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Revanth Reddy betrayed Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, says Harish

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The former Minister said Priyanka Gandhi had announced during the election campaign that the Congress government would extend financial assistance for unemployed youth in the State.

Published Date – 11 April 2024, 07:35 PM


Revanth Reddy betrayed Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, says Harish


Siddipet: Former Minister T Harish Rao former Minister said Priyanka Gandhi had announced during the election campaign that the Congress government would extend financial assistance for unemployed youth in the State. said Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy betrayed Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, says Harish had betrayed the top brass of his party including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi as he made them dole out promises during the election campaign but could not keep them after coming to power.

Addressing the party cadre at Chinna Kodur in Medak Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday, the former Minister said Priyanka Gandhi had announced during the election campaign that the Congress government would extend financial assistance for unemployed youth in the State.

However, Revanth Reddy could not keep the promise even four months after coming to power. Accusing the Congress government of failing to keep electoral promises, he said Revanth Reddy had vowed to make a legislation on six guarantees in the State assembly within 100 days of coming to power, but did nothing even after 120 days.

Stating that Congress leaders were jealous of Siddipet’s development, Harish Rao said that Revanth Reddy was trying to shift the Veterinary College granted by the previous BRS government in Siddipet to Kodangal besides canceling funds worth Rs.150 crore granted by the previous government to the constituency for various development works.

The people of Dubbak had taught BJP candidate M Raghunandan Rao a lesson as he failed to keep promises made during the Dubbak by-election. Raghunandan Rao was sure to lose this time around too, he said. BRS candidate P Venkatrami Reddy also spoke.

Hyderabad

KTR roots for Koppula’s victory in Lok Sabha elections

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He said Eshwar’s journey exemplified determination and perseverance, serving as a beacon for youngsters striving for success.

Published Date – 11 April 2024, 07:24 PM


KTR roots for Koppula’s victory in Lok Sabha elections


Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao lauded the journey of Koppula Eshwar, highlighting his life as a source of inspiration for aspiring leaders to succeed.

He said Eshwar’s journey exemplified determination and perseverance, serving as a beacon for youngsters striving for success.

Taking to social media on Thursday, Rama Rao said Eshwar commenced his career as an ordinary Singareni worker in the late 1980s, where he actively participated in advocating for workers’ rights through trade unions.

Transitioning to public life in the late 1990s, he joined the TRS (now BRS) in 2001, marking the beginning of his political journey.

Eshwar got elected for the first time as an MLA in 2004 and in the last 20 years, he has adorned the role of a Chief Whip and eventually a Cabinet Minister in the K Chandrashekhar Rao government.

“A highly accomplished and committed leader with vast experience, he now is running for Parliament from Peddapalli. I hope people of Peddapalli make a wise choice and give him an opportunity to represent them,” Rama Rao said.

Hyderabad

AIC-CCMB joins hands with BFI to solve pressing health challenges

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hrough this program, BFI will allocate over 150,000 USD over the course of three years, leveraging AIC-CCMB’s expertise to develop technologies for accessible and affordable healthcare.

Updated On – 11 April 2024, 07:14 PM


AIC-CCMB joins hands with BFI to solve pressing health challenges


Hyderabad: Atal Incubation Centre-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB), the incubator focused on promoting entrepreneurship in life sciences, health, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology, has signed a MoU with Blockchain For Impact (BFI) under the BFI-Biome Network, a virtual program to identify and innovate in the biomedical sector to solve pressing health challenges.

The MoU, which was exchanged at AIC-CCMB between Dr. N Madhusudhana Rao, CEO, AIC-CCMB and Dr. Gaurav Singh, CEO, BFI, entails providing mentorship to aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs, ensuring that their technologies evolve into sustainable business solutions that benefit the broader community. Through this program, BFI will allocate over 150,000 USD over the course of three years, leveraging AIC-CCMB’s expertise to develop technologies for accessible and affordable healthcare.

Sandeep Nailwal, founder, Blockchain for Impact said, “by partnering with an eminent science and technology incubator in India, BFI-Biome seeks to support initiatives that have the potential to revolutionise healthcare delivery in India and the global south.”

Dr. N. Madhusudhana Rao said, “at AIC-CCMB, the focus is to make health more accessible and affordable by promoting startups and innovations relevant to health in rural India. Thus this enabling support from BFI would go in an impactful way to capacitate the ecosystem to reduce the gap in health access ”

Dr. Ramjee Palella, COO, AIC-CCMB, Ritika Marampalli, Head Corporate Relation, AIC-CCMB, Dr Satya Prakash Dash, Senior Advisor, BFI and Dr Pooja Agrawal, Program Director, BFI and others were present.

Hyderabad

Ramzan celebrated with pomp and gaiety in Adilabad

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Muslims cutting across all age groups dressed in their best and exchanged wishes of the festival with one another of their religion.

Published Date – 11 April 2024, 07:04 PM


Ramzan celebrated with pomp and gaiety in Adilabad

MLA Premsagar Rao conveyes wishes to Muslims at a mosque in Mancherial on Thursday

Adilabad: Muslims celebrated Ramzan festival with gaiety and pomp across erstwhile Adilabad district on Thursday.

Muslims cutting across all age groups dressed in their best and exchanged wishes of the festival with one another of their religion. They participated in mass prayers held in mosques to mark the festival. They distributed sweet and biryani with their neighbors outside their faith too. Youngsters took out bike rallies as part of the festival in some towns.

Local MLAs visited mosques and took part in the mass prayers conducted in Adilabad, Nirmal, Mancherial and Kumram Bheem Asifabad district headquarters and mandal centres. Superintendent of Police Gaush Alam performed special prayers at an Idgah ground in Adilabad and conveyed wishes to Muslims.

Hyderabad

Political leaders join Ramzan celebrations in Khammam

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Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, BRS Khammam Lok Sabha candidate Nama Nageswara Rao, former minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar, BRS district president, MLC Tata Madhusudan attended wished Muslims.

Updated On – 11 April 2024, 06:52 PM


Political leaders join Ramzan celebrations in Khammam

Minister T Nageswara Rao addressing Muslims at Gollagudem Eidgah in Khammam on Thursday.

Khammam: Political leaders of different parties have joined Ramzan celebrations across erstwhile Khammam district on Thursday and extended Eid-ul-Fitr greetings to Muslims.

Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, BRS Khammam Lok Sabha candidate Nama Nageswara Rao, former minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar, BRS district president, MLC Tata Madhusudan and others attended Ramzan prayers at Gollagudem Eidgah and wished Muslims.

Speaking on the occasion the leaders said the festival of Ramzan was a symbol of secularism and religious harmony, which emphasises that human service was the highest above all services. Telangana has become a symbol of religious harmony, they added.

Congress district president P Durga Prasad, city Congress presidents Mohammed Javed, leaders Rayala Nageswara Rao, Sadhu Ramesh Reddy, M Narendra, R Saidababu, Chava Narayana Rao, Alla Anji Reddy and others were present.

Hyderabad

Bhadrachalam: Devotees can now book rooms online

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Collector Dr. Priyanka Ala has announced that for the convenience of devotees, the facility of booking rooms online has been provided through the temple website.

Published Date – 11 April 2024, 06:42 PM


Bhadrachalam: Devotees can now book rooms online


Kothagudem: Devotees attending the Sri Rama Navami and Maha Pattabhishekam celebrations at Sri Seetha Ramachandraswamy Devasthanam at Bhadrachalam in the district have now been allowed to book rooms online.

As a large number of devotees were likely to participate in the celebrations on April 17 and 18, district Collector Dr. Priyanka Ala has announced that for the convenience of devotees, the facility of booking rooms online has been provided through the temple website: https://book.bhadrachalamonline.com/book-hotel.

Interested devotees could book rooms by visiting the website.

Hyderabad

Komatireddy says no Eknath Shindes in Congress

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He was accompanied by former Minister K Jana Reddy and Nalgonda Congress candidate K Raghuveer Reddy.

Published Date – 11 April 2024, 06:04 PM


Komatireddy says no Eknath Shindes in Congress

File photo of Minister for Roads and Buildings Komatireddy Venkat Reddy.

Nalgonda: Countering the BJP’s charges that Congress leaders would topple the State government, Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said there were no ‘Eknath Shindes’ in the Congress. In fact, Eknath Shinde was created by the BJP in Maharashtra.

Both NCP and Shiv Sena parties were split to topple the democratically elected government, he said after greeting Muslims at Idgah on Ramzan festival here on Thursday. He was accompanied by former Minister K Jana Reddy and Nalgonda Congress candidate K Raghuveer Reddy.

Speaking to the media, the Minister also claimed that there was no group politics in the Congress party. “Revanth Reddy will be Chief Minister for five years and Congress will be in power for 10 years,” Venkat Reddy said.

Refuting BJP Legislative party chief A Maheswar Reddy’s charges on group politics in Congress, the Minister said it was not wise on the BJP leader’s part to speak about other parties.

“Why was BJP former State president Bandi Sanjay removed from the post and why was union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy given the reigns,” he asked, stating Congress leaders and Ministers were working as a team under Revanth Reddy’s leadership for Telangana’s development.

The Minister further challenged that the BRS would not win a single seat in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. “If at all BRS wins one seat, I am prepared for anything,” Venkat Reddy said.

Hyderabad

Sangareddy: Techies, educated persons form majority of cybercrime victims

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During the first three months of 2024 (From January 1 to March 31), the district recorded 1,058 cybercrime cases, with victims losing Rs.9.89 crore to cyber crooks.

Published Date – 11 April 2024, 05:50 PM


Sangareddy: Techies, educated persons form majority of cybercrime victims


Sangareddy:  Higher levels of education and familiarity with technology should usually help people stay away from the cunning tricks of cyber fraudsters. But the incidence of cybercrime in Sangareddy, which is a mix of both urban and rural areas, shows it is the educated people, especially people working with software firms, who are falling prey to cybercrime despite their familiarity with tech.

During the first three months of 2024 (From January 1 to March 31), the district recorded 1,058 cybercrime cases, with victims losing Rs.9.89 crore to cyber crooks. Interestingly, nearly 50 percent of these cases were reported under the Ameenpur and Patancheru Police stations, the limits of both which are completely urban. While Ameenpur Police Station registered 301 cases, Patancheru Police registered 221 cases in these three months. Most of the victims, according to officials, were either software engineers or well-educated persons working in other sectors.

A software engineer, residing in AR Brundavan Colony in Ameenpur, was lured by cyber fraudsters offering to show more profits in online trading. The fraudsters gave him a month-long training on online trading. Later, he was asked to create an account for himself before asking to deposit the amount. He deposited Rs.72.90 lakh in 16 instalments beginning from February 21.

When he realised that he was cheated, he approached the Ameenpur police. Another software engineer, a resident of Beeramguda under Ameenpur Police Station, lost Rs.11.10 lakh. The victim was asked to complete some tasks online offering a lucrative part-time job. When the fraudsters stopped responding to his messages after depositing the amount, the victim approached Ameenpur Police on March 7.

Speaking to Telangana Today, District Cyber Crime Coordination Centre DSP N Venugopal Reddy said Sangareddy district was recording more cybercrime cases than any of the districts in Telangana after the Cyberabad, Rachakonda and Hyderabad Police Commissionerates. Most of the victims were being lured on social media platforms by offering part-time jobs, or other additional income sources. Shockingly, highly educated persons were falling prey to these fraudsters than people living in rural areas.

Stating that the police were planning to organise a host of educative programmes to sensitise people on cybercrime, he said they would reach out to potential victims by hosting the programmes in residential colonies, industries, colleges and other places by making other stakeholders as partners.

The police had recovered Rs 1.26 crore out of the swindled Rs.9.89 crore from fraudsters’ bank accounts, which would be returned to the victims after completing formalities.

Hyderabad

Khammam: Congress action continues within party while others intensify campaign

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The selection of the Congress Khammam Lok Sabha candidate has turned out to be an unending saga with a new name coming up for consideration for the ticket every few days.

Published Date – 11 April 2024, 05:44 PM


Khammam: Congress action continues within party while others intensify campaign

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Khammam: With barely one month left for the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress leadership seems to be finding it tough to overcome its predicament in finalising a candidate for the Khammam Lok Sabha seat.

This is after the BRS and BJP have already announced their candidates Nama Nageswara Rao and Tandra Vinod Rao and have already launched electioneering. On the official side, a help desk has been started on April 8 to provide nomination forms for filing nominations and a fortnight is left for filing nominations. Only the Congress party is missing from action.

The selection of the Congress Khammam Lok Sabha candidate has turned out to be an unending saga with a new name coming up for consideration for the ticket every few days. The party leadership has been caught in a Catch 22 situation as it has become a family affair with family members of three Ministers in the district in the race for the ticket. These are Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka’s wife Mallu Nandini, minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy’s brother P Prasad Reddy and minister Tummala Nageswara Rao’s son T Yugandhar.

In addition to the above names, senior party leaders V Hanumantha Rao and Jetti Kusum Kumar, a business man VVC Rajendra Prasad and former MP Ramasahayam Surender Reddy’s son Raghuram Reddy are also in the race, besides several other leaders in the district.

According to the sources, the party high command reportedly decided not to give tickets to family members of the ministers and also asked them to suggest alternate names. In this backdrop, the name of a former minister Mandava Venkateswara Rao, who was with the TDP and BRS in the past, has come to the fore of late.

Venkateswara Rao, who belongs to Nizamabad district, is said to be a close associate of minister Nageswara Rao. Since he is a non-local leader, whether the cadres and leaders in the district could support him or not is a puzzle as local minority leader Mohammed Javed and others are also asking for the party ticket.

Though the Congress leadership is confident of winning the Lok Sabha seat as the party performed well in recent Assembly elections in the district, delay in the selection of the candidate might send wrong signals to the cadres, opined the party leaders.

Hyderabad

Congress yet to fix candidates for 3 constituencies; Revanth flies to Delhi

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Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy flew to New Delhi on Thursday morning to participate in an AICC meeting, during which the party high command is likely to finalise the candidates for the constituencies in Telangana.

Published Date – 11 April 2024, 05:34 PM


Congress yet to fix candidates for 3 constituencies; Revanth flies to Delhi


Hyderabad: The Congress party, which has released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, appears to be struggling to finalise its candidates for the three constituencies of Hyderabad, Karimnagar and Khammam. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy flew to New Delhi on Thursday morning to participate in an AICC meeting, during which the party high command is likely to finalise the candidates for the constituencies in Telangana.

The party had announced candidates for 14 constituencies out of the 17 in the State. But there has been inordinate delay in announcing candidates for the three constituencies, which are witnessing heavy competition from the aspirants.

In Karimnagar, Praveen Reddy, Velichala Rajendra Rao and C Naveen (Teenmaar Mallanna) are among the serious probable candidates. During Assembly elections, the party had asked Praveen Reddy to make way for Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar Rao to contest from Husnabad. Adhering to the party directions, Praveen Reddy sacrificed his seat and is now demanding the party leadership to fulfill the promise made to him during the Assembly elections. However, since the Velama community has a stronghold in Karimnagar constituency, party leaders are vying different options.

Similarly, the party is yet to announce its candidate for the Hyderabad constituency, which is currently being represented by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. Among many aspiring to contest from the constituency, Hyderabad DCC president Sameer Waliullah, Shyam Rao and entrepreneur Ali Masqati are the front runners.

Though there have been reports that former Indian cricket captain Mohd Azharuddin and tennis ace Sania Mirza might be considered for contesting from Hyderabad constituency, the party leaders dismissed those as mere speculations.