More than 48,000 employees of TSRTC have been on strike since October 5 to press for 26 demands, the main being the merger of TSRTC with the government so that they are treated on par with the government employees.
In its affidavit, the government stated that under the Industrial Dispute Act of 1947, all workers must comply with company regulations...
The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti government is facing problems due to insufficient funds and may need an additional Rs 10,000 crore to tide over the fiscal expenditure that the government is having to incur due to its flagship schemes.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday directed officials to fill up tanks in water-starved Suryapet district with Godavari river water
The TSRTC strike entered its 38th day today, the RTC JAC leaders and employees tried to lay siege to Harish Rao’s resident in Siddipet on Monday, November 11.
Condemning Saturday’s police action on the employees and others who took part in the ‘Chalo Tank Bund’ protest across the state, he said there was no Maoist participation as alleged.
The TSRTC strike enters its 36th day on Saturday. Commuter woes continues along with the indefinite strike called by the TSRTC employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation. TSRTC JAC planned to further intensify the protest by their proposal of ‘Chalo Tank Bund’ today.
Telangana High Court which conducted a hearing over Public Interest Litigation petition filed by Telangana Jana Samithi Vice president Prof PL Vishweshwar Rao gave a stay over Telangana Chief Minister CM KCR’s decision of privatising 5,100 TSRTC buses in specified routes, and postponed the next hearing to Monday, November 11.
The opposition Congress and BJP have also announced their support to the ‘Chalo Tank Bund’ protest.
CM KCR held an emergency review meeting with Telangana Transport officials over the TSRTC strike. CM KCR to discuss over the affidavit to be submitted to the court in this meeting and to take key decision over the 50% privitisation of TSRTC.
The meeting called by senior Congress leaders in Telangana Gandhi Bhavan ended in chaos on Tuesday, November 5. After Telangana Congress leaders V. Hanumantha Rao and Mohammed Ali Shabbir got into a heated argument with each other at Gandhi Bhavan in front of the Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Even After Telangana Chief Minister KCR sets November 5 as deadline for agitating TSRTC employees to rejoin the duties, only 208 has rejoined their duties.
The murder of Tahsildar Vijaya Reddy is one of the worst incidents that have happened in the state, said Malkajgiri MP, Revanth Reddy.
The meeting opined that the matter would get delayed further if it goes to the Supreme Court, it said.
One more RTC employee died of a heart attack after the TSRTC employees’ strike reached its 31st day on Monday (November 4).
TSRTC-JAC leader Ashwathama Reddy said the Chief Minister could not instill confidence among workers,
KCR’s Deadline Not a Deterrent, TSRTC Strike To Continue: JAC Leaders
Another setback for TDP in Telangana. Former MLA and senior leader of the party, Elati Annapurnamma, along with her son Mallikarjun Reddy has resigned from the Telugu Desam Party
The Telanagana Chief Minister KCR has scheduled to hold Telangana Cabinet meeting in Pragathi Bhavan on November 2 at 3 PM. CM KCR to take Decision over several issues including TSRTC Strike.
The Telangana Chief Minister KCR has scheduled to hold Telangana Cabinet meeting in Pragathi Bhavan on November 2. To review the current situation due to TSRTC strike and to take the key decision over the agitating RTC employees.
Agitating TSRTC employees met Srimannarayana Chinna Jeeyar Swamy and submitted a memorandum to Swamiji requesting him to convince CM KCR over merger demand.
TSRTC JAC leaders along with RTC employees had successfully completed public meeting ‘’Sakalajanula Samarabheri ‘’ which they had planned against the TRS Government’s apathy towards the striking employees. Huge crowd attended the meeting in which is held in Saroor Nagar grounds today, (October 30).
Telangana Municipal and IT Minister KT Rama Rao met Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi on Wednesday, October 30 and made an appeal from the state government for Defense Lands for Skyways Construction.
TSRTC JAC leaders along with RTC employees are conducting ‘’Sakalajanula Samarabheri ‘’ a public meeting in protest against the TRS Government’s apathy towards the striking employees. The protest is being held in Saroor Nagar grounds today, (October 30) afternoon from 2 PM to 5 PM.
Former Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Sambasiva Rao who was on an indefinite hunger strike in Himayathnagar since the last two days was shifted to a government hospital here by police on Monday, October 28. His health was deteriorating and was admitted at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) hospital in the early hours of Monday.
CM KCR who visited Huzurnagar for the first time after TRS candidateSanampudi Saidi Reddy won Huzurnagar by-election with a huge margin of 43,358 votes against Congress candidate Nalamada Padmavathi Reddy on Saturday, October 26 announced a bouquet of developmental programmes and welfare initiatives for the Huzurnagar constituency.
Communist Party of India leader Kunamaneni Sambasiva Rao started an indefinite hunger strike from Saturday, October 26 at Makdoom Bhavan in Himayatnagar in support of the ongoing TSRTC strike.
Telangana Chief Minister KCR is scheduled to attend thanksgiving meeting in Huzurnagar at 3 PM on Saturday. With the TRS party’s huge victory in the by-election, on the request of TRS key leaders, the chief minister has decided to hold thanksgiving meet and to give some key announcements over the welfare schemes for the constituency people.
Osmania University students also extended their support to TSRTC employees and raised their voice against the Telangana Chief Minister strong disapproval over TSRTC merger with state government and organised a public meet at Arts College in university premises today.
KT Rama Rao said that the Telangana government would be declaring 2020 as the year of Artificial Intelligence (AI), to promote its use in various sectors including Agriculture and Healthcare.
He mentioned that the Ashwathama Reddy had poisoned the ears of the workers and that because of the strike many employees had lost their lives during these 22 days strike.
One more TSRTC employee died of heart attack in Nalgonda district, taking the number of TSRTC employee death toll to three. The strike entered day 21 today.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee working president and MP A Revanth Reddy has been booked for allegedly obstructing police personnel from performing their duty
TRS candidate S Saidi Reddy had established a lead of more than 20,100 votes over his Congress rival N Padmavati Reddy at 11:30 AM
Huzurnagar by-election votes will be counted and results will be declared on Thursday, October 24, this will decide the fate of the candidates contested from Huzurnagar Assembly constituency from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Congress, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
TSRTC employees’ JAC convener Ashwathama Reddy alleged that Telangana CM KCR is misleading public and TSRTC employees on TSRTC merger demand with the government while addressing media at Dilsukhnagar on Wednesday, October 23. He attended RTC Dhoom Dhaam protest in Dilsukhnagar and he clarified that they didn’t keep the merger demand aside for talks with the government, and the strike would continue until all 26 demands get fulfilled by Telangana government.
In a statement released by the CM’s office a six-member committee of TSRTC officials
TSRTC employees’ strike which entered 18th day on Tuesday (October 22), has been escalating, and all party leaders have staged ‘Vanta Vaarpu’, a form of protest by cooking food on the streets and eating community lunch, in support of the RTC strike.
Telangana Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar held a video conference with collectors and RTC officers on Monday (October 21) over the alternate arrangements to avoid inconvenience to commuters due to the TSRTC strike.
In what could be termed as a dramatic entry, the Malkajgiri MP, who is known to cock a snook at the TRS Government
