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On 29 April 2005, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to apologise to the Rajya Sabha for a cabinet minister who had skipped the Upper House during Question Hour, which is considered an important slot in the Parliament session. Question Hour is the only time the members extract official response for…
After getting clearance from Telangana High Court for construction of a new secretariat, the Telangana government began razing the old building complex in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) had first announced his plans to build a new secretariat in January 2015. It was only in June…
For the past 48 hours finding a hospital bed for 72-year-old Rao’s family has become a nightmare. Talking to The Lede, Rao’s son Harish says, “For the past two days we have been trying to admit my father in a private hospital. My father is diabetic and a sinusitis patient.…
The Telangana government laid claim to the absolute ownership over the legacy of PV Narasimha Rao, former Prime Minister of India, who was incidentally the last Brahmin leader of stature from the Telugu states, especially from Telangana. The era of scholar politicians, to be precise, Brahmin politicians, who ruled the…
Gloom is palpable among thousands of families of weavers in Telangana’s erstwhile districts of Warangal and Nalgonda which produce Pochampalli Ikkat silk sarees of international repute. All the weavers have been rendered jobless for three months. They lost an income of Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 a month. For two…
Puppala Divya’s life was snuffed out when she was a mere 20 years old. The 13-week-old foetus inside her too was killed. Family “reputation” and “honour” were the reasons for this young woman’s life to have been taken. The perpetrators were her own parents – her father Puppala Bhaskaraiah, 50,…
58-year-old T Devake Devi who lives and works in Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s native Karimnagar district, is in dire straits. Despite having a “secure” job as a teacher in a government school, Devake is uncertain about her future and anxious about the present. Devake has been struggling against…
