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Hyderabad to be 1st city with 100% sewerage facilities by next Apr-May: KTR

Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, IT and Industries of Telangana, K. T. Rama Rao that Hyderabad will be the first city in India to have hundred per cent sewerage facilities

Telangana BJP chief says KTR consumes drugs, challenges him to take test

Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandi Sanjay Kumar accused Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president and state IT minister K T Rama Rao of using drugs

Hyderabad well placed to become hub for 3D printing industry: K T Rama Rao

Hyderabad is uniquely positioned to emerge as a hub for the 3D printing industry with the presence of the relevant ecosystem and the state government's push to emerging technologies, Telangana Industries Minister K T Rama Rao said on Friday. He was speaking at the inauguration of AMTECH Expo, which is said to be the largest additive manufacturing expo in the country. Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is a process that is used to create a physical object by layering materials one by one based on a digital model. Unlike subtractive manufacturing that creates its final product by cutting away from a block of material, additive manufacturing adds parts to form a product. Rama Rao spoke about the presence of aerospace, defence ecosystem and the medical devices industry in the state. It's time that the country occupies the larger share of the 3D printing industry that is expected to grow to almost USD 65 billion by 2026, he said. "With NCAM (National Centre for Additive

Allow mega powerloom cluster in T'gana as G20 logo return gift: KTR to PM

Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi who mentioned about a Telangana weaver who sent him a G20 logo woven with his own hands, Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao has said the best return gift to weavers of Siricilla will be to sanction a mega power loom cluster in the upcoming Union Budget. "Dear @narendramodi Ji, The best return gift to my weaver brothers & sisters in Siricilla will be to sanction a Mega Powerloom cluster in Union Budget, 2023 and making GST Zero on handloom products. Hope you will oblige," the Minister, who is also TRS Working President tweeted on Sunday night. In his 95th Mann ki Baat broadcast, Modi hailed a "unique gift" from a weaver from Telangana, Hariprasad, who sent the PM a G20 logo woven by him The Telangana government had on several occasions written letters to the Centre urging to sanction a Mega Powerloom Cluster (MPC) at Sircilla in the state under the Comprehensive Powerloom Cluster Development Scheme (CPCDS). Meanwhile, Yedhi Hariprasad, the

Telangana to develop dedicated industrial park for Taiwanese companies

A team from Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) and Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC) on Friday met Telangana Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao and discussed a wide range of topics ranging from trade and economic cooperation to cultural exchange programmes. An official release said the minister spoke about Telangana's unique investment policy, TS-iPASS and also highlighted about creating a dedicated industrial park in the State for Taiwanese companies and jointly work with industry and trade organisations of Taiwan to take it forward. The Telangana government has enacted the "Telangana State Industrial Project Approval and Self-Certification System (TS-iPASS) Act, 2014" for speedy processing of applications for issue of various clearances required for setting up of industries at a single point based on the self-certificate provided by the entrepreneur and also to create investor friendly environment in the State of Telangana. The .

Demonetisation was a colossal failure which crippled economy, says KTR

Demonetisation was a colossal failure which crippled the growing Indian economy, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao said on Monday

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Telangana minister KT Rama Rao warns BJP to refrain from violence

'If your theory is to commit violence, we have the power and ability too. But it is the common people who will suffer. Physical attacks are not appropriate in a democracy'

TRS working president K T Rama Rao attacks NDA govt 'Rozgar Mela'

Stepping up his attack on the NDA government at the Centre, ruling TRS working president in Telangana K T Rama Rao on Tuesday alleged that the Centre's recent 'Rozgar Mela' (an online job fair) is a cruel joke on the unemployed youth. Saying that this new drama has been unveiled before elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Rama Rao, son of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave an assurance that two crore jobs would be filled every year. In an open letter to Modi, Rama Rao asked if a White Paper would be released on the number of jobs filled by the BJP government in the past eight years. The TRS working president said the Telangana government has filled 1.50 lakh government jobs and has initiated the process of filling 91,000 more. Besides, 16.5 lakh jobs, employment opportunities were provided in the private sector. This was done in the State with a 3.5 crore population, he said. Meanwhile, State BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay

Telangana willing to prepare list of sexual offenders, says KT Rama Rao

Telangana is willing to prepare the list of sexual offenders and Minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao has asked noted social worker Sunitha Krishnan to present a concept note to the state government. The minister was responding to Krishnan's tweet on Thursday that whether the state can set up a Sex Offenders Register of convicted offenders on the lines of the one in the USA which can be accessed by the public for the purposes of recruitment, among others. Her request came days after a four-and-a-half-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a driver in her school in posh Banjara Hills here. The accused has since been arrested. "Let's absolutely get it done. Please present the concept note and we will take it forward," KTR said in the tweet on Thursday. In the USA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in its website said the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) coordinated by the Department of Justiceenables everyone to search the latest ...

Diverting, diluting issue: BJP leader slams KTR's remarks on Hindi row

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rachana Reddy said that Telangana minister KT Rama Rao was "diverting and diluting" the issue relating to the Hindi language imposition while also stating that the Centre has issued clarification numerous times in this regard.The BJP leader's remarks came after KTR took to Twitter to slam the Centre over the ongoing Hindi imposition row, where he shared a news piece which stated Union Home Minister Amit Shah-led parliamentary panel has recommended replacing the English language with Hindi in the IITs and courts."India does NOT have a National language & Hindi is one among the many official languages. To impose Hindi by way of mandating in IITs & central Govt recruitments, NDA Govt is flouting the federal spirit Indians should have a choice of language & we say No to #HindiImposition," tweeted KTR on Wednesday.Reacting to KTR's remark, Rachana Reddy said that the preference should be given to the mother tongue including Hindi."The KTR ...

BJP leader slams KTR, says he 'represents a failed govt' in Telangana

BJP leader Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy condemned the "irrelevant remarks" made by Telangana minister KT Rama Rao against the RSS, saying that he himself "represents a failed government"

BRS' primary target is 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says party leader K T Rama Rao

The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) is primarily targeting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and it would like to start work from neighbouring Maharashtra, party leader K T Rama Rao said on Friday. The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) in Telangana has been rechristened as BRS, after the party decided to go national. Citing the example of AAP's success in Punjab after Delhi, Rama Rao, son of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, said his party would like to first focus on neighbouring states like Maharashtra and Karnataka as the good work done in Telangana is best known there. The BRS would work in Maharashtra in view of farmers' suicides and the alleged crisis in agriculture, he indicated, in an informal interaction with the media here. The BRS is counting on the support of JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy in Karnataka. In a trenchant attack on BJP and the NDA government at the Centre over its politics of 'hatred' and attack on federalism, Rama Rao said the BRS .

Telangana attracts over Rs 2.5 trn investments in 8 years: KT Rama Rao

Telangana has attracted over 2.5 lakh crore in investment across various sectors in the last 8 years due to business-friendly policies and atmosphere, state Industries Minister KT Rama Rao said. Rao -- who also holds the portfolio of Telangana Minister for Commerce, IT and Urban Development -- made the remarks in a reply to a question on state investment policies. "We gave more than 20,000 clearances (to business proposals) in last 8 years through TS iPass attracting more than Rs 2.5 lakh crore of investment and created 1.6 million or 16 crore direct job opportunities," he told PTI in an interview. Under the TS iPass or Telangana State Industrial Policy, an investor is given all clearances within 15 days, Rao said. However, if an investor does not receive any communication from the Telangana government, his or her investment proposal is entitled to be deemed approved, the minister said, adding the officer responsible for the delay is fined accordingly. "Further, if one already ...

Corporatisation of power, agri sectors will be disastrous: K T Rama Rao

The Centre is trying to privatise power and agriculture sectors which will have disastrous impact on farmers and others, Telangana Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao has alleged. Speaking to reporters in Siricilla on Thursday, he said if the Electricity (Amendment) Bill brought in by the Central government turns into an Act, farmers would lose free power, Scheduled Caste members, Scheduled Tribe persons, poultry farmers, washermen, barbers, weavers, and others will have to bid goodbye to power subsidies. Rama Rao reiterated Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's stand against the reforms in agriculture and power sectors, and reminded the state government's resolution passed in the state assembly against the Bill. "Telangana is a state where farmers cultivate lands relying on power supply. The state has 26 lakh pump sets. What would be the fate of farmers if free power is not supplied?" he asked. Crops are grown across 1.35 crore acres in Telangana. An additional 50 lakh acre

'Start respecting local languages,' KTR tells IndiGo after seat row

Telangana Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao has asked IndiGo Airlines to start respecting local languages after news emanated that a Telugu passenger was asked to vacate her seat at the exit as she reportedly failed to understand security procedures explained in English and Hindi. The Minister was responding to a tweet by a flyer Devasmita Chakraverty, who claimed that a woman who was originally sitting in 2A (XL seat, exit row) was forced to take the seat 3C because she understood only Telugu, not English/ Hindi. "Indigo 6E 7297. Vijayawada (AP) to Hyderabad (Telangana), Sept 16-2022. The woman in green originally sitting in 2A (XL seat, exit row) was forced to seat 3C because she understood only Telugu, not English/Hindi. The attendant said it's a security issue," Chakraverty tweeted. Responding to that, Rama Rao suggested the airlines recruit more staff who can speak the local language like Telugu, Tamil, Kannada on regional routes. "Dear @IndiGo6E Management, I reques

HD Kumaraswamy meets Telangana CM, minister KTR, discusses natl politics

Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy held a meeting with Telangana Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao in Hyderabad on Sunday

Telangana, Centre in war of words on Twitter over medical colleges

Mandaviya stated that the Centre always requested and guided Telangana state to send a formal proposal with DPR as per scheme requirements

BJP diverting people's attention from real issues, says K T Rama Rao

BJP is highlighting the issue of polarisation to divert people's attention from rising prices, TRS working president K T Rama Rao alleged on Saturday. The job of the government is to provide education, health, drinking water, good roads, law and order, but they are not the priority of the party, he said in an apparent reference to the BJP. Instead, they (BJP) talk about what one should eat, speak and do, and keep mum when asked about the price of LPG cylinder going up to Rs 1,000, he said. "GDP is rising in the country. You know what GDP is? Gas, diesel and petrol. Their prices are rising. They (BJP) don't talk about that. Then, how to divert (public attention)? (They talk about) Halal, hijab, Munawar Faruqui," said Rama Rao, son of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. "Which God tells us to fight among ourselves in His name? Has any God said so? God of any religion?," he said at an event held for launching study material for B R Ambedkar Open University competitive examination. T

KCR will be hat-trick CM after 2023 polls in Telangana, says K T Rama Rao

TRS Working President K T Rama Rao on Friday claimed that the ruling party will once again form government in Telangana after 2023 Assembly polls by winning over 90 seats.