Notwithstanding the furor caused by the dharna of the Gurukul teachers against RS Praveen Kumar IPS, Secretary, Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society, CM KCR firmly backed the officer and asserted in the T News Live show that the IPS officer’s services would continue to be used for the cause of education. This is the 2nd time in last week that the CM extended support to the beleaguered officer. On 14th July, the Gurukul teachers held talks with the Secretary over the multiple objections they raised against him. The talks happened after the teachers realized the State Govt., despite all the employee-friendly policies, will not succumb to their demand to transfer the IPS officer from social welfare back to his police department. ...

The controversy ridden Lanco Hills project at Manikonda is back into focus with the government hinting at resuming the ‘wakf’ land. This is yet another setback to the infrastructure major which suffered a blow after the A.P. High Court ruled that the 108 acre of land being developed as a residential-cum-commercial venture actually belonged to the Wakf Board. In fact the vast tracts of land allotted by the A.P Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) in Manikonda jagir belonging to Dargah Hazrath Hussain Shah Wali to various companies are embroiled in controversy right from 2007. Both the Telugu Desam and YSR governments are accused of giving away prime chunks of land to companies at throw away prices. According to the Wakf Board ...

Six of India’s coal-fired power plants do not have enough stocks to weather even a “small” disruption in supplies, with fuel reserves sufficient for only up to two days, the country’s largest power producer has warned. State-run NTPC  has asked the power ministry to ensure more coal is sent to the six plants – which have a combined capacity of 16,840 megawatts or 15 percent of India’s total energy capacity from coal-fired plants – particularly as the incoming monsoon rains could disrupt supply deliveries. India, which uses coal to generate more than half of its electricity, is struggling to provide enough power to meet rising demand and the country is regularly hit with blackouts. “With the ensuing monsoon, it will ...

Chief minister KCR on Thursday held a review meeting with Reliance company representatives and other senior government officials for fast-tracking the 4G WiFi services in Hyderabad and other parts of the state. Last week, Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani met the CM. The 4G Wi-Fi services are expected to be rolled out in the western part of the Hyderabad city, where most of IT clusters are located, by September and the entire city gets covered by the year-end. The best part for the Wi-Fi users in the city is that the services will be available free of cost for the first six months. The government aims to make Hyderabad as a 4G WiFi services-enabled city by end of December, 2014, keeping in ...

A national daily has quoted MP Kavitha as saying Telangana CM KCR has grand plans for Telangana and that a plan to bid for hosting Olympics in Hyderabad is one of them. The daily didn’t report further on the context of the question nor about the purported plan. Regarding hosting the 2024 Olympics in Hyderabad, the MP, the CM’s daughter, is quoted as saying “My father always had grand plans,”. The Nizamabad MP is confident that Hyderabad will be able to host the Olympics 10 years later. She is reported to have said  “Why not? The Chief Minister has already started working on it. Hyderabad has a good climate. The government is planning to destress the city and create the ...