HYDERABAD

Centre does not consider Telangana’s request for zero GST on handlooms

Union Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh said GST was introduced by the Government to rationalise multiple taxes on goods and services and bring uniformity and transparency in the taxation system. Hyderabad: Despite repeated appeals by the Telangana government to scrap Goods and Services Tax (GST) on handlooms, the BJP-led union government is not considering the pleas to support the weaving community. This was evident from the union government’s replies in Rajya Sabha. On Friday, Sushil Kumar Gupta asked whether the union government was considering to keep the weaving sector out of the GST purview. In reply, union Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh said GST was introduced by the Government to rationalise multiple taxes on goods and services and bring…

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TSPSC to conduct Group-I Main exam in April 2023

The Commission which conducted the Group-I preliminary test will be announcing its results within 10 days. Hyderabad: The Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) is planning to conduct the Group-I Main examination in the month of April 2023. The Commission which conducted the Group-I preliminary test will be announcing its results within 10 days. After announcement of the preliminary results, the TSPSC is planning to give three months of preparation time for students to appear for the Group-I Main examination, sources said on Saturday. Tthe Main exam dates will be finalised after taking into account the schedules of the Intermediate Public Exams, SSC Public Exams, NEET and other competitive examinations so that required number of centres are available for the conduct…

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BJP, gung ho on prospects, to focus on beefing up party in Telangana

HYDERABAD: Tarun Chugh, BJP national general secretary said that the BJP could win at least 70 seats out out the 119 in the state, even before it formally began selecting candidates. “If we announce our candidates, then we will win up to 90 seats. Elections are coming closer and each one of you must devote more time to work for the success of the party,” Chugh told the state BJP’s core committee and state executive committee meetings here on Friday. Chugh said there was a lot of anger among people against Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao and the BJP should use this mood. The committees decided to give a break to the padayatra of its state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar. He…

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Major fire breaks out in oil mill in Jagtial

Flames spread to nearby localities after gas cylinders stored in the mill exploded. Jagtial: A fire broke out in an oil mill in Jagtial town late on Friday night. A short-circuit is said to triggered the fire. Flames engulfed the Sri Venkateshwara Shankar Traders Oil mill located in Rambazar road near the new bus stand after midnight. Flames spread to nearby localities after gas cylinders stored in the mill exploded. Panicking over this, people in the locality ran out of their homes and spent the entire night on the road. Police and Fire personnel who rushed to the spot and doused the fire. Three fire tenders from Jagtial, Dharmapuri and Metpalli were deployed to put out the fire. Source.

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Six persons burnt alive after hut goes up in flames in Mancherial

Mandamarri police said the victims were Masu Shivaiah (50), his wife Rajyalaxmi (45), daughter Mounika (22), granddaughters Himabindu (2) and Sweety and relative Shanigarapu Shanthaiah (55), all from Gudipelli Venkatapur village. Mancherial: In a midnight tragedy, six persons, including two children, were burnt alive when their tile-roofed-hut was gutted in a fire at Gudipelli-Venkatapur village in Mandamarri on Friday. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained. Mandamarri police said the victims were Masu Shivaiah (50), his wife Rajyalaxmi (45), daughter Mounika (22), granddaughters Himabindu (2) and Sweety and relative Shanigarapu Shanthaiah (55), all from Gudipelli Venkatapur village. Shivaiah and others were charred to death when they were asleep and the hut caught fire around 1 am. On receiving…

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KTR demands Centre to remove fuel cess, pass on benefit to people

KT Rama Rao lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government for reducing the Windfall tax on crude oil rather than transferring the benefit to people Hyderabad: Continuing to criticise the Centre over its refusal to remove cess on fuel and reduce fuel prices, BRS working president and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government for reducing the Windfall tax on crude oil rather than transferring the benefit to people of the country by reducing the fuel prices, which have become a huge burden. He accused the Narendra Modi government of being insensitive towards common citizens without considering their hardships, while favouring a handful of corporate companies. “The Central government did not reduce prices of petrol and diesel, but it…

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GHMC focuses on footpaths to enhance pedestrian safety

Presently, works with an estimated budget of Rs 21.07 crore are underway across the city. Hyderabad: The right to walk is often a casualty in infrastructure planning which has more focus on streamlining the movement of vehicles while pedestrians get a raw deal. That has been changing in the city with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) stepping forward to enhance the safety of pedestrians and developing footpaths at all feasible locations. Presently, works with an estimated budget of Rs 21.07 crore are underway across the city. The civic body for the year 2022-23 has earmarked an outlay of Rs 31.11 crore for the construction of footpaths and among them, works with Rs 10.04 crore have already been completed, while the rest are…

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No Munugode bypoll candidate spent over Rs. 40 lakh: Official data

HYDERABAD: The Munugode Assembly byelection was touted as the most expensive bypoll in the country with reports of major parties splurging money and supplying liquor like water, approximately to the overall extent of Rs, 600 crore. However, the expenditure details of the candidates submitted by Nalgonda district election officials to the Election Commission showed that no candidate had spent Rs. 40 lakh, the maximum expenditure limit set by the poll panel for candidates in Assembly election. BJP candidate Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy spent the highest amount at Rs. 34.75 lakh, while Congress candidate Palvai Sravanthi spent Rs. 28.96 lakh and TRS candidate Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy, who won the election, had spent just Rs. 26.12 lakh. Among independent candidates, K.A. Paul stood at…

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KCR unwilling to get TS out of debt: Bandi Sanjay

Karimnagar: Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday said Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao made absolutely no effort to get the state out of the financial doldrums that he and his government had pushed it into. Addressing a public meeting to mark the conclusion of the fifth phase of his Praja Sangrama Yatra in Karimnagar, Sanjay said, “I am asking the Chief Minister: Where is your plan? Where is your policy to get Telangana out of the debt you pushed into?” Sanjay said the Telangana government was not able to pay salaries to its staff. “Do you want a government that will pay your salaries on the first of every month? Or do you want to live with a government…

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Two killed, two injured after car crashes into divider in Nalgonda

Phani Kumar, 43, and his mother Karuna, 70, from Vidhya Nagar in Suryapet district lost their lives while Phani Kumar’s wife Krishna Veni and their son Thanush were injured in the accident that took place at 2.30 am on Friday. Nalgonda: Two members of a family died while two others were injured in a road accident on National Highway 65 at Inupamula of Kethepally mandal in Nalgonda district in the early hours of Friday. Phani Kumar, 43, and his mother Karuna, 70, from Vidhya Nagar in Suryapet district lost their lives while Phani Kumar’s wife Krishna Veni and their son Thanush were injured in the accident that took place at 2.30 am on Friday. The car in which the family was…

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