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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 […]

Unceremonious exit of Captain Amarinder Singh reflects a compelling self-destructive tendency of the Congress

New Delhi: After the surprise announcement of the name of Charanjit Singh Channi, a Dalit leader, for the Chief Minister’s post in Punjab, the Congress looks at the larger aim of Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh which are also going to polls early next year. Rahul Gandhi, after the announcement of the new Chief Minister’s name, […]

Hyderabad: The Opposition parties comprising Congress, Left and others in the State, have decided to launch a series of agitation programmes and ‘fight against the anti-farmer’s policies of the Central and State governments.’ They will participate in the nation-wide agitation programmes including the Bharath Bandh call given by the Opposition parties and the farmers unions […]

Hyderabad: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said no public meetings of Congress, BJP or even ruling TRS would be complete without criticising the AIMIM. Pointing to the comments made by BJP and Congress leaders during their recent public meetings in the State, he said the two parties should first finalise their opponents and […]

Nalgonda: Former Chairman of Telangana State Legislative Council Gutha Sukender Reddy on Saturday challenged the Congress and BJP to declare their chief ministerial candidate if they were confident of winning the next Assembly elections in the State. Addressing the media here, Sukender Reddy said both the Congress and BJP have no political ground in the […]

Hyderabad: TRS leaders launched a scathing attack against the Congress for releasing a charge-sheet against the State government. They pointed out that Telangana was formed on June 2 and September 17 cannot be celebrated officially just as there cannot be two Independence Days in a country. Speaking to mediapersons at TRS headquarters here on Saturday, […]

Rama Rao recalled a statement by another Congress MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy that Tagore had sold the TPCC president's post to Revanth Reddy.

Siddipet: Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said Telangana State was created with the efforts of AICC president Sonia Gandhi. The veteran Congress leader said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was enjoying the fruits after reneging on his promise to merge Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) with Congress. Addressing the Dalit […]

Hyderabad: The Congress launched a fire-fighting exercise on Friday to contain the raging controversy that erupted after TPCC president A Revanth Reddy called senior leader Shashi Tharoor a donkey and even sought his expulsion from the party. And what better way than to lay the blame on the doorsteps of the media! AICC Telangana incharge […]

Khammam: Even the opposition parties are get impressed with the welfare and development programmes being implemented in the State by the TRS government, Zilla Parishad Chairman Lingala Kamalraj said, on Thursday. He was addressing the TRS party meeting at Patarlapadu village of Chintakani mandal in the district where hundreds of workers from the Congress and […]

Hyderabad: TRS MLA A Jeevan Reddy wanted TPCC president A Revanth Reddy to take note of the rampant drugs abuse in Congress-ruled Punjab before speaking about the crime rate in Telangana. Taking a dig at the TPCC president, Jeevan Reddy said during the Congress regime, rowdy-sheeters continued with their activities at will in Hyderabad. Since […]

Karimnagar: Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav came down heavily on BJP and Congress leaders on Monday for meaningless criticism of the State government. Speaking to reporters at LMD guest house here, Srinivas Yadav asked of BJP State president and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar as to how much funds the latter had got sanctioned […]

Karimnagar: With Huzurabad by-poll likely to be held after Deepavali, the district administration checked the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on Monday. Based on the Election Commission’s instructions, the first level checking of EVMs was conducted. Collector and Election Officer RV Karnan along with representatives of different political parties visited the godown and checked EVMs and […]

Says Rs 3,000 extra burden being imposed as input costs of farm operations have increased