The Telangana state government is all set to finalize the state’s official symbols this week. Tree, bird, animal and flower symbols which have cultural, traditional and historical significance in Telangana were being scouted and proposals have been sent now to the CM. As per reports, the Indian roller (pala pitta) is being considered for state bird status, while the Indian bison (adavi dunna), the state animal. Mahua (ippa chettu) is considered as the state tree while palash (modugu puvvu) may become the state flower. The indian roller is part of a popular belief. Sighting it on the Dasara day in Telangana is considered auspicious. Indian Bison is widely found in forests of Warangal, Adilabad and Khammam districts. Ippa chettu is considered holy by tribals and is widely ...

Information and Technology Minister K T Rama Rao today asserted that the Government is committed for industrial development and promotion and to create conducive atmosphere with employable graduates. Inaugurating a Technology Entrepreneurship Course at ISB in Gatchibowli here, KTR reiterated that the Telangana government would focus on bridging the skill gap among students to make them industry ready. The two-year programme is offered by ISB in association with Institute of Electronic Governance. It is aimed to help students create and launch new business ventures — in the technology space — through online courses and in-lab training, design workshops as well. There are 10 colleges from Telangana and five from AP participating in it. Reportedly, around 700 students in their penultimate year ...

In continuation of the earlier discussion with Chhattisgarh, the Telangana state government has decided to finalize purchase of 1,000 MW of power from Chhattisgarh immediately, besides planning short-term and long-term power deals with the neighbouring state to overcome the power crisis in the new state. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who discussed power shortage and related issues with Transco and CMO officials on Friday, asked Transco managing director Rizvi to take immediate steps to obtain power from Chhattisgarh by entering into a memorandum of understanding with the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company and into a PPA with the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCL) for lines. In addition, Mr Rao asked them to negotiate for 2,000 MW power on ...

The Kamalanathan committee has released the guidelines for allocation of employees between 2 states of Telangana & AP. Telangana employees announced their reservations on the guidelines and said the committee hasn’t considered any of their representations over injustice being done to Telangana employees. Among the many issues they raised over the guidelines are the options being given to employees to choose the state they serve and when considering nativity as one criterion, limiting it to seven years of continuous education. Telangana emplyees also faulted placing Principal Secretary of AP Govt. as the nodal officer to monitor the distribution of employees. The monitoring too would be done from AP Secretariat.  “The guidelines show clear partiality towards Seemandhra employees. The nodal officer who ...

Last week, when CM KCR met with Journos and was asked about FAST and the 1956 cut-off, he quipped there is another ‘angle’ to the FAST scheme which will come out soon. Now it is out! FAST (Financial Assistance to Students of Telangana – FAST) Scholarship is turning the fee reimbursement scheme upside down and may cause major heartburn for managements of engineering colleges. The erstwhile fee reimbursement scheme was criticized to be an employment scheme for college managements rather than a scheme to help needy students. The latest FAST scholarship s set to rectify those mistakes and remove irregularities from the newly introduced scholarship scheme to help the really needy and also bring up the quality of education with the ...