AP Government blocked a bid by the Neeraja Mathur Committee to give Telangana it’s due share in power, as per the AP Reorganisation Act. In the 2nd meeting held in Delhi yesterday, AP questioned the locus standi of the Committee to oversee the PPA dispute between both the states. This brings the issue back to square one. AP’s stance was always questionable as AP CM Chandrababu Naidu declared even earlier that the Committee is just an advisory body. The Committee held it’s 1st meeting on July 14th and both states presented their arguments. Based on the arguments, the Committee sent a draft of its recommendations last week to both the state governments. AP which didn’t question the authority of the ...

Hyderabad has it all. A galaxy of educational research institutions, outstanding infrastructure, an affordable lifestyle, and a cosmopolitan culture that makes it the hub of global tech companies. It is now reaching out for the next level. Cabinet Minister for Panchayat Raj & IT, Telangana State, K. T. Rama Rao spoke on how he plans to go about the transformation On his technology vision There is a definitive sense of purpose in what we have been doing in the last fifty days. We are at the second position in IT exports at eight billion dollars and want to scale up swiftly. For this, we have a three-pronged strategy.One is to build a tech incubator ecosystem and a start-up culture in the ...

Jayesh Ranjan, VC & MD, Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, shares the spirit of the Telangana industrial policy, that is to be unveiled shortly, in an interview with ToI. How interested is industry and the investor community since the new Telangana government has taken charge? Just about 2 months have passed by since the new state has been formed and the new government has taken charge. The kind of enthusiasm that has come from international, domestic and local industrialists and investors, I haven’t seen such a phenomenon before. Practically the who’s who of the business community has paid a call to Hyderabad to meet the Chief Minister. No single week has passed without one mega investment decision or the other getting announced. ...

The Supreme Court today directed both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments to complete the admission process for EAMCET by the end of August and begin classes for the current academic session from September first week. The SC referred the matter for next hearing on August 11, when it is expected to give the full judgement, on fee reimbursement and nativity norms.The court asked AP & TS to insulate students’ education from the impact of bifurcation and refrain from politicising the matter. The court observed that the recent EAMCET notification be dealt in a special manner, as it came during bifuraction. The court opined that going by existing norms for this notification would be better for students’ future.While the Telangana government has assured students belonging to the state that ...

The NIMS Bibinagar campus is opening this August 15th. Efforts are on war-footing to start the out-patient service on the independence day and get the prestigious medical facility functioning. In the subsequent 2nd and 3rd phases, 300 beds and 700 beds would be made available at the hospital. The 1000 bed campus is at Rangapur in Bibinagar and would be made fully functional with all beds and critical and emergency care by end of the year. Telangana Government put pressure on NIMS to take the campus works on priority and NIMS has resumed work on the campus, soon after Telangana formation, and is completing pending electrical and civic works. The building itself was ready 4 years ago but the works ...