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Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and the Congress party had lost credibility of people since they were just indulging in spreading lies. After welcoming several key BJP and Congress leaders from Siddipet town into the TRS fold at his Hyderabad residence on Thursday, the Minister said that the […]

Hyderabad: Firing salvos at the BJP government at the Centre for its failure in addressing unemployment issue in the country, TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fill around 16 lakh vacant posts in various Central government departments and affiliated organisations immediately. He announced that the TRS will […]

Siddipet: Several Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress leaders from Siddipet town joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the presence of Finance Minister T Harish Rao at his residence in Hyderabad on Thursday. The BJP District General Secretary Daripally Srinivas, Town BJP Minority Cell President MD Ibrahim, Town Congress leader Krishnapuram Babu along with over 100 […]

Medak: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Wednesday said that the Telangana government was making all efforts to protect TSRTC while the Centre was privatising all public sector undertaking companies across the nation. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the Narsapur Bus depot, the first bus depot built post-Telangana creation on Wednesday, Harish Rao said that […]

New Delhi: The BJP thinktank in Delhi, which carefully guides and coordinates the party political activity, has been stunned into a silence with the avalanche of criticism from the Gulf countries over the anti-Islam comments made by its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The thinktank carefully coordinates effective dissemination of the party line of thinking on […]

Latur: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the Bharatiya Janata Party took action against Nupur Sharma only when “something happened in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain”. “After 10 days PM Narendra Modi said to suspend (Nupur Sharma). No action was taken when we were saying, raising the issue. They acted when something happened in Qatar, Saudi […]

Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday voiced support for suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, saying she was “entitled to her opinions” amid international condemnation over the politician’s controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad. The BJP on Sunday suspended Sharma and expelled its Delhi unit media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the row over their alleged derogatory […]

Dubai: Iraq and Libya have joined over a dozen Muslim countries in condemning the controversial remarks made by now-suspended and expelled BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad. In response to a statement issued by the Parliamentary Committee on Awqaf and Tribals of Iraq on the controversial tweets, the Spokesperson of the Embassy of India in Iraq […]

New Delhi: There are so many news TV channels in so many Indian languages that they are in a constant race to attract a more or less fixed base of viewers who also have the option of watching entertainment shows, movies and sports apart from OTT platforms. This race has prompted many news TV channels […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet as many as 47 BJP corporators of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), along with office bearers of the Hyderabad unit and other senior leaders today in New Delhi. This is the first time that during his tenure as a Prime Minister, he has called for such […]

India is known all over the world for its centuries-old syncretic culture, religious diversity and ethos of assimilation. They define the essence of the idea of India. However, the recent incendiary outbursts by two BJP spokespersons against Prophet Muhammad and the Muslim community come as an affront to these core values. Ironically, the self-proclaimed guardians […]

Narayanpet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday urged the BJP and Congress to refrain from making baseless accusations and demanded both the national parties to implement Telangana’s welfare and development programmes in other States. Speaking after laying the foundation stone for Rs 78 crore worth development works including a 390-bed hospital and T Diagnostic […]

Vijayawada: BJP national president JP Nadda on Monday gave a call to party workers to take to the people the measures implemented by the Centre to protect the nation. Nadda who arrived here as part of his tour of Andhra Pradesh and took part in a conference of BJP Sakti Kendra Pramukhs, noted that there […]

Dubai: Saudi Arabia on Monday joined Qatar, Iran and Kuwait to express its condemnation of the controversial remarks of a BJP leader against Prophet Mohammed and called for “respect for beliefs and religions.” In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its condemnation and denunciation of the statements made by the BJP spokesperson, saying […]

IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao came down heavily on the BJP government at the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the backlash from Gulf countries in the wake of remarks by the saffron party spokespersons on Prophet Muhammad that led to a diplomatic storm. He asked the Prime Minister as to why […]

Doha: Qatar, Kuwait and Iran on Sunday summoned India’s Ambassadors and handed over to them protest notes on what the Gulf countries called categorical “rejection and condemnation” of the controversial remarks of a BJP leader against Prophet Mohammed. Seeking to defuse a diplomatic row, a spokesperson of the Indian Embassy in Qatar said the “Ambassador […]

Hyderabad: It can’t get more blatant than this! The BJP government at the Centre seems to have no qualms in claiming credit for the success of “Mission Bhagiratha”, a unique piped water supply scheme conceived and successfully implemented by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao across Telangana. The union Ministry of Jal Shakthi, in a tweet […]

New Delhi: Hours after it denounced insult of any religious personalities, the BJP on Sunday suspended party spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal for their comments on Prophet Muhammad. Sharma is party national spokesperson and Jindal is spokesperson and head of media department of BJP Delhi unit. In a letter to Sharma, member secretary, BJP […]

Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday criticised the ruling BJP at the Centre, claiming the party was busy promoting some movies amid the “targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and Muslim security personnel” in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to reporters here, Raut claimed the BJP was neglecting the Kashmir Valley’s security. “Did the atrocities […]

Amaravati: The by-election to the Atmakur Assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh is likely to be a cakewalk for the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) with the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) staying away from the contest, but the BJP has entered the fray to prove a point. YSRCP is confident of a big win […]