ACB grills KTR for 7 hours in Formula E race case
The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday interrogated BRS working president KT Rama Rao for seven hours in connection with the Formula E race case.
The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday interrogated BRS working president KT Rama Rao for seven hours in connection with the Formula E race case.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President, MLA and Former Minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Monday reached the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) office in Hyderabad for questioning in a money laundering case over alleged financial irregularities linked to the Formula-E race held in Hyderabad in February 2023.
Although no cases of Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been reported in Telangana, the state health department has come up with a series of Dos and Don’ts as a safeguard against respiratory infections.
In a major relief to BRS working president KT Rama Rao, the Telangana High Court extended its interim orders and protected him from arrest in connection with the Formula E race case until the pronouncement of the verdict. Rao had approached the court with a petition to quash the FIR filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau under the Prevention of Corruption Act, against him. The court reserved its order on the criminal petition filed by the former minister.
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.
As part of the drive to check drug menace, Telangana’s Prohibition and Excise Department conducted raids on several pubs and bars in Hyderabad and adjoining Rangareddy district.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, on Friday, predicted that the BRS would soon merge with the BJP and party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao will be appointed a governor, his son and former industry minister KT Rama Rao will be inducted in the Union Cabinet.
Professor M Kodandaram of Telangana Jana Samithi and veteran journalist Amer Ali Khan were finally administered oath as Members of Legislative Council (MLC) under governor’s quota, bringing the curtains down to a year-long political drama.
The seat had fallen vacant after veteran leader K Keshav Rao resigned his seat on 4 July soon after joining the Congress even though he had another two years before his term ended. Rao was made the advisor to the Telangana government.
Taking to social media platform X, Rao expressed his apprehension in a lengthy post. He said, “The alarming decline in Telangana’s IT exports is a matter of serious concern. Even more concerning is the fact that new IT jobs have fallen to one-third of the 2022-23 numbers.”
