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KCR barred from electioneering for 48 hours for making derogatory comments against Congress leaders

KCR News: Election Commission bars former Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao from campaigning for 48 hours for objectionable remarks against Congress.

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It’s raining tickets for turncoats in Telangana

Lok Sabha elections in Telangana see Congress, BRS, and BJP fielding turncoats, with BRS facing defections and BJP aiming for dominance.

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Bharat Ratna to PV Narasimha Rao: How the optics will play out for the BJP

Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao will be conferred with the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, incumbent PM Narendra Modi announced on February 9. Along with Rao, former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh and agricultural scientist Dr MS Swaminathan will be posthumously honoured with the Bharat Ratna.

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Probes, rejigs and policy shifts: Revanth Reddy’s first few weeks as Telangana CM

As Telangana’s new Chief Minister, Congress leader Revanth Reddy was taking oath on December 7 at the LB Stadium in Hyderabad, police officials were tearing down barricades barely 5 km away at Pragathi Bhavan, which was until then the residence of the former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao. Revanth, the…

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A herculean task ahead in Telangana

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced the launch of the programme, spanning eight working days till January 6, under which officials will go to at least two villages every day to collect applications from the people in a prescribed format during gram sabhas.

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Officials who managed COVID-19 pandemic in Telangana replaced

Prominent Telangana Health department officials Dr. G. Srinivas Rao and Dr. K. Ramesh Reddy were replaced from their positions as Director of Public Health and Director of Medical Education. They played a key role in management of COVID-19 pandemic in Telangana.

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Rahul Gandhi promises 2 lakh government jobs in one year if Congress comes to power in Telangana

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) government in Telangana led by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and guaranteed to give 2 lakh government jobs in 1 year if the Congress comes to power. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Telangana polls: What’s behind KCR’s dual poll battle from Gajwel and Kamareddy?

For two consecutive assembly polls, Bharat Rashtra Samithi president and incumbent chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao has emerged victorious from the Gajwel constituency.

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"KCR makes decisions sitting in farmhouse": Mallikarjun Kharge attacks Telangana CM ahead of polls

Ahead of the November 30 Assembly elections, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday slammed the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the state and took a dig at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on corruption and development issues in Telangana. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Telangana’s unemployment woes: What data says about the last nine years

Boda Sunil Naik, an unemployed tribal man, died by suicide in 2021 after blaming the Telangana government for delaying government job notifications. In a video filmed before his death, Sunil urged Telangana’s unemployed youth to continue fighting against Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.

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‘KCR looted public, Owaisi polarising votes for Modi’: Congress’s Revanth Reddy

After failing twice, the Congress is fighting tooth and nail to dethrone BRS supremo and chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao in the November 30 Telangana assembly elections.

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K. Chandrasekhar Rao files nomination papers from Gajwel

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao files nomination papers for Gajwel Assembly Constituency for the third time. He is also contesting from Kamareddy. BJP leader Eatala Rajender and TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy are challenging him in Gajwel and Kamareddy respectively.

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From Dalit Bandhu to land distribution: KCR’s Dalit outreach is riddled with flaws

Before taking oath as the first chief minister of the newly formed Telangana state in 2014, K Chandrashekar Rao as the chief of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi – now rechristened as the Bharat Rashtra Samithi – had made a promise. At public events and press meets, KCR always promised that…

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Will BJP’s BC card pay off in TS polls?

BJP gambles on BC CM pick to boost Telangana poll prospects; other parties on defensive, BCs to decide fate of candidates in North Telangana; BJP's move to woo back Munnuru Kapus; OBC Bill in Parliament to empower BCs.

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I have unfinished agenda for Telangana, says KCR

K. Chandrashekar Rao, CM of Telangana, held a meeting with key leaders of his Gajwel constituency to assure them of his commitment to development. He acknowledged the sacrifices of people who lost their lands and promised justice. He urged the people to ensure the State's development continues and asked leaders…

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Rahul Gandhi assures to conduct caste census in Telangana

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi promises caste census in Telangana; appeals to people to see through BJP and BRS’ games.

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High stakes poll in Telangana, BRS confident, Congress hopes to replicate Karnataka magic, BJP on edge | Analysis

Telangana Assembly elections 2023 will be a multi-cornered contest between BRS, BJP and Congress. BRS has a head start with its welfare and developmental schemes, while BJP is banking on anti-incumbency and corruption. Congress is hoping to replicate its success in Karnataka with its six guarantees

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An arrow finding its mark

Y.S. Sharmila's padayatra in 2012 in support of her brother, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, became popular with the slogan "Nenu Jagan vadilina baanam". In 2021, she launched the YSR Telangana Party, but speculation of her merging with the Congress intensified when she met Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. Her entry could…

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BRS neither with INDIA or NDA, but has friends: Telangana CM KCR

Amid the Opposition's efforts to cobble up numbers in both Houses of Parliament in favour of the no-confidence motion against the Centre and against the Delhi Services Bill, Telangana Chief Minister and BRS national president, K Chandrashekar Rao, on Wednesday declared that his party was neither with the INDIA ,…

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Telangana Congress chief triggers a needless controversy

Telangana Congress president A. Revanth Reddy’s remark in the U.S. that 95% of Telangana farmers have landholdings which are not more than three acres each, and that power supply for eight hours would be more than sufficient for them, has triggered a controversy

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Congress will trounce the BJP’s B team BRS in the next hustings, says Rahul Gandhi

Launching a scathing attack on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on July 2 said his remote control was with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and described the state’s ruling party as “BJP’s B-Team” and its new nomenclature, BRS, as ‘BJP Rishtedar Samithi’.

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The Dalit outreach of the BRS

The party is attempting to swing Dalit votes in its favour

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‘Why are you blind to development when Rajanikanth is not?’

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BRS leaders set up hoarding of 'Washing Powder Nirma' giving sarcastic welcome to Amit Shah in Hyderabad

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders set up a hoarding of 'Washing Powder Nirma' giving sarcastic welcome to Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Hyderabad on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Telangana: BRS calls PM Modi ‘destroyer of democracy’ in posters across Hyderabad

As Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC and Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao's daughter K Kavitha appeared before ED, serval posters surfaced on public walls across Hyderabad calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "destroyer of democracy". Read further on Dynamite News:

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