HYDERABAD

Harish Rao slams BJP government over medical colleges issue

Health Minister T Harish Rao said Telangana Government would establish government medical colleges in the two districts this year with State funds File Photo Hyderabad: Coming down heavily on the BJP-led union Government for not sanctioning medical colleges for Karimnagar and Khammam districts, Health Minister T Harish Rao said Telangana Government would establish government medical colleges in the two districts this year with State funds. Stating that the existing colleges in Karimnagar and Khammam were private institutions, the Health Minister said the Telangana government was requesting for government medical colleges in the two districts. He asked the union government as to why government colleges were not sanctioned for the two districts. “Is it not discrimination towards Telangana. Are Karimnagar and Khammam not part…

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Medical Colleges row: KT Rama Rao takes jibe at PM Narendra Modi

The Minister urged Prime Minister to train the Union Ministers in maintaining consistency on uttering lies and misleading the people. File Photo. Hyderabad: Fuming over BJP-led union Government for distorting facts over sanctioning medical colleges to Telangana, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to train the Union Ministers in maintaining consistency on uttering lies and misleading the people. The State government has been very critical of the union government for failing to sanction single medical college to Telangana, while 157 colleges were sanctioned across the country. Every time, a Union Minister visits Telangana, the issue is raised and they come up with different versions. While, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy claimed nine colleges…

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Telangana urges KRMB to calculate Krishna water usage by Telugu states

Engineer-In-Chief stated that calculating water consumption by both the States, would enable them to know how much share of water was actually consumed by each of them and how much was left to be consumed. File Photo. Hyderabad: Telangana government has asked the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to calculate the consumption of Krishna water by Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the current water year to determine the actual usage of water by both of them. Telangana Engineer-In-Chief Muralidhar, while presenting his arguments in front of the three-member committee of the KRMB here on Friday, stated that calculating water consumption by both the States, would enable them to know how much share of water was actually consumed by each of them and…

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KCR pushed TS into debt trap, no right to criticise Centre: Nirmala

 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a discussion on the Union Budget 2023-24, in Hyderabad, Thursday. Hyderabad: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman strongly rebuked Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and IT minister K.T. Rama Rao for their criticism of the Union Budget, saying those who have pushed the Telangana state have no right to criticise the Centre and its policies. Speaking at an event on Union Budget on Thursday, the finance minister strongly denounced the Chief Minister’s remarks in the Assembly that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of a $5 trillion economy for India was a “joke” and “silly”, asserting that the Chief Minister’s comments amount to “mocking the people of India”. She also countered Rama Rao’s remarks that Telangana state…

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TPCC chief targets Telangana govt over power cuts and increasing electricity charges

 TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy interacted with the farmers and others during the padayatra. Having heard complaints about the power cuts and increase in electricity charges, he visited the electricity sub-station while on his way to Permandalgudem and spoke to officials. (Photo: Twitter) Warangal: The state government is creating problems for farmers and the people in general by resorting to frequent power cuts and increasing electricity charges at regular intervals, alleged TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy here on Thursday. After completion of the Haath Se Haath Jodo padayatra in Khammam district, Revanth and other participants entered the erstwhile Warangal district in Palakurthy constituency of Jangaon district. Revanth alleged that while Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao had, on a number of occasions,…

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Ahead of polls, Telangana govt plans to distribute plots to poor

 The government is now planning to distribute plots of extent between 50 sq.yards to 70 sq.yards to the poor. (Representational image) Hyderabad: After the delay in the implementation of the 2BHK housing scheme, a major election promise of the BRS in 2014 and 2018, the state government is now planning to distribute house sites to the poor. As the elections approach, the Telangana state government has accelerated the distribution of house sites to the poor, and Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari held a video conference with the district collectors on Thursday to identify suitable land parcels for distribution of the house sites in all districts. In its first term, the BRS government sanctioned 2.92 lakh 2BHKs for the underprivileged in 2014,…

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Fashion, apparel take 51 percent share of retail leasing in Hyderabad

In 2022, leasing activity in retail sector up by 21% year-on-year to 4.7 million sft Hyderabad: As brands are stepping up to expand their business, Hyderabad has seen rapid growth across the retail sector. There is an increase in the number of malls, standalones and high streets across the city. Hyderabad recorded absorption of approximately 0.21 million sft. in investment grade-malls, high streets, and standalones during the second half of 2022, according to a report by CBRE South Asia. The real estate consulting firm’s latest retail report, ‘India Retail Figures H2 2022’ highlights the growth, trends, and dynamics across the retail sector in the city. Among the key retail categories, leasing was mainly driven by fashion and apparel with a share of…

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MLC Kavitha reacts to Nirmala’s comments

Due to the myopic policies of the BJP government, India’s potential remained underutilized, she said Hyderabad: Countering union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s comments on the Telangana government, MLC K Kavitha shot back stating that the BJP government was repeatedly claiming that China was India’s competition and wondered as to why China had become an 18 trillion dollar economy and India failed to achieve its five trillion dollar economy target. Due to the myopic policies of the BJP government, India’s potential remained underutilized, she said. “If the Modi Government cannot unlock the potential of the nation, don’t blame the States. Telangana is a progressive State and if you cannot think progressively, please don’t blame us,” Kavitha said. If the BJP government was seriously committed to its…

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69-kg cake readied for 69th birthday of KCR

 The CM’s 69th birthday celebration being organised on a grand scale will be led by minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav at Thrill City in Necklace Road. HYDERABAD: A 69-kg cake, a documentary with 3D graphics highlighting the key milestones in K. Chandrashekar Rao’s life, welfare schemes, and development programmes being implemented during the last eight years of the BRS government are among the highlights of the 69th birthday celebrations of Telangana Chief Minister being held in the city on Friday. The CM’s 69th birthday celebration being organised on a grand scale will be led by minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav at Thrill City in Necklace Road. At important temples in the city, Chandi Yagam, Ayush Homam, and Rajashyamala Yagam will be conducted, while…

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Hyderabad city to have bridges à la Paris

 While six bridges and a link road will be constructed by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, four bridges will be built by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, three by the HRDCL and one bridge by the QQSUDA. Hyderabad: The state government has decided to construct fusion bridges across Musi, à la the ones we have on Seine in Paris. Of the total of 15 bridges, Hyderabad Road Development Corporation Limited (HRDCL), which is nodal agency, has invited bids for constructing high-level bridges at missing link corridor number 99 on Musi, connecting Sun City and Chintalmet (Power Corridor) on Esa and connecting Inner Ring Road and Kismatpur road. Surprisingly, the agency revised the cost estimates of the Power Corridor from Rs 30…

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