday, with TPCC ...Read More >
K Kavitha, the Telangana Jagruti president, has accused a senior BRS leader of instigating inappropriate remarks against her, highlighting internal conflicts within the party. She criticized the silence of her BRS colleagues and warned those targeting her of facing consequences. Kavitha also demanded permission for a hunger strike to push for backward class reservation bills. Telangana Jagruti president and MLC K Kavitha on Sunday alleged that a senior party leader was behind the "inappropriate ...Read More >
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