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Telugu Desam Party general secretary Nara Lokesh.

Cases against TDP leaders nothing but political vendetta: Nara Lokesh

The TDP general secretary says all parties are in solidarity against the arrest of party chief and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

The Osmania General Hospital on the banks of the Musi river in Hyderabad.

Why Telangana government wants to pull down Osmania General Hospital

The move has sparked a fierce debate between heritage conservationists and advocates for improved healthcare infrastructure.

Outside the Collectorate in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on June 20, when Ola and Uber drivers affiliated to CITU staged a protest seeking protection from exploitation by the app providers.

Rajasthan’s gig law a step in the right direction, but more needed to protect platform workers

Gig workers need laws that safeguard them from the exploitation of platform companies and their toxic algorithms.

Rahul Gandhi at the Telangana Jana Garjana Sabha at Khammam on July 2. At the public gathering, he promised that his party would provide Rs.4,000 a month to the elderly and widows if voted to power.

Congress’ renewed vigour in Telangana in hope of repeating Karnataka win

Even the media has started to position the party as the primary opposition, though its opponents are by no means pushovers.

A member of the ‘Chennai Manipuri community’ takes part in a peace demonstration in Chennai on July 9, 2023

Imphal court issues summons to scholar and Kuki activists over views on Manipur violence

Summons issued on private complaints filed by Meitei activists raises concerns about freedom of expression.

G. Kishan Reddy.

G. Kishan Reddy appointed Telangana BJP president amid reshuffle ahead of Assembly election

Reddy replaces Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who had antagonised a section of party leaders with his approach.

Nizamabad MP Arvind Dharmapuri (left), Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar (centre left), and Goshamahal MLA T. Raja Singh (centre right) on their way for the route march ahead of RSS Vijay Sankalp Shibir in Hyderabad, 2019.

Telangana BJP struggles with leadership crisis and ideological incongruity

Influx of defectors, infighting, and lack of agenda-setting plague the party’s prospects in Telangana.

Drying paddy after the harvest was ruined by heavy rains in mid-May, on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Farmers say millers refuse to accept crop with high moisture content.

Rain and ruin: Telangana farmers battle crop damage and insurance woes

Crops across several lakh acres were damaged due to unseasonal rain and hailstorms from March to May, and the farmers have nothing to fall back on.

Telangana’s unusually high summer rainfall raises climate change concerns

Experts warn that erratic weather patterns can have devastating effects on crops.

Vizag Steel Plant employees staging a protest against the Central government’s decision to privatise Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, in Visakhapatnam, on February 5, 2021.

Trade unions’ steely resolve to prevent Vizag Steel from being privatised

Workers keep up the fight against any attempt to allow private players’ participation in the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

Prateek Waghre: “To what extent will regulating the Internet alone solve the underlying problem?”

‘The changes in IT Rules are bypassing checks and balances’: Prateek Waghre

The Policy Director of the Internet Freedom Foundation called the proposal to constitute a “fact-check unit” an “unconstitutional exercise”.

Union Minister of State for MeitY Rajeev Chandrasekhar at a press conference in Chennai in 2022. Chandrasekhar took to Twitter to clarify the new amendments.

New amendments to IT Rules lack clarity, fall short in defining key aspects

While the new rules leave the definition of wagering undefined, rummy and similar games raise concerns about legality.

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