Telangana government raised a strong objection over Andhra government’s orders to expand Pothireddypadu head regulator on Krishna river and construct a new lift scheme and moved the Krishna Water Management Board against the GO.
Buoyed by the expansion of irrigation coverage and a bumper paddy crop this season, Telangana has decided to go for a new agriculture policy under which farmers will have to grow whatever crops the government decides.
The Telangana government has been arranging special flights to bring stranded Telugu people in other countries back to Hyderabad, but these flights are only for those who can afford paying their flight expenses and quarantine charges in Hyderabad.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday termed as highly objectionable the decision of Andhra Pradesh government to construct a new lift irrigation scheme to lift Krishna river water from Srisailam Project.
It doesn't need any astrological prophecy to say that Sun rises in the East. Well, it is needless to say that no other star other than Sun will rise every morning.
Carrying a load of essentials on her shoulders, holding a couple of bags in the other hand and walking through the rocky terrain, at first sight she looks like a migrant worker, but she is an MLA in Telangana out to help the needy during the ongoing lockdown.
With relaxations in lockdown norms, the city roads witnessed more vehicles on Saturday, nearly 45 days after curbs were imposed to check spread of coronavirus.
The Telangana government was making all arrangements to bring stranded Telugu people in the United States and Europe in special flights as part of Vande Bharat mission, but is paying little attention to the labourers held up in the Gulf countries.
While every other state in the country has been declaring everyday as to how many tests it is doing for finding Coronavirus, only Telangana state has been avoiding disclosure of testing details.
The people all over the country, or that matter in several parts of the world, might have been in lockdown for the last two months to prevent spread of the Coronavirus disease, but Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has been under lockdown for the last six years.
Under fire from various quarters for allowing sale of liquor during lockdown, YSR Congress Party government in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday decided to reduce the number of liquor shops by 15 per cent.
After a gap of nearly 45 days, liquor is back for sale in Telangana where consumption of alcohol is generally very high. And the people have celebrated it in a big way on Wednesday.
Tipplers queued up in large numbers since Wednesday morning as liquor shops opened in Telangana after a gap of 43 days.
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Slamming the Centre for not coming to the rescue of the states facing financial crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhara Rao on Tuesday demanded Modi government to either give powers or the money.
Telangana government on Tuesday decided to re-open all liquor shops except those in containment zones with 16 per cent hike in liquor prices from Wednesday.