The number of active Covid-19 cases continues to be on rise in Telangana as it ranked sixth amongst all the states with the highest jump in active cases during the past 24 hours.
An interesting battle is on cards in the next month's elections to two seats of the Telangana Legislative Council from graduates' constituencies as the ruling TRS faces an acid test.
Y S Sharmila, who has been interacting with a cross section of people in the last few days as part of her preparations to launch a new regional party in Telangana, has succeeded in striking an emotional chord with the student community.
At a time when spurt in Covid-19 cases in some states, including Maharashtra have raised fears of a second wave, Telangana has stopped issuing daily media bulletins on the pandemic.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana, which has been adopting an aggressive posture against the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government, has stepped up its attack on chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy’s daughter Y S Sharmila, who is all set to launch her new regional party in Telangana, is said to be focussing on weak areas of Telangana Rashtra Samithi led by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
The move by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to field former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao's daughter S. Vani Devi as its candidate for the Telangana Legislative Council is another attempt by the state's ruling party to own the legacy of the late leader considered the father of India's economic reforms.
The announcement of MLC ticket to Surabhi Vani Devi, daughter of former Prime Minister late P V Narasimha Rao, under graduates’ constituency in Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahabubnagar districts, is being projected as a master political stroke by Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
As Y S Sharmila, daughter of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, is getting ready to launch her political party soon, she appears to have focussed on reaching out to the people through social media.
A Dental student, identified as M Adhi Reshma, died in an accident in Cyberabad after a speeding lorry ran over her during the wee hours of Sunday.
Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao's daughter S. Vani Devi will contest for the Telangana Legislative Council as the candidate of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
It is a known fact that Sharmila is making her grand entry to Telangana politics and this is viewed by many YSR family supporters as good news, but the yellow media (Controlled by TDP and its friends) is unable to digest this fact.
The primary opposition Congress in Telangana received another jolt on Sunday, as former MLA and party's Medchal Malkajgiri district Unit President, K. Srisailam Goud, on Sunday announced his decision to quit the party and would join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) later during the day.
The arrest of a leader of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and questioning of a kin of another party leader in connection with the bone-chilling murder of an advocate couple in Telangana has given political overtone to the gruesome killings.
Now that she is launching a new regional political party in Telangana, Y S Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, is preparing the ground to project herself as an alternative leader to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.