Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday termed as a serious issue a reported statement by National Conference leader Omar Abdullah that Jammu and Kashmir should have a separate Prime Minister. Addressing an election rally here, he demanded that the Congress and other constituents of ‘Mahagathbandhan’ to respond to this statement by their ally. Modi said the […]
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No ballot papers in Nizamabad constituency, says EC
Hyderabad: Polling in Telangana’s Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency, where 185 candidates including Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s daughter K. Kavitha are in fray, will be conducted with EVMs only, the Election Commission announced on Sunday. The poll panel thus put to rest speculations that the ballot papers may be used for the polling in this […]
With 185 in fray, ballot papers to be used in Nizamabad
Hyderabad: Ballot papers will be used for polling in Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana as 185 candidates, a majority of them farmers, remained in fray for the next month’s elections, officials said. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s daughter K. Kavitha is seeking re-election from the constituency, where the Congress has once again fielded […]
Congress candidate Vishweshwar Reddy declares Rs 895 cr family assets
Hyderabad: Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, the Congress party candidate from Telangana’s Chevella Lok Sabha constituency, has declared family assets worth Rs 895 crore, making him the richest politician in both the Telugu states. Vishweshwar Reddy owns movable assets of Rs 223 crore, while the movable assets of his wife K. Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director of […]
BJP ignores Dattatreya for Secunderabad constituency
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party has ignored its senior leader and sitting MP Bandaru Dattatreya for Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency and instead fielded G. Kishan Reddy. Dattatreya, also a former union minister, did not figure in the list of candidates announced by the BJP. Secunderabad is among 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana for which […]
Asaduddin Owaisi has assets worth over Rs 13 crore, no car
Hyderabad: MIM President Asaduddin Owaisi, who filed his nomination for Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency on Monday, declared assets worth over Rs 13 crore but he owns no vehicle. His movable assets are Rs 1.67 crore and immovable assets are to the tune of more than Rs 12 crore. According to the affidavit furnished by him […]
Owaisi files nomination for 4th term from Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday filed the nomination for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat. A couple of hours after the poll process began with the issue of notification by election authorities, the outgoing MP from Hyderabad filed his papers before Returning Officer K. Manicka Raj, the Hyderabad District Collector. Taking everyone […]
Aspiring Hyderabad pilot killed in Christchurch
Hyderabad: A youth from Hyderabad aspiring to become a commercial pilot was among the 50 people killed in the New Zealand mosques attack. He is the third man from Telangana confirmed dead. Ozair Khadir, 25, a resident of Noor Khan Bazar area in the old city here, was in the list of Indians named by […]
Hyderabad man slain in mosque attack to get NZ burial
Hyderabad: Farhaj Ahsan, one of the two men from Telangana, killed in the Christchurch terror attack, will be buried in New Zealand itself, his family said here on Sunday. Ahsan, 31, a software engineer, was one of the 50 worshippers killed in the horrific attack on the mosques during the Friday prayers. He was living […]
3 Indians killed in New Zealand mosque attacks, some missing
Hyderabad/Thrissur (Kerala): Two men from Telangana and a woman post-graduate student from Kerala’s Thrissur were among the 49 people killed in Friday’s terror attacks on two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch, while the whereabouts of at least two visitors from Gujarat were not known. The shootings – the first fatal terror attack in the South […]