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Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said Congress has filed nominations for three Rajya Sabha and five Legislative Council seats. The party fielded Mallikarjun Kharge, Pawan Khera and Mansoor Ali Khan for the Upper House elections

The Election Commission has notified elections to four Rajya Sabha seats and seven Karnataka Legislative Council seats, with polling on June 18. The ruling Congress is expected to secure three Rajya Sabha seats and five Council seats based on its Assembly strength

The Telangana government has appointed three legislators as Government Whips in the Legislative Assembly and two MLCs in the Council, with official orders issued on Thursday, strengthening its legislative coordination in both Houses

BRS lodged a complaint against ABN Andhra Jyothy anchor Venkata Krishna for humiliating MLC T Ravinder Rao during a debate on January 23. The Legislative Council will inquire, while BRS leaders condemned the anchor and boycotted the channel

The eleventh Formation Day of Telangana State was celebrated with grandeur across the erstwhile Adilabad district on Monday

Stating that CM Revanth Reddy would go down in history as an anti-women Chief Minister, Kavitha questioned whether the Cong govt would fulfill its promise of implementing the Kalyanamastu scheme

Responding to a query from BRS member K Kavitha during the Question Hour in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, Bhatti stated that the union government had released Rs. 28,171 crore under tax devolution, Rs. 2,819 crore through Finance Commission grants, Rs. 6,442 crore under centrally sponsored schemes, Rs. 518 crore as GST compensation, and Rs. 450 crore under special assistance for backward districts to the State.

During the Question Hour on Tuesday, Legislative Affairs Minister D. Sridhar Babu addressed a question from BRS MLC Shambhipur Raju in the Legislative Council, stating that no detailed project report (DPR) had been prepared for the project.

The BRS members submitted an adjournment motion to draw attention to the issues faced by autorickshaw drivers after the Congress government's implementation of the free bus travel scheme. However, Council Chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy rejected the motion and adjourned the House for a lunch break.

He served as the first speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from June 9, 2014 to January 16, 2019

Former Assembly Speaker and BRS MLC, Sirikonda Madhusudhana Chary, has been recognised as the Leader of the Opposition in the Telangana Legislative Council.

Answering a question in the Council, Uttam Kumar Reddy clarified that the new ration cards would be exclusively issued to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.

The Congress is contesting all six seats, while the BJP is fielding candidates in four and the JD(S) in two. The BJP and JD(S) are allied in the elections.

Chief Minister held a meeting with government employees union, teachers’ associations and workers unions’ representatives at the MCR HRD Institute here on Sunday,

YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) members and Several ministers cast their votes and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was among the first to cast his vote in the polling centre.

The last date for filing of nominations is February 23 and the nominations would be taken up for scrutiny the next day

A total of 6,743 persons have enrolled as voters for the Mahbubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad Teachers’ constituency of the Legislative Council.

Hyderabad: Telangana Legislative Council former Chairman T.Swamy Goud reportedly suffered injuries when the motorcycle he was riding skidded and he fell on the road at Bandlaguda Jagir in Rajendranagar on Saturday night. Sources said the incident occurred when Goud was proceeding from Bandlaguda towards his residence in Kismatpur on the bike. When he reached near […]

Hyderabad: Gutha Sukhender Reddy has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Telangana State Legislative Council for the second term on Monday. With only one nomination filed for the post, the officials announced the unanimous election of Sukhender Reddy. Sukhender Reddy assumed the Chair in the presence of Ministers KT Rama Rao, T Harish […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday attended the 12th day ceremony of late B Vijaya Laxmi, wife of Chief Whip in the Legislative Council Bodakunti Venkateswarlu at the latter’s residence in Hyderabad and paid floral tributes to the departed soul. Later, he consoled Venkateswarlu and other members of the family. Rajya Sabha MP […]