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Jangaon: Errabelli refutes allegations of temple desecration

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Errabelli Dayakar Rao has refuted allegations made by Congress leader Hanumandla Jhansi Reddy regarding the installation of idols at the Sita Ramachandra Swamy temple in Valmidi

Published Date – 08:03 PM, Sun – 10 September 23


Jangaon: Errabelli refutes allegations of temple desecration

Minister Dayakar Rao at Valmidi temple on Sunday. 

Jangaon: Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao has refuted allegations made by Congress leader Hanumandla Jhansi Reddy regarding the installation of idols at the Sita Ramachandra Swamy temple in Valmidi. Minister Rao, accompanied by his wife Usha, participated in the ceremonial flagpole (Dwaja Stabham) installation at the temple on Sunday.

Speaking to the media after the ceremony, Rao firmly asserted that the re-installation of the idols strictly adhered to the Agama Shastras and emphasized that no errors had occurred in the process. He said Jhansi Reddy was exploiting the matter for political gains and misleading the public.

The Minister said the government had overseen the development of temples in the constituency. He urged the public not to be carried away by Jhansi Reddy’s baseless propaganda and urged them to continue supporting the government’s initiatives for development.

The Minister later laid the foundation stone for the Peddammathalli Temple at Valmidi.

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Telangana: Opposition parties target September 17 for political mileage

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Even as Telangana government has announced that it will observe September 17 as National Integration Day Opposition parties appear to be trying to score political mileage from the day

Published Date – 07:54 PM, Sun – 10 September 23


Telangana: Opposition parties target September 17 for political mileage



Hyderabad: Even as the State government has announced that it will observe September 17 as National Integration Day, marking the merger of Telangana with the Indian union and without any political connotations, Opposition parties appear to be trying to score political mileage from the day.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been in the forefront of such attempts, with the BJP-led Centre once again announcing an “official” programme titled Liberation Day at Parade Grounds here. The BJP’s decision to commemorate the day comes in the wake of a perceived direct contest between the ruling BRS and the Congress, pushing the saffron party almost into oblivion, and forcing it to make some noise to make its presence felt.

The BJP has been observing September 17 as Hyderabad Liberation Day and last year, the Centre had officially celebrated the event and organised a public meeting at Parade Grounds, which was addressed by Amit Shah. Sources said since the public meeting addressed by Shah in Khammam last month could not generate the desired results for the party, it now wants to turn the September 17 public meeting into a political focal point and intensify its election campaign in the State. This comes in the wake of the widening internal rifts among various factions in the party, followed by a change of guard in the State, which have completely weakened the party in the State.

On the other hand, the Congress is planning a series of events, including a rally and a public meeting to woo voters and derive political mileage from the day ahead of the Assembly elections. Beginning with the Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting on September 16, the Congress is planning to organize a public meeting on September 17 at Tukkuguda, with Sonia Gandhi expected to declare the party’s ‘five guarantees’ on the occasion, using the day just like the BJP to launch its election campaign.

Claiming that the Congress had played a significant role in the merger of Hyderabad State into the Indian Union, TPCC vice president G Niranjan said the BJP was considering itself the sole competent party to organize programmes on September 17. The people of Telangana were observing the BJP’s tactics of distorting history. The BJP did not even exist then and had no role in the merger but was now raising slogans to derive political mileage, he said in a statement here on Sunday.

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Transformation of Palamuru: CM KCR succeeds where others failed

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Ever since Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao took over the reins of the State administration, he focused on the water-starved southern region and started addressing the needs of the region adopting a multi-pronged strategy

Published Date – 08:09 PM, Sun – 10 September 23


Transformation of Palamuru: CM KCR succeeds where others failed

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Hyderabad: The story of Palamuru was one of parched lands and a scramble for water for decades. Before the reorganization of revenue units following State formation, Mahabubnagar was the largest district in the State.

Endowed with fertile soils, the district has more than 35 lakh acres of cultivable land. Krishna, one of the major rivers of India, is flowing by. Many of its tributaries—Tungabhadra, Bhima and Dundhubi traversing across the district added to its irrigation potential.

But the never ending spectre of drought and scarcity conditions reduced it to one of the nine most backward districts notified in the country. The ground reality, which was quite appalling, triggered a mass exodus. More than half of the 40 lakh population deserted homes in search of fresh meadows.

Successive governments in the undivided State made lavish promises to revive the fortunes of Palamuru. But the rulers were found to be low on delivery. All the assurances made by them turned out to be mere lip service.

The real transformation of Palamuru began only with the self rule. Ever since Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao took over the reins of the State administration, he focused on the water-starved southern region and started addressing the needs of the region adopting a multi-pronged strategy.

The Palamuru Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) is now holding out hope to transform the very economic profile of the southern region of the State. Envious of his success, forces within the State and elsewhere remained bent upon scuttling the progress of works on the project, but the Chief Minister did not relent. Outwitting all such challenges that came in the way of implementation of the project, he moved ahead and the multi–stage lift irrigation scheme will be a reality soon.

With the drinking water component to be inaugurated by the Chief Minister on September 16 and the irrigation component of the project also to be fulfilled soon, over eight lakh acres will get irrigation. Over 84,000 acres of Achampet constituency, which will be benefitted with the construction of the Umamaheswara Lift Irrigation Scheme would be part of it.

The efforts by the Chief Minister in addressing the irrigation and drinking water need of the people in the region paid off in the form of Kalwakurthy project extending irrigation to 1.6 lakh acres. The Nettempadu and Bhima projects helped in giving water to 1.2 lakh acres and 1.4 lakh acres respectively.

The Koilsagar project could bring another 8000 acres under irrigation. The Chief Minister’s close monitoring of the works in progress facilitated completion of the ongoing works on the canal system and distributaries of the irrigation projects. On the whole, the erstwhile Mahabubnagar will have about 20 lakh acres with assured access to irrigation once PRLIS is completed.

The Palamuru region is known for its highest number of ponds that meet a major part of its irrigation needs. Many of the ponds and tanks had vanished in the undivided State. But now, the picture is changing. The Ganapasamudram pond in Kalwakurthi that was built by the Kakatiyas was filled to the brim after 30 years. The ponds and tanks have an irrigation potential of over 2.7 lakh acres. Before the division of the State, hardly 50,000 acres used to get water from these.

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Hyderabad: Bar raided at SR Nagar, dancers held

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Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (West) team raided a bar at SR Nagar and caught 16 persons including 10 women dancers

Published Date – 09:58 PM, Sun – 10 September 23


Hyderabad: Bar raided at SR Nagar, dancers held

Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (West) team raided a bar at SR Nagar and caught 16 persons including 10 women dancers

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (West) team raided a bar at SR Nagar and caught 16 persons including 10 women dancers on Sunday.

Acting on information about a group of women professional dancers performing indecent dances and collecting tips from the customers, the Task Force team raided the premises. The police found the management had not obtained proper license and were illegally running the bar and pub. The music was played beyond the permissible limits too.

The police caught H Krishna (38) owner, Omer Bin Abdullah (43) event manager, B Siddhart (36) cashier and K Krishna (25) cashier along with 10 dancers and 16 customers.

All of them are handed over to S. R Nagar police station for further action.

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Kaloji’s son Ravi Kumar passes away

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Ravi Kumar, a retired bank employee, was battling an illness for the last one month. He is survived by his son Santosh and wife Vani

Updated On – 10:07 PM, Sun – 10 September 23


Kaloji’s son Ravi Kumar passes away



Hanamkonda: Ravi Kumar, the only son of ‘Praja Kavi’ Kaloji Narayana Rao, passed away at a local hospital here on Sunday. He was 70.

Ravi Kumar, a retired bank employee, was battling an illness for the last one month. He is survived by his son Santosh and wife Vani.

The sorrow of his loss is doubled by the fact that it occurred just a day after his father’s birth anniversary, which was celebrated in a grand manner by the State government here on Saturday. Due to his deteriorating health, Ravi Kumar’s son Santosh had recently returned to India from the United States to be by his father’s side.

Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao, along with several other BRS leaders, paid their respects at the ancestral house in Nakkalagutta, where Ravi Kumar’s body was brought from the hospital.

Members of the Kaloji Foundation and the Kaloji Mitra Mandali, including Nagilla Ramasastry, Potlapally Srinivasa Rao, VR Vidyarthi, Ampasayya Naveen, Pandilla Ashok Kumar and others, visited the bereaved family and offered their condolences and support. The final rites for Ravi Kumar are scheduled to take place on Monday.

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Heavy downpour lashes parts of Hyderabad on Sunday

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) – Hyderabad has forecasted a similar weather pattern for the coming four days

Published Date – 10:18 PM, Sun – 10 September 23


Heavy downpour lashes parts of Hyderabad on Sunday

City dwellers witnessed continuous light rainfall throughout the day. Photo: Surya Sridhar.

Hyderabad: Intense downpour, accompanied by severe thundershowers and lightning, lashed many parts of Hyderabad on Sunday evening. City dwellers witnessed continuous light rainfall throughout the day.

Musheerabad and Golconda in the city received the highest rainfall at 43 mm, followed by Saroornagar at 40 mm and Serelingampally at 38 mm.

Other areas such as Khairatabad, Lakdi-ka-pul, Kukatpally, Uppal, Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Koti, Sultan Bazar, LB Nagar, Malakpet, and Dilsukhnagar, among others, also recorded rainfall above 20 mm.

The day saw overcast skies, with a maximum temperature at 28.4 degree Celsius. For the next four days, the temperature is expected to be around 27-28 degree Celsius. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) – Hyderabad has forecasted a similar weather pattern for the coming four days.

Meanwhile, in Telangana, districts including Ranga Reddy, Sangareddy, Wanaparthy, Nalgonda, Siddipet, Yadari Bhongir, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Medak, Siddipet, Jagtial, Adilabad, Mancherial, among others have received moderate to heavy showers.

Kangti and Sigarpoor in Sangareddy received the highest rainfall at 60 and 51.3 mm respectively. Moderate to heavy rains are expected in the State until September 14 along with thunderstorms, lightning, and squalls.

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Telangana has adequate stocks of all fertilizers: Niranjan Reddy

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Niranjan Reddy assured farmers that supplies were being closely monitored by Agriculture officials at the State level and the Collectors of the respective places at the district level

Published Date – 08:38 PM, Sun – 10 September 23


Telangana has adequate stocks of all fertilizers: Niranjan Reddy

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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said on Sunday that the State was maintaining adequate stocks of all chemical fertilizers including urea to meet the farm needs throughout the season.

In an official release issued here, he assured the farmers that the supplies were being closely monitored by Agriculture officials at the State level and the Collectors of the respective places at the district level.

The urea stocks made available at all levels in the State would be over 2.18 lakh metric tonnes, of which 90,000 metric tonnes were with the private dealers, 41,000 tonnes with primary agricultural cooperative societies, 81,000 metric tonnes with Mark Fed and 6,000 metric tonnes in company godowns.

Another 18,000 thousand metric tonnes of urea would be made available additionally in the next four days. In addition to the urea stocks, a total of 7.57 lakh metric tonnes of other fertilizers were also available readily.

He made it clear to the farmers that there would not be any short supply so far as the fertilizers were concerned as the government had taken necessary measures to ensure timely supply.

He appealed to the farmers not to be carried away by false reports that appeared in a section of the media on urea supplies. He sounded a stern warning to the elements out to create artificial scarcity. Government will take serious action against such agencies, he cautioned.

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Congress to announce ‘five guarantees’ for T’gana Assembly polls at rally on Sep 17

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Top Congress leader Sonia Gandhi would announce release the five poll guarantees at the rally on September 17, state Congress president and MP A Revanth Reddy has said.

Updated On – 11:26 PM, Sun – 10 September 23


Congress to announce ‘five guarantees’ for T’gana Assembly polls at rally on Sep 17



Hyderabad: The Congress would announce five ‘guarantees’ to Telangana people ahead of the Legislative Assembly elections at a public meeting to be held here on September 17.

Top Congress leader Sonia Gandhi would announce release the five poll guarantees at the rally on September 17, state Congress president and MP A Revanth Reddy has said.

Congress has already announced that the first meeting of the newly-constituted Congress Working Committee under party chief Mallikarjun Kharge will be held in Hyderabad on September 16.

An extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting will be held on September 17 that will include all Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chiefs.

The Congress had released ‘Farmers Declaration’, ‘SC, ST Declaration’ and ‘Youth Declaration’, comprising its promises to the Telangana voters in the assembly polls scheduled to be held in a couple of months.

In the Legislative Assembly polls in neighbouring Karnataka, the ‘five guarantees’ announced by Congress is believed to be a major factor in the party’s success.

The ruling BRS in Telangana has already announced candidates for 115 of the total 119 Assembly seats.

Meanwhile, Telangana is set to witness hectic activity on September 17, the day the erstwhile Hyderabad State under Nizam rule merged with the Indian Union in 1948.

The Union Government and different political parties have planned to organise events in Hyderabad to celebrate the day.

This has assumed significance in view of the upcoming elections.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah had participated in the official celebration of the ‘Liberation Day’ held by the Centre in Hyderabad last year and he is expected to attend the event in the Telangana capital this year as well.

September 17, the day the then princely state of Hyderabad merged with the Indian Union in 1948, is interpreted differently by different parties in Telangana.

The CPI has decided to conduct week-long events from September 11-17 to mark the Telangana Peasant Armed Struggle (1946-51) which was spearheaded by the Communists.

The CPI says that the struggle forced the Nizam to merge Hyderabad State with the Indian Union.

The Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM would organise a bike rally and public meeting on September 17 which it would celebrate as ‘national integration day’.

Describing September 17, 1948 as ‘Liberation Day’, the BJP has been fighting for its official celebration by government for about two decades now.

The BRS government had declared the day last year as National Integration Day.

Union Tourism Minister and BJP president in Telangana G Kishan Reddy on Saturday hit out at the Congress and BRS for not officially celebrating September 17 during their tenure in office allegedly under the influence of AIMIM.

 

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Puvvada distributes cheques to flood affected families in Khammam

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Puvvada Ajay Kumar distributed cash cheques worth Rs 1.50 crore to 1,718 families affected by Munneru floods at Khammam

Updated On – 08:43 PM, Sun – 10 September 23


Puvvada distributes cheques to flood affected families in Khammam

Minister P Ajay Kumar distributed cash cheques to flood affected families in Khammam on Sunday.

Khammam: Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar has distributed cash cheques worth Rs 1.50 crore to 1,718 families affected by Munneru floods at Khammam Nayabazar Government School on Sunday evening.

Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that immediately after asking Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao an NDRF team was sent to Khammam as a result the lives of the residents were saved.

The minister said that he personally monitored the flood relief work by staying in Munneru catchment areas standing by the poor. Rajya Sabha member Bandi Parthasarathy Reddy donated Rs 1 crore and the minister’s daughter-in-law Puvvada Aparna donated Rs 50 lakh to help the flood victims.

The amount Rs 1.50 crore was transferred to the district Collector’s account and the same was distributed to the flood affected families; Ajay Kumar said and thanked the donors who responded immediately when asked for support.

District Collector VP Gautham said 1,718 families affected by the floods an amount of Rs 8,463 per family distributed equally. Minister Ajay Kumar had worked hard to help those who suffered due to the floods and the survey process was completed immediately to help them.

Collecting funds and giving them to flood victims was laudable. As a result of the minister’s efforts, cheques were handed over to affected families. Rs 51. 90 lakh was given to 615 people in Bokkalagadda area which suffered the most, he said.

Mayor P Neeraja, DCCB chairman K Nagabhushanam, RDO G Ganesh, corporators Kamartapu Murali, Mateti Aruna, BRs city president Pagadala Nagaraju, senior leader Gundala Krishna and others were present.

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Hyderabad: Twin festivals to keep cops on their toes

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With Ganesh Chaturthi and Milad-un-Nabi falling around the same time this year, police are going all out to ensure peace

Updated On – 10:53 PM, Sun – 10 September 23


Hyderabad: Twin festivals to keep cops on their toes

With Ganesh Chaturthi and Milad-un-Nabi falling around the same time this year, police are going all out to ensure peace

Hyderabad: The city police are burning midnight oil to ensure peace ahead of the 10-day Ganesh festival and the Milad-un-Nabi month.

With both the festivals falling around the same time this year, the police personnel are on their toes and senior officials in the tri-commissionerates are holding meetings with the local officials, mandap organisers, peace committee members and community leaders.

The 10-day Ganesh festival commences on September 19 and the immersion is slated to be on September 28. The month of Rabi-ul Awal begins around the same time with the 12th day likely to fall either on September 28 or September 29 when a big rally is taken out. “Between September 19 and 28 there will be hectic religious activities of both the communities including processions, food camps, meetings and other events. We are carefully examining requests for permissions,” Hyderabad Commissioner of Police CV Anand said.

A few big religious meetings are held prior to the 12th day of Rabi ul Awal day, including one at the Darussalam grounds. Gatherings are expected during the religious meetings as usual and arrangements are made to provide 360 degree security for them and also beef up security in surrounding areas.

“A major challenge is to convince local youngsters who take out processions from their colonies to Charminar. We are reaching out to them through local community leaders and suggesting either rescheduling their bike rallies or taking some alternate routes,” an official of the south zone said.

For instance, the procession from Vattepally, Nawab Sahab Kunta is likely to be allowed till Fateh Darwaza, take a left turn and pass through Chandulal Baradari before heading back. Similarly, those from Yakutpura and Rein Bazaar will stop near Etebar Chowk and head towards Bibi Bazaar. “Local community elders are reaching out to the youth directly and seeking cooperation in ensuring peace,” the official said.