At a time when Muslim organizations and political parties are holding rallies and public meetings seeking to increase reservation in government jobs and educational institutions in the state and Centre, a mosque in Chennai has taken a different route to achieve this. Moulana Shamsudheen Qasimi, chief imam of Makkah Masjid on Anna Salai is a proud man today as his efforts have borne fruit in the first attempt. He started a training academy for civil services aspirants within the premises of the mosque. Azhagiya Kadan IAS Academy was started on the third floor of the mosque with 28 aspirants in 2011. Today, one of its students, Mohammed Ashraf JS, has cracked the UPSC examination in his first attempt with a ...

Clearly worried about the 16 unfound bodies of students in the Beas River, Telangana deputed ace swimmer, senior IPS officer & it’s Octopus Chief Rajiv Trivedi to Mandi in Himachal Pradesh to join the search operations. Trivedi is the fastest swimmer across the Palk Straits between India and Sri Lanka. He has been the key force behind retrieving the bodies of 36 Greyhounds commandos killed by Maoists in the Balimela ambush on the Andhra-Odisha border (AOB) in 2006. He also swam the Strait of Gibraltar and the English Channel in 2001. Some swimmers from Telangana police are joining Trivedi in the search operations. Sending Trivedi shows Telangana’s desperation to bring a closure to the suffering of the parents who have ...

Arizona Telangana Association (AZTGA) celebrated the historic event of Telangana Formation Day on June 8th, 2014 that had several noted dignitaries and the entire Telugu fraternity of AZ in attendance. Held at the Indo-American Cultural Hall, the event saw luminaries from all walks of life, from ministers to musicians, grace the function and welcome the new state by recounting the long 60-year-history of Telangana’s struggle and optimism. The event was live addressed by Muhammad Ali (Deputy Chief Minister), T.Harish Rao (Minister for Irrigation), K.Taraka Rama Rao(Minister for IT) and Deshapathi Srinivas (Poet, Singer and Teacher), who embraced the new state and paid homage to the Telangana martyrs who gave away their lives for the noble cause. They hoped that the ...

The central government has permitted the state government to register motor vehicles in Telangana state with ‘TS’ code. Earlier, the Centre had given permission for registration of vehicles with ‘TG’ code but the state government wanted TS instead of TG. Accordingly, the central government issued a gazette notification allowing Telangana state to register vehicles with TS code. Transport minister P Mahender Reddy told media persons here on Wednesday that the registration of new vehicles would commence in about four days. There are around 70 lakh vehicles in the state. All the vehicles having AP registration number plates should have new number plates within four months, the minister said. However, the time duration may be further extended, he added. Telangana State ...

Indicating a good sign in the new state, Karimnagar district has now emerged as the rice bowl of Telangana, with an expected record paddy production for the second consecutive year this rabi season (2013-14). The district has broken its own record in this rabi season by procuring about 6,16,751 tonnes of paddy through government agencies like market committees, IKP, primary and tribal cooperative societies at minimum support price of Rs 1,345 for Grade-A variety and Rs ,310 for command variety. With this record level procurement the district has re-written its own history in the paddy procurement stream. In 2010-11 rabi season, the district had procured about 6,08,559 tonne, joint collector Sarfaraz Ahmed revealed to this paper. Paddy procurement is still ...