"We are not scared of anything...We welcome the agencies, and we will absolutely cooperate with them...but tell us what you (the Modi government) did for Telangana?" she said. The TRS leader was responding to reports that her name was mentioned in the remand report of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam.

Hyderabad Dec 17 PTI Stepping up its attack on the BJP and NDA government at the Centre over paddy procurement in the state the ruling TRS in Telangana on Friday said it will stage protests against the Centres alleged anti-farmer policies on December 20 Speaking to reporters after a meeting of TRS MPs MLAs and other leaders held by party president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao state Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said the party would lead different forms of protests village-wise on Monday against the BJP-led NDA governments anti-farmer policies Observing that the state government has almost procured paddy as per the states quota for the rainy season crop he said a delegation of TRS MPs and ministers would go to Delhi on Saturday to take up with the Centre the issue of procurement of paddy in addition to the states quota The TRS move came against the backdrop of an ongoing war of words between the TRS and BJP over paddy procurement Accusing the central government of being anti-farmer the TRS recently announced that its MPs will boycott Parliament for the remainder of the Winter Session Earlier the CM along with his cabinet colleagues and other TRS leaders held a dharna here last month demanding that the Centre specify the annual target for paddy procurement from Telangana State BJP leaders meanwhile have maintained that there is no issue over paddy procurement and that the Centre would purchase paddy as per the agreement between the state government and Central agencies PTI SJR SJR BN BN

Hyderabad Whatever little development that Musi Riverfront Project has seen has faced a setback due to floods following heavy rains last month and release of 23000 cusecs of water from Himayatsagar and 12000 cusecs of water from OsmansagarMusi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited MRDCL authorities maintained that before taking up the development work at Nagole they had taken into account the major devastation caused due to flash floods in October last yearThe continuous high intensity flow from upstream Musi had cut through the soil beneath the pavements at Nagole disturbing the tiles set up on themMusi River Front Development Project began in 2006 but had slackened1665 crore the nodal agency has neither diverted effluents that come into the Musi River nor removed encroachments from its banks till date