Telangana Assembly

Pocharam Srinivas Reddy elected Speaker of Telangana Assembly; Governor to address joint session with legislative council tomorrow

Senior TRS MLA Pocharam Srinivas Reddy was Friday unanimously elected Speaker of the Telangana Assembly. Reddy's unanimous election was announced by Pro Tem Speaker Mumtaz Ahmad Khan in the House.

KCR takes oath as Telangana chief minister for the second time, Mohammad Mahmood Ali sworn in as deputy CM

Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) took oath as the chief minister of Telangana, resuming his second consecutive term in office on Thursday.

Congress releases fourth list of 13 candidates for Telangana election, as 'grand alliance' remains split on seat sharing

The Congress is heading a four-party alliance in Telangana called the Mahakutami, and has left 24 seats for its three allies — Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) and Communist Party of India.

Telangana polls: BJP borrows from Hyderabad history to recast Modi as Vallabhbhai Patel, paints KCR as 'new Nizam'

The BJP is positioning itself as the force that will liberate Hyderabad State, which is pretty much modern-day Telangana, from the rule of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Telangana polls: CEC OP Rawat to meet 9 parties, state chief electoral officer to review poll preparedness

A team headed by Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat in Telangana would be meeting nine recognised political parties Monday evening.

Telangana EC dismisses reports of simultaneous state polls, asks media to verify poll-related info before publishing them

Chief Election Commissioner dismissed the possibility of simultaneous elections in Telangana, and said the new election schedule is yet to be announced.

EC says Model Code of Conduct to come into force on premature dissolution of Assembly; could apply to Telangana

The Election Commission's direction on the Model Code of Conduct has implications for Telangana, where KCR dissolved the state Assembly around nine months before its term ended.

Ruling TRS worried about advancing Telangana Assembly elections, claims Congress leader Jaipal Reddy

The Telangana polls were scheduled to be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections next year, but the Assembly was dissolved earlier this month as per a state cabinet recommendation.

AAP to field candidates for all 119 seats in Telangana Assembly election, says MLA Somnath Bharti

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti said that the people of Telangana are looking for a credible alternative to the "corrupt and incompetent duopoly" of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and the Congress.

Congress alleges manipulation of '70 lakh names' in Telangana voters list; demands Election Commission's intervention

Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi wondered if the "contamination of the voter lists" was why the KCR government prematurely dissolved the Telangana Assembly.