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Hyderabad: In sharp contrast to his earlier position on crop diversification, union Food Minister Piyush Goyal recently urged States to encourage paddy cultivation citing huge demand for rice in the global market. The Centre, however, has not announced a ‘Plan B’ in case of a drop in demand once the crops come up for harvesting […]

Hyderabad: Alleging corruption and dynastic rule of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government in the state, the BJP on Sunday claimed that it will come to power after next year’s assembly polls. A statement was made about the state of affairs in Telangana on the last day of the BJP National Executive Committee meeting here. Addressing […]

Hyderabad: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that the Telangana government has become a symbol of corruption and said people want a change while taking a veiled jibe at Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao over the dynastic politics. “The Telangana government has become a symbol of corruption. It is the members of the same […]

Hyderabad: Elections to 52 Rajya Sabha seats including two seats in Telangana will be held on June 10. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced the poll schedule for the 57 seats of the Council of States in 15 States, whose terms expire between June and August this year. While the notification will […]

Karimnagar: Union Government’s yet another attempt to vilify the Telangana Government on paddy procurement issue fell flat on its face, when Civil Supplies minister G Kamalakar made a point by point rebuttal of the allegations levelled by none other than Secunderabad parliament segment MP and union Minister G Kishan Reddy. Speaking to reporters here on […]

New Delhi: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced that Egypt has approved India as a wheat supplier. Taking to Twitter, Union Minister said, “Indian farmers are feeding the world. Egypt approves India as a wheat supplier. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government steps in as the world look for reliable alternate sources for a […]

Hyderabad: In a deliberate and brazen attempt to misguide the farmers of Telangana on a day when Telangana took the battle on paddy procurement to New Delhi, union Parliamentary Affairs Minister V Muralidharan on Monday asserted that Centre was willing to bear the entire paddy procurement cost. This is in sharp contrast to what union […]

Sircilla: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao, exposing the deliberate attempts being made by the BJP government at the Centre and the saffron party’s State leadership to mislead Telangana farmers, said they were playing havoc with the lives of farmers in the State. “On one hand, State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar […]

Hyderabad: TRS MPs on Monday served notice to move a privilege motion against union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal for deliberately misleading the Parliament and Members over the issue of export of boiled rice to other countries. In a letter to Lok Speaker Om Birla, the TRS MPs including Prabhakar […]

Hyderabad: The TRS MPs have served a notice to move a privilege motion against Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal for what they said as ‘deliberately misleading the Parliament and Members over the issue of export of boiled rice to other countries’. వరి ధాన్యం కొనుగోలు విషయంలో దేశ ప్రజలను,పార్ల‌మెంట్‌ను త‌ప్పుదోవ ప‌ట్టించార‌ని […]

Hyderabad: Standing by its statement of sparing no efforts to force the Centre to buy every grain of paddy produced in the State, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has decided to intensify its agitation on the paddy issue from Monday. The detailed plan of action was disclosed by the party working president and minister KT […]

Says the union Minister is ignorant about the pain and struggle of farmers

Hyderabad: For the BJP government at the Centre, converting a request into threat comes easy. At least that’s what union Food Minister Piyush Goyal made it out to be in Parliament on Friday. Goyal, accusing the TRS of misleading the farmers of Telangana State over paddy procurement, alleged that some Chief Ministers were issuing ‘Dhamkis’ […]

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday said union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal humiliated Telangana and its people by suggesting that the citizens of the State consume broken rice when a Ministerial delegation from the State met him to request procurement of Yasangi paddy. Speaking in several programmes […]

Hyderabad: Union Minister for Commerce, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s comments asking the Telangana government to get people habituated to consuming broken rice drew flak from experts and representatives of farmers’ unions. Goyal made these remarks when Ministers from Telangana met him in New Delhi on paddy procurement on Thursday. Terming the remarks of […]

Warangal: Condemning union Minister Piyush Goyal’s remarks that the Telangana government must ensure that people get habituated to eating broken rice, CPI State secretariat committee member Thakkallapally Srinivas Rao has demanded that Goyal tender an unconditional apology to the people of Telangana. “The comments made by Piyush Goyal reflect his arrogance. The comments are nothing […]

Nalgonda: Telangana State Legislative Council Chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy on Friday urged the Centre to reconsider its decision of not procuring paddy from Telangana state for yasangi crop season. Speaking at a media conference here, Sukender Reddy said that the Centre was deliberately trying to create confusion and unrest among farmers on paddy procurement. The […]

Hyderabad: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s attempts at hiding behind a veneer of satire to run down the TRS government on the paddy procurement issue on Thursday is bound to boomerang on the BJP government at the Centre. Describing the Telangana government as anti-farmers was probably the ultimate faux […]

Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy demanded that the Centre should purchase entire paddy crop produced in Telangana during the Yasangi season. He questioned the Centre’s discrimination towards Telangana despite purchasing the entire crop from Punjab. Ahead of the delegation of Ministers, Parliament members and the officials meeting union Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal, the […]

Hyderabad: Striking a touch posture on paddy procurement, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday demanded that Centre procure the entire Yasangi paddy crop produced in Telangana State just as it was doing in the case of Punjab and Haryana. “If the BJP government at the Centre fails to heed our demand, we will launch […]