Hyderabad: Union coal minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday urged the Telangana govt to put politics aside and prioritise the financial health of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) by clearing pending dues of ₹54,148 crore. He said the mounting arrears were placing a heavy burden on the PSU despite miners working under challenging conditions.Addressing a…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy will release the final instalment of ₹1,900 crore under the Rythu Bharosa scheme at the Rythu Ashirvada Sabha in Chinthakani mandal on Thursday, completing the disbursal of ₹9,000 crore to farmers for the current season within nine days, deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said.Addressing a news conference in…
Hyderabad: BJP Telangana president N Ramchander Rao on Wednesday accused the Congress govt of using the Kaleshwaram project to divert attention from alleged irregularities in land administration. He demanded that the special investigation team (SIT) probing the Dharani portal also investigate alleged irregularities in the Bhu Bharati portal.Addressing a news conference at the BJP state…
Hyderabad: Telangana Congress working president T Jagga Reddy on Wednesday said that the construction of the Kaleshwaram project began when Harish Rao was the irrigation minister, was completed under his term, and that the piers of the Medigadda barrage sunk when the then chief minister K Chandrasekhar held the irrigation portfolio. “Harish Rao said it…
Hyderabad: A group of 125 retired judges, educationists, writers, journalists and teachers wrote an open letter to chief minister A Revanth Reddy urging him to withdraw the proposal to rationalise govt schools across Telangana.The signatories cautioned that the exercise could have a telling impact on children from poor, Dalit and Adivasi families, particularly girls, by…
Hyderabad: Reiterating that Kaleshwaram barrages — Medigadda, Sundilla and Annaram — will be made operational only after their rehabilitation and safety checks, irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has said the state govt will revive Thummidihatti as part of Dr BR Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella Sujala Sravanthi Project as promised in the Congress manifesto. Impounding water in…
Withdraw Siddapur dump yard decision, Harish urges govt Hyderabad: Senior BRS leader T Harish Rao demanded that the state govt to withdraw its decision to establish a dump yard at Siddapur. He alleged that land which had been identified by the previous BRS govt for setting up an IT park was now being allotted for…
Hyderabad: Irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday accused the BRS leadership of deliberately spreading misinformation. He said the party was falsely claiming that the Kannepalli pump house at Medigadda (Lakshmi Barrage) could simply be switched on to lift water through the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages.Rejecting those claims outright, the…
Hyderabad: Union minister Kishan Reddy on Sunday accused the Telangana govt of failure in monsoon preparedness, alleging that even light showers are inundating roads in Hyderabad because of poor civic maintenance and administrative neglect.After visiting several colonies in Nampally Assembly constituency, the Secunderabad MP said key pre-monsoon works such as desilting of stormwater drains and…
Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka Hyderabad: The Builders Association of India (BAI) and contractors have postponed their proposed ‘Chalo Hyderabad’ protest and the meeting of all contractors’ associations, scheduled to be held in the city on June 18, following assurances from deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka and R&B minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy that…
