Chandrasekhar Rao

Deepfakes a problematic issue for conducting safe, fair polls: MoS IT

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that for a large, connected nation like India, deepfakes and misinformation represent a "very problematic issue" for conducting safe, free and fair elections. With respect to tackling deepfakes and misinformation, he said social media platforms are under watch on remedial actions they take in next 7-10 days on 'advisories' issued by the government. The minister also promised that inaction on their part may prompt amendment to the IT Rules that will be more "prescriptive". In an interview with PTI, Chandrasekhar, who is Minister of State for IT and Electronics, counted the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) legislation, setting up of grievances appellate panels and tighter accountability enforced on digital platforms for user safety as being among the big achievements for 2023. Chandrasekhar, however, said that the Digital India Act (that will supersede the 22-year-old Information Technology Act) despite undergoing extensive ...

BRS party candidate Reddy stabbed during poll campaign, 1 held for murder

An attempt was made on the life of ruling BRS MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy by a 38-year-old man who allegedly stabbed him with a knife in Siddipet district on Monday, police said. The incident took place in Surampalli village of Doulthabad mandal when Prabhakar Reddy, (59), who has been fielded by BRS from Dubbak segment for the November 30 assembly elections, was campaigning, they said. The accused identified as Raju was taken into custody following the incident and a case was registered against him, they said adding the motive behind the attack is under investigation. Prabhakar Reddy, who is an MP from Medak Lok Sabha constituency, suffered injuries in his stomach and was shifted to a hospital in Hyderabad after initially being rushed to a hospital in Gajwel of Siddipet district. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao visited Prabhakar Reddy later in the evening. A release from the hospital said the patient was evaluated and stabilized in Emergency Department and Emergency CT was done,

Telangana CM KCR to distribute Podu land documents to beneficiaries today

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday will distribute Podu land (shift cultivation) documents to beneficiaries in Asifabad and also address a public meeting there, official sources said. Chandrasekhar Rao, also known as KCR, will reach the Komuram Bheem Asifabad district headquarters at 1 PM and unveil the statue of Gond martyr and Telangana fighter Komuram Bheem. After paying floral tributes to the statue, he will inaugurate District BRS Party office building and unveil a statue of Kotnak Bheem Rao and pay floral tributes The Chief Minister will inaugurate the District Police Office building complex and also Integrated District Offices complex and address employees. He will return to Hyderabad after addressing a public meeting. Rao had earlier said the state government will distribute four lakh acres of 'Podu' land titles to 1.5 lakh beneficiaries.

Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao leaves for visit to Solapur in Maharashtra

Ruling BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday left for a visit to Solapur in Maharashtra. Rao, who was travelling by road in a massive convoy of about 600 vehicles, was accompanied by state ministers, MPs, MLCs, MLAs and party senior leaders, an official release said. During his two-day visit to Maharashtra, Rao would reportedly offer prayers at Lord Vitthal temple at Pandharpur town near Solapur and at Goddess Tulja Bhavani temple at Osmanabad and also attend an event where a popular leader from NCP would join the BRS. After renaming the TRS as BRS in December last year, Rao, also known as KCR, has been making efforts to strengthen the party in neighbouring Maharashtra. He has addressed public meetings at Nanded and other places in Maharashtra, highlighting his 'Telangana model' of development. Several activists and leaders from NCP and other parties in Maharashtra joined the BRS during the last six months.

Telangana CM KCR admitted to Hyderabad hospital after abdominal discomfort

The Chief Minister was admitted to AIG Hospitals where he was examined by the chairman of the hospital Dr D Nageshwar Reddy who is also the chief of Gastroenterology

Kavitha's questioning by CBI continues for over 6 hrs in Delhi liquor case

The questioning of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha in Delhi liquor scam case by the CBI was continuing for more than six hours at her residence in Hyderabad

Allocation of all coal mines done through open auction, says Kishan Reddy

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy refuted Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's allegations and said that the Centre has given coal mines not as per its wish but through an open auction

KCR will be hat-trick CM after 2023 polls in Telangana, says K T Rama Rao

TRS Working President K T Rama Rao on Friday claimed that the ruling party will once again form government in Telangana after 2023 Assembly polls by winning over 90 seats.

Telangana: BJP to protest suspension of MLAs in Budget session of Assembly

The Telangana High Court on Monday directed the three BJP MLAs, suspended during the Budget session, to appear before the State Legislative Assembly Speaker on March 15 to present their views

KTR threatens to cut power, water supplies to defence area in Secunderabad

Speaking in the State Legislative Assembly, he said if the military authorities failed to mend their ways the government will be compelled to take strong action

Telangana CM announces recruitment to fill over 80,000 vacancies in govt

The presidential order pertains to a new zonal system aimed at extending 95 per cent quota for local residents in government employment

T'gana CM leaves for Delhi, to take up Krishna river water sharing issue

K Chandrasekhar Rao left for New Delhi, where he is scheduled to meet Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat over water allocation in Krishna and Godavari basins

Telangana CM flags second wave of Covid-19 as state logs 873 new cases

Telangana saw 873 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the aggregate to over 263,000 while four fatalities pushed the toll to 1,430

BJP spreading lies on social security, says Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao

Rao on Saturday hit out at the BJP for allegedly spreading lies vis-a-vis social security pensions in the context of November 3 bypoll to Dubbak Assembly segment in the state

PM Modi has a disease that causes communal madness: Chandrasekhar Rao

Rao said he will ensure that the demand for raising the quotas was accepted if people elected TRS candidates

Will take up issue of Hyderabad University VC's removal with PM: Chandrasekhar Rao

The police arrested as many as 25 students and two faculty members in this connection for their alleged vandalism