Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy removed minister Konda Surekha from his cabinet. HYDERABAD: Cracking down on growing concerns over indiscipline within the Telangana Congress, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday dropped endowments and forests and environment minister Konda Surekha from his cabinet and rescinded veteran Congress leader G Chinna Reddy’s appointment as vice-chairman of…
Hyderabad: Congress disciplinary committee chairperson Mallu Ravi on Thursday said Konda Surekha and Chinna Reddy were removed from their posts as the party high command felt their continuation could harm both the Congress and the govt.Describing the action as part of party discipline, Ravi said he had prepared and submitted reports on both cases after…
Hyderabad: Got an old mattress, broken furniture or unwanted wooden articles piling up at home? Residents of Cyberabad can now have such bulky waste collected from their doorstep, with the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) introducing a scheduled collection service every Saturday.The initiative is aimed at curbing the practice of dumping large household items on roadsides,…
Hyderabad: Despite repeated claims by the city police over the years about deploying artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled CCTV cameras, no such cameras are currently in use, according to a response to a Right to Information (RTI) query filed by social activist SQ Masood.The same petitioner also moved the Telangana high court in 2022 over the alleged…
Hyderabad: Amid her removal from chief minister A Revanth Reddy’s cabinet, former minister Konda Surekha on Thursday released a six-page representation she had submitted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Aug 23, alleging that her authority as a minister had been curtailed and that she and her family were being politically targeted.In the representation, Surekha…
Suryapet town planning officer held in a ₹20 crore DA case Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday registered a disproportionate assets (DA) case against Vuyyala Somaiah, town planning officer of Suryapet municipality, and unearthed assets worth over ₹20 crore allegedly linked to him.The 57-year-old officer is also holding the additional charge as town planning…
Hyderabad: Former endowments minister Konda Surekha on Thursday said she would not seek a recall of the Congress high command’s decision to remove her from the cabinet, but demanded that the AICC and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy explain why she was removed without being given an opportunity to respond.Surekha alleged that the high command…
Hyderabad: Endowments ministers in both the Telugu states have not been blessed with a full term in office, with just one notable exception.With Konda Surekha being shown the door by the Congress, ending her tenure prematurely, the latest development has brought back focus on a decades-old trend surrounding the portfolio. The long list of leaders…
Hyderabad: Munugode MLA Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy on Thursday said decisions on the proposed cabinet expansion and allocation of ministerial berths rested entirely with the Congress high command, adding that he would abide by whatever decision party leader Rahul Gandhi takes.Speaking at Sarvel village in Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district after laying the foundation stone for road development…
Hyderabad: Raising concern over people having to approach the Telangana High Court to get police protection orders issued by lower courts enforced, the high court on Wednesday pulled up the police department for failing to act on such orders in several cases.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin…
