Here is the press release from Sania Mirza- It hurts me that so much precious time of prominent politicians and the media is being wasted on a petty issue of my being appointed the Brand Ambassador of my State of Telangana. I sincerely believe that this precious time should be spent on solving the more urgent issues of our State and country. I would like to state as follows: 1. I am married to Mr. Shoaib Malik, who is from Pakistan. I am an Indian, who will remain an Indian until the end of my life. 2. I was born in Mumbai as my mother needed to be at a specialist hospital since she was seriously unwell at the time ...

The embarrassments continue for Telangana BJP, which has gunned for Sania Mirza over her place of birth, among many other things. The BJP leaders claimed she was born in Maharashtra and her family migrated to Hyderabad in 1980s. But reports say Sania Mirza’s family has ties to Telangana for more than a century and that the family is shocked over the baseless controversy. Sania’s grandfather W. Mirza Shukoor Baigh even served as an MLA from Warangal during 1957. He was a legal giant and a poet. Telangana BJP’s misogynist comments failed even on the basic facts about Sania’s family lineage. Sania may put out a press statement shortly on this whole unwanted controversy.

BJP floor leader K Lakshman’s comments against Sania dubbing her ‘Pakistan’s daughter-in-law’ has quickly turned into a national embarrassment for the party, with it’s own party leaders distancing themselves away from the comments. Senior BJP leader & Parliamentarian MM Joshi today slammed the statement saying, “If someone says this then it reflects his culture”.  Prakash Javadekar,I&B Minister said that Sania Mirza is the pride of India. He said “Sania Mirza has an international standing of her own,we have no problem, actually she is brand ambassador of India” Congress leader Manish Tewari said ‘This is a bizarre controversy. Sania Mirza is an acclaimed player. An individual has the right to marry anyone’. Brinda Karat said “Only a pervert & twisted mind can give such ...

Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao’s meeting with his Maharashtra counterpart Hasan Mushrif at Mumbai on Wednesday is successful in clearing the way for Pranahita project. Both States have agreed to remove irritants in the progress of various Inter-State irrigation projects. Both Telangana and Maharastra Governments decided to finalise the alignment for Pranahita barrage, submergence area, full reservoir level and related issues by next month. The Maharashtra government has agreed to convene the meeting of the standing committee to start implementation of the project. The committee comprises officers of both States. It said the Telangana State agreed to reconfirm the inter-State agreement with Maharashtra for implementation of Lower Penganga project on the outskirts of Adilabad. Maharashtra agreed to delink the barrage proposals downstream ...

The Telangana Government has fastened the process of setting up Telangana State Public Service Commission to fill 18,000 vacancies that are immediately available. Chief Minister KCR is reported to have directed senior officials to take necessary steps for speedy formation of the commission a couple of days ago. The decision comes in the wake of intense demonstrations by sections of OU students over the the regularization of contractual staff. Realizing the government’s objective of fulfilling that poll promise can’t be achieved without addressing the demands of students for jobs, the state government has now taken a two-pronged approach. On one hand, its put a pause on the regularization process of contract staff while on the other it identified 18000 vacancies that can be immediately filled ...