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BRS president KCR likely to expel daughter Kavitha from party

BRS members claimed that KCR has been following his daughter's comments and actions that can be considered detrimental to the party

KCR attended Assembly twice and took salary of Rs 54.84 lakh: CM Revanth Reddy

'The opposition leader, who takes a government salary, has left the people to their fate,' Revanth Reddy said

Lok Sabha polls: Political row erupts over phone tapping scandal in Telangana

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Is KCR-led BRS facing existential threat in Telangana?

After a humbling loss in the state assembly elections, Telangana's BRS is expected to decline further in the Lok Sabha elections bound to be held in the BJP-Congress binary of national politics. The KCR-led party is likely to face existential threat, turning the country’s youngest state a home to bi-polar politics

$KCR suffers hip fracture after fall in bathroom, requires replacement surgery$

KCR suffers hip fracture after fall in bathroom, requires replacement surgery

The BRS party chief is suspected to have fractured his hip at his Erravelli farm house.

Telangana Elections 2023: Most exit polls suggest upset victory for Cong. But what if the majority isn’t right?

BRS initially enjoyed the advantage, thanks to the presence of the formidable KCR in its ranks. But Congress chipped away at KCR’s welfare measures by offering more generous guarantees. If the exit poll projections are correct BRS no longer enjoys the benefit of the statehood sentiment

Telangana Elections 2023: Will KCR’s risky bet of tickets to nearly all his sitting MLAs pay off?

Telangana Elections 2023: If there is voter fatigue with sitting BRS MLAs, chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s move to renominate all but four of his sitting MLAs will backfire

EC asks Telangana govt to stop financial aid to farmers under Rythu Bandhu Scheme

The ECI informed the state chief electoral officer (CEO) about its decision to revoke permission for the distribution of financial aid after a state minister violated the provisions of the model code by publicly announcing the disbursement.

Telangana Elections 2023: KCR’s search for a backup safe seat lands him in another stiff contest

Telangana Elections 2023: With his Gajwel duel with BJP's Etela Rajender getting tough, chief minister KCR has ventured into Kamareddy only to draw another arch-rival, Congress state president Revanth Reddy, into the battle

Telangana Elections 2023: Has KCR lost the Muslim support that he took for granted?

Telangana Elections 2023: Support from Muslims, buttressed further by staying on the right side of Asaduddin Owaisi, helped KCR in his reelection bid in 2018. But Muslims are no longer enthused with KCR, who despite ensuring communal peace, hasn’t delivered on other key promises like a 12% quota. Both KCR and Owaisi, worry that their common foe – Congress – is poised to benefit

Telangana CM KCR's chopper develops snag, makes emergency landing

The Chief Minister was on his way to Devarakadra in Mahabubnagar district to address a public meeting. However, the chopper landed safely back

Assembly elections 2023: Telangana statehood continues to be poll plank for parties

The state, which will go to polls on November 30, will witness a traingular fight among BRS, BJP and Congress, Each party is trying to take credit for Telengana statehood in order to woo voters.

Telangana Elections 2023: A jailed Chandrababu Naidu may do more damage to KCR than an actively campaigning Naidu

Telangana Elections 2023: The Kamma community to which Chandrababu Naidu belongs has been feeling marginalised in Telangana. With perceptions among them strong that Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao is aligned to Jagan Mohan Reddy’s alleged witch-hunt that has purportedly landed Naidu in jail, it could lead to a strong mobilisation against BRS in around 30 seats where the Kammas are influential

Telangana: KCR dominates, but BJP ceding ground to Congress will reduce division of anti-incumbency votes

KCR’s pivotal role in the statehood movement and smartly packaged welfare schemes allows him to start off with a huge advantage. But Congress’s victory in Karnataka has had a cascading effect on its cadre morale in Telangana and eroded BJP’s claims of being the party that can beat KCR

A look at statues unveiled across India ahead of 2024 polls

Various political parties have been unveiling statues across the country.

Congress’s Telangana worry: Too many Reddy leaders, too few from OBCs

The Telangana leadership of the Congress is crowded in by Reddys, and it worked against the entry of another big Reddy leader, YS Sharmila, the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s daughter. With over 50% of the state comprised of OBCs, the lack of a big OBC face is a gaping hole in Congress’s armour

KCR announces first list of BRS candidates for upcoming Telangana assembly polls

Rao, who is also known as KCR, will contest from Gajwel and Kamareddy constituencies in the state assembly polls expected to be held towards the end of the year.

Telangana: With five aspirants for the CM’s post, Congress battles a familiar old problem

The Telangana Congress is in quite a farcical situation. It is up against the formidable K Chandrashekar Rao and has just 5 MLAs in the 119 member assembly but its leaders are already dreaming of the party winning the upcoming elections and fancying their chances to become the Chief Minister

Telangana: Will caste make a comeback after a decade of statehood sentiment?

Congress is stitching a Karnataka-like Ahinda coalition to its traditional Reddy bedrock. For nine years, KCR has triumphed over caste divides by tapping statehood sentiments. BJP’s difficult attempt to unite the scattered OBC vote and play up Hindutva is the third pole in the fight for a winning social coalition

Karnataka Effect: Is BJP mulling a change of electoral strategy in neighbouring Telangana?

Until the Karnataka elections, BJP was pushing ahead full steam with a Hindutva agenda spearheaded by its aggressive state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar. But his detractors, mostly ex-TRS and ex-Congress recruits, weren’t convinced this strategy would work. Now the moderates seem to be catching the BJP high command’s attention

Ambedkar Jayanti 2023: Telangana CM unveils 125-feet-long statue of B R Ambedkar in Hyderabad

India’s tallest statue of Ambedkar stands next to the State Secretariat, opposite to Buddha statue and located beside the Telangana Martyrs memorial and is expected to inspire citizens and motivate the entire state administration.

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Crisis: Nine years after Telangana statehood, KCR again flummoxes Andhra politicians

K Chandrashekar Rao, facing a spirited challenge from BJP in poll-bound Telangana, has seized upon an issue in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, to play the outsider card against BJP. But whipping up latent Telugu pride sentiments over Visakha steel plant is leaving Andhra politicians looking to curry favour with BJP embarrassed

KCR to stay away as Modi visits Telangana, won’t receive PM at airport