Senior politicians and bureaucrats seem to have given the go-by to the Supreme Court’s guidelines not to disclose the identity of rape victims. Four days after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a woman veterinarian on the city outskirts, there was visible outrage from different walks of life. Cutting across party lines, several politicians condemned […]
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The Real Story Behind ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ On 17 September
At 5 p.m. on 17 September the Nizam’s army surrendered. India then incorporated the state of Hyderabad into the Union of India and ended the rule of the Nizam’s. September 17 will mark seventy years since the state of Hyderabad ruled by the Nizam surrendered to Indian forces. September 17 marks seventy years of Hyderabad’s […]
Why Congress Facing Existential Crisis In Telangana?
The Telangana Assembly has nearly become ‘Congress-mukt’ with the defection of 12 of its legislators to ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), even as one more Congress MLA has announced plans to switch loyalty to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The national party is facing existential crisis in the state, where it had hoped to revive […]
Over 1000 Farmer Suicides Occured In KCR Regime In Telangana!
More than 1,000 farmers had committed suicide in Telangana in the last four years of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi regime, going by the statistics provided by the government itself. On August 1, the TRS government issued a GO releasing Rs 14.58 crore towards payment of ex-gratia to families of 243 farmers who had committed suicide […]
Why AP Govt Undertake The Sale Of Alcohol In Retail?
In a major move, which is being touted as the first step towards total prohibition in Andhra Pradesh, the state’s cabinet earlier this week decided that the government would soon run all liquor retail outlets in the state, through the AP Beverages Corporation. The corporation, which is the sole agency in the state involved in […]
#Opinion: What Hindus To Learn From Muslims In India?
Hindus must view electoral politics, not through the prism of political partisanship but our shared identity. #IndiaWants to see the future India as a secular, democratic and open country. In the famous V for Vendetta comic, which eventually was made into a movie, Alex Moore made a profound statement: “People shouldn’t be afraid of their […]
Why ‘Food-Animal’ Production Is Dangerous With ‘Colistin’ Drug In India?
Action against the drug, used as a growth promoter in food animals, is imperative to curb antimicrobial resistance in humans. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released AWaRe, an online tool aimed to ensure safer antibiotic use and reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a global public health threat. As part of this, colistin has been marked […]
A Roaring Leader ‘Chandrababu Naidu’ Is Facing A Huge Reversal Of Fortune In His Political Career
After spending the lavish life of his political career, the sounded leadert of Telugu Desam Party polulrly known as TDP is witnessing the commoner life with low ranking political importance and shadowed life. Sometimes in Hyderabad and sometimes in Vijayawada, Guntur or Kuppam in Andhr Pradesh. Used to regal treatment, Naidu now undergoes frisking, downgrading […]
New State, Old Politics: How Far Can ‘Welfare Populism’ Take KCR In Telangana?
The TRS needs to present a new vision and long-term solutions to agrarian distress, unemployment and Hyderabad-centric development. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao’s (KCR) sweeping victory in Telangana shows that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief has defeated the Congress at its own game of welfare populism. The declaration of the results of the state elections saw […]
Will An Expensive Vaastu-Compliant ‘Secretariat And Assembly’ Strengthen KCR’s Regime?
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao laid the foundation stone for a new Assembly-secretariat complex in accordance with Vaastu. Good luck to KCR even as his state faces huge difficulties. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao laid the foundation stone for a new secretariat to be built — reportedly at a cost of Rs 400 crore […]