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With nearly two weeks remaining until the polling date, November 11, for the Jubilee Hills by-poll, parties have expanded their campaign areas every day

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s absence from a review meeting by AICC in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan on the Jubilee Hills bypoll raised eyebrows within the party. While top ministers attended, Congress leaders downplayed the move as a constituency-specific meeting

BRS leader T Harish Rao accused the Congress of using dummy independent candidates with symbols resembling the party’s Car to confuse voters in the Jubilee Hills bypoll. He also alleged corruption in liquor licences and demanded a probe into the Deccan Cements gun threat case.

In a setback for the Congress ahead of the Jubilee Hills bypoll, Hyderabad police bound over party candidate Naveen Yadav’s father, Chinna Srisailam Yadav, and uncle, both rowdy sheeters. The preventive action has sparked fresh political controversy in the constituency.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao accused the Congress of treating minorities as a vote bank and failing to fulfil its promises. He said Telangana achieved record progress under K Chandrashekhar Rao and urged voters to back BRS in the Jubilee Hills bypoll

Mahabubnagar MLA Yennem Srinivas Reddy criticised the Congress government for mounting debts and lack of funds for local development works, saying MLAs cannot even sanction petty projects. Other Congress legislators have backed his demand for higher constituency allocations.

Residents from Secunderabad Cantonment have taken to Jubilee Hills to warn voters against falling for Congress's false promises. Using a creative campaign with dressed chickens, they highlighted unfulfilled promises from the past and urged residents to vote wisely in the November bypoll

The Congress party is under scrutiny for selectively enforcing rules, with exceptions made for family members of Ministers and MLAs. TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud defended this stance, while also addressing internal discord and allegations of harassment among party leaders

A record 58 candidates are contesting the Jubilee Hills Assembly bye-election, prompting four ballot units per booth. Independents chose quirky symbols like baby walker and CCTV camera. The key battle features Congress, BRS and BJP after BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath’s death necessitated the poll

BRS working president KT Rama Rao launched the "Jaitra Yatra" in Jubilee Hills, urging voters to reject Congress for unfulfilled promises. He highlighted welfare schemes under K Chandrashekhar Rao and alleged financial burden on citizens during the current Congress government

Congress leaders, including BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and MLA K Shankaraiah, focused their Jubilee Hills bypoll campaign on criticising the BRS and its leadership, avoiding mention of Congress’s own schemes or promises made during the 2023 Assembly elections

Congress demanded Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee investigate LIC after a Washington Post report claimed it invested Rs 33,000 crore in Adani securities. LIC denied the allegations, calling them “false and baseless,” while the opposition accused the government of cronyism

A car showroom owner and local Congress leader, Pravesh Agarwal, died of suffocation after a fire—believed to be caused by an oil lamp—broke out in his Indore penthouse early Thursday. His minor daughter was hospitalised after inhaling smoke

Youth Congress activists, reportedly followers of Wardhannapet MLA KR Nagaraju, created a ruckus at the Namaste Telangana Hanamkonda office, tore newspapers and abused staff. Journalists’ associations condemned the attack and demanded strict action against those involved

In a pre-poll setback to the Congress, Naveen Yadav’s cousin, Gautam Yadav, joined the BRS ahead of the Jubilee Hills by-election. KT Rama Rao welcomed him into the party in the presence of senior BRS leaders in Hyderabad

BRS leader and MLC S Madhusudana Chary accused the Congress government of betraying BCs by failing to deliver on its promises, including 42% reservation in local bodies and Rs 20,000 crore for BC welfare. He urged voters to reject Congress in Jubilee Hills.

The Congress attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after US President Donald Trump again claimed India is cutting oil imports from Russia. Jairam Ramesh said this was the fourth time Trump had announced India’s policy, quipping that “while Modi conceals, Trump reveals.”

The Congress released another list of six candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections, taking its total to 60. The announcement came amid continuing uncertainty over seat-sharing with ally RJD, as tensions rise within the INDIA bloc ahead of nominations

Karnataka BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra hailed the High Court’s approval for the RSS centenary march in Chittapur as a “victory for democracy.” He said the Congress government’s attempt to restrict the event was undemocratic and violated constitutional principles

BRS senior leader T Harish Rao criticised the BJP and Congress for inaction on BC quota hikes, highlighting their parliamentary majority. He credited K Chandrashekhar Rao for championing BC rights and urged both national parties to act through constitutional amendments, not street protests