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Telangana CM KCR likely to announce name of national party on Dussehra

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will soon announce the details of his national agenda on the occasion of Dussehra

TRS supremo KCR may announce name of his national party on Oct 5: Report

Aiming to gain the stature of a national leader in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, TRS supremo and CM K Chandrashekhar Rao is likely to announce the name of his national party on Oct 5

KCR will play key role in shaping course of national politics: Kavitha

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) legislator K. Kavitha on Tuesday said that her father and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will play a key role in shaping the political course of the country.

BJP certain to come to power in Telangana: Union Min Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

Slamming Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for allegedly not fulfilling his promises like 'pucca' houses for poor, BJP leader and Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Thursday asserted that BJP would come to power in the State. Speaking at a public meeting here this evening, which was organised to mark the conclusion of State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar's fourth phase of 'padayatra', she said she could clearly see a big change happening in Telangana with the BJP coming to power. The TRS government has stopped the funds of Gram Panchayats and not fulfilled its promises, including houses for poor, she alleged. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, said the State's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is driving bulldozers against the houses of those who robbed the funds meant for State's development. "Do you want that kind of government or not?... when the BJP government came, the houses of such people will be demolished. .

KCR unfurls tricolour to mark 75 years of Hyderabad's annexation

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday unfurled the national flag on Telangana Jateeya Samaikyata Dinotsavam (Telangana National Integration Day) here, to mark 75 years of Hyderabad's annexation to the Indian union. Rao unfurled the tricolour few minutes after Union Minister Amit Shah hoisted the flag at parade grounds marking the celebrations of Hyderabad Liberation Day' elsewhere in the city. In his address, he said, My heartfelt wishes to the people of Telangana on the occasion of Telangana Jateeya Samaikyata Dinotsavam. On September 17, 1948 Telangana became an integral part of India. It transformed from dynastic rule into the democratic phase." Telangana recently celebrated the 75 years of Independence Day in grandeur manner for 15 days, he noted. The Chandrasekhar Rao-headed government had on September 3 announced its decision to observe September 17 as Telangana National Integration Day. September 17 is the day erstwhile Hyderabad State under Nizam rule .

Telangana CM KCR decides to name new Secretariat after B R Ambedkar

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday decided to name the State's new Secretariat, which is under construction, after B R Ambedkar. AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, CPI and CPI(M) welcomed the decision while State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar said Rao should also keep his promise made during the separate Telangana agitation that a Dalit leader would be made Chief Minister of the new State. Following Rao's decision, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar issued a government order (GO) naming the Secretariat after Ambedkar. It is a matter of pride for Telangana people to name the new Secretariat building after Ambedkar, a CMO release quoted Rao as saying. The Telangana government is moving forward with Ambedkar's philosophy that all people should get equal respect in all sectors, he said. A separate State of Telangana became a reality as Ambedkar incorporated Article 3 (which deals with formation of new States) in the Constitution with his farsightedness, he said. The

CM KCR has 'Modi syndrome', says Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar

Telangana BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar has lambasted Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for the state government's unfulfilled promises

Andhra Pradesh owes Rs 17,828 cr electricity dues to Telangana, says KCR

The Chief Minister questioned the silence of the Centre over Telangana's request to order Andhra Pradesh to pay power dues

KCR urges Centre to withdraw power reforms bill before another agitation

He alleged that the BJP government was showing arrogance towards other parties and pointed out that it came to power at the Centre with just 36 per cent votes

KCR eyes electoral pie beyond Telangana, to launch national party

Ending speculations, Telangana Rashtra Samithi President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday said he would launch a national party following more discussions with a cross-section of society. Seeking to provide a national alternative to the dominant BJP and the Congress parties, that is attempting at a bounce back, the TRS said it would reach a consensus on "alternative national agenda," by continuing discussions with various stakeholders. Rao made it clear that the launch of the party and formulation of policies would follow extended discussions with intellectuals, economists and experts from various fields. Earlier in the day, former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy called on Rao and discussions were on the contours of the proposed outfit. The move takes forward Rao's "BJP-mukt Bharat", (BJP-free India) pitch and follows deliberations with several leaders belonging to parties other than the BJP and Congress. An official release from Rao's office said that ...

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

KCR promises free electricity for farmers 'if non-BJP govt comes to power'

Amid the debate over the freebies, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao announced to provide a "free" power supply to all farmers "if a non-BJP government comes to power"

Telangana govt to observe Sept 17 as integration day,CM to hoist tricolour

Telangana government on Saturday said it has decided to observe September 17 as Telangana National Integration Day. September 17 is the day erstwhile Hyderabad State under Nizam rule merged with the Indian Union in 1948. An official release issued after the State Cabinet meet headed by the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao here said the government would organise three-day celebrations beginning September 16. On September 17, KCR, as Rao is also known, would hoist the national flag in a public garden and address the people while the Ministers and other public representatives would do the same at their respective centres, it said. A massive rally would be taken out in the city following which KCR would address a public meeting. On September 18, freedom fighters of the State would be honoured in all the district headquarters besides felicitating poets, artistes and other personalities. The Cabinet decided also to increase the number of beneficiaries under Dalit Bandhu Scheme from

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'Oppn will finalise after discussion': KCR on PM face for 2024 election

While talking to the media during his visit to Bihar, KCR was asked whether Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will be the next PM candidate for the opposition

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Telangana Chief Minister KCR condoles passing away of Sonia Gandhi's mother

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has expressed condolence over the demise of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's mother Paola Maino. Rao conveyed his condolences to Sonia Gandhi and other members of the bereaved family, a CMO release said late on Wednesday. Paolo Maino passed away at her home in Italy on Saturday and her funeral took place on Tuesday, Congress has said in Delhi.

Industrialists leaving India due to Centre's policies: Telangana CM KCR

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao slammed government's policies due to which industrialists are leaving the country and the value of the rupee against the dollars is at all time low

In Bihar, KCR meets Nitish, Lalu, Tejashwi, calls for 'BJP mukt Bharat'

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday undertook a whirlwind tour of the Bihar capital where he met top political leaders in the state and also gave a call for BJP mukt Bharat. At a press conference that he addressed with his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav by his side, the Telangana chief minister, who is popularly known as KCR, invoked the memory of Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan's Kranti (revolution) against tanashahi (dictatorship) to stress the need for a united opposition to take on the BJP's hegemony. KCR, who also met RJD's ailing president Lalu Prasad later in the day, evaded a direct reply on questions about what role he saw in the fight against the BJP for the Congress, the main opposition party nationally with which his Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is also known to have been at loggerheads. The TRS chief, however, added that his endeavour was to build an alternative that was not a third front, but a main front to figh

With Nitish by his side, Telangana CM in Patna calls for 'BJP mukt Bharat'

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, who met his counterpart in Bihar Nitish Kumar, as part of efforts to forge opposition unity, on Wednesday called for a BJP mukt Bharat, blaming the saffron party's government at the Centre for the many ills plaguing the country. At a press conference he addressed in the presence of Kumar, whom he fondly called "bade bhai" (big brother), Rao skirted questions about who will lead a united opposition and whether the Congress will be taken on board. Rao is one of the most vocal satraps opposed to the BJP. These things will be decided in due course. We are in no hurry, said Rao, in reply to questions about the prime ministerial candidate and the role of the Congress, to which his Telangana Rashtra Samiti is bitterly opposed. He blamed the Narendra Modi government for capital drain, a term he coined rhyming 'brain drain' to underscore that businesses were withdrawing their money from the country because of the Centre's policies. Rao also fla