Manmohan Singh’s tenure as prime minister was not only marked by economic reforms but also saw the birth of the youngest state of the country – Telangana –the culmination of a long-standing struggle for statehood that left the residual state of Andhra Pradesh depleted and angry.
A meeting between Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and directors, producers, and actors from the Tollywood industry is underway at Telangana State Police Command and Control Centre at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad.
Film producer and Chairman of the Telangana Film Development Corporation, Dil Raju, has shared that Sri Tej, the victim of the Sandhya Theatre tragedy and the son of Revathi, who lost her life in the incident, is responding well to treatment and has been taken off the ventilator two days ago.
In response to the tragic stampede during the Pushpa 2 premiere in Hyderabad, the Telangana government has banned actor visits to theatres and benefit shows ahead of movie releases.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy today slammed the Tollywood film industry for failing to show compassion towards the dead woman and the child injured in the stampede during the benefit show of Pushpa 2 and instead, extending their support to Telugu actor Allu Arjun who was arrested by the police in connection with the case.
The chairman of the Minorities Department of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee also sent in his resignation and made several allegations against state Congress president A Revanth Reddy including that nominations were being sold to the highest bidder.
In Secunderabad Cantonment, the party has fielded GV Venella, the daughter of revolutionary bard Gaddar, who died a few months ago.
The BJP, earlier today, announced its candidate from the Mahbubnagar constituency, which is currently being represented by V. Srinivas Goud.
A meeting of the Congress' Central Election Committee (CEC) was held here on Friday to discuss names of candidates for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Telangana.
Railing against the Congress in poll-bound Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday said he wondered if the party has done anything for the Muslims and Dalits other than using them as 'vote banks'.
