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Sundaram Home Finance to double SBL branches, to set foot in Telangana

Sundaram Home Finance on Thursday unveiled its plan to double its Small Business Loans (SBL) branches over the next 12 months including setting foot in Telangana. Telangana will be the company's first expansion outside Tamil Nadu in the SBL segment. We have made steady progress in the SBL segment establishing a solid presence in Tier 3 and 4 towns in Tamil Nadu. While we will look to strengthen our existing branches, we are now set to foray into locations outside TN in phase two of our expansion, Sundaram Home Finance MD Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy said on the expansion. The company is in the process of identifying "pockets of opportunities" in smaller towns in TN and Telangana and expects to finalise them in Q4 this year, he said in a statement and added that the new branches would become fully operational next year. The company opened 25 exclusive SBL branches in Tier 3 and 4 towns in Tamil Nadu in phase 1 after it forayed into this new segment in October 2022, the release said.

Telangana will never forgive KCR for insulting Indira Gandhi: Kharge

"KCR made a scathing attack at the Congress recalling the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's regime and said "Why do we need that regime when nothing good happened during that period."

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Don't fall for Congress' lies, says Yediyurappa in poll-bound Telangana

Senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday accused the Congress of deceiving the people of Karnataka by not implementing its five pre-poll guarantees after coming to power. The former Karnataka CM also urged the people of Telangana not to fall for Congress party's "lies and empty promises". Addressing reporters here, he said 'Karnataka model' is Congress' election model in other states. The Congress had promised five guarantees to voters in Karnataka and won the elections in May this year. It is selling "Karnataka model" in Telangana and other poll-bound states, he said. "The party has, in fact, hoodwinked the people in Karnataka after winning the elections as its government has failed to implement the guarantee schemes," he added. "The Congress manifesto includes six guarantee schemes only to cheat the voters of the state. I appeal, request the people of Telangana not to get cheated by Congress party's lies and empty promises," he said.

T'gana polls: Kamareddy to see three-way contest, but advantage to BRS

Kamareddy assembly seat is set to witness a three-way contest in the coming elections with BRS at an advantage on account of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) contesting from here and the party's organisational prowess having an edge over the relatively weak opposition. State Congress President Revanth Reddy and BJP's K Venkata Ramana Reddy are pitted against the CM. The electoral battle in Kamareddy constituency has intensified with two political heavyweights ready to take on each other on November 30. Reddy picked up the gauntlet after BRS chief chose to contest from a second seat, Kamareddy, after five-time MLA Gampa Govardhan was dropped. As a result, former Congress Minister Mohammad Ali Shabbir had to shift to Nizamabad Urban constituency. Reddy being an outsider and Shabbir moving to another constituency, it has become a challenge for the Congress, while the BJP has fielded a local candidate who finished third with 15,000-odd votes in the 2018 assembly ...

T'gana polls: BRS pins hopes on civic infra, job creation to woo voters

Enhanced civic infrastructure, job creation and "well maintained" law and order, among others, in Hyderabad and adjoining areas which constitute 24 segments in the 119 member-assembly in Telangana, are some of the key issues being highlighted by the ruling BRS party during its poll campaign in the run up to the upcoming elections. There are 15 seats in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits with 45.37 lakh voters, while nine are located in the adjoining parts of the city with over 50 lakh electors. The BRS won a majority of the seats in the 2018 assembly polls while Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM won seven seats. AIMIM is said to have strongholds in the constituencies located in the southern part of the city. Goshamahal is the only seat won by the BJP in the 2018 polls. T Raja Singh represents the segment. The higher concentration of voters, with nearly 30 per cent of the total 3.26 crore, forces all political parties to focus more on various rallies, mostly roadshows, pad

ED searches Congress' Telangana candidate Vivek Venkatswamy in FEMA case

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday searched the premises of Congress candidate from Telangana's Chennur seat Vivek Venkatswamy and some others as part of a foreign exchange violation probe, official sources said. They said the federal agency is undertaking the searches under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) in Chennur and Hyderabad, they said. The former MP, early this month, had resigned from the BJP and joined the Congress in the presence of party leader Rahul Gandhi in Hyderabad. With declared assets worth over Rs 600 crore, Vivek is the richest politician contesting the November 30 assembly polls in Telangana. Vivek and his wife own movable assets valued at Rs 377 crore, mostly shares in various companies, including his own Visaka Industries, which was founded in 1981. The family's immovable assets stood at over Rs 225 crore. According to the affidavit filed by him, Vivek and his wife have liabilities or loans worth Rs 41.5 crore. Vivek's annu

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2 dead, 10 injured after under-construction stadium collapses in Telangana

"One body was recovered, and authorities are trying to recover another body from under debris. The injured have been shifted to a local hospital for treatment," he added

Can't afford to have Congress or BJP come to power in Telangana: Owaisi

Launching a no-hold-bar attack on the Congress and the BJP, Owaisi said that both parties are built on the politics of hate

Telangana polls: Shah attacks rivals, vows to end Muslim reservation

"We will do away with the four per cent reservation for Muslims and we will give those to SCs. OBCs, and STs," Amit Shah said while campaigning at Telangana's Jagtial on Monday

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Silent revolution against BRS in T'gana, BJP will form govt: Kishan Reddy

There is a silent revolution against the ruling BRS in Telangana and people are gaining confidence that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's government will lose and the BJP will come to power in the upcoming Assembly polls, state BJP chief G Kishan Reddy said on Monday. Addressing a press conference, Reddy, also Union Minister for Tourism, said despite some false survey reports being circulated, the BJP candidates are good at getting good response in the field and people were receiving the party's manifesto positively. Alleging that based on former AICC chief Rahul Gandhi's instructions the Congress government in Karnataka is levying "Telangana election tax" on people, Reddy said the amount is being sent here. "The BJP is in the forefront in several constituencies. It is like a silent revolution against the BRS party. People are responding positively to BJP's campaign. People are voluntarily not allowing BRS campaign vehicles into their villages," he told reporters. The only solut

BJP puts up posters mocking Congress' 'six guarantees' in Hyderabad

This comes days after the Congress released its 'Abhyas Hastam' manifesto which constituted of six guarantees

30% commission BRS govt should be sent packing after Nov 30 polls: Nadda

Charging the BRS MLAs with collecting 30 per cent commission in the state government's 'Dalit Bandhu' scheme, BJP national president JP Nadda on Sunday said the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led dispensation should be sent packing after the upcoming assembly polls and urged the people to elect the saffron party. Speaking in a rally at Narayanpet, Nadda also alleged that the Kaleshwaram irrigation project "served as an ATM" for Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao and it became a "symbol of corruption". He said the BJP, after coming to power in Telangana, will investigate the alleged corruption in the project and send the culprits to prison. Accusing Rao of indulging in appeasement politics for the sake of votes, the BJP chief said he has made Urdu as the second official language besides proposing to increase the reservation of a particular community to 12 per cent from the 4 per cent. He also alleged that temple lands in the state were being utilised for other purposes. Did the BRS MLAs take 30

Telangana election: Public trusts PM's poll promises, says OBC Morcha head

Bharatiya Janata Party OBC Morcha National President K Laxman made remarks on Saturday after the release of BJP's manifesto by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Reservations all over India, you have to give: Cong leader on BJP manifesto

BJP in its manifesto said that it will remove unconstitutional religion-based reservations and provide this to OBCs, SCs and STs.