
Narendra Modi has issued a directive to the Environment Ministry asking it to clear all pending files within a span of ten days. Although not an impossible job, it is not easy either!

Congratulating the people of Telangana on the formation of the new State, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday said though the State was divided geographically, Telugu people will stay united and will cooperate mutually.

Nobody knows better than Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and first Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao how to use and throw people. It is proving right in the case of rebellious leader and Warangal (East) MLA Konda Surekha.

The holy city of Varanasi attracts tourists in large numbers not only from India, but various parts of the world.

Telangana's first cabinet has three members of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's family and no women. Mr KCR was sworn in this morning along with 11 ministers in the presence of enthusiastic workers of his party, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), and several dignitaries. However, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, tipped to lead the residual Andhra Pradesh, stayed away.

Telangana's first Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao Monday promised a corruption-free and transparent government with its top priority to work for the welfare of the poor and weaker sections of society.

Telangana's first Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao unfurled the national flag and reviewed a colourful parade here to mark the formation of India's 29th state.

Andhra Pradesh's chief minister designate N. Chandrababu Naidu Monday congratulated K. Chandrasekhara Rao, who took oath as the first chief minister of Telangana.

Following are the major events in the history of Telangana, which Monday came into being as 29th state in India.

Politics is where there are no long-term friends or foes. There was a time when Telangana BJP leader Kishan Reddy was a close confidant of BJP’s national leader and union minister Venkaiah Naidu. When Venkaiah Naidu was the national-level president of BJP, Kishan Reddy worked as the national president of BJP’s yuva morcha.

Jai Kumar is a resident of Uppal in Hyderabad and his wife, who is a Central government employee, hails from Kadapa. But on Monday, when the State is bifurcated and ushers in many changes, they feel it remains the same.