The electioneering in Jubilee Hills assembly constituency is gradually gaining heat with all the three major political parties – the Congress, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi and the Bharatiya Janata Party – have announced their candidates and plunged into campaign in full swing.
In what is being seen as a significant political move, Telangana Jagruthi president Kalvakuntla Kavitha, who is all set to launch a new political party soon and embark on a state-wide tour next week, seems to have decided to rope her son into action.
Political tensions escalated on Thursday, a day after the Telangana government suspended state forest and endowments minister Konda Surekha’s officer on special duty Sumanth for alleged irregularities.
In a jolt to the Telangana government, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the interim stay granted by the Telangana High Court on a Government Order (GO) providing 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies across the state.
Amid growing rift between two ministers in Telangana, there was high drama at Endowments and Forest Minister Konda Surekha’s house in Hyderabad late Wednesday night as her family resisted the arrest of her former Officer on Special Duty (OSD) N. Sumanth over the allegations of misconduct and corruption.
In a bold and people-first initiative, Munugodu MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy has taken a strong stand against the growing problem of alcohol consumption in his constituency.
Firebrand MLA T Raja Singh, who resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party a couple of months ago, continues to target the Telangana BJP leaders, particularly Union coal minister G Kishan Reddy, questioning his political credibility ahead of the Jubilee Hills assembly by-election.
In a shocking incident, a woman allegedly killed her two children and then died by suicide by jumping off a building in Hyderabad.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao along with senior party leaders, submitted a detailed representation to the Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana highlighting large-scale irregularities, duplicate entries, and fake votes in the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency, where by-elections are scheduled on November 11.
A 33-year-old tribal woman was allegedly raped and murdered in Telangana's Medak district, police said on Sunday.
Internal wrangling within the Telangana Congress continues to go unabated in every district of the state with the party leaders dividing into groups and indulging in internal fights.
In another key operation, Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Friday removed encroachment on five acres of government land to reclaim the property worth Rs 750 crore.
Telangana’s elite anti-drugs Task Force EAGLE has seized 220 kg of Ephedrine valued Rs 70 crore in the international market.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday expressed concern over the United States' recent moves to increase tariffs on Indian goods and to raise the H-1B visa fee.
As the battlelines are drawn for the prestigious by-election to Jubilee Hills assembly seat, political analysts are getting busy to assess the winning prospects of key players – the Congress, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi and the Bharatiya Janata Party.