The Telangana industrial infrastructure Corporation (TIIC) is in the process of establishing a ‘Foundry Cluster Park in over 170 acres in Nawabpet village of Shivampet Mandal of Medak district. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating ‘Sourecon 2014′, Regional Conference of Southern India Foundrymen organised by the Institute of Indian Foundrymen here, Telangana state Industries Department Principal Secretary Pradeep Chandra said the land alienation proposals are in an advanced stage for the park and expressed confidence that this Foundry Park will become functional withing this year. Adding to this, M Prabhakar and V Anand Reddy of Bhagyanagar Foundries Associaiton under whose aegis this Park will come up said, it would house 50 units and nearly Rs 300 crore investment was expected once ...

Anxious to avoid a skewed investment climate that could be in place if neighboring Andhra Pradesh is assigned the special category status, Telangana assembly passed a resolution that the centre should assign the same status to Telangana if Andhra gets it. Stating that eight of the 10 districts in Telangana were backward districts according to the Planning Commission, 85 percent of the population of Telangana comprised weaker sections including 11 percent of tribals, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said Telangana has all the qualifications to be given the special state status, moving the resolution. “Our state has poor infrastructure and most of the agricultural land is dependent on rains for irrigation. Hence it should be given special category status, Telangana ...

Chief Minister KCR today declared that his government would implement reservations to Muslim minorities. The TRS Government will lead an all-party delegation to Delhi and mount pressure on the Centre for reservations, KCR said. KCR added the PM being a BC is expected to empathize with the weaker of the minorities. During a debate on the thanks-giving motion on Governor’s speech in Telangana Assembly here, the CM announced to constitute a committee headed by a retired judge in this regard. Allaying fears on implementation of reservations that may surpass the norm of 50 percent, he said Telangana State will take steps for the purpose. KCR quoted example of TN and Karnataka which are implementing reservations successfully for all weaker sections. ...

TRS president and Chief Minister KCR today profusely thanked AICC president Sonia Gandhi for granting statehood to Telangana. Replying to the Governor’s address in the Assembly on Friday, KCR said the Telangana State could become a reality only due to the resolute initiative taken by Sonia Gandhi. He also thanked the 33 parties which extended wholehearted support for formation of Telangana State. Post by Telangana Talkies. The Telangana Chief Minister also said BJP president Rajnath Singh and then Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj also helped in realising the Statehood dream. He said the formation of the State is the result of combined efforts of all and added that he would take the help of all parties to ...

Telangana Shakuntala is no more. She is 63. She died from a heart attack last night in her home at Kompalli. She started her movie career in 1981 with the film ‘Ma Bhoomi’. Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda is her last film. Shakuntala is of Maharashtra origin. She is a daughter of an army officer from erstwhile Hyderabad State, who settled in Hyderabad decades ago. One of his 4 daughters, she said in an interview sometime ago that she grew up like a boy fulfilling her parents’ craving for a boy they could not have. Her then tomboy years,s he said, reflect in the rough and loud roles she is known to play with aplomb. Known popularly as Telengana Sakuntala for speaking ...