With the first-elected government of newly-formed Telangana State having decided on celebration of its first Independence Day from the historic Golconda Fort, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on August 15 will hoist the national flag from the Taramati mosque near Rani Mahal inside the fort with Bala-Hissar, the highest point of the fort, providing the backdrop. The State Government has forwarded it’s plans to ASI, which protects the heritage fort, for permission. “The celebration of Independence day and other state festivals has to take place at Golconda Fort. The main objective behind the celebrations of Independence day at Golconda Fort is revival of Telangana history and culture. Like Red Fort in Delhi, Independence day will be celebrated at Golconda Fort,” ...

Biggest US Solar panel maker & developer ‘First Solar’ is making it’s India entry in Telangana with a 45MW PV plant. The facility, which will be the company’s 1stproject in the country, will supply electricity to Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana State Limited under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The PPA has been signed and project will be live next year. The plant will be spread across two sites in the Mahabubnagar district and is expected to go live by May 2015. The capacity will generate enough to power 92,000 homes in Telangana “The state of Telangana has an energy deficit that demands immediate creation of incremental generation capacity,” said First Solar country India head Sujoy Ghosh. “The excellent solar resource ...

The Telangana government announced a Telangana Water Grid project, on the lines of Gujarat Water Grid, at an estimated cost of Rs.25,000 crore to permanently solve the drinking water problem and the rampant fluorosis problems in the state.The grid, which will use 160 TMC ft (thousand million cubic feet) water, will be completed in four years, said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao in Karimnagar Tuesday night. CM KCR said the grid would use 80 TMC ft each from Godavari and Krishna rivers. All ongoing drinking water projects will be integrated into the proposed project. The grid would be modeled on the lines of similar project undertaken in Gujarat, which is dubbed a larger than Indian Railways with it’s spread of 1,20,769 km. The state ...

AP Government blocked a bid by the Neeraja Mathur Committee to give Telangana it’s due share in power, as per the AP Reorganisation Act. In the 2nd meeting held in Delhi yesterday, AP questioned the locus standi of the Committee to oversee the PPA dispute between both the states. This brings the issue back to square one. AP’s stance was always questionable as AP CM Chandrababu Naidu declared even earlier that the Committee is just an advisory body. The Committee held it’s 1st meeting on July 14th and both states presented their arguments. Based on the arguments, the Committee sent a draft of its recommendations last week to both the state governments. AP which didn’t question the authority of the ...

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 ...