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Returning to power will be a trial for KCR

The former chief minister has a complex task before him: Not only does he have to reinvent BRS in Telangana, but reinvent it for Bharat

Telangana CM in Delhi Revanth Reddy; likely to resign as Lok Sabha member

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday arrived in the national capital and is likely to tender his resignation from Lok Sabha. Official sources said Reddy is likely to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to offer his resignation. He represents the Malkajgiri Parliamentary constituency in Telangana. The sources said Reddy is also likely to meet party general secretary K C Venugopal and discuss issues ahead of the first assembly session in Telangana besides implementation of six guarantees promised by the party during the poll campaign. Reddy was sworn in as chief minister of Telangana on Thursday along with a deputy chief minister and other ministers. His swearing in was attended by top Congress leadership including party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, besides chief minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah.

Revanth Reddy: Telangana's new CM who defeated KCR, revived Congress

Former Telangana CM KCR hospitalised after getting injured in farmhouse

According to the sources, BRS chief KCR was injured and admitted to Yasodha Hospital. He fell at his farmhouse in Erravalli on Thursday night. He was shifted to Yashoda Hospital

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy responds to PM Modi, seeks support of Centre

Extending his wishes to Reddy, who was sworn in as the Telangana CM on Thursday, PM Modi assured him of all possible support in advancing the development and well-being of Telangana

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Telangana elections 2023: 82 of 119 winning candidates have criminal cases

As many as 59 winning candidates in the Telangana Assembly elections 2023 have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms

Revanth Reddy takes oath as Telangana CM, Bhatti Vikramarka as Dy CM

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to him at the the sprawling Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad

Govt to move Bill to establish Central University in Telangana in Lok Sabha

Also, BJP MP Chhedi Paswan will lay the Statements of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2023-24)

Amid tight fiscal, Telangana's new CM tasked with delivering '6' guarantees

Telangana PCC President A Revanth Reddy who is set to take over the reins of the state from Thursday will have a daunting task of making the bleak coffers ring to be able to fulfill the six guarantees that the Congress party gave during the run up to the recently concluded assembly polls. Besides, he also has many political challenges to confront. The Congress's robust campaign highlighting the six guarantees is said to have been one of the reasons for the party to mark its victory in the state. However finding the funds to fulfill them will be a herculean task. The most attractive among the six is free travel for women in Telangana State Road Transport Corporation buses. Sources in the state government told PTI that according to a rough estimate, the RTC earns Rs 2,500 crore annually through women passengers. If the scheme is to be implemented, the Congress dispensation will have to replenish the same amount to the corporation which is reeling under accumulated losses of Rs 6,000

Election results 2023: ‘Modi's Guarantee’ wins MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh; Congress gets Telangana

Telangana logs 15,297 cybercrime cases in 2022, highest in India: NCRB

Telangana registered 15,297 cybercrime cases in 2022, the highest in the country, according to the latest NCRB data. Cybercrime in the state has been on an upward trajectory, with 5,024 cases in 2020 and 10,303 in 2021, according to an analysis of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. The data showed that among the 28 states, Telangana logged the highest number of cybercrime cases, followed by Karnataka with 12,556 and Uttar Pradesh with 10,117 in 2022. The 28 states recorded a cumulative 64,907 cybercrime cases last year. The rate of total cybercrime cases per lakh population in Telangana stood at 40.3 while the percentage of cases for which a charge sheet was filed was 17.1, according to the data. There were 624 cases of ATM frauds, 3,223 online banking frauds, 2,179 OTP frauds, 4,467 cheating frauds, 280 cyber stalking and 234 cyber blackmailing/threatening. The motive in 10,991 cases was fraud followed by extortion with 447, the data revealed.

Telangana Congress' MLAs-elect begin lobbying for ministerial positions

Revanth Reddy brought in Gaddam Vivek Venkataswamy, an ex-MP from the BJP. The leader is now among the candidates looking for a ministerial position

Bill to establish central tribal univ in Telangana introduced in Lok Sabha

A bill to establish a central tribal university in Telangana was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. According to the statement and objects of the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023 establishment of "Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University" will cater to the regional aspirations for years to come. The proposed institution, it said, will increase access and quality of higher education and facilitate and promote higher education and research facilities for the people of Telangana. It will also promote advanced knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in tribal art, culture and customs and advancement in technology to the tribal population of India. "Apart from bringing focus to tribal education, the central tribal university shall carry out all educational and other activities like any other central university," it read. The establishment of a central tribal university in Telangana is obligatory under the An

Owaisi thanks voters after AIMIM secures win in 7 seats in Telangana

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday thanked people for electing seven of the party candidates in the recently concluded Telagnana assembly polls. In post on X, he also congratulated the Congress party, which is set to form the government in Telangana. I thank the people of #Hyderabad for trusting AIMIM again in our 7 constituencies. Inshallah, we will strengthen our grassroots work and ensure that Majlis's legacy is taken forward. I would also like to thank all our party functionaries for their hard work. My best wishes are with Congress party. AIMIM will continue its role as a constructive opposition, Owais said. The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), continued to hold sway over its traditional bastion of the Old City of Hyderabad as it retained the seven seats held by it in the outgoing Telangana Assembly. The AIMIM candidates won from seven out of the nine seats it contested in the Assembly elections. The party which held these seven segments in the outgoing ..

Congress Legislature Party to meet in T'gana today to elect new leader

The newly-elected Telangana Congress MLAs will meet here on Monday and are likely to elect their Legislature Party Leader. The meeting will be held in the presence of senior leaders and AICC observers. After clinching 64 seats in the 119-seat assembly, a delegation of Congress leaders on Sunday met Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and staked claim to form the government in the state. Speaking to reporters after the meeting with the Governor, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar had said a meeting of the newly-elected Congress MLAs would be held Tuesday morning. Anumula Revanth Reddy, the PCC president who led the Congress' charge, finds himself on the brink of chief ministership. Reddy won from Kodangal constituency with a margin of over 32,000 votes defeating his nearest BRS rival Patnam Narender Reddy. The Congress leader however lost from Kamareddy. The near 10 year-old rule of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) came to an end on Sunday, even as Chief Minister

Former Minister Konda Surekha bats for Revanth Reddy as Telangana CM

She said that with the Congress coming to power in the state, Telangana is going to witness the "people's governance"

Telangana polls: KCR wins from Gajwel constituency in Siddipet district

BRS president and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday won from the Gajwel Assembly constituency in Siddipet district in the Telangana Legislative Assembly polls. Rao defeated his nearest BJP rival Eatala Rajender by a margin of 45,031 votes. Rao, however, lost from Kamareddy, the second constituency he contested. The BRS lost the elections to the Congress, securing 39 out of the total 119 seats. The Congress bagged 64 seats.

Telangana election results 2023: Congress wins big, kudos to Revanth Reddy