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Osmania hospital, the Nizam era Hyderabad hospital caught in a heritage vs health debate

The more than century-old Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad is crumbling and while a few like Owaisi & KCR want it torn down completely, heritage activists are up in arms against the proposal.   

Why power of padayatra is fading in Telugu politics from YSR’s days of ‘charm & showmanship’

A bunch of padayatras have been planned in Telangana & Andhra in the coming months — by BJP Telangana chief Bandi Sanjay, state Congress chief Revanth Reddy and Y.S. Sharmila, Jagan’s sister.

Telangana politics is like T20, so Congress chose hard-hitter like me, Revanth Reddy says 

In an exclusive interview with ThePrint, new Telangana Congress president Revanth Reddy says he has a good rapport with Rahul Gandhi, accuses CM KCR of ill-treating his ministers.

How KCR built his ‘Tirumala’ dream in Telangana — Rs 1,200 cr & non-stop work through Covid

Telangana CM has envisioned Yadadri in the lines of the Tirumala temple. Political observers believe it will consolidate ruling TRS's Hindu vote base, & undermine BJP’s ‘Hindutva pitch’.

Mamata and KCR are the only CMs yet to receive even one shot of Covid vaccine

ThePrint analysed vaccine status of all 30 chief ministers, and found that barring the two, every CM has taken at least one dose of either of the two Covid vaccines.

After BJP, now KCR appropriates Narasimha Rao’s legacy, fields his daughter in MLC polls  

Surabhi Vani Devi, who has largely shied away from the limelight, will make her electoral debut in the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahbubnagar graduates’ MLC constituency.

Andhra CM Jagan’s sister Sharmila hints at Telangana political entry — without her brother 

YS Sharmila, younger sister of Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy, held a political meeting in Hyderabad Tuesday without the backing of her brother or his YSR Congress Party. 

BJP only talks of Covid vaccine before every election, says Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao

Municipal Minister K.T. Rama Rao, or KTR as he is known, also said any attempt to disturb communal harmony in Hyderabad will be dealt with strongly. 

KCR announces Delhi-like ‘free water’ scheme for Hyderabad ahead of local body polls

With BJP working to make in-roads in Telangana, KCR has also promised free power to barber shops, salons, laundry shops and dhobi ghats across the state.  

Allow competitive exams to be written in regional languages, KCR writes to Modi

In his letter to PM Modi, Telangana CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao has said allowing regional languages will provide students a 'fair opportunity'. 

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Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.