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Hyderabad has it all. A galaxy of educational research institutions, outstanding infrastructure, an affordable lifestyle, and a cosmopolitan culture that makes it the hub of global tech companies. It is now reaching out for the next level. Cabinet Minister for Panchayat Raj & IT, Telangana State, K. T. Rama Rao spoke on how he plans to go about the transformation On his technology vision There is a definitive sense of purpose in what we have been doing in the last fifty days. We are at the second position in IT exports at eight billion dollars and want to scale up swiftly. For this, we have a three-pronged strategy.One is to build a tech incubator ecosystem and a start-up culture in the ...

Jayesh Ranjan, VC & MD, Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, shares the spirit of the Telangana industrial policy, that is to be unveiled shortly, in an interview with ToI. How interested is industry and the investor community since the new Telangana government has taken charge? Just about 2 months have passed by since the new state has been formed and the new government has taken charge. The kind of enthusiasm that has come from international, domestic and local industrialists and investors, I haven’t seen such a phenomenon before. Practically the who’s who of the business community has paid a call to Hyderabad to meet the Chief Minister. No single week has passed without one mega investment decision or the other getting announced. ...

- Rakesh Reddy Dubbudu It is time to keenly watch the new State and Central governments and hold them accountable to the promises they made. The oxford dictionary defines manifesto as ‘A public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate’. Manifestos are meant to showcase the vision/ideas of a political party for dealing with the challenges that the country or state faces. Unfortunately they have lately become more of a tool that is used to garner votes before election only to be forgotten post election. Populism than realism is what drives manifestos. Where does the problem lie?The problem is that no political party is accountable to their own manifesto. They only look ...

The Supreme Court today directed both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments to complete the admission process for EAMCET by the end of August and begin classes for the current academic session from September first week. The SC referred the matter for next hearing on August 11, when it is expected to give the full judgement, on fee reimbursement and nativity norms.The court asked AP & TS to insulate students’ education from the impact of bifurcation and refrain from politicising the matter. The court observed that the recent EAMCET notification be dealt in a special manner, as it came during bifuraction. The court opined that going by existing norms for this notification would be better for students’ future.While the Telangana government has assured students belonging to the state that ...

The High-Power Committee headed by CEA Chairman Neerja Mathur is meeting today in Delhi. This is the committee’s second meeting, which was supposed to be held On July 30. The meeting was post-posted as Telangana officials were unavailable that day, due to their trip to Chhattisgarh to finalize the power purchase between TS and Chhattisgarh. The Committee has meanwhile sent to both states draft of it’s recommendations based on the arguments presented in the first meeting on July 14. It reportedly rejected the cancellation move of AP Government with regard to the PPAs and upheld TS share in power generated in AP too, as per the norms set by AP Reorganisation Act. AP took objection to this position of the ...