Telangana Govt. has implemented the Supreme Court order on promotions. DGP Anurag Sharma on Saturday demoted 41 DSPs to inspectors. He held a counseling session with the DSPs and conveyed that the demotion is part of the process to adhere to the Supreme Court orders. Telangana government seems to be considering creating supernumerary DSP posts to accommodate the demoted DSPs and the DGP is reported to have conveyed the same. Earlier in the year, a mammoth exercise was taken up across the state for verification of promotion orders of about 2,000 DSPs. Some of them had got promotions from inspector to DSP rank on an ad hoc basis. “All DSPs who secured promotions illegally will be demoted and those who were ignored ...

Telangana got back the 200 seats cancelled earlier this year by MCI. Deputy Chief Minister and Medical and Health Minister Dr T Rajaiah confirmed this yesterday. “We have received an MCI (Medical Council of India) letter today giving 200 seats back to Telangana State”, he said. Of these, 100 seats will be filled in Rajiv Institute of Medical Sciences in Nizamabad, 50 in Kakatiya Medical College and the remaining 50 will be filled in Gandhi Medical College. Sources in Medical Council of India (MCI) say MCI has agreed to restore 6,387 medical seats, across the country, in government colleges which were cancelled earlier this year. The action came after all affected state governments promised to upgrade infrastructure and comply fully with the Council’s guidelines.MCI chairperson Jayshreeben ...

A beautiful pavilion with Telangana’s maiden campaign ‘It’s all in it’ has been set up this weekend, in Hyderabad’s HITEX Exhibition Centre that is hosting the Travel & Tourism Fair, TTF. TTF is the oldest and the largest network of travel & tourism fairs that brings Indian and global travel industry under one roof in 10 cities, annually. With over 200 stalls from 11 countries and 19 Indian States & Union Territories, the 3-day travel trade show brought together state tourism boards, national tourist offices, hoteliers, airlines, tour operators and travel agents, online travel companies, railways and cruise lines under one roof. Entry to the show is free and the visitors are also being offered complimentary souvenirs. There are colourful displays of various places ...

With the Lok Sabha Friday passing the contentious Polavaram bill for the merger of over 200 villages across 7 mandal in Telangana with Andhra Pradesh, the government of Telangana is planning to challenge it in the Supreme Court Terming the central government’s move “undemocratic” and “unconstitutional”, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said he was consulting legal luminaries and constitutional experts. “The fight will continue. The modalities will be announced later,” said a statement from the chief minister’s office. He said passing the bill to convert an ordinance issued last month into a legislation was a clear cut violation of article 3 of the constitution as the consent of Telangana was not taken. It was unethical on the part of NDA government, to pass ordinance in this manner, ...

The budget submitted by Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, has avoided making any commitments to the development of Telangana in budgetary allocations. According to the AP Re-Organization Act, both Telangana & AP States are supposed to get special tax incentives to spur growth in their regions. There is no reference the budget made in this regard. The minister just said the Government is “committed” to the development of these two States and that various departments were making proposals in this regard.  Telangana didn’t figure anywhere in the budget except getting a horticultural university, which was one of the promises of AP ReOrg Act. That of course didn’t stop Telangana BJP leaders from hailing the budget saying it is encouraging for infrastructure, agriculture and ...