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Hyderabad: Panic prevailed in the surroundings after a car was found parked on the roadside beside State BJP office at Nampally on Tuesday afternoon. The Tata Nano car bearing Maharashtra registration number had a travelling suitcase in the back seat. The locals who noticed the car parked since the last two days, alerted the police […]

Jangaon: At least six activists of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi were injured in a clash with the BJP activists at Devaruppula mandal centre in the district on Monday. They have been admitted to a private hospital here, and are undergoing treatment. Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao, who visited the hospital to […]

Hyderabad: In the wake of Munugode bypoll, TPCC president A Revanth Reddy stated more focus was being laid on personal criticism than issues pertaining to local people and this could result in huge loss to the constituency. Instead he suggested for discussion on anti-people policies being adopted by the State and Central Government. At a […]

Hyderabad: BJP MLA M Raghunandan Rao here on Sunday found fault with the Prohibition and Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud for opening fire into air during an event organised to mark the 75 years of India’s Independence Day celebrations in Mahbubnagar on Saturday. Addressing a press conference here, he sought to know the need for […]

New Delhi: The BJP central leadership believes that the change of leadership in the party’s Chhattisgarh unit will end the infighting and factionalism ahead of next year’s assembly polls. Last week, the BJP appointed Lok Sabha Member Arun Sao as new president of its Chhattisgarh unit. He will replace Vishnu Deo Sai. The BJP central […]

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy preparing for the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh to be held later this year, as well as in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in 2023, besides other states. While the BJP is working on a political strategy to help it win above […]

Hyderabad: Hitting back at BJP State president Bandi Sanjay’s criticism over River Musi rejuvenation, the ruling TRS party has sent a bottle of Gangajal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had promised conservation and cleansing of River Ganga under the ‘Namami Ganga’ programme. Sharing a video, Telangana State Mineral Development Corporation M Krishank on Friday […]

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has said that the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Parties (BJP) were just confined to talking, but they have no concern over the people’s issues in the State. Welcoming the Congress and BJP workers of Rajagopalpet village in Nanganur Mandal into Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS) fold in Hyderabad on Thursday, […]

Bengaluru: The Idgah Maidan row appeared to be escalating as the ruling BJP was all set to celebrate festivals at the controversial site located in Bengaluru’s Chamarajpet. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday stated that festivals and national events will be lawfully held on the ground. Congress MLA and former Minister Zameer Ahmad Khan had […]

New Delhi: Nitish could emerge as the pointsman in the opposition unity if a non-Gandhi is propped up for a joint opposition. The Bihar coup is directly linked with Nitish Kumar’s smartly crafted national ambition without mentioning it from his side, but letting speculation around. Bihar has 40 Lok Sabha MPs and the joint opposition […]

Hyderabad: Amid a nation-wide debate on freebies, MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday declared that the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) was categorically opposed to the Centre’s move to stall the welfare schemes, terming them as freebies. She accused the Centre of putting pressure on the State governments to stop the welfare schemes. “The welfare of […]

Hyderabad: BJP MLA T Raja Singh on Tuesday made sensational comments saying that he would be killed anytime as he was facing threat from terrorists. “Terrorists will kill me any time and it is 100 per cent confirm. They will hit me with bullets. I know the date also,” he said after unveiling the statue […]

New Delhi: Opposition parties on Tuesday claimed the JD(U) breaking ranks with the BJP is an indication of the change in Indian politics, asserting that their vision to fight the saffron party and its “politics of intimidation” has gained momentum. The BJP, however, accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of “insulting and betraying” people’s mandate […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: Senior Congress leader and former MP, Ponnam Prabhakar found fault with the BJP party for forcing by-election in assembly constituencies for its political gains. Usually, by-election would be conducted in the constituencies if the constituencies were vacated due to the death of the sitting public representatives. However, BJP was deliberately creating a situation to […]

Hyderabad: Telugu film actress and former Congress MLA Jayasudha is likely to join BJP soon. If everything goes well, she will join BJP on August 21 in the presence of senior BJP leaders, who are arriving from New Delhi to welcome leaders from other parties in the State to BJP. Sources said the actress met […]

Patna: The JD(U) on Tuesday hailed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, its de facto leader, for assuming the “leadership of a new coalition”, while Left iterated its support for him in a coalition sans BJP. JD(U) parliamentary board president Upendra Kushwaha wrote a post to this effect on Twitter, ahead of Kumar’s meeting with Governor […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday granted interim protection from arrest to Navika Kumar in connection with FIRs lodged against her over controversial remarks made by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammad during a TV debate moderated by the news anchor. A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli issued notices to […]

Ayodhya: City mayor, a local BJP MLA and a former party legislator are among the 40 people whom the Ayodhya Development Authority has accused of illegally trading plots and building infrastructure in such land. Taking a dig at the BJP on the issue, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said the saffron party’s “bhrashtachari” (corrupts) […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: BJP State president Bandi Sanjay on Sunday assured that pucca houses would be allocated to the homeless weavers and handloom weavers after BJP coming to power in the state in the next elections. Speaking at the National Handloom Day celebrations held at Bhudhan Pochampally in the district, Sanjay said that weavers, who would dedicate […]

Hyderabad: All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson Dr Dasoju Sravan Kumar, who resigned from the party and primary membership of the party in protest against what he described as the autocratic functioning of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president A Revanth Reddy, joined the BJP in New Delhi on Sunday. He joined the saffron party in […]