Telangana state high court on Thursday took strong exception to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government’s decision to allow New Year Day celebrations till midnight hours, ignoring the Covid-19 pandemic situation.
For the last two days, TRS president and CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has been under the wrath of the people and the opposition for meekly surrendering to the Narendra Modi government at the Centre with regard to the controversial agriculture laws.
There is a saying in Telugu: Aloo ledu, choolu ledu, koduku peru Somalingam (There is no wife, no pregnancy, but he wants to name his son Somalingam). It aptly applies to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana.
There seems to be no end to the high drama over the appointment of new Pradesh Congress Committee chief for Telangana and the desion is likely to take more time, according to reports from New Delhi.
After receiving a setback in the by-elections to Dubbak assembly seat and the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has realised that he has been fast losing support from both employees and the unemployed youth.
Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao, who has shot into headlines by threatening to quit the party, if the high command makes firebrand leader A Revanth Reddy as PCC chief, is at it again.
The sudden U-turn taken by Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekha Rao on the three controversial legislations on agriculture introduced by the Narendra Modi government has raised many an eyebrow.
A day after senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao raised a banner of revolt against the party high command for deciding to appoint Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy as the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief, another leader joined the issue with VH.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader and minister for labour and employment Ch Malla Reddy was virtually shamed on Friday, when National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) announced blacklisting of his engineering college for a period of five years.
Even before the Congress high command has taken any decision on the appointment of new Pradesh Congress Committee for Telangana, revolt has begun brewing in the party.
Seven travellers from the United Kingdom to Telangana have tested positive for Covid-19, state health officials said on Thursday.
Setting its eyes on the yet to be scheduled Parliamentary by-election in Tirupati, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday opened a district office in the town.
If reports coming from New Delhi are to be believed, firebrand Congress MP from Malkajgiri and Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee working president A Revanth Reddy has been finalised as the PCC chief.
Till the other day, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi used to make strong criticism of the Narendra Modi government for showing step-motherly attitude towards the state in releasing funds for various projects.
Till a few months ago, there had been a talk in the Telangana Rashtra Samithi that party working president and state IT and industries minister K T Rama Rao would be anointed as the chief minister of Telangana replacing his father and party president K Chandrasekhar Rao.