POLITICS
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Feb- 2025 -8 February
Denial of national status to Telangana’s PRLIS failure of Congress, BJP: Kavitha
The BRS MLC urged the Congress to step up and fight for Telangana’s rightful share. Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Friday, February 7, slammed the Congress government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for failing to secure a national project status for the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation project (PRLIS). She said that not having the national status for the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project (PRLIP) is a collective failure of the Congress and the BJP. Kavitha criticised the Congress and BJP for not being able to secure a national status for the project despite having eight MPs each from Telangana. Attacking the BJP, the BRS MLC said that the people of Telangana are watching. “A party with…
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8 February
MeeSeva centers in Telangana to begin accepting new ration card applications
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has directed all MeeSeva centres to enable the services for accepting new Food Security or ration card applications across the state in a memo dated Friday, February 6. The decision comes after the Telangana cabinet on February 4 approved a subcommittee’s recommendations over eligibility criteria and procedures for issuing new Ration Cards and approving pending applications for adding family members to the document. District collectors across Telangana have been informed that apart from MeeSeva centres, applications for new Food Security cards or the addition of new members to the document could be collected through Praja Palana Seva Kendras (PPSKs). The memo signed by the commissioner of civil supplies directed ESD MeeSeva to enable the services across…
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8 February
Telangana dy transport commissioner arrested in disproportionate assets case
The total assets were estimated to be about Rs 4.47 crore. Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday, February 8 arrested deputy transport commissioner, Puppala Srinivas, Warangal, in a case of disproportionate assets to the known sources of income. In a statement, the ACB said that Srinivas was booked as he acquired assets by indulging in corrupt practices and dubious means during his service. “As this is an offence punishable under sections 13 (1) (b) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018), preliminary searches were conducted on February 7 at his house and other five various places belonging to him and his relatives,” the release said. During the searches, property documents related…
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8 February
Telangana Medical Council files complaint against 10 quacks in a month
The TGMC said that inspections and registration of police cases against quacks will be intensified in the coming days. Hyderabad: The Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) has filed complaints against 10 quacks in the state for illegally practising medicine in the last month. The TGMC filed cases at various police stations under sections 34 and 54 of the NMC Act. The TGMC said that inspections and registration of police cases against quacks will be intensified in the coming days. “These fake doctors were found to be operating clinics under the names of RMP/PMP and administering unscientific and unnecessary antibiotics and steroid medications to unsuspecting patients,” said TSMC vice chairman Dr G Srinivas told Siasat.com. “During the inspections, we gathered enough evidence…
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8 February
No job cuts amid electric buses shift in Hyderabad: TGSRTC MD
He explained it was not possible to run electric buses on all routes and that electric buses such as private hired buses, will run under TGSRTC Hyderabad: Telangana Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) managing director VC Sajjanar on Friday, February 7 assured the staff that no jobs will be lost as the city prepares to switch to electric buses. Sajjanar said that some people were deliberately spreading misinformation about the privatization of depots in view of the procurement of electric buses. He promised that not a single employee would be removed from service amid the switch to electric buses. The TGSRTC MD further said that the RTC was procuring electric buses under the Gross Cost Contract (GCC) method as per the…
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8 February
Uttar Pradesh: Fire at camp in Maha Kumbh Mela, none injured
On January 19, a massive fire broke out in the Maha Kumbh Mela area’s Sector 19 due to a cylinder blast. While no casualties were reported, the blaze had left over a dozen camps gutted. Mahakumbh Nagar: A fire broke out at the ISKCON camp in Mahakumbh Nagar on Friday and quickly spread to over a dozen nearby camps, leaving them gutted, officials said. Chief Fire Officer Pramod Sharma told PTI that the blaze was reported at 10.35 am after which around a dozen water tenders were rushed to the spot. “Upon receiving information about the fire at the ISKCON camp in Sector 18, fire tenders were immediately dispatched. The fire was contained fully in half an hour,” he said.…
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8 February
Delhi polls: ACB serves notice to Kejriwal over ‘BJP poaching AAP candidates’ claim
AAP’s Sanjay Singh alleged that more than 16 AAP candidates have been approached in an attempt to break them away from the party. New Delhi: High political drama unfolded in the national capital on Friday, February 7, as an Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) team reached Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal’s residence at 5, Ferozeshah Road in New Delhi. On Thursday, Kejriwal alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attempted to lure 16 AAP candidates to destabilise his party ahead of the election results. The Delhi ACB served a legal notice to the AAP chief seeking details and evidence regarding his allegations that the BJP attempted to bribe his party candidates ahead of the Delhi Assembly election results. The legal…
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8 February
Video: Interfaith couple attacked by Hindutva mob at Bhopal Court
The brutal attack took place after court lawyers informed the right-wing members and its affiliates, disclosing the couple’s marriage plans and personal details. A young interfaith couple was violently attacked by members of the extreme Hindu right wing at the Bhopal district court on Friday afternoon, February 7, where they had gone to legally register their marriage. According to the reports, the attack took place after court lawyers informed the right-wing Sanskrit Bachao group and its affiliates, disclosing the couple’s marriage plans and personal details. Upon the tip-off, the extremist group members rushed to the spot and launched a brutal attack on the Muslim youth within the court premises. In a video that has surfaced on social media, middle-aged men…
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8 February
West Bengal: Student thrashed on train, called ‘Bangladeshi’ by Hindutva mob
Speaking on the incident, Lawyer and CPI MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya said that West Bengal has been significantly influenced by RSS ideology creating religious divisions across the state. In yet another incidence of growing intolerance towards minorities in India, a 27-year-old Muslim student Rezaul Islam Mondal was brutally assaulted and humiliated allegedly by a Hindutva extremist group on a Sealdah-bound train in West Bengal. The incident reportedly unfolded near Payradanga station. The attackers thrashed the young Muslim man, pulled his beard, and threatened to throw him off the train, accusing him of being a “Bangladeshi,” The Observer Post reported. The incident took place when Rezaul, a final-year M Tech student at Aliah University and a native of Meshera village of Hooghly…
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8 February
J-K: Man dies by suicide after police custodial torture, probe launched
In a video Din is seen placing a copy of the Quran on his head while swearing “I have no links with any militant organisations but the SHO constantly tortured me physically and forced me to accept his made-up story”. Authorities in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, have launched independent probes into the death of a tribal man identified as Makhan Din amid allegations of custodial abuse and suicide. District Magistrate Rakesh Minhas ordered an official magisterial inquiry to determine the cause of death. The 25-year-old Billawar resident from the Gujjar community was found dead late Wednesday. The inquiry team, led by Tehsildar Lohai Malhar, has been instructed to submit a detailed report within five days, recording witness statements and following…
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