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Topic: KCR

‘Won’t vote unless we get aid’ — Hyderabad residents on KCR’s flood relief ‘mismanagement’

Thousands of residents are awaiting flood relief even after a month of the CM’s promise of Rs 10,000 aid. Govt claims over Rs 650 crore has been disbursed.

KCR pitches for ‘anti-BJP’ alternative again, plans opposition conclave but without Congress

Telangana CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao claims he has already spoken to Mamata Banerjee, Pinarayi Vijayan, Arvind Kejriwal & Naveen Patnaik among others.

Buoyed by Dubbaka bypoll win, BJP looks for bigger role in Telangana

BJP is now eyeing the Hyderabad local body elections to be held on 1 December, and has appointed national general secretary Bhupendra Yadav as election in-charge for the polls.

BJP dents KCR’s TRS, wins Dubbaka bypoll in Telangana after weeks of heated campaign

Exits polls had predicted an easy win for the ruling TRS, with the Congress expected to put up a fight. Instead, the BJP won by a slender 1,079 votes.

Why BJP-TRS tussle ahead of Telangana bypoll has more to do with Congress

Ahead of bypolls at Dubbaka, there’s a BJP and TRS have got into a tussle, which is being viewed as an attempt by the BJP to expand its footprint in the state.

KCR’s daughter Kavitha is a legislator again, wins MLC bypoll in Telangana by huge margin

Kavitha, who had been away from the political limelight since her Lok Sabha loss last year, won the Nizamabad MLC bypoll securing 728 of the 823 votes cast. 

Money for new secretariat building not even 0.1% of Covid budget, Telangana ex-MP Kavitha says

Telangana move to build new secretariat amid Covid pandemic has drawn flak. Kavitha Kalvakuntla, ex-MP & CM KCR’s daughter, says govt hasn't started spending on project yet.

Accused of fleecing patients, Hyderabad pvt hospital barred from Covid treatment by KCR govt

Deccan Hospitals branch at Somajiguda, one of many private facilities accused of overcharging Covid patients, has said it will challenge the decision. 

Vastu-compliant secretariat in Covid times — why KCR is building new complex in Hyderabad

Earlier this month, Telangana govt began the demolition process of the old secretariat to build a new one. Opposition has questioned the timing of the move.

Half of Telangana’s Covid deaths were patients without comorbidities, most of them men

The state's data, now considered one of the most comprehensive in the country so far, is significant since Covid was believed to disproportionately affect people with comorbidities.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

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.