P Mahender Reddy to take Oath as I&PR, Mines and Geology Minister
Hyderabad: Minister P Mahender Reddy will take charge as Minister for Information and Public Relations (I&PR), Mines and Geology at his new chambers on the first floor of Dr BR Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat on Wednesday. He was inducted into the State Cabinet on August 24.
Mahender Reddy who served as the Minister in the first Cabinet of Telangana State, lost the 2018 Assembly elections. However, he was elected to the Legislative Council.
Recently, he was inducted into the State Cabinet in the existing vacancy.
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The Ministerial post has been lying vacant ever since Eatala Rajender was removed from it.
Meanwhile, the I&PR officials called on the Minister on Tuesday and felicitated him on the eve of taking charge of the Ministry.
I&PR director B Rajamouli, additional director Nagaiah Kambli, joint directors Jagan, Srinivas, Venkataramana, deputy directors Madhusudhan, Rajareddy, Telangana State Media Academy secretary Venkateswara Rao, and other officials, were part of the delegation.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.