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Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared on Saturday that proper utilisation of water of the country’s rivers and adequate water reaching farmers’ fields was one of the top priorities of the BJP government, echoing the sentiments of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on water utilisation and prosperity of the farm sector. In the process, Modi […]

Nizamabad: Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy on Friday said the main objective of the TRS government led by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was to provide better health facilities and treatment to poor people. Speaking after inaugurating eight ICU and half a dozen oxygen beds at Velpur primary health centre, he said the […]

Adilabad: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy exuded confidence that TRS candidate Dande Vittal will win the Adilabad Local Authorities Constituency (LAC) MLC election with a huge margin. Speaking to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Nirmal on Friday, he said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao called up the Minister and […]

Nalgonda: About 97.01 per cent polling was reported in elections to Nalgonda Local Authorities Constituency of the Legislative Council on Friday. Of the 1,271 electorates, 1,233 voters exercised their franchise in the polling held at eight polling stations in the erstwhile Nalgonda district. Polling was held in two polling stations in Yadadri-Bhongir district and three […]

Sangareddy: The election for MLC from the Medak Local Authorities Constituency is expected to be a cakewalk for TRS since the party has 777 votes from the total of 1,027 votes. The Congress has just 230 votes while the remaining parties including AIMIM have 20 votes. With some leaders such as Tekmal MPP Swapana Ramesh […]

Hyderabad: With Medak district authorities confirming the land encroachments by Jamuna Hatcheries owned by BJP MLA Eatala Rajender’s family, Government Whip Balka Suman demanded that Rajender must accept his crime and apologise to owners of lands occupied by his family and also people of Telangana. He said even after the Medak district collector presented all […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Tuesday announced that it would boycott the ongoing winter session of Parliament following the Union government’s failure to respond to a host of issues raised by Telangana including lifting of rice stocks from the State, a uniform national paddy procurement policy and the continuing suspension of 12 Rajya […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy alleged that the TRS and BJP were involved in match-fixing over paddy procurement issue and charged that TRS MPs were enacting protest dramas in Parliament. Addressing mediapersons in New Delhi on Monday, the TPCC president said TRS MPs would stop their protests in a few days and return home, […]

Hyderabad: With the Centre asserting that it would not purchase parboiled rice and refusing to clarify the quantity of rice it would procure for Yasangi season from Telangana, the TRS appears to have decided to mount pressure on the Union government by joining hands with the Opposition parties. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao chaired a […]

Hyderabad: TRS Parliament members on Friday came down heavily against the statement made by Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal in the Rajya Sabha on paddy procurement from Telangana State. They said the BJP State leaders claimed that the Centre will purchase every grain of paddy from Telangana for Yasangi (Rabi) season, but […]

Hyderabad: Continuing with their protests for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday over farmers’ issues, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs raised slogans and displayed placards in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Soon after Question Hour commenced in Lok Sabha, TRS MPs led by Khammam MP Nama Nageswara Rao began raising slogans demanding compensation for […]

Nalgonda: TRS MLC Gutha Sukender Reddy on Wednesday said the Centre was responsible for the inconvenience being faced by the farmers in selling their crops in the State. Addressing a media conference here, Sukender Reddy said the BJP government had not been able to stomach the growing popularity of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao following […]

Hyderabad: The Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned twice on Wednesday amid continuous protests by members of the TRS over farmer issues. This is the third consecutive day that the House was disrupted since the winter session of the Parliament commenced on Monday. The TRS members raised slogans and displayed placards over farmer issues in the […]

Hyderabad: TRS legislators lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre and the State BJP leaders for making contradictory statements, leading to confusion among farmers in Telangana. They stated that without clarifying on the quantity of rice that the Centre was willing to procure, the State BJP leaders were instigating farmers in Telangana to […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy said the Congress will intensify its battle on paddy procurement and would not rest till the Centre and State governments purchase every grain produced by Telangana farmers. “We will not allow TRS and BJP governments in the State and at Centre respectively to exploit farmers,” Revanth Reddy said. Speaking […]

Hyderabad: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy waded into a controversy when he maintained that the Central Government was procuring grains every year and that there was no issue regarding paddy procurement. His assertion made at a press conference in New Delhi is in stark contrast to Centre’s decision of not procuring paddy and refusing to […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs brought the Parliament to a standstill, forcing the adjournment of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, as they demanded that the Centre address the issues of paddy procurement and also issual of a gazette notification taking over irrigation projects on Godavari and Krishna rivers. Later, they staged a […]

Soon after the Lok Sabha commenced, Speaker Om Birla administered the oath of office to the new members.

Nalgonda: Telangana martyr Srikantha Chary’s mother K Shankaramma on Sunday urged the State government to conduct the birth and death anniversaries of her son officially. Speaking at a media conference, she said that her son had sacrificed his life for the cause of Statehood. After setting himself ablaze at LB Nagar in Hyderabad during Telangana […]

Suryapet: Huzurabad MLA Etela Rajender on Sunday said that BJP was only the political alternative to the TRS in the State as the Congress lost the confidence of people. Speaking at a media conference here, Rajender said the Congress had no scope to come to power at the centre and in the state in the […]