Six advisers were appointed to K Chandrasekhar Rao government on Monday. THE ADVISORS KV Ramana Chary, IAS (Retd) R Vidyasagara Rao BV Papa Rao, IAS (Retd) GR Reddy, IES (Retd) AK Goel, IAS (Retd) A Ramalaxman, IAS (Retd) Ramana Chary, who is interested in cultural and religious activities, may be asked to look after endowments, Sanskrit Board and other issues. KCR had earlier declared that there will be no Endowments department in Telangana and it will be rechristened as Dharmika Manadli, which will be headed by religious heads. R Vidyasagara Rao is an irrigation expert who worked as chief engineer at the Central Water Commission (CWC). He may be asked to look after irrigation-related issues, mostly getting permissions for projects, ...

K. Chandrasekhar Rao – Chief Minister – SC, ST, BC, Minorities Welfare, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Energy, Coal, GAD and All other portfolios not allotted. Md. Mahamood Ali – Deputy Chief Minister – Revenue, Relief & Rehabilitation, ULC, Stamps and Registration Dr. T. Rajaiah – Deputy Chief Minister – Medical and Health Nayani Narshimha Reddy – Home, Prisons, Fire Services, Sainik Welfare, Labour & Employment Etela Rajendar – Finance and Planning, Small Savings, State Lotteries, Consumer Affairs, Legal Metrology, Civil Supplies Pocharam Srinivas Reddy – Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development Corporation, Seeds Corporation T. Harish Rao – Irrigation, Marketing and Legislative Affairs T. Padma Rao Goud – Excise and Prohibition P. Mahender Reddy – Transport K.T. ...

Soon after TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao took over as the first Chief Minister of the state, warm greeting started pouring in from all quarters. Micro-blogging site Twitter was abuzz with good wishes for the new government of Telangana. Here are some of the congratulatory tweets posted by leaders on Monday: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: Centre assures complete support to the people & Government of Telangana in taking the state to newer heights of progress; Congrats to K Chandrasekhar Rao Garu on taking oath as Telangana’s 1st CM; My best wishes to people for the state’s development journey: Narendra Modi on the creation of Telangana We welcome Telangana as our 29th state. Telangana will add strength to our development ...

The Centre has deputed Dr Rajiv Sharma, IAS of 1982 batch, to officiate as Chief Secretary to Government of Telangana State until further orders. Dr. Rajiv Sharma worked as the Director General of CGG in Hyderabad during September 2006 to January 2011. He earlier was involved in Telangana bifurcation processes in past 2 years on behalf of union home ministry. Coming from a poor and rural background, Mr Sharma rose to prominent position in bureaucracy with his work ethic. He is a career civil servant belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. He did his Bachelor of Engineering in 1976 from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee; Master of Arts in Rural Development from University of East Anglia, U.K, and Ph.D. in ...

One look at it and even an unlettered person can say it is the emblem of Telangana, given the simplicity and the inner meaning of its design, that every Telanganite can relate to. Perhaps for that very reason, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao had approved the design within a couple of hours of its coming to his notice and finalised it as the emblem of Telangana. The man behind the emblem is Laxman Alley, a popular artist hailing from Kadirenigudem, a nondescript village in Atmakur mandal of Nalgonda district. He says he never even dreamt of such a good response to the design, which he designed without much expectations. “A well-wisher of mine, who is a high-level ...