Congress leader Digvijay Singh has landed in a soup yet again for his controversial remarks that the Telangana Police had set up a bogus site of terror outfit Islamic State to trap Muslim youths. The Hyderabad Police has registered a case against Singh at Jubilee Hills police station on complaints by M Gopinath, a local legislator belonging to the …
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May 4, 2017Light to moderate rain/thunder showers are very likely to occur at isolated places in Telangana over the next four days, the IMD said on Friday. Khammam, Nalgonda and Ramagundam today recorded the highest maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius each in the state, followed by Adilabad 42.5, Bhadrachalam and Hanamakonda 42 degrees Celsius each while …
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April 28, 2017Heatwaves in the country are turning out to be particularly deadly with over 4,620 recorded deaths caused by the severe weather condition in the last four years. Of that figure, a whopping 4,246 people died in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana alone. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, in 2016, nearly 1,600 people died due …
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April 23, 2017Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was re-elected unanimously as the President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) at the party's annual plenary that began at Kompally on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Friday. TRS electoral returning officer Nayini Narasimha Reddy, who is also the Home Minister, announced Rao's election for the eighth consecutive time, minutes …
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April 21, 2017The Telangana government will train Tripura government officials to improve its ranking in the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) index, official said here on Tuesday. "A group of officials from Telangana government's Industries Department would soon arrive here to teach the officials of Tripura Industries and Commerce Department and other industry related department," an official …
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April 18, 2017A day after the Telangana legislature passed a bill hiking the quota for backward Muslims from four to 12 per cent, the BJP said the move would create social tensions and called it a "black day". BJP National General Secretary Muralidhar Rao said that the step is "against fundamental principles of democracy and unity of …
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April 17, 2017Police detained leaders of Telangana unit of Congress party on Monday as the opposition intensified its protest over shifting of 'Dharna Chowk', a popular venue of protests in Hyderabad. Tension prevailed at Tank Bund in the heart of the city as several leaders sat on satyagraha at the state of B.R. Ambedkar but police evicted …
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April 17, 2017Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday moved a bill in the State legislative assembly to hike reservation quota for backward Muslims and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) to 12 and 10 per cent respectively. As soon as the day-long special session began, the Chief Minister moved the Backward Class, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Reservation …
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April 16, 2017The health authorities in Telangana suspect that the H1N1 virus, that causes swine flu, may have mutated. The state is witnessing swine flu cases even in the summer season though it is not unusual, an official said. “Most probably yes, due to the high replication rate there could be an antigenic drift which could have …
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April 16, 2017The Telangana government on Saturday decided to hike the reservations for the socially and economically backward among Muslims to 12 per cent from the existing four per cent. The decision was taken by the state cabinet at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. The cabinet also decided to increase the quota for …
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April 15, 2017Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's son and cabinet minister K. T. Rama Rao earned Rs 7.30 lakh just in a couple of hours by "selling" ice-cream and fruit juice here on Friday. No, he has not become an entrepreneur. Rama Rao turned "coolie" to raise money for Telangana Rashtra Samithi's plenary and formation day …
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April 14, 2017A former assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was arrested by the Telangana ACB for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Acting on an information that ASI B Mohan Reddy had amassed disproportionate assets, ACB conducted an inquiry in which it was revealed that the official was in possession of properties to the tune …
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April 11, 2017Union Human Resources Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said it was his BJP's aim to come to power in Telangana in 2019 and asked party workers to work hard to achieve this goal. Addressing a meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party's polling booth-level workers in Bhongir parliamentary constituency, he exhorted them to start preparations now …
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April 8, 2017ESL Narasimhan, who is joint Governor for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, on Sunday held a meeting with ministers and officials of the two Telugu states to sort out pending issues arising from bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. The meeting discussed the issues related to division of employees and handing over of the buildings of Andhra …
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March 26, 2017Telangana on Monday presented a tax-free, revenue surplus budget for 2017-18, proposing an expenditure of Rs.1,49,446 crore, an increase of 14.59 percent over the previous year. The budget estimates for 2017-18 indicate a revenue surplus of Rs.4,571 crore and a fiscal deficit of Rs.26,096 crore. Finance Minister E. Rajender tabled the development and welfare oriented …
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March 13, 2017Twenty seven fresh cases of swine flu have been reported in Telangana, where 21 people died due to the H1N1 virus and other complications since August 1 last year, the state government said on Tuesday. A bulletin on swine flu said 184 samples were tested yesterday for swine flu and 27 of them were found …
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March 7, 2017Candidates, who appeared for the Telangana State Police Constable Mains 2016, can check their results at the official website www.tslprb.in. The exam was conducted on October 23, 2016. To check results, candidates need to log on to the official website www.tslprb.in and enter all the required details in a prescribed format in the space provided. …
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