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Telangana govt issues notification on transfer, posting of IPS officers

The State government on Tuesday issued a notification on transfer and posting of IPS officers. Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday issued a notification on transfer and posting of IPS officers. Accordingly, Rajiv Ratan, Additional Director General of Police (Organization), is transferred and posted as Managing Director, Telangana State Police Housing Corporation. C.V. Anand, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City is placed in full additional charge of the newly created post of Additional Director General, Telangana State Anti Narcotics Bureau. Sandeep Shandilya, Additional Director General of Police, Railways & Road Safety is transferred and posted as Director, Telangana State Police Academy, Hyderabad. Kothakota Sreenivasa Reddy, Addl. Director General of Police (Operations), Greyhounds & OCTOPUS is transferred and posted as Additional Director General…

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Centre’s delay in permissions escalates project costs in Telangana

The Centre’s politically coloured attitude towards Telangana is continuing to throw obstacles for irrigation projects here. Hyderabad: The Centre’s politically coloured attitude towards Telangana is continuing to throw obstacles for irrigation projects here. The State has once again pointed out that inordinate delays in granting clearance to various proposed and ongoing projects citing court cases and other excuses, was not just delaying the projects, but also resulting in massive cost escalation. Though the State government has been submitting Detailed Project Reports of various projects on Godavari and Krishna rivers, a large number of projects are waiting for Central nod, some of them for over two years. Special Chief Secretary (Irrigation) Rajat Kumar, during a Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) meeting here on Tuesday,…

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Telangana: Atheist makes ‘derogatory’ comment against Hindu God; huge protests outside Gnana Saraswati Temple

Atheist Renjarla Rajesh’s alleged derogatory comments against Hindu Goddess Saraswati has led to a huge uproar in the Basar town of Telangana’s Nirmal district. Expressing their anger against Renjarla, protestors staged a sit-in on the road near the Gnana Saraswati Temple. Priests and temple workers also staged protests against the comments made against the Hindu Goddess. Demanding arrest of Renjerla Rajesh, a leader of Bharatha Nasthika Sangham, villagers and traders also blocked a stretch of the Nizamabad-Bhainsa highway. The protest led to a traffic jam. The protestors vociferously raised slogans demanding Rajesh’s arrest. The bandh has also been supported by some Hindu organisations. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed. The protestors demanded that Rajesh should be booked under…

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TS attracted Rs 3.30 lakh crore investments outsmarting other cities, says KTR

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has attracted a staggering Rs 3.30 lakh crore ($40 billion) in the last eight years in investments in the IT and ITeS sectors through ground-breaking initiatives such as TSiPASS, a single window clearance for setting up industries, said IT and industries minister K.T. Rama Rao. As a consequence of these investments, Rama Rao, in a statement, claimed that the state government had generated over 22.5 lakh jobs in the private sector, and that the total investment and employment figures would be significantly higher if real estate, hospitality, mining, logistics, and other industries were included. During a meeting on Monday, Rama Rao directed officials from the IT, industries, and commerce departments to prepare a report on all…

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Sarpanchas issue: Rohin Reddy detained near Pragathi Bhavan

HYDERABAD: Police detained Khairatabad DCC president C. Rohin Reddy and city Congress leaders when they tried to lay siege to Pragathi Bhavan in solidarity with the protest of sarpanche, on Monday. Along with Rohin Reddy, those detained included K. Vinay Reddy, PCC general secretary. “The Congress under the leadership of Revanth Reddy had planned a peaceful protest against the injustice being done to elected sarpanchs, but permission was denied. The police undemocratically arrested Revanth Reddy and other party leaders. As part of the protest we decided to gherao the Pragathi Bhavan,” Rohin Reddy said. Rohin Reddy demanded justice to families of the sarpanchs who had died by suicide. “Our demand is to release funds to the sarpanchs according to 15th Finance…

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Sarpanchs issue ultimatum to TS government for Central funds

HYDERABAD: While TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy and several Congress leaders were arrested on Monday, sarpanchs from across the political spectrum in several districts issued an ultimatum to the Telangana government to return Central funds that were meant for them within a week, or they would take to the streets and hold a “Chalo Pragathi Bhavan” protest to press their demand. Hundreds of sarpanchs have tendered their resignation to the BRS in protest against the alleged diversion of the Central funds meant for gram panchayats, and few hundreds have threatened to quit the party if the government fails to return the funds within a week. Sarpanchs claim that the government owed each gram panchayat up to `20 lakh and that they…

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Why TDP says Jagan Reddy pushing Andhra Pradesh to bankruptcy

In a Christmas Day challenge, former Andhra Pradesh finance minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu has dared chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy to a public debate on the distressing condition of the state’s finances, accusing him of lying about the economy that he said was “in the doldrums”. The challenge is with a caveat. Ramakrishnudu wants the debate in the presence of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) officials.   Ramakrishnudu alleges that the state was not divulging details on the huge loans it has mobilised. He says the YSR Congress government has not revealed complete facts to constitutional and statutory institutions such as the CAG, and that the CAG has stated that the Andhra government has not been submitting accounts and reports. Further, he…

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KCR’s job card swung students in favour of BRS govt, says survey

Hyderabad: Three job notifications have been issued every month on average to fill nearly 50,000 vacancies in various departments since April last year, keeping students, youths, and the unemployed busy with exam preparations and turned them in favour of the BRS government, according to surveys commissioned by the party leadership. According to party sources, these surveys were conducted at universities and colleges to gauge the pulse of the young on the series of employment notifications issued by the state government to fill over 80,000 vacancies ahead of the December elections. The surveys, sources said, indicated that student unrest and anger that was clearly seen against the BRS (then TRS) during the 2018 Assembly elections due to a lack of job notifications…

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Revanth Reddy, Hanumantha Rao placed under house arrest

Hyderabad: Telangana PCC chief  A Revanth Reddy, senior Congress leader V. Hanumantha Rao and and scores of other party leaders were placed under house arrest on Monday in the wake of the party’s scheduled dharna programme at dharna chowk. Police have stepped up security near the residence of Revanth at Jubilee Hills with additional deployment of cops, following the Congress leader’s call to hold demonstration at Indira park in support of the Sarpanchas and Gram Panchayats facing fund crunch. Earlier police had denied permission for holding the protest programme at Indira park. PCC Senior vice president Mallu Ravi, working president B Mahesh Kumar Goud, former MP V Hanumantha Rao, Kisan Congress’s national leader M Kodanda Reddy and few others were also…

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The rise of spiritual capital of Telangana

The Telangana government had renovated the decades-old temple, which was constructed in about 2,500 square yards atop the hill. Hyderabad: On March 28 last year, history was rewritten when the ‘Mahakumbha Samproskhana’ was performed atop the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Yadadri. Since then devotees are being permitted for darshan in the sanctum sanctorum atop the hill. The Telangana government had renovated the decades-old temple, which was constructed in about 2,500 square yards atop the hill. It has now been expanded to nearly four acres. In the past, there was hardly any space for devotees to move around after darshan or to obtain prasadam. Now, at any given point of time, one lakh devotees can sit in the open spaces around the temple.…

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