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Telangana Assembly passes resolution seeking ‘Bharat Ratna’ for former PM Narasimha Rao, Owaisi’s AIMIM walks out in protest

September 9, 2020

The Telangana Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution demanding to confer the Bharat Ratna – country’s highest civilian honour- posthumously on former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao. While moving the resolution, Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Rao urged the Centre to install Narasimha Rao’s statue and portrait in Parliament. The...

VHP stages protest over fire at Narasimha Swamy temple

September 9, 2020

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHJP) on Tuesday staged protests against Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s government for the historic chariot fire incident at famous Antarvedi’s Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple. A large number of people belonging to VHP and other Hindu groups staged protests and raised Jai Sri Ram slogans. They crossed...

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA summons professor and journalist

September 8, 2020

HYDERABAD: In a recent development, NIA has summoned university professor K. Satyanarayana and a senior journalist K.V. Kurmanath, to appear before it on Wednesday in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case. Already the NIA team in 2018 searched the house of K.Satyanarayana who is a professor in EFLU, Hyderabad but...

Telangana scraps VROs to clean up revenue system

September 8, 2020

The Telangana government on Monday scrapped the Village Revenue Officer (VRO) system in the state. The scrapping of the VRO system is coinciding with a new Revenue Bill to bring in more transparency and weed out departmental corruption. The government will present the new Revenue Bill 2020 on Wednesday in...

Andhra’s Covid-19 cases cross 5 lakh mark, Naidu targets Jagan govt

September 8, 2020

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh on Monday reported 8,368 new Covid-19 cases, taking the state’s tally of infections over 500,000 marks, according to official data. The state’s total number of Covid-19 cases stands at 5,06,493 including 97,932 active cases and around 5000 deaths. Total recoveries in Andhra is 4,04,074. The state on...

Andhra’s literacy rate worst, stands at 66.4%: NSO survey

September 8, 2020

Andhra Pradesh, which boasts of IT education, has the lowest literacy rate in the country, according to a National Statistical Office (NSO) survey. Andhra’s literacy rate stands at 66.4%, the worst among all states in India. It is significantly lower than Bihar’s 70.9 and Telangana’s 72.8%. YSRCP spokesman Dr. Kammela...

New Telangana secretariat complex to have temple, church and two mosques

September 7, 2020

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday announced that the government will rebuild two demolished mosques, a temple, and a church in the new state Secretariat complex at the government expenditure. He declared that after the end of the ensuing assembly session, foundation stones will be laid for all...

ANDHRA TOPS ‘EASE OF DOING BUSINESS’ RANKING, POLITICOS FIGHT FOR CREDIT

September 7, 2020

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh has once again proved its mettle by retaining the first position in “Ease of Doing Business” ranking for the third consecutive year. The commerce and industry ministry on Sunday released the State Business Reform Action Plan Ranking for the year 2018-19. After the announcement of the ease...

Ancient chariot of Antarvedi temple gutted in fire, Andhra govt orders probe

September 7, 2020

The Chariot of the famous Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Antarvedi of East Godavari district was gutted in a fire early Sunday morning. The chariot was used for special occasions and rituals at the temple. The chariot kept under a shed went up in flames and before anyone could...

Telangana BJP MLA hits back at Facebook, asks it to ban Rahul, Owaisi

September 5, 2020

Telangana BJP MLA T. Raja Singh, who was banned by Facebook from its platform on Thursday for what it called violating its policy around content promoting violence and hate, has come up with his version of the entire incident. He accused Facebook of working under the influence of the Congress...

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