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.
Earlier in the day, a local court remanded the actor to judicial custody for 14 days and sent him to Chanchalguda jail under tight security.
Asaduddin Owaisi, the President of AIMIM and a Member of Parliament representing the Hyderabad Constituency, recently took to Twitter to comment on Rahul Gandhi's political moves.
The Congress leader wondered why there was no case against Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao filed by any of the Central investigative agencies whereas there are inquiries being conducted against every Opposition leader.
The BRS lost its earlier edge when it traded its identity as the sole political entity of Telangana for national expansion and settled for a name change, from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
The raids were conducted on October 12 at the premises of government contractors, real estate developers and their associates, they said.
A fire broke out at a shop in the Vanasthalipuram area of Telangana's Rangareddy district on Monday, police said.
