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“Admiring the exquisite beauty of the different species of animals is my kind of recreational activity! Sharing few snippets from the time spent at Shamshabad farm today (sic)” tweeted Vijayasai Reddy.
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Ananda Bhaskar, in a letter to BJP national president JP Nadda on Wednesday, said the Union government had ‘vigorously shown a step-motherly treatment towards Telangana and grabbed away several rightful opportunities from Telangana’.
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Hyderabad: TRS Rajya Sabha member V Ravichandra said the union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw evaded a reply on the issue pertaining to Kazipet railway coach factory in Rajya Sabha on Friday. The coach factory issue, which has been pending for a long time in the State, has once again come up for discussion in […]
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New Delhi: The government will move ‘The Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022’ in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday for consideration and passing. Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will move the Bill to amend the ‘Family Courts Act, 1984’, as passed by the Lok Sabha. Union minister Narayan Rane to move the motion to elect, in the […]
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Hyderabad: TRS MPs on Friday continued to protest against the Centre’s anti-people policies including the suspension of Opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha. They held a demonstration in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the premises of Parliament, demanding a debate on inflation, price rise, flood relief to Telangana and other issues in Parliament. Both […]
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New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Friday as the Opposition continued to disrupt the proceedings demanding a discussion on a host of issues including inflation and ‘Agnipath’ scheme. Soon after the House reconvened after the first adjournment, the Opposition members trooped to the Well raising slogans and displaying placards. Amid […]
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New Delhi: Three more MPs, two from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and one Independent, were on Thursday suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remainder of this week on charges of disrupting the proceedings of the House. Those suspended from the House are AAP MP Sushil Kumar Gupta and Sandeep Kumar Pathak as well as […]
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New Delhi: The Centre will table ‘The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022’ on Wednesday in the Rajya Sabha even as the opposition is likely to protest against the suspension of 19 members. On Tuesday, 19 opposition Members were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for a week for disrupting the House proceedings. The 19 members include seven […]
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Hyderabad: Three Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs, including Damodar Rao Divakonda, Vaddiraju Ravichandra and B Linagaiah Yadav along with 16 other MPs were suspended for the entire week from Rajya Sabha on Tuesday for interrupting the proceedings in the Upper House. The TRS MPs along with counterparts from other parties barged into the Well and […]
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Hyderabad: The Centre’s scheme to establish new medical colleges across all districts continues to remain elusive for Telangana. The lack of financial support from union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) to establish medical colleges has led to lot of resentment in Telangana, even as the State government, despite no financial assistance, is making […]
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New Delhi: Noted former athlete P.T. Usha on Wednesday took oath as a Rajya Sabha Member. She was nominated to the Upper House by the government on July 6 along with music composer Ilaiyaraaja, philanthropist Veerendra Heggade and film director K.V. Vijayendra Prasad. She took oath in Hindi. Usha, a celebrated athlete born in a […]
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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: The BJP government at the Centre on Tuesday exposed its paradoxical approach towards coal imports by stating that the gap between demand and supply of domestic coal was reduced to a mere 3.66 per cent in the power sector in 2021-22. Ironically, it has been pressurising the States as well as power generation companies […]
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Hyderabad: The Centre has once again refuted the World Health Organization’s projected estimate of 47 lakh excess Covid-19 deaths in the country, stating that as on July 16, as reported by States and union Territories, there were 5,25,660 deaths due to Covid-19 in India. Replying to a question by senior Congress MP Digvijaya Singh in […]
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New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Harbhajan Singh, Misa Bharti, daughter of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, and BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Monday took oath alongwith nearly 25 other leaders as Rajya Sabha members. Others included A Rao Meena, Vijay Sai Reddy, Kheeru Mahto, Shambhala Saran Patel, Ranjeet Ranjan, Maharashtra Majhi, Aditya Prasad, Praful Patel, […]
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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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Hyderabad: SS Rajamouli’s father and ace writer Vijayendra Prasad who was nominated for Rajya Sabha by Government of India, landed in a controversy for his statements against Mahatma Gandhi in an old interview, sparking a debate among the historians. In a video that is now going viral on social media, the RRR writer is seen […]
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Tadepalli: The two-day YSR Congress Party plenary to be held opposite the Acharya Nagarjuna University campus in Guntur district is expected to attract about 1.5 lakh delegates on the opening day on Friday and four lakh party activists on the final day on Saturday. Informing this to media persons at the party office here on […]
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The Union government on Wednesday nominated noted musician Ilaiyaraaja, track-and-field icon PT Usha, screenwriter V Vijayendra Prasad, and philanthropist and spiritual leader Veerendra Heggade to Rajya Sabha. The four new entrants to Rajya Sabha belong to southern states— Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka, respectively. The President nominates 12 Rajya Sabha members on the […]
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Hyderabad: Telugu film industry (Tollywood) and politicians across party lines have hailed eminent filmmaker and screenwriter K. V. Vijayendra Prasad on being nominated to Rajya Sabha. Greetings poured in for Prasad from film personalities, political leaders and others. They hoped that his presence in the upper house of the Parliament would enhance its glory. Megastar K. […]
