Nalgonda

Taking cue from the fortnight-long protests by their brothers in Mancherial district, barbers in Nalgonda are preparing to launch a movement against competition from ‘outsiders’, or what they call ‘corporate salons’. As a starter, Nayi Brahmin workers and owners downed their salon shutters in Nalgonda town on Thursday, like on Tuesday, the traditional week-off of barbers, and took to the streets in protest. The demonstrations ended with submission of a petition of grievance and demands to the district authorities. But the solution is not with the authorities, the protesters are convinced, and they say they have always faced a tough question in return: “Why non-Nayi Brahmin men can’t run salons, is it legally prohibited?” The main grievance of the barbers, whose age-old caste-based occupation is hairdressing besides performing birth and death rituals, is ‘corporate salons’ or salons set up by persons other than men from the Nayi Brahmin community. They say the ‘corporates’ are ... » Learn More about Nalgonda barbers protest against competition from ‘outsiders’

A total of 11 nominations, including six by independent candidates, were filed for the biennial election of Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates’ constituency before the Returning Officer and District Collector Prashant J Patil on Thursday. A set of nomination on behalf of sitting MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, who retires on March 29 and which necessitates the election, was also filed by some proposers. Mr. Rajeshwar Reddy is the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s candidate. Party sources indicated he would file his nomination on the last day for filing of nominations on Tuesday, after a series of meetings with the target voters. From the Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujjula Premendar Reddy, accompanied by the party’s district president K. Sridhar Reddy submitted his nomination. Dr. Cheruku Sudhakar, founder of Telangana Inti Party, who has been one of the actively campaigning leaders for the election, and Nallamothu Thirumala Rao of Aam Admi Party and independent candidates – Sheik Shabbir ... » Learn More about 11 nominations filed for MLC election in Nalgonda

Leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao speak clearly at the Haliya public meeting on Wednesday on steps taken to fulfil the promises made to develop Nalgonda in the run up to 2018 Assembly elections. “Works on several irrigation projects in Nalgonda are put on hold for lack of payments to contractors. TRS government will pay dearly in the Nagarjunasagar bypoll, if the Chief Minister does not clarify and resume the works,” former legislator and State leader Julakanti Ranga Reddy said. He said the Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel project, which would irrigate about three lakh acres, urgently requires ₹ 3000 crore. The Udaya Samudram Lift Irrigation Scheme which can supply irrigation to one lakh acres also needs ₹ 1000 crore, and the Dindi Project remains to be started as its detailed project report was not prepared and hence land acquisition process is yet to begin, he added. Mr. Ranga Reddy, ... » Learn More about KCR must speak on 2018 poll promises to Nalgonda: CPIM

The State government has given administrative approval for construction of five more lift irrigation schemes in Nalgonda district with an estimated cost of ₹585 crore.In the orders issued on Tuesday, the Irrigation Department has given its nod for lift irrigation schemes at Pogilla on Krishna river in Chandampet mandal (₹25.64 cr.), Kambalapally (₹202.15 cr.), Amba Bhavani (₹184.56 cr.) and Peddagattu (₹82.73 cr.) on the foreshores of Nagarjunasagar reservoir in Chandampet, Neredugumma and P.A.Pally mandals and at Angadipeta (₹90.96 cr.) on the foreshores of Akkampalli Balancing Reservoir in P.A.Pally mandal.Besides, the government has also issued orders for formation of separate pressure main for upland ayacut of R-9 lift irrigation scheme on Nagarjunasagar Left Canal at Barkathgudem in Munagala mandal of Suryapet district with the cost of ₹8.45 crore. ... » Learn More about Four more LI schemes in Nalgonda with ₹585 cr get nod

The State government has asked the Nalgonda district collector to take up enjoyment survey of 3,495 acre land in five villages of Tirumalagiri Sagar tanda of the district. The draft list of enjoyment survey would be published in the five villages – Nellikal, Chintalapalem, Tunikinootala, Jammanna Kota, and Yellapuram (Sunkishala tanda) – for receiving objections if any. Thereafter, pattas and pattadar passbooks would be issued to all eligible landholders. The development follows the assurance given by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on resolution of long pending land issues relating to the five villages during his tour of Nalgonda district on Wednesday. On the instructions of the Chief Minister, Energy Minister G. Jagdishwar Reddy and Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar convened a meeting of senior officials here. The meeting decided to complete the entire exercise within a week. The process would benefit about 1,700 farmers enabling them to get their pattadar passbooks over the ... » Learn More about Enjoyment survey ordered in 5 Nalgonda villages

Y S Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Tuesday held talks with her late father's sympathisers here, triggering speculations of her possible political entry in Telangana. Sharmila's father and late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, widely known as YSR, was the chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. The Congress leader died in a chopper crash in September 2009. There have been rumours doing the rounds on social media over the past few days that Sharmila plans to start a political party in Telangana state without her brother's intervention. She is believed to be in touch with some prominent political leaders, who were closely associated with late Rajasekhara Reddy, eliciting their suggestions and opinion on bringing "Rajanna Rajyam" (a state envisagedby Rajasekhara Reddy) in Telangana. “I want to understand the ground realities and to take their suggestions and the information they have... I called people from Nalgonda district. ... » Learn More about AP CM Jagan’s sister hints at floating new political outfit in Telangana

The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has set its sights on the upcoming elections to the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates Constituency of the Legislative Council and the Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC) and ramping up efforts to emerge victorious at the ensuing hustings. A high-level meeting of the top State-level party leaders has been convened here on Sunday to chalk out the strategies to win the forthcoming elections.All-India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge for Telangana Manickam Tagore, TPCC president and Nalgonda MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, among others, will attend the meeting, party sources said.They will also address a meeting of the party booth and division level workers in the town the same day. The leaders of the party frontal organisations and the presidents of the district Congress committees from all over the State are expected to attend the crucial meeting.The Khammam District Congress ... » Learn More about TPCC gears up for MLC, municipal polls

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president and Nalgonda MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy charged the TRS regime with brazenly ‘misusing’ the official machinery to ‘stifle’ the Opposition’s voice against its ‘corruption-ridden rule’.Alleging that the ruling dispensation earned notoriety for authoritarianism and nepotism, he said that the Congress after coming to power in the State in the next Assembly polls would punish the guilty for their acts of omission and commission under the present regime.He was addressing a huge gathering of the party district and city committees’ chiefs from all over the State and booth-level functionaries of the town at a meeting held here on Sunday. Earlier, the top leaders of the State Congress including Mr. Uttam and Congress Legislature Party leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka deliberated at length on the party’s strategy for the upcoming Legislative Council elections to the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda ... » Learn More about TRS will pay for its corruption-ridden rule

Telangana State Legislative Council Chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy on Monday urged people of Nalgonda, and particularly to those from Nagarjunasagar Assembly constituency, to make Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s public meeting at Haliya a success. Mr. Rao will address a ‘dhanyavadha sabha’ (thanksgiving public meet) at Haliya, the business headquarters of the bypoll-awaiting constituency, after inaugurating a series of lift irrigation (LI) schemes on Wednesday. Mr. Sukender Reddy, speaking to reporters at his residence here, thanked Mr. Rao for sanctioning 13 LI schemes - to be built at a cost of ₹3,000 crore. “With this, the unirrigated lands under the Krishna ayacut will turn bountiful. The Chief Minister has also assured that he would release funds for other pending projects in Nalgonda,” he said. Mr. Reddy said Telangana was possible only because of Mr. Rao. Everyone must observe the way the State has been spearheading development, he said. ... » Learn More about Make KCR’s Haliya meeting a success: Gutha

The Left parties, Congress and their frontal organisations blocked highways at several places in the State on Saturday as part of “chakka jam” call given by the farmer organisations against the new farm laws.Movement of the vehicular traffic was disrupted at places where the protest was staged with squatting across the road to block the movement of vehicles. At Hayathnagar here, traffic movement was disrupted for about an hour when the activists of Left parties blocked the Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway.They raised slogans demanding end to repression against protesting farmers, repeal of anti-farmer laws and making minimum support price guarantee law. Left parties, farmers’ organisations and people’s organisations participated in the protest under the banner of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee.After the protesters blocked traffic for about an hour, police took them into custody and cleared the jam. Those who were taken into custody included State ... » Learn More about Left parties, Cong. take part in road blockade against farm laws