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Stalemate over Budget session ends after State moves Telangana HC

Governor, State government sort out issue BY TELANGANA TODAY Hyderabad: The stalemate over the Governor’s permission for the State Budget session was resolved on Monday with the intervention of the Telangana High Court, thus clearing the uncertainty that hung over the session slated to begin on February 3. The solution to the situation, which could have led to an unprecedented constitutional crisis, came after the State government moved the High Court, seeking the court’s directions to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan for giving her approval for introduction of the State Budget for the financial year 2023-2024. The court granted a lunch motion at the request of Advocate General BS Prasad with a bench comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N Tukaramji hearing Supreme Court advocate…

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Telangana budget: Constitutional provisions to be followed

The counsels told the court this after the court took up hearing of the lunch motion petition moved by the State government, seeking a direction to the governor to approve the State Budget for 2023-24. Accordingly, the State has withdrawn the petition.  Hyderabad: The State government counsel and the Governor’s counsel have told the Telangana High Court that Constitutional provisions will be followed for the upcoming Budget session of the State Assembly. The counsels told the court this after the court took up hearing of the lunch motion petition moved by the State government, seeking a direction to the governor to approve the State Budget for 2023-24. Accordingly, the State has withdrawn the petition. The State had moved court with the Governor yet…

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Revanth to follow Rahul’s ‘temple run’, will start yatra from Bhadrachalam

 Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president A. Revanth Reddy. (Photo: Twitter: @revanth_anumula) Hyderabad: Drawing inspiration from Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, who embarked on temple visits in 2018 during Madhya Pradesh elections, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president A. Revanth Reddy is set to address a large public meeting to mark the beginning of his padayatra as part of the ‘Haath se Haath jodo Abhiyan’ from Bhadrachalam in the Bhadradri-Kothagudem district on February 6.   The first meeting of Revanth Reddy’s padayatra will take place in Bhadrachalam, which is home to one of Telangana’s most important temples, including the well-known Sri Sita Ramachandraswamy temple. Sonia Gandhi or her daughter Priyanka are likely to attend the meeting. The padayatra will cover several districts. Political analysts…

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Owaisi’s AIMIM looks invincible in its old Hyderabad strongholds

Going by the past record and the voting, the party appears to be invincible in the Muslim-majority constituencies covering the old city of Hyderabad. Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) looks to continue its sway in the seven Assembly seats it currently holds in the Telangana Assembly. Going by the past record and the voting, the party appears to be invincible in the Muslim-majority constituencies covering the old city of Hyderabad. Like in the past, the AIMIM began its campaign ahead of others. For the last few days, party President Asaduddin Owaisi has been addressing public meetings with the title ‘Jalsa-e-Halat-e-Hazera’ or meeting on current affairs to build the tempo. He appealed to the people to remain united and protect the political platform…

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Parliament Budget session: BRS to expose Centre’s anti-people policies

BRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao directed party MPs to expose the union government’s anti-people policies during the ensuing budget session of the Parliament. BRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao chaired a four-hour marathon meeting of the BRS Parliamentary Party at Pragathi Bhavan on Sunday. Hyderabad: Expressing concern over the deteriorating conditions in the country due to the Centre’s faulty policies, BRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday directed party MPs to expose the union government’s anti-people policies during the ensuing budget session of the Parliament. In an obvious reference to the controversy over the Hindenburg Research report on the Adani Group, he said the methods followed by the BJP government at the Centre were posing a…

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After Khammam, BRS eyes Maharashtra and beyond

The public meeting at Nanded, which will be the first public meeting of the party outside Telangana, is expected to stand as a testimony for the BRS party’s growing public support in the country BRS Public meeting at Khammam. File Photo. Hyderabad: After hitting national headlines with its debut public meeting at Khammam, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi is planning to hold similar mega rallies in at least half-a-dozen States over the next three to four months. While arrangements are in full swing for the second public meeting at Nanded in Maharashtra, the party has lined up more meetings in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka, Delhi and in Hyderabad as well. Putting the extension of BRS activities to more States on the fast track, the…

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Telangana among top States in health sector

In terms of providing quality health care services, Telangana is ranked third in the country by NITI Aayog rankings Hyderabad: The year 2022 has been a landmark year for government health sector, cementing the place of Telangana among the top performing States in the Country. Public health sector in Telangana has witnessed major developments across multiple fronts, resulting in improvement of crucial health care indices like maternal and infant mortality rate, the annual health care report 2022, released for the first time in Telangana on Sunday, said. In terms of providing quality health care services, Telangana is ranked third in the Country by NITI Aayog rankings. Across multiple health care indices like maternal mortality rate, infant mortality rate, medical infrastructure, measures to control unnecessary C-sections,…

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Uttam demands allocations to clear all pending dues in next budget

Hyderabad: Congress MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy demanded that the state government allocate Rs 27,270 crore in the forthcoming Budget for clearing pending arrears pertaining to farm loan waiver, self-help groups (SHG) of women and fee reimbursement. In an open letter to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday, Reddy said that long pending dues were to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore for farm loan waiver, Rs 4,000 crore for women SHGs and Rs 3,270 crore towards fee reimbursement. “Since this will be the last budget of your government before the next Assembly elections, we demand that you make sufficient allocations so as to clear all pending dues,” he stated. Reddy said that the promise of waiver of agricultural loans…

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Korata-Chanaka Barrage trial run planned in summer

 Officials inspect the construction of the Korata-Chanaka barrage on the state borders in this file picture. — DC Adilabad: Officials are preparing trial of the Korata-Chanaka Barrage, which is being constructed on the Penganga River, in May or June to provide water for irrigating the rabi crop this year. In Adilabad, the main 42-kilometre canal has been constructed, while the construction of distribution canals is underway. Once it is completed, officials are aiming to stock water in the barrage this monsoon by closing the 24 gates of the barrage. However, land litigation, pertaining to hiked compensation and delay in payments, is holding up the work, especially the pump house. As the project is located at the interstate border with Maharashtra, residents…

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In battle for equality, trans persons train as bedside attenders

 Jasmine (in blue) with an doctor from the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI). — DC Hyderabad: Hospitals in Hyderabad will soon see transgender bedside attenders. Trained by the Inner Wheel Club, Secunderabad, their employment will help counter segregation and degradation of the trans community. The club had been working with various communities, disabled, destitute women and widows for years. “Our next project was to work towards integrating transgender people. Despite several laws, they are looked down upon and segregated,” said Jayanthi Kannan, president of the club. With integration as the goal, the club spoke to the transgender community at large and its leaders before zeroing in on training them to be bedside attenders. They have already trained three people…

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