HYDERABAD

Asad on SC order: Hyderabad cricket glory will return

 Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi says ties with BRS not strained, hails KCR for TS development. HYDERABAD: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision of appointing former Supreme Court judge Justice L. Nageshwara Rao to “sort out the mess” in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) and expressed the hope that the single-member panel appointed by the court will hold the association elections at the earliest. A three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Justice S.K. Kaul, Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Aravind Kumar on Tuesday observed that Justice Rao would be suitable to be appointed to head the single-member committee at the HCA, while directing it HCA to extend required assistance to Justice Rao. The Hyderabad MP claimed that the change would…

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Are roads built only for international events like Eprix, question people

 The NTR Marg road, which was spruced up for the Formula E event held in Hyderabad. HYDERABAD: For the Formula E World Championship race that was held on February 11, the picturesque Necklace Road on the banks of Hussainsagar was spruced up, and with the kind of urgency that has left citizens and motorists in absolute bewilderment. Many believe that the way the authorities went into overdrive in abundance indicates that improving roads is solely done to impress foreign delegations, and not for the citizens who cope with terrifying experiences every day when driving on city roads. Locals are flabbergasted that officials, who frequently cite a lack of resources or another excuse for failing to patch potholes and smooth out the…

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BC residential schools up to 294 from 19 in Telangana: Harish Rao

Minister Harish Rao said the number of students studying in BC residential schools had increased from 8,000 to 1.65 lakh after Telangana was created BC Welfare Residential School at KCR Nagar opened in Siddipet on Wednesday. Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said the State government had increased the number of BC residential schools in the State from 19 to 294 in less than nine years with the objective of providing better education to students from backward classes. Speaking after inaugurating the Jyotirao Phule BC Residential School for Boys at KCR Nagar here on Wednesday, the Minister said the number of students studying in BC residential schools had increased from 8,000 to 1.65 lakh after Telangana was created. While Siddipet district used to…

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SC appoints former apex court judge to clean up Hyderabad Cricket Association

 “I heard the news and am waiting for the order. I have to begin the study (of the HCA),” said former Apex court judge Justice L. Nageshwara Rao. Hyderabad: Finally giving hope to cricket lovers wishing for a cleansing of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), the Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed former apex court judge Justice L. Nageshwara Rao to “sort out the mess.” Justice Rao, a cricketer himself and known for his integrity, recently set the Indian Olympic Association in order and prepared the electoral college. He was asked by the Supreme Court to lead the task of amending the IOA Constitution. A three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Justice S.K. Kaul, Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Aravind Kumar observed that…

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Free power to farmers will stay, asserts Jagadish

 Energy minister G.Jagadish Reddy said the BJP government was attempting to impose an arbitrary rule by demanding that the state government pay discoms before providing subsidy power supply to the people. “Such rules were being pushed by the BJP government in an effort to privatise the power sector.” Hyderabad: Energy minister G. Jagadish Reddy asserted on Tuesday that the BRS government was committed to providing 24-hour free power to farmers, while accusing the Narendra Modi-led BJP government of creating obstacles for the state government. The minister stated that in the name of power reforms the Centre was trying to install electricity meters on agricultural borewells, a charge that was denied by the BJP leaders in the past. He said the…

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Drug racket busted, 200gm MDMA seized

 Hyderabad police commissioner C.V. Anand along with H-NEW that busted MDMA trafficking gang of Mumbai on Tuesday HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad police Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H NEW) busted a major drug-supplying racket operating from Mumbai and arrested four persons including a Mumbai-based drug supplier on Tuesday, and seized 200 grams of MDMA from them. The arrest was the result of a two-month-long operation using decoys. Women formed a majority of consumers of this gang, police said. In another case, police arrested a Mumbai-based peddler and seized 40 grams of MDMA from him. Hyderabad police commissioner C.V. Anand identified the accused as peddlers Jatin Bhalchandra Bhalerao and Javed Shamshair Ali Siddique, transporter Junaid Shaik Shamshuddin and supplier Vikas Mohan Kodmur. Their associates Emmanul…

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Is Telangana heading for a hung Assembly?

 Telangana Assembly ( file photo) Hyderabad: Political developments in the last few days have triggered a debate on whether or not Telangana is heading for a hung Assembly in the general elections. What started with Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao heaping praise on the previous United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre and then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in the Assembly, picked up momentum after Congress MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Monday told mediapersons in New Delhi that the state would end up with a hung Assembly. He went on to state that the BRS would be left with no option but to support the Congress which, he said, would secure some 40 seats and form government. All the three…

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HC stays government order on Telangana teachers transfer

  Teachers had challenged the Telangana Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Rules, 2023 issued in GO Ms No. 5 dated January 25, which were amended in GO Ms No. 9 of February 2, as arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory, void and without jurisdiction apart from contrary to Article 309 of the Constitution. (File Photo:) Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday stayed Government Orders (GO) 5 and 9 issued by the school education department to transfer teachers working in government schools. Some teachers had challenged the Telangana Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Rules, 2023 issued in GO Ms No. 5 dated January 25, which were amended in GO Ms No. 9 of February 2, as arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory, void and without jurisdiction apart from contrary…

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As time ticks, options reduce for opposition in fight for Telangana’s Assembly

 Both the Opposition parties are stuck with their own internal dissent and disorientation issues. HYDERABAD: One of the first political beliefs that will be shattered when Telangana goes to the elections at the end of the year will be that a padayatra in a Telugu state by a leader will lead to their party winning power — with leaders of both main opposition parties having had a go at it, Bandi Sanjay Kumar having covered over 1,000 kilometres in several phases of his Praja Sangrama Yatra and A. Revanth Reddy having just started his regional variants of the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ walkathon. Three leaders who conducted a padayatra came to power — Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, N. Chandrababu Naidu and…

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Telangana forced to take loans due to Centre’s indifference

Union government’s timely support to the country’s youngest and fastest growing State could have avoided a debt of at least Rs 1.5 lakh crore from borrowings to the tune of Rs 4.33 lakh crore Hyderabad: Contrary to allegations by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and Union Ministers, figures and statistics prove that it is the Centre’s indifference that is pushing Telangana into debts. Data furnished by the Centre in the Parliament on Monday reveals that the Union government’s timely support to the country’s youngest and fastest growing State could have avoided a debt of at least Rs 1.5 lakh crore from borrowings to the tune of Rs 4.33 lakh crore availed by the State government, its public sector enterprises and corporations. As per the…

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