HYDERABAD: Comparing BRS leaders K. Chandrashekar Rao and T. Harish Rao with 'shani' that has been haunting Siddipet for 45 years, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday vowed to free the people by defeating the BRS in the Medak Lok Sabha constituency. Revanth Reddy asked Harish Rao, Siddipet MLA, to keep his resignation letter ready on August 15 as he will waive crop loans of farmers up to `2 lakh as promised. The Chief Minister on Thursday was speaking at campaign meetings in Siddipet, Asifabad and Quthbullapur in support of Congress Lok Sabha candidates in Medak (Neelam Madhu Mudiraj ..read more

HYDERABAD: BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao will be back on the Lok Sabha election campaign trail on Friday evening, after the 48-hour ban imposed on his electioneering by the Election Commission of India (ECI) expires, the party said on Thursday. According to a BRS release, Rao will resume his campaigning with a road show in Ramagundam on Friday evening. The ECI imposed the ban on the former chief minister holding him accountable for violating the model code of conduct with his comments and utterances against the Congress and its leaders at a press meet in Sircilla on April 5. The ban cam ..read more

HYDERABAD: The BRS on Thursday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of being partisan and dancing to the tunes of the BJP government at the Centre and the Congress government in the state. “This is a clear charge we are levelling against the ECI. There is not even a peep from the ECI when Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and other BJP leaders openly flaunt religion and use Lord Rama while asking for votes. There is no action despite repeated complaints from us about Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and his unspeakable and unrepeatable comments on K. Chandrasekhar Rao and BRS leaders,” party ..read more

VISHAKHAPATNAM: Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan has promised to protect lands that were grabbed during the past several years. Addressing an election meeting here as part of the campaign for alliance candidates on Thursday, Pawan said the alliance partners, if elected to power, would appoint a special commission to deal with the land issues in Visakhapatnam. “I will personally supervise the functioning of the commission,'' he said. Earlier, addressing a meeting in Palakonda in Parvathipuram Manyam district where Jana Sena candidate Nimmaka Jayakrishna is contesting, Pawan said the three-party a ..read more

HYDERABAD: After Sircilla was found to be the hub of the phone-tapping incidents, family members of former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao have entered into a pact with a Karimnagar-based minister to hush it up, BJP general secretary Bandi Sanjay claimed on Thursday. “Even after the kingpin, and former task force DCP Radhakishan Rao, gave a confession statement before the police, the Revanth Reddy government has booked me,” he said. At a press conference here, Sanjay expressed fear that the phone-tapping case would meet the same fate as the drugs, Miyapur lands and TSPSC paper leak cases ..read more

HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah and party president J.P. Nadda will hold several meetings in the state ahead of the May 13 polls, TS BJP general secretary G. Premender Reddy said on Thursday. Modi will also hold a public meeting in Hyderabad on May 10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi: May 8: 9 am, Vemulawada in Karimnagar LS constituency, in support of Bandi Sanjay; 10.30 am at Madikonda in support of Warangal candidate Aroori Ramesh. May 10: 2 pm, Narayanpet, for Mahbubnagar candidate D.K. Aruna, at 2 pm; 4 pm, public meeting at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad ..read more

Hyderabad: BirthRight by Rainbow Hospitals, Financial District and Star Hospitals, in a collaborative effort have showcased their expertise and dedication by ensuring successful childbirth for a woman battling Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension (NCPH). Dr. Himabindu Annamraju, a leading expert in maternal-fetal medicine at BirthRight, emphasises that this recent success story highlights the crucial role played by coordinated clinical support in tackling complex medical conditions during pregnancy. The collaborative effort exemplifies the power of teamwork and specialized care in the realm of ..read more

Hyderabad: Students and parents are expressing concern over the adverse effect of the heat on their academic performance and well-being. Many degree students are completing their final examinations, while others are preparing for the supplementary exams due next month as well as medical and engineering entrance tests. Rohit Kumar, who is taking classes for NEET, said: "The classrooms are like ovens, and it's hard to focus or retain anything we learn. " His peers agreed, finding the heat not only physically draining but also mentally taxing. Parents voiced concerns over the lack of infrastruc ..read more

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday upheld the sentence of life imprisonment of Malisetty Bhanu Kiran, alias Bhanu, in the killing of Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy, alias Maddilacheruvu Suri, a faction leader from Anantapur district, who had played a key role in the 2005 killing of the then MLA Paritala Ravi. Kiran was a close aide of Suri, whom he gunned down in January 2011. The Nampally court had in 2018 found Kiran guilty in the murder of Suri and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Challenging the same, Kiran approached the High Court. The bench of Justice K. Lakshman and Just ..read more

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Congress of teaming up with BJP to ask the voters not to support her party in the Lok Sabha Election in the state. The Trinamul Congress supremo also blamed the Congress for having no policy or ideology. Her allegations came a day after state Congress president and five-time MP Adhir Choudhury, who is seeking his re-election from Berhampore parliamentary seat in Murshidabad, suggested to the people to vote for BJP instead of TMC. Addressing a poll campaign rally for TMC candidate Mahua Moitra, Ms Banerjee said at Teha ..read more