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Hyderabad: The State unit of Congress party has found fault with Siddipet Collector Venkatrami Reddy’s directions to farmers not to sow paddy in the next season. “On what basis Siddipet Collector Venkatrami Reddy is imposing restrictions on farmers. We strongly condemn this and demand an apology from the Collector, failing which the Congress party will […]

Hyderabad: CLP leader Mallu Batti Vikramarka took exception to TRS working president KT Rama Rao comments that Congress had colluded with BJP to ensure TRS’ defeat in Huzurabad bypoll. “Congress and BJP have different ideologies. While BJP is a communal party, Congress is a secular party. How can there be any collusion?” Bhatti Vikramarka said […]

Hyderabad: Two national parties – BJP and Congress – have been colluding in several elections in Telangana State in their attempts to stop TRS on its tracks but in vain, TRS working president and MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao said on Saturday. “The two parties, in fact, have fielded a joint candidate in Eatala Rajender […]

Hyderabad: BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind on Tuesday said the Congress had become a party of jokers these days in the State. Referring to remarks made by Congress leaders against the BJP, he wondered whether the Congress party still existed in the State. Interacting with media persons here, he refuted the allegations that the BJP was […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday accused the BJP and Congress of colluding for Huzurabad Assembly constituency by-election on October 30. The Congress had fielded a dummy candidate to benefit BJP candidate Eatala Rajender, he said, and dared TPCC president A Revanth Reddy to prove him wrong by ensuring […]

Says instead of BJP, Congress blaming TRS for price rise

Khammam: Leaders and workers of the Left parties and Congress staged a protest at Khammam railway station against the Central farm laws on Monday. The workers and leaders of Left parties and Congress planned a rail roko protest demanding repeal of the farm laws but their attempt was foiled by the police, which led to […]

Huzurabad: Congress leader and Telangana affairs in-charge Manickam Tagore on Monday alleged that the money amassed in illegal ways was being distributed in Huzurabad Assembly constituency to lure voters. Addressing the media here, he said the Election Commission of India has lost its credibility as a neutral organisation since it was “supporting TRS and BJP […]

Rahul Gandhi must subject himself to the scrutiny of accountability that he demands of his political adversaries

Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy and Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud blamed Congress for the backwardness of erstwhile Mahabubnagar district. They accused the Telangana Congress leaders of supporting the Andhra leadership even though the latter brought sufferings to people of Telangana and dared them to show a Congress-ruled State which was better than Telangana. […]

Hyderabad: Has the Congress thrown in the towel even before the fight began or is it a diabolical attempt to hurt the TRS’ prospects in the October 30 Huzurabad Assembly constituency by-poll, even if it means throwing ideology to the winds? These are the question doing the rounds in political circles ever since the Grand […]

Karimnagar: A total of 61 candidates have filed their nominations for the Huzurabad by-polls. As of Friday night, the Returning Officer has received 92 sets of nominations from the contesting candidates. The nomination process, which started on October 1, witnessed heavy turnout on the last day. Since Friday was the last day to file nominations […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday tore into the opposition allegations of lack of development in Telangana, and lobbed the ball back into their court stating that both the national parties – Congress and BJP – were adept at infringing on the rights and powers of States. “From the Congress government under Indira […]

Nalgonda: Congress leaders on Monday staged protest demonstration and burnt the effigy of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath following the detention of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi by the police while she was on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri district to console the family members of farmers who died in yesterday’s violence. About 100 Congress […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao put the Congress on the mat on Friday when he demolished the opposition party’s allegations that sarpanches in the State were facing hardships. “Unlike the Congress regime in undivided Andhra Pradesh when the powers of sarpanches were curtailed, the TRS government has given them a free hand and as […]

New Delhi: Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani joined Congress in the presence of party leader Rahul Gandhi at AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday. Kanhaiya and Jignesh Mewani met Rahul Gandhi earlier today at Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh Park, ITO, Delhi on the 114th birth anniversary […]

Suryapet: Huzurnagar MLA Shanampudi Saidi Reddy on Sunday alleged that Congress leaders were disturbing the peaceful atmosphere in tribal hamlets (thandas) in his Assembly constituency for their own political gains. Speaking after inaugurating TRS youth wing office at Mattampally in the district, Saidi Reddy said Congress leaders were trying to give political colour to even […]

Gloves off, no holds barred seem to be the hallmark of new opposition leadership

Hyderabad: Sangareddy MLA and senior Congress leader Jagga Reddy expressed his displeasure with the party leadership in the State, stating that if he decides to shift loyalties to some other party, no one can stop him. “I am continuing in Congress only because of ethics and my sincere liking for Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi,” […]

Hyderabad: TRS legislators dared TPCC president A Revanth Reddy to come up with a new challenge and get funds for Telangana from the Central government. They advised him to approach the police and other enforcement authorities, if he had any concrete evidence against drugs usage in the State. Speaking to mediapersons at TRS Legislative Party […]