Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday directed the officials to continue implementation of the lockdown as it is, indicating that there will be no relaxation for certain sectors after April 20 as suggested by the Centre.
Conducting Iftar parties for Muslim brethren by the governments and also various political parties, social organisations and even individuals has been the practice in the country, particularly in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, during the Holy month of Ramzan.
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Telangana government has been facing a big headache due to growing number of positive cases for coronavirus in the last few days.
Not long ago, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao told a press conference that the health department authorities, municipal authorities and the police were able to track all the returnees from Tablighi Jamaat conference held at Nizamuddin in New Delhi in the second week of March and also all their contacts.
The Telangana high court on Friday expressed doubts over the number of tests being conducted to find out the exact number of Coronavirus positive cases in the state.
Telangana continued to see a huge surge in the number of Covid-19 cases with 66 persons testing positive on Friday, taking the state's tally to 766.
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It appears Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is still not happy with the way the Narendra Modi government at the Centre dictating to the states on imposition of lockdown and relaxation of norms from April 20.
Aiming to ramp up the state's competencies in professional skills, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has mooted collaborations with overseas organisations so that the courses in Skill Development Universities (SDUs) meet the international standards.
A day after showing a downtrend, COVID-19 cases in Telangana spiked again with 50 persons testing positive on Thursday.
Telangana state cabinet will meet on Sunday to discuss and decide whether to continue the lockdown or make certain relaxations after April 20.
All opposition parties in Telangana on Wednesday demanded that chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao call for all party meeting to discuss the Coronavirus and lockdown situation in Telangana State.
Telangana government will soon prepare a detailed lockdown exit plan soon and share it with industry representatives, state Industry and Information Technology Minister K. T. Rama Rao said on Wednesday.
After the sudden spike during the last three days, the number of Covid-19 cases in Telangana showed a downward trend on Wednesday.
Police in Telangana booked four government officials for allegedly celebrating a booze party in violation of COVID-19 lockdown norms.
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Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his cabinet colleagues are making tall claims over the steps being taken to contain the Coronavirus epidemic, but the number of positive cases continue to mount with every passing day, say the opposition leaders.