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‘AP is like Maharashtra and Karnataka. We will not interfere in AP affairs’

Telangana Education Minister G Jagadeeswara Reddy is unperturbed with Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE)’s political game in partnership with AP Government to pressurize Telangana State to drop it’s reforms in fee reimbursement policy. When asked about APSCHE’s move to release notification for EAMCET counseling without Telangana Government’s approval, Telangana state has nothing to do and nothing to lose with the decision of the APSCHE. He shot back “We are no way concerned with what the AP government does with regard to admissions to professional colleges. If they want to go ahead with counselling, let them. For us, AP is like Maharashtra and Karnataka. We will not interfere in AP affairs,”. It looks like the TS Govt thinks APSCHE’s actions are a blessing ...

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APSCHE Goes Ahead Unilaterally, Announces Dates For EAMCET Counseling

The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has informed that the notification for counseling for Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) candidates in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will be announced on July 30.The verification of certificates would commence on August 7. Although the officials from Telangana did not participate in the meeting, the APSCHE, as directed by AP Govt, went ahead with announcement of dates. This is even while Telangana went to Supreme Court to postpone the counseling by a month. The TS government’s petition has been pending with the Supreme Court and is scheduled for hearing on August 4.  Telangana principal secretary of higher education, Mr Vikas Raj, has shot off a letter to APSCHE saying he was ...

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Venkaiah Naidu Asks TS To Extend It’s Welfare Schemes To AP Students ‘In Constitutional Spirit’

Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu has said the centre can not intervene in the fee reimbursement issues of Telangana and asked AP Govt. to sit with Telangana Govt. and resolve the issue. “That’s the way the governments function in a democracy,” the Union Minister said addressing a press conference in Hyderabad. Incidentally, the union minister was under fire for his unilateral actions regarding Polavaram ordinance and amendment to the AP Reorganisation Act and was accused of bulldozing concerns of TS government over the transfer of 7 mandals of Khammam. The minister now feels that the Telangana government should not make any students suffer and there should not be any discrimination on its treatment between students ...

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స్థానికతను నిర్ధారించడం తెలంగాణా ప్రభుత్వ హక్కు, అవసరం, ధర్మం

నాకు పీఎన్‌వీ నాయర్ అంటే అమిత గౌరవం. హాన్స్ ఇండియా పత్రిక ఎడిటర్‌గా ఆయన వృత్తి నిబద్ధత గల జర్నలిస్టుగా, సుదీర్ఘ జీవితానుభవం ఉన్న జ్ఞాని గా విశిష్ట గౌరవ మర్యాదలున్నవారు. అయితే.. నేను ఈ వ్యాసంతో ఆయనకున్న జ్ఞానాన్నీ, వృత్తి నిబద్ధతను సవాలు చేయడం లేదు. కానీ రెండు ఇరుగు పొరుగు రాష్ర్టాలుగా తెలంగాణ, ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ రాష్ర్టాలు, వాటి సంబంధాల విషయంలో తలెత్తుతున్న సమస్యలు, కొన్ని విషయాలను ఆయన దృష్టికి తేదల్చుకున్నాను. అయితే ఇక్కడే మరో విషయం కూడా స్పష్టం చేయాలి. నేను కేసీఆర్‌నో, తెలంగాణనో వెనకేసుకొస్తున్నాననుకోవద్దు. సహజ న్యాయసూత్రాల ఆధారంగా తెలంగాణ ప్రజలు, వారి తరఫున కేసీఆర్ కోరుతున్న లేదా అంటున్న విషయాలను విపులీకరించదల్చుకున్నాను. ఇక్కడే మరో విషయం కూడా స్పష్టం చేయాలి. సహజంగానే తరతరాల చరిత్రను పరిశీలించినా.. తెలంగాణ ప్రజలు ప్రేమగల వారు. ద్వేషమన్నదే ఎరుగని వారు. అలాగే కేసీఆర్ కూడా ద్వేషంతో ఏనాడూ ఏమీ చేయలేదు. ఏ మాటా మాట్లాడలేదు. ఆయన అన్నదల్లా సహజ న్యాయసూత్రాల ఆధారంగా తెలగాణ ప్రజలకు న్యాయం దక్కాలె. వివక్ష, అణచివేతలు అంతంకావాలె. వలసపీడనల పీడ విరగడ కావాలె.తెలంగాణ ప్రజలే కాదు, ...

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KCR’s Surprise About FAST Is Out! Scholarship Directly To Students With 75% Attendance

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Last week, when CM KCR met with Journos and was asked about FAST and the 1956 cut-off, he quipped there is another ‘angle’ to the FAST scheme which will come out soon. Now it is out! FAST (Financial Assistance to Students of Telangana – FAST) Scholarship is turning the fee reimbursement scheme upside down and may cause major heartburn for managements of engineering colleges. The erstwhile fee reimbursement scheme was criticized to be an employment scheme for college managements rather than a scheme to help needy students. The latest FAST scholarship s set to rectify those mistakes and remove irregularities from the newly introduced scholarship scheme to help the really needy and also bring up the quality of education with the ...

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