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Lakshminarayana said that the people of Visakhapatnam have given him so much love, affection and respect.
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New Delhi: Nitish could emerge as the pointsman in the opposition unity if a non-Gandhi is propped up for a joint opposition. The Bihar coup is directly linked with Nitish Kumar’s smartly crafted national ambition without mentioning it from his side, but letting speculation around. Bihar has 40 Lok Sabha MPs and the joint opposition […]
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Hyderabad: Strongly opposing the Electricity (Amendment) Bill passed in Lok Sabha on Monday, members of Telangana Electricity Employees Joint Action Committee (TEEJAC) vowed to intensify their agitation against Central government demanding to withdraw it at the earliest. Cutting across the party lines, leaders from Congress, TRS and Left parties expressed their solidarity to the employees […]
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New Delhi: The Government is scheduled to introduce The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. While Power Minister R.K. Singh will move the bill on energy conservation, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will table a Bill to amend the Central Universities Act, 2009 . Amid the growing energy needs and changing global […]
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Hyderabad: The Central government’s discrimination against Telangana is a glaring issue even in permitting additional days of work for drought and natural calamity-affected States under MGNREGS in the last five years. Telangana recorded extremely heavy rainfall in 2020 and 2021, and many mandals are vulnerable to heat waves. In 2019, the Panchayatraj and Rural Development […]
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Hyderabad: The Central government’s tall claims about extending assistance for the socio-economic development of tribals fall flat when it comes to Telangana, with zero allocations made to the State in 2021-22. Shockingly, the Centre did not even release grants mandated under Article 275 (1) of the Constitution, among other schemes. According to the information tabled […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha protesting against union Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman’s reply to the debate on price rise on Monday. TRS Lok Sabha floor leader Nama Nageshwara Rao said the Centre had failed to answer the issues raised by the Opposition parties and was running away from its responsibility […]
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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will finally take up a discussion on price rise under rule 193 on Monday. The House has listed the discussion on price rise under rule 193 which has been the bone of contention between the treasury and the opposition benches since the session began on July 18 leading a to […]
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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday witnessed noisy scenes after BJP members strongly protested against Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s remark on President Droupadi Murmu, leading to adjournment of the proceedings till 12 noon. As soon as the House met at 11 am, Union Minister Smriti Irani accused Chowdhury of disrespecting Murmu. Irani claimed […]
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New Delhi: Actor-turned-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Kishan on Friday said he was going to introduce a private member’s bill on population control in the Lok Sabha. A Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur constituency, Kishan has four children, three daughters and a son, with his wife Priti. “We can be Vishwa Guru […]
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Hyderabad: The Ministry of Law and Justice on Friday said as many as 27 Judges were working in the Telangana High Court against the sanctioned strength of 42, leaving 15 vacancies as on July 19, 2022. Replying to a question raised by TRS MP G Ranjith Reddy on vacancy of Judges in Telangana High Court […]
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Hyderabad: The Central government on Thursday made it clear that the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project was not eligible for inclusion under the National Project (NP) status in the absence of investment clearance. This was stated by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Bishweswar Tudu in Lok Sabha while replying to a question raised by […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS MPs staged a walkout in Lok Sabha in protest against the Central government’s stubborn stand on the issue pertaining to hike in prices and GST taxes. TRS leader Nama Nageswara Rao insisted on a debate on the issue in Lok Sabha when the four-day parliamentary session began on Thursday. When the Speaker […]
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New Delhi: There were around 9.79 lakh vacant posts in central government departments against the sanctioned strength of 40.35 lakh, as on March 1, 2021, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. According to the annual report of pay research unit of department of expenditure, there were 40,35,203 sanctioned posts under various ministries/departments of the […]
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Hyderabad: TRS MPs on Tuesday staged a protest in Parliament against the rise in prices of essential commodities, GST on food items and inflation besides rising prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinder. They staged the demonstration with placards in front of the Gandhi statue on the Parliament premises. Soon after the session began, the […]
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Hyderabad: With Parliament sessions scheduled to commence from Monday, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will be chairing a TRS Parliamentary Party meeting on Saturday afternoon to discuss the strategies to be adopted by the party in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The Chief Minister is expected to direct the TRS MPs to protest against the […]
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Mumbai: Digging in his heels, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday expressed determination to fight the political crisis gripping his government and took on Cabinet Minister Eknath Shinde, saying the rebel leader’s son is a Lok Sabha MP and should his son Aaditya Thackeray not also grow politically as both sides showed no signs […]
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New Delhi: The process to file nominations for the presidential election began on Wednesday with the Election Commission issuing a notification calling upon the electors to fill the vacancy. The election is scheduled to be held on July 18. The nomination process began on a day when various opposition parties are meeting in Delhi to […]
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New Delhi: Continuing to raise the issue of unemployment, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday said over 60 lakh sanctioned central and state government posts are vacant in various sectors when joblessness is at its highest level in three decades. The MP from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh Saturday tweeted a chart mentioning government jobs sector-wise. […]
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By Amitava Mukherjee The Congress is now going through a customary charade. As it happens after every other election, a group of senior Congress leaders has voiced its despondency at the miserable performance of the party at the recently concluded State elections. This is not the first time that the leaders feel ‘pangs of conscience’ […]