HYDERABAD
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May- 2023 -2 May
CM & ministers resume duties in new Secretariat, staff have trouble locating offices
Dr B.R. Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat. HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, ministers, officials and employees resumed working from the Secretariat at full strength after a gap of nearly three years. Rao spent about five hours in the premises from 12.30 pm to around 5.30 pm. Ministers, officials and staff worked from the old Secretariat till July 2019, when it was shifted to BRKR Bhavan and other government buildings to pave the way for demolition of old Secretariat and to construct a new one in its place. Confusion prevailed on Day 1 among officials and staff on entering the Secretariat. They had a tough time locating their office rooms in the six floors. The Secretariat has main gates in four directions…
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2 May
Secretariat inauguration: Jagadish lashes out at Governor for skipping event
Telangana energy minister G Jagdish Reddy. HYDERABAD: Energy minister G. Jagadish Reddy on Monday lashed out at Governor Tamillisai Soundararajan and Opposition leaders for skipping the inaugural of the new Secretariat on Sunday even after the state government had extended them invitations. Terming them as “obstructers to development”, Reddy alleged that they skipped the event because they were unable to digest the development of Telangana. Speaking to media personnel, the minister said, “The inauguration was an official programme conducted by the state government. It’s not a political programme. The state government followed the protocol and extended invitations to the Governor, MPs, MLAs and MLCs of all parties in the state. What prompted them to stay away from the function? They…
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2 May
Kavitha bought land with liquor scam profits: ED chargesheet
Bharata Rashtra Samithi MLC K. Kavitha. HYDERABAD: The Enforcement Directorate has informed a designated court that Bharata Rashtra Samithi MLC and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter K. Kavitha bought costly land parcels in and around the state capital of Hyderabad with the “proceeds of crime” (profits) in the Delhi liquor scam case. The supplementary chargesheet, filed by the investigating agency in a local court designated to try money laundering cases in Delhi a few days ago, made startling revelations about the financial transactions that Kavitha and her husband allegedly carried out with Phoenix Group of companies, against which the Income Tax (I-T) Department had conducted raids recently. Witnesses who deposed before the agency also revealed that the land was bought…
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2 May
CM to announce sops to workers in unorganised sector: Malla Reddy
Labour minister C Malla Reddy presents awards to the workers on Monday at Ravindra Bhrathi on the ocassion of May Day HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao will announce sops to construction workers and others in the unorganised sector soon, said labour minister Ch. Malla Reddy. He was speaking at an official May Day function at Ravindra Bharathi here on Monday. Reddy stated that the Chief Minister was planning to set up special schools for children of workers and hospitals for workers and their family members besides distributing two-wheelers to them. “He is working on several schemes for the welfare of construction workers and those working in the unorganised sector. The schemes are in the final stages of drafting and he…
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2 May
CM KCR announces extension of deadline for house site regularisation under GO No 58, 59
CM KCR noted that the government was keen on resolving issues related also to the agricultural lands involving similar issues across Telangana Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday announced extension of the deadline by one month for regularisation of house sites with notarised documents under GO No.s 58 and 59. He said issues related to agricultural lands with notarised documents would also be addressed soon. Responding positively to a representation made by MLAs and MLCs from the twin cities, who called on him in his chambers at the Secretariat, the Chief Minister assured them that the State government would ensure ownership rights over such house sites in possession of the poor by regularising them so that they would not face…
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1 May
40 new police stations to come up in TS
Home minister Mohd Mahmood Ali signs a file on reorganisation of zones and sanction of posts in the existing tri-commissionerates for 40 police stations, after the inauguration of the Secretariat on Sunday. HYDERABAD: Home minister Mohd Mahmood Ali soon after occupying his chambers after the inauguration of the Secretariat signed a file pertaining to reorganisation of zones and sanction of posts in the tri-commissionerates for 40 new police stations. Chief Secretary (home) Jitender, DGP Anjani Kumar, ACB DGP Ravi Gupta, police commissioners C.V. Anand, D.S. Chauhan and Stephen Raveendra, additional DGPs Sandeep Sandilya, Shikha Goel, Mahesh M. Bhagwat, Swati Lakra, Nagireddy, along with IGs and DIGs participated in the programme. Source.
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1 May
No summer vacations for government teachers
Even though the state government has announced summer vacation for teachers and students from Monday, teachers will find no respite. . KURNOOL: Even though the state government has announced summer vacation for teachers and students from Monday, teachers will find no respite. They will instead have to either supervise Nadu Nedu works, organise summer camps or coordinate future admissions. Incidentally, teachers attended duties on Sunday, the last day of the academic year, and distributed progress cards. While the state government has announced summer vacation from May 1 to June 11, Andhra Pradesh State Council of Educational Research and Training (APSCERT) has designed many online activities for teachers and students to take up during the summer vacation. Teachers will have to…
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1 May
New Telangana secretariat not a symbol of development: BJP leader blunts KCR claim
“I would like to remind the CM and KTR (his son) that a girl recently drowned in a manhole amid incessant rains in the city. If such is the situation in Hyderabad, how can you call it a global city?” “There is no proper drainage system in the state,” he alleged. Hyderabad: Reacting to the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s statement that the newly inaugurated Telangana secretariat building was a symbol of “reformation”, former member of the state’s Legislative Council and BJP leader N Ramchander Rao on Sunday said a building with domes cannot be a symbol of development. Speaking to ANI, N Ramchander said the CM should do a ground reality check.“Just by constructing a vastu-based Secretariat and demolishing…
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1 May
CM KCR acknowledges efforts of officials, people’s representatives towards State and its new Secretariat
CM KCR acknowledged the efforts of Ministers, legislators, former and current senior bureaucrats, employees and even workers, for transforming Telangana into a most progressive State Hyderabad: While appreciating the role of different persons involved in the development of the State in the last nine years, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao acknowledged the efforts of Ministers, legislators, former and current senior bureaucrats, employees and even workers, for transforming Telangana into a most progressive State of the country and for the construction of the new Secretariat. Speaking after inaugurating the new Secretariat building on Sunday, the Chief Minister said all government employees who worked with him in the last nine years for the development of the State efforts need to be recognised. “The development…
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Apr- 2023 -30 April
Over 100 houses flooded, 40 vehicles washed away
Nearly 30 to 40 vehicles drown in the Musi river as sudden rains hit Hyderabad (Deepak Deshpande) HYDERABAD: After Kalasiguda, where a girl fell into a drain and lost her life, Vidyanagar’s Padma Colony, especially the Hanuman Temple lane, was the worst affected as around 100 houses were filled with water that flowed down from all sides and washed away vehicles. “Water accumulated up to six feet, flooding houses located on the ground floor. It was only cleared by the afternoon. The area is filled with dirt and there is no help from the authorities,” said Bitla Rajaiah Vijay Kumar, a retired RTC employee. Guru Datta School Lane in the same colony was a scene of chaos as an electric pole…
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