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Apr- 2023 -5 April
Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay detained in Karimangar
Bandi Sanjay was taken into custody amidst high drama in Karimnagar and shifted to a police station in Yadadri Bhongir district Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay arrested in Karimnagar KARIMNAGAR: Karimnagar police have taken BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar into preventive custody from his residence after midnight and shifted him to the Bommala Ramaram police station in Yadadri Bhongir district. After midnight, a huge police force was deployed at the residence of the BJP president and he was taken into preventive custody. Later, he was shifted to the Bommala Ramaram police station. Mild tension prevailed at his residence after his family members and party workers resisted the arrest. According to sources, Sanjay has lodged a complaint with the Lok Sabha…
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4 April
BRS aims to win 12 ZP seats in Maharashtra
HYDERABAD: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which has decided to make its first foray into electoral politics outside Telangana, is aiming to win at least 12 of the 34 zilla parishads in Maharashtra that are up for election soon. This month, BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao plans to conduct a third public meeting in Vidarbha after holding two already, including the recent meeting at Kandhar Loha in Maharasthra’s Nanded district. Rao has directed Maharashtra party leaders to form party committees in all the 288 Assembly constituencies and conduct aggressive campaigning on the “Telangana model” of welfare schemes and development projects. Former sarpanches, MPTCS, ZPTCs, MLAs and MPs from various parties in Maharashtra joined the BRS recently. Party sources…
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4 April
Tiger killed in Komaram Bheem Asifabad, hide seized in Maharashtra during sale
ADILABAD: The Maharashtra police on Monday announced the seizure of a tiger hide after the big cat was killed in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district. Six people were arrested along with the seizure. Coming 10 days after a partial tiger skeleton was discovered in Bellampalli forests, conservationists are worried about the threat to tigers, as four tigers previously spotted traversing the route from Komaram Bheem Asifabad to Maharashtra districts are nowhere to be found. There have been repeated incidents of tigers being killed in this region, with one electrocuted in Jaipur mandal in 2019, one being killed in Rangapet four years ago and another being killed in Kotapalli in 2016. There has been an increased movement of tigers between the forests in…
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4 April
BJP wants Sabitha Indra Reddys resignation over Telugu paper leak
HYDERABAD: The BJP on Monday demanded the immediate resignation of P. Sabitha Indra Reddy as education minister, over the SSC Telugu question paper leak on the first day of the board examinations. Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar, invoking the TSPSC question paper leaks said it was “shameful” that the government did not learn its lesson from previous instances. “It looks like there is a ‘festival of paper leaks’ going on in Telangana. Question paper leaks have now become commonplace in Telangana. A government that cannot ensure a glitch-free Class 10 exam has no right to continue in power,” Sanjay said in a statement. He also questioned if the managements of rich corporate educational institutions were in cahoots with the government,…
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4 April
Proposed court complex in Medchal runs into land dispute
HYDERABAD: Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court on Monday heard a writ petition pertaining to a dispute about land allotted for the construction of a court complex in Medchal Malkajgiri district. The government pleader informed the court that as per sesala pahani of the year 1955-58,Madhusudhan Reddy was recorded as the pattadar, who donated the land to abasic training school that was subsequently converted to the DIET College.The petitioner S. Arun Reddy and another contended that five acres from the said land belonged to them and the same could not be taken away without acquisition for construction of a court complex. The court dismissed the interlocutor’s application holding that there was no prima facie in the case. The…
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3 April
4 of family consuming resources of 4 crore people: Mallu Bhatti
Adilabad: Senior Congress leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday aimed his barrels at the senior leadership of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, accusing the state government of leading the sand mafia in the state, especially shaving hundreds of lorries of sand from banks of Godavari in Chennur. Speaking at a corner meeting at Bheemaram in Chennur Assembly segment of Mancherial district, he said “four members of a family were exploiting natural resources of four crore people”, in a dig at K. Chandrashekar Rao and his family. Reminding the people about the Congress having set up the Gollavagu irrigation project to irrigate 9,500 acres, he accused the BRS of failing to create canals to supply water to fields, under the project. He also…
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3 April
Telangana: Property tax collections shoot up to Rs 825.86 crore
MAUD department has collected property tax to the tune of Rs.825.86 crore across the urban local bodies Hyderabad: Making good use of technology, the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) department has collected property tax to the tune of Rs.825.86 crore across the urban local bodies, registering a growth of 18.28 per cent. During the 2021-22 financial year, the department had collected Rs.698.25 crore. Among the top 10 urban local bodies, the highest property tax collections were registered from the four municipalities of Nizampet, Manikonda, Badangpet and Narsingi on the city suburbs. While Warangal with Rs. 65.07 crore leads the chart in terms of highest property tax collections, Nizampet municipal corporation with Rs.39.51 crore was second, followed by Nizamabad with Rs.33.55 crore.…
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3 April
Mercury levels shoot up, Telangana records 43 degrees Celsius on Sunday
On Sunday, the weather stations of TSDPS recorded perhaps this summer season’s highest day time temperature of 43 degree Celsius in Hyderabad at Bahadurpura The mercury also crossed the 44 degree Celsius mark in several districts in Telangana. Hyderabad: Just two days into April, the mercury in Hyderabad and elsewhere in Telangana has risen to excessive levels. On Sunday, the weather stations of Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS) recorded perhaps this summer season’s highest day time temperature of 42.1 degree Celsius in Hyderabad at Bahadurpura. The mercury also touched the 43 degree Celsius mark in several districts in Telangana. At Alampur in Jogulamba Gadwal, the maximum day time temperatures recorded today was 43.1 degree Celsius while at several places in Nalgonda, the temperatures were hovering between 41 and 42 degree Celsius.…
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3 April
KTR directs MLAs to constitute special teams in their constituencies
KT Rama Rao directed MLAs to utilize social media platforms more effectively in sharing the party and government programmes with the people in respective constituencies Hyderabad: This election year, continuing its emphasis on promoting the good work done by the State government among the people, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has directed MLAs to constitute special teams with active workers in their respective constituencies. These special teams would deal in sharing the information on government programmes among the people. They will also aid in conducting the party programmes more effectively and efficiently, Industries Minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao said in a teleconference with party leaders on Sunday. He also directed the party leaders, especially elected public representatives, to utilize social media platforms…
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2 April
Enhanced security measures for IPL matches in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Rachakonda police said spectators heading to watch the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches from Sunday would not be allowed to carry laptops, banners, water bottles, cameras, cigarettes, electronic items, matchboxes, lighters, sharp metal or plastic objects, binoculars, batteries, helmets, perfumes, bags and outside eatables Metro Rail timings had been extended till 1 am for spectators. There would be no diversion of general traffic, entry of heavy vehicles would be restricted during match hours. The police said they had posted 1,500 personnel to provide security to seven matches that will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (RGIC) at Uppal between Sunday and April 18. Rachakonda police commissioner D.S. Chauhan said 340 CCTV cameras had been installed…
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