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Telangana CM KCR to distribute Podu land documents to beneficiaries today

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday will distribute Podu land (shift cultivation) documents to beneficiaries in Asifabad and also address a public meeting there, official sources said. Chandrasekhar Rao, also known as KCR, will reach the Komuram Bheem Asifabad district headquarters at 1 PM and unveil the statue of Gond martyr and Telangana fighter Komuram Bheem. After paying floral tributes to the statue, he will inaugurate District BRS Party office building and unveil a statue of Kotnak Bheem Rao and pay floral tributes The Chief Minister will inaugurate the District Police Office building complex and also Integrated District Offices complex and address employees. He will return to Hyderabad after addressing a public meeting. Rao had earlier said the state government will distribute four lakh acres of 'Podu' land titles to 1.5 lakh beneficiaries.

RACEnergy inaugurates 10,000 sq ft battery production facility in T'gana

RACEnergy, a Hyderabad-based deep-tech electric vehicle infrastructure company for battery swapping, has inaugurated its new 10,000 square feet battery production facility here. The facility inaugurated on Wednesday is equipped with a 50 MWh battery production plant, which can manufacture 30,000 batteries per annum, the company said in a release. This milestone aligns with RACEnergy's goal of targeting 80,000 two and three-wheelers by 2025, representing a significant step towards their target of having 2,50,000 swappable batteries in circulation in the same timeframe, it said. The new facility will provide a collaborative environment for engineers and designers to push the boundaries of innovation, further developing cutting-edge battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs) and significantly expanding the company's production capacity, it said. "The launch of our new facility marks a significant milestone in our journey to revolutionise the electric mobility sector and will cater

People of Telangana yearning for change, looking towards Congress: Kharge

The people of Telangana are yearning for change and looking towards the Congress, party president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday after chairing a meeting of Telangana unit leaders to decide the strategy for the state polls due later this year. The meeting, which was held at the AICC headquarters here, was also attended by former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal. Discussions were also held on the Congress' strategy going forward, according to party leaders. "People of Telangana are yearning for change. They are looking towards the Congress party," Kharge said in a tweet after the meeting. The Congress is ready to take on any challenge, he asserted. "Together, we will usher a brighter future for Telangana, based on shared democratic values and all-around social welfare," he said. The Congress also shared on Twitter pictures of the meeting that was also attended by AICC Telangana incharge Manikrao Thakare and Telangana PCC president

Raut calls BRS B-team of BJP; KCR dubs party as a team of farmers, Dalits

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's visit to Maharashtra's pilgrimage town of Pandharpur on Tuesday drew a sharp reaction from Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, who called the former's Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) a B-team of the BJP. Addressing a rally in Sarkoli village, some 20 km from Pandharpur, Rao countered the charge asserting that they are a team of farmers, marginalised communities, minorities and Dalits and wondered why there is a hue and cry over his party's efforts to expand its base in the neighbouring state. Rao, also popular as KCR, and his cabinet colleagues arrived in Pandharpur on Monday in a motorcade with 600 vehicles. He offered prayers at the Vitthal Rukmini temple in the town on Tuesday, ahead of Ashadhi Ekadashi on June 29. Talking to reporters here, Raut said BRS has no other intention in Maharashtra other than trying to hurt the prospects of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress,

Lulu Group to invest Rs 10,000 cr in India to complete ongoing projects

UAE-based Lulu Group will be investing Rs 10,000 crore in India on various ongoing projects over the next three years and the UAE-based conglomerate has already invested over Rs 20,000 crore in the country, Lulu Chairman Yusuff Ali MA said here on Monday. He also said his aim is to provide employment to 50,000 people in India and added that so far his various enterprises have employed over 22,000 people. Yusuff Ali, in the presence of Telangana Minister for Industries K T Rama Rao, also said that Lulu Group has committed about Rs 3,500 crore in investments in Telangana in the next five years on various projects including Destination shopping malls (Rs 3,000 crore) here and also in other cities in the state. Destination shops, stores or malls are ones that shoppers purposely plan to visit because they offer either special pricing, unusual items or friendly atmosphere, such as Ikea or Decathlon for example. "We have investments of more than Rs 20,000 crore in different areas includin

Former Telangana minister, ex-MP among 35 BRS leaders set to join Congress

As many as 35 BRS leaders, including former MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and ex-minister Telangana government Jupally Krishna Rao, announced their intention to join the Congress and met the party's top leadership here on Monday, sources said. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders will formally join the Congress at a public rally in Khammam, Telangana expected to be held in the first week of July with the likely presence of AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi. Reddy was a BRS MP from Khammam in the previous Lok Sabha polls. The development comes ahead of Assembly elections in the state later this year. The leaders met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi in the presence of general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal and Telangana Congress chief A Revanth Reddy.

What is YSRTP and how relevant it is in regional politics of Telangana

The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Telangana Party (YSRTP) is currently making news as it appears the party is set to merge with the Indian National Congress in Telangana

Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao leaves for visit to Solapur in Maharashtra

Ruling BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday left for a visit to Solapur in Maharashtra. Rao, who was travelling by road in a massive convoy of about 600 vehicles, was accompanied by state ministers, MPs, MLCs, MLAs and party senior leaders, an official release said. During his two-day visit to Maharashtra, Rao would reportedly offer prayers at Lord Vitthal temple at Pandharpur town near Solapur and at Goddess Tulja Bhavani temple at Osmanabad and also attend an event where a popular leader from NCP would join the BRS. After renaming the TRS as BRS in December last year, Rao, also known as KCR, has been making efforts to strengthen the party in neighbouring Maharashtra. He has addressed public meetings at Nanded and other places in Maharashtra, highlighting his 'Telangana model' of development. Several activists and leaders from NCP and other parties in Maharashtra joined the BRS during the last six months.

'Telangana has been left behind in terms of development': JP Nadda

In a scathing attack on Telangana Chief Minister KCR, Bharatiya Janata Party National President JP Nadda on Sunday said that the state has been left behind in terms of development with one family exploiting it and moving forward.JP Nadda further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the country on the path of development."While addressing I feel sad that Telangana is left behind, while one family exploited Telangana and moved forward. KCR, his family members & his descendants from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)...They (BRS) ignored Telangana's talent & favoured their family...I am happy that in one place where KCR is destroying Telangana while PM Narendra Modi is developing the country & he didn't leave Telangana behind in his efforts for development,"JP Nadda said in Nagarkurnool, TelanganaSlamming opposition parties, he said, "The Mahagathbandhan rally in Patna was conducted yesterday. It was a photo session. Who had gathered here? RJD, SP, TMC, ...

Telangana CM on 2-day Maharashtra tour from June 26, to visit temple towns

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will visit Pandharpur and Tuljapur temple towns during his two-day visit to Maharashtra starting from Monday, a functionary of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) said. The BRS has been trying to make inroads into Maharashtra ahead of the state Assembly polls due next year. Rao, popularly known as 'KCR', will arrive at Omerga in Osmanabad district on Monday and will then leave for Solapur. On Tuesday, he will visit the Lord Vitthal temple in Pandharpur town of Solapur and offer prayers to the deity, the BRS functionary said. The CM will also attend a locally arranged programme in Sarkoli village of Solapur. Rao will later depart for Tuljapur in Osmanabad, where he will visit the famous Tulja Bhavani temple on Tuesday afternoon, he said. On June 15, BRS president Rao inaugurated his party's first office in Maharashtra at Nagpur as part of his ambitious plan to increase the organisation's footprint outside his home state. He had expressed

Nadda to address public rally in Telangana today to highlight achievements

BJP president J P Nadda is scheduled to address a public meeting at Nagarkurnool in Telangana on Sunday to highlight the work and achievements of the NDA government at the Centre. Nadda would also talk about the failures of the BRS government in the meeting, named as 'Nava Sankalpa Sabha', according to a BJP release. Before attending the meeting in Nagarkurnool, about 140 kms from Hyderabad, Nadda would meet noted political analyst K Nageshwar and Padma Shri recipient Ananda Shankar in Hyderabad as part of BJP's 'sampark se samarthan' campaign, it said. The BJP in Telangana plans to organise public meetings attended by top leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the state in the coming months as part of its preparations for the Legislative Assembly polls scheduled to be held later this year, the sources said. A public meeting scheduled to be addressed at Khammam by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on June 15 had to be postponed as he was busy with measures to deal with ...

Isolated rainfall in East Central, parts of NW India in next 5 days: IMD

It also said that the Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of the Central Arabian Sea, some more parts of Maharashtra, remaining parts of Karnataka, Telangana and Chhattisgarh

EC discusses Telangana Assembly poll preparations, assures logistic support

An Election Commission (EC) team held meeting with Telangana Chief Secretary here on Saturday as part of the preparations for the Legislative Assembly polls to be held later this year. Telangana Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari met with the EC officials and assured them of all logistical support required to conduct the elections smoothly, a release from the office of state Chief Electoral Officer said today. The three-day visit of the senior EC officials, led by Dharmendra Sharma and Nitesh Kumar Vyas, senior Deputy Election Commissioners (DECs) concluded today. During the visit, the EC team met with state bureaucrats, senior officials of enforcement agencies, including Income Tax (CBDT), excise department, State GST, CGST, Enforcement Directorate, State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC), DRI, CISF, and the state Commercial Tax department with a view to curtail use of money power in the elections, the release said. Further, the EC team convened a crucial meeting with district Collector

K T Rama Rao demands MGNREGA-like job guarantee scheme for urban poor

Telangana minister and BRS working president K T Rama Rao demanded an MGNREGA-like job guarantee scheme for the urban poor in his meeting with Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri here on Saturday. Rao said the central government should announce such a scheme in the next budget to safeguard the interests of the urban poor, especially to protect their livelihoods and raise income. "I am of the firm view that meeting the needs of India's rising urban population is and will continue to be a critical strategic policy matter for all the national, states and city governments...," he said in a representation to the central government. "I would like to request the minister to consider introducing a National Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (NUEGS) on the lines of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to help the urban poor in the country," he added. With the support of such an employment guarantee scheme, the state government can provi

Telangana CM to launch 'podu' land pattas distribution on June 30

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will launch the distribution of 'podu' (shifting cultivation) land pattas for tribals on June 30. While Rao would kick off the distribution at the district headquarters town of Asifabad, state ministers and MLAs would distribute pattas to the beneficiaries in their respective assembly constituencies and districts. During his visit, KCR would inaugurate the newly-constructed Kumuram Bheem Asifabad District Integrated Collectorate Complex and district Superintendent of Police office on June 30, an official release said on Saturday. The state government had earlier announced the pattas distribution programme from June 24. However, it had to be postponed to June 30 due to unavoidable reasons, it said. The government has decided to take up the pattas distribution from June 30 in view of the visit of a team of Election Commission to the state on June 23 and 24 and the Bakrid festival on June 29, the release added.

BJP president J P Nadda to address public meeting in Telangana on Sunday

BJP president J P Nadda will address a public meeting at Nagarkurnool in Telangana on Sunday to highlight the achievements of the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Besides the public meeting at Nagarkurnool, about 140 kms from Hyderabad, Nadda is likely to meet couple of social media influencers in Hyderabad as part of BJP's outreach exercise, party sources said on Saturday. These meetings are not political in nature, they added. The BJP in Telangana plans to organise public meetings attended by top leaders, including Prime Minister Modi, in the state in the coming months as part of its preparations for the Legislative Assembly polls scheduled to be held later this year, the sources said. A public meeting scheduled to be addressed at Khammam by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on June 15 had to be postponed as he was busy with measures to deal with Cyclone 'Biparjoy' then.

ED seizes unaccounted cash of Rs 1.4 cr in PG medical seat scam in T'gana

During the search and seizure action, various incriminating documents and digital data were seized

Telangana High Court issues notice to RBI Governor in Mahesh Bank case

Directing that senior bank officials be consulted for policy decisions, the court said the move is to protect the interests of shareholders and to run daily operations

More than 2,200 lost mobile phones traced in Telangana in two months

The official said a total of 34,200 mobile devices were blocked during the period, acting on the complaints received from citizens

Telangana CM KCR trying to gain foothold in Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar

With Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS trying to expand its base in Maharashtra, senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Monday said even Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav had tried to gain a toehold in the western state but couldn't succeed. Pawar also said Rao is perhaps trying to expand BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) outside Telangana as he might want to become a national leader. He said regional parties can strengthen themselves outside their home states. "The Telangana chief minister now wants to gain a foothold in Maharashtra. As chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav had tried to expand their respective parties here but they couldn't get desired results," Pawar said. No doubt, some MLAs (from BSP and SP) got elected, the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly said. "Rao is Telangana CM but who is going to see the work of his party here in Maharashtra? Some leaders from NCP and other parties are joining BRS but that is happen