POLITICS
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Aug- 2025 -31 August
Medigadda barrage holds firm against massive flood again, disproves Congress claims
The Medigadda barrage, part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, is effectively managing the current monsoon floods, contradicting political claims of its structural failure. Handling an inflow of 5.5 lakh cusecs, the barrage has also managed record-level inflows in previous years. Hyderabad: The Medigadda barrage, a key component of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, is standing firm against the heavy monsoon floods, once again disproving the claims by the Congress of a structural collapse. It is handling an inflow of 5.5 lakh cusecs from the Godavari River and its tributary, Pranahita. With another 7 lakh cusecs expected from upstream, the barrage is proving its strength. The barrage is vital for extending irrigation support for over 18 lakh acres across multiple Telangana districts.…
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31 August
Telangana’s new Excise Policy: Wine dealers urge consolidation of levies, higher purchase limits
The Telangana Wine Dealers Association submitted six recommendations to simplify liquor tax calculations, allow A4 licence transfers, increase permit room sizes, exempt hospital-adjacent outlets, extend licence periods, and raise purchase limits, ahead of the State’s new Excise Policy Hyderabad: With the State government working on introducing a new Excise Policy, the Telangana Wine Dealers Association has made six recommendations, including consolidation of various levies into issue price and others. In a letter to the Excise Minister on Thursday, the Association said the purchase invoice of liquor stocks at present was complicated. After adding special excise tax, retail excise tax and rounding up to the issue price, Tax Collected at Source (TCS) was further added. To simplify the calculation, barring the retail excise…
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31 August
Ganesh festivities hit as heavy rains devastate Medak villages
Heavy overnight rains devastated several Medak villages, forcing residents to abandon Ganesh festival preparations. Pandals were left incomplete, idols uninstalled and celebrations cancelled as floods cut off villages, disrupted power and caused acute shortages of food, water and livestock losses Medak: As Telangana prepared for Ganesh festivities, several villages in Medak were devastated by heavy overnight rains. Villagers brought Ganesh idols on Tuesday and prepared pandals for installation on Wednesday morning. They collected donations to meet expenses for the nine-day festivities, but the midnight downpour dashed their plans. By morning, residents of Havelighanpur, Papannapet, Medak, Pedda Shankarampet and Ramayampet mandals abandoned festive preparations and rushed to safety as heavy rains lashed their villages. In villages like Dhup Singh Thanda, Nagapur, Vadi…
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31 August
BRS seeks deferment of Panchayat voter rolls amid Telangana floods
The BRS has urged the State Election Commission to defer Panchayat voter roll revision, citing floods that devastated Telangana. The party warned that continuing the exercise would be impractical and inhuman, as citizens and officials remain engaged in relief efforts Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has appealed to the State Election Commission (SEC) to defer the preparation of Gram Panchayat voter rolls in view of the devastating floods crippling large parts of Telangana. With the TSEC planning to publish the final voters list on September 2, the party warned that holding the exercise during a natural calamity would undermine democratic participation and deepen citizens’ distress. In a letter to the State Election Commissioner, BRS working president KT Rama Rao, along with MLCs L…
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31 August
Congress suffers setback in CM’s home district; former municipal chairman quits party
In a political blow to the Congress ahead of local body elections in Telangana, former Gadwal Municipal Chairman BS Keshav resigned from the party, accusing it of marginalising backward communities. He plans to join the BRS in the presence of KT Rama Rao, along with other local leaders. Jogulamba-Gadwal: In a setback to the Congress ahead of the local body elections in Telangana, former Gadwal Municipal chairman BS Keshav quit the party in Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s home district of Palamuru. Keshav, citing discrimination against BCs within the party, announced that he would join the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the presence of working president KT Rama Rao on September 6 or 10th. Along with him, several former councillors and sarpanches are also set to…
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31 August
Sabitha Indra Reddy blames Centre, State for urea shortage in Telangana
BRS MLA Sabitha Indra Reddy criticised both the Centre and the Telangana government for failing to ensure timely urea supply. She alleged black marketing, mismanagement at PACS, and demanded urgent action to prevent further hardship for farmers Hyderabad: Maheshwaram MLA and former Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy on Thursday slammed both the BJP-led Centre and the Congress government in Telangana for failing to ensure the timely supply of urea to farmers. She said farmers in Maheshwaram and Kandukur mandals have been standing in queues at Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) from early morning, struggling to procure fertiliser. Speaking to the District Collector over phone, the former Minister pointed out that police were distributing tokens, collecting photocopies of Aadhaar and pattadar passbooks, and issuing slips for…
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31 August
Cloudburst and landslides in Uttarakhand kill four, families trapped under debris
Cloudbursts and heavy rains unleashed devastation across Uttarakhand on Friday, killing four people, leaving several missing, and burying families under debris. Landslides blocked highways and damaged villages, prompting large-scale rescue operations as the MeT department issued red and orange rain alerts Dehradun: Four people were killed and three went missing as heavy rains and cloudbursts wreaked havoc in various districts of Uttarakhand early Friday, triggering landslides that left about 30-40 families buried under mounds of rubble and damaged houses, officials said. Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri, and Bageshwar were among the districts hard hit by the natural calamity. The Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA) here said excess overnight rainfall damaged nearly half a dozen houses in Pausari Gram Panchayat in Kapkot area…
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31 August
Amit Shah demands Rahul Gandhi’s apology over ‘abuses’ during Bihar yatra
Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanded that Rahul Gandhi apologise for “abuses” allegedly hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during the Congress leader’s Bihar yatra. Shah, in Assam, accused Congress of “negative politics” and inaugurating multiple development projects Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Rahul Gandhi should apologise for the “abuses” hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during the Congress leader’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar. Shah claimed that Gandhi’s politics has touched the “lowest level” with his “Ghuspetiya Bachao Yatra (Save Infiltrators Yatra)” in Bihar. “Rahul Gandhi should apologise if he has any shame left. The nation is watching him and his party in disgust,’ he said, after inaugurating…
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31 August
Bihar SIR: RJD, AIMIM urge Supreme Court to extend Sept 1 claim filing deadline
The Supreme Court will hear on September 1 the RJD and AIMIM’s pleas to extend the deadline for filing claims in Bihar’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls. The exercise, the first since 2003, has reduced registered voters by 66 lakh New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on September 1 pleas of the RJD and AIMIM seeking extension of the deadline for filing of claims and objections in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. The deadline for filing claims and objections is also September 1. A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Joymalya Bagchi, and Vipul M Pancholi said it will hear the applications of the political parties on Monday after advocate Prashant Bhushan…
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31 August
NIA nabs third accused in Vizianagaram terror plot at Delhi Airport
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Arif Hussain alias Abu Talib at Delhi’s IGI Airport while he was allegedly attempting to flee the country in connection with the Vizianagaram ISIS terror conspiracy case. He is the third key accused in the case, after Siraj-ur-Rahman and Syed Sameer, who were earlier arrested for possessing IED-making chemicals and plotting terror attacks. New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another key accused in the Vizianagaram ISIS terrorist conspiracy case, an official said on Thursday. Arif Hussain a.k.a. Abu Talib, a resident of Bihar, was nabbed by an NIA team at IGI Airport, Delhi, while attempting to flee the country, the official said. He will be presented before the NIA Special Court, Visakhapatnam, he said. Investigations by…
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