Telangana

It has been seen in the recent past how welfare schemes or freebies targeted at women have influenced election results, and hence the saffron party has asked its cadres to extensively focus on women voters

DGP Ravi Gupta highlighted that a zero-tolerance stance will be maintained towards any disruption to the electoral process.

Speaking to Telangana Today, founder and president of Pravasi Mitra Labour Union, Swadeshi said no government was bothered about the problems of Gulf labourers.

Addressing a roadshow supporting Medak Lok Sabha BRS candidate P Venkatrami Reddy in Gajwel on Saturday, Harish Rao said the BJP and the Congress had obstructed the development of Gajwel.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao said SCCL would certainly be sold to Adani if any of the two parties were voted to power.

Considering the hardships being faced by the Palamuru people, the Congress government laid the foundation for the MakthalNarayanpet-Kodangal lift irrigation project.

Addressing a rally in Velpur, Arvind said Ministers Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and N Uttam Kumar were hatching conspiracy to pull down the government and replace Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.

The CWC’s analysis also indicated a week-on-week decrease in storage levels, affecting not only the southern region but also the nation as a whole.

The rally passed through Sri Sri Circle, ZP Circle and ended at Pavilion grounds.

The Chief Minister reminded Modi that BJP Mahabubnagar candidate DK Aruna was involved in different irregularities.

Sircilla was a hub for handloom weavers, where scores of weavers died by suicide due to lack of livelihood opportunities over the years.

The Cong has fielded K Jana Reddy’s son K Raghuveer Reddy, while the BRS picked former Nalgonda MLA K Bhupal Reddy’s brother K Krishna Reddy as its candidate and BJP fielded former BRS MLA Saidi Reddy

The SP said that tight security arrangements have been made in all the polling stations across the district so that all the people could cast their vote on May 13 without fear.

Fourteen polling stations were classified as Maoist-affected ones, which would be under the protection of Central armed forces. The voting at these stations would be webcast, besides being under CCTV surveillance.

Tight security arrangements have been made by deploying 2,247 personnel from district and central armed forces, informed Superintendent of Police, Sunpreet Singh

"We will take steps to see that paddy from outside the State was not allowed into the market," he said, adding that the the promise of crop loan waiver up to Rs.2 lakh would be implemented on or before August 15.

In the notice, the CEO sought an explanation from the Chief Minister over the contentions raised by the BRS within 48 hours.

Stating that the Ayodhya Temple was built by the Trust, not by the BJP, he said he had also contributed Rs.2 lakh to the Trust.

A resident of Utkoor village in Luxettipet mandal, Rajam Kumar, the son of Narsaiah, is said to have consumed the pesticide in an attempt to kill himself after his parents scolded him.

Regional Coordinating Officer K Swarupa Rani congratulated the students for getting admissions at the prestigious university.

Already, many long standing members are unhappy over the decision of the party leadership to hand over a majority of the seats to leaders who joined from the other parties.

Apart from the trust, he said he would pursue the Centre to grant funds to expand the Rajiv Rahadhari to an 8-lane road to ease traffic congestion and bring down accidents.

Leader of Opposition and BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao said latest reports indicated that regional parties were going to outperform national parties in this elections.

“Flying squad, video surveillance, statistical surveillance teams, video teams and sectoral officers should be alert and inform official concern about violation of model code of conduct,”he said.