Telangana Education Minister G. Jagadishwar Reddy said students of the state need not attend the certificate verification process for which the notification was issued by the APSCHE. Mr. Reddy termed the APSCHE’s notification as illegal and a ploy by A.P Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and APSCHE to mislead students and defame the Telangana Government. He pointed out that the AP Govt. didn’t even issue a GO to start counselling but enacting a drama with APSCHE. He added that engineering classes started only in October in the last five years and counseling in the past never happened in July He assured students from the State that Telangana Government will conduct its own engineering counselling soon after completing ongoing college inspections of task force. This ...

Telangana is still trying to grapple with the power issues it is in. The Energy secretary SK Joshi’s trip to Chhattisgarh, which was to happen last week, got postponed and may happen today. He may negotiate for an MoU for purchase of 1500 MW of power, higher than the initial plan of purchasing 1000 MW. The Govt notified creation of TS Electricity Regulatory Authority 2 days ago to fasten the MoU process as the common APERC, serving both AP and Telangana, reportedly cited existing procedures that wont allow for a direct inter-state agreement without competitive bidding. A preliminary report on the feasibility of direct transmission corridor between Chhattisgarh and Telangana is also ordered by the CM. As the North South ...

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has been invited to speak at IIMPACT 2014, the annual IIM alumni meet, in Singapore. The CM tentatively accepted the invite for the August 22-23 meet as a guest and address the ex-students of the IIM working in different countries.Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President S R Nathan along with entrepreneurs like Richard Wurman, Founder, TedTalk, are the other speakers at the event, which annually enlists an array of speakers from Singapore and around the world. Singapore government representatives, other global business leaders and experts have been the chief patrons of the event in the past. This the 7th year of the event and the theme for this year is “I’M the Change” and would be held at ...

After handing over 65 MW to AP from Telangana and at the same time, putting on backburner, all complaints of Telangana on violations done by AP, the CEA high power committee has sent notice to AP and Telangana for yet another meeting on 30th July. It needs to be seen if the committee will decide anything at least in this meeting or will again end up dishing up a few advices. Even if they decide and declare their findings, there is little possibility AP CM Chandrababu Naidu would heed to any of it, if it means giving Telangana the power it is entitled to, under the AP Reorganisation Act. A day after the committee has been set up, the AP CM ...

Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao today handed over exgratia of Rs 5 lakh, Rs 2 lakh on behalf of the State Government and Railways to the 14 families of those deceased in Masaipet Rail accident.  Along with Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy he met the victims’ families and consoled them. He also given them an assurance for insurance amount of Rs 1 lakh. The minister mentioned how moved is the state government with the accident and the victims and said with CM’s orders,soon after the accident news reached the Government, the ministers immediately swung into action to rescue injured kids and get them treated. We have saved 20 kids with prompt actions, claimed the minister. The minister mentioned how the CM went to hospital ...