CM KCR submitted a list of 14 demands for Telangana State development to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today in New Delhi. Their meeting lasted for 45 minutes during which KCR submitted 14 separate memorandums to the Prime Minister giving details of the 14 demands and how crucial they are for Telangana. In addition to these demands, KCR demanded rollback of the Polavaram Ordinance & alter project design before commencing the project. TRS LS leader MP Jithender Reddy & TRS LS whip Kadiam Srihari which later briefed the media about the list of these demands. 1. Special Category Status for Telangana State. 2. Declaration of Pranahita-Chevella Dam as national project. 3. Tax incentives for Telangana State as per AP Re-Org Act. ...

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will seek special status for the new state and incentives on par with Andhra Pradesh when he calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. The controversial Polavaram issue, the Centre’s support for reconstruction of Telangana in various sectors, including pending irrigation projects, power, infrastructure, and tourism, will also be on Mr Rao’s agenda during his first visit to New Delhi after becoming the Chief Minister. KCR has a hectic schedule in the national capital that includes courtesy and business calls to President Pranab Mukherjee, the Prime Minister, Home minister Rajnath Singh, Union finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu. The Chief Minister will also invite Mr Modi to the official ...

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union Ministers in New Delhi tomorrow with a list of demands, which include special economic incentives for the new state. It would be Rao’s maiden visit to the national capital after taking over as the first Chief Minister of Telangana. Other demands include national project status for Pranahita-Chevella lift irrigation scheme and the Palamuru lift irrigation scheme and scrapping of the merger of seven mandals in Bhadrachalam division — which would be affected by the Polavaram irrigation project — with Andhra Pradesh, TRS sources said in Hyderabad. TRS, the ruling party, is opposed to the merger of these areas with Andhra Pradesh. The Chief Minister ...