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Forest Dept Plans Plantations on Retrieved Podu Lands
1 week, 5 days ago

Forest Dept Plans Plantations on Retrieved Podu Lands

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The state forest department plans to develop plantations on so-called “retrieved” podu lands as part of an effort to connect fragmented forests and establish a corridor between the Tadoba Andhari and Kawal Tiger Reserves. Forest officials clarify that non-tribal cultivators can only receive pattas for podu lands under the Recognition of Forest Rights Act if they prove cultivation for …

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Singapore-Tamil rapper Yung Raja on why he loves visiting India, and his single ‘Podu Mike’
1 month, 1 week ago

Singapore-Tamil rapper Yung Raja on why he loves visiting India, and his single ‘Podu Mike’

The Hindu  

Yung Raja’s idealism about the future is infectious. The Singaporean-Tamil rapper is currently basking in the success of his new single ‘Podu Mike’ with Bengaluru-based artist Killa K and is thrilled about having gained a sharper perspective of India, its beats and people, this past year. Raja says that bringing two lesser known Tamil dialects — the Singaporean and Bangalorean …

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Forest Officials Bust Fake Podu Land Patta Issuing Racket in Mulugu
2 months ago

Forest Officials Bust Fake Podu Land Patta Issuing Racket in Mulugu

Deccan Chronicle  

Forest department officials busted a fake podu land patta issuing racket in Mulugu district. The main accused, Jatoth Badhru, 44, along with five others issued the fake pattas over past two years by appointing agents in several villages. They collected Rs 20,000 to Rs 40,000 from each person and took loans from various banks by producing the fake pattas and …

Telangana: BRS Govt's Messy Podu Patta Drive Comes To The Fore
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana: BRS Govt's Messy Podu Patta Drive Comes To The Fore

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The podu land pattas issued by the BRS government have in several instances turned very messy, and it is learnt that in the rush to issue the pattas before the last Assembly elections, the then state administration had not even ensured availability of digital copies of the pattas with the forest department whose land was used to give pattas. …

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Seethakka Lashes Out As Parents Dragged Into House Debate
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Seethakka Lashes Out As Parents Dragged Into House Debate

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Minister for women and child welfare Danasari Anasuya aka Seethakka on Tuesday took umbrage to Boath MLA Anil Jadhav saying her parents obtained pattas for podu lands during the BRS government's tenure. To which Seethakka retaliated, saying her parents obtained podu land based on the Congress' policy. Following the Congress government's decision, hundreds of STs obtained pattas on podu …

Congress Land Brs Her Parents Seethakka Podu Land
Decline in forest areas as podu land cultivation grows in erstwhile Adilabad in Telangana
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Decline in forest areas as podu land cultivation grows in erstwhile Adilabad in Telangana

New Indian Express  

ADILABAD : The tussle between podu farmers and forest officials continues every rainy season in various places, resulting in a decline of forest areas in the erstwhile Adilabad district. According to forest officials, a recent survey of podu farmers revealed that most of them also have two to three forest land plots under cultivation. This led to an increase in …

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Telangana: Officials told to show restraint on Podu land issues
6 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Officials told to show restraint on Podu land issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has sought a report on the list of beneficiaries who received podu pattas for forest land during the BRS regime, with forest minister Konda Surekha on Saturday saying that she had received reports about irregularities and selection of ineligible people. Surekha, along with panchayat raj minister Dansari Anasuya, was speaking at a meeting at the Secretariat …

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Telangana: Plan for Oil Palm in Forest Podu Land Gets Fresh Push
7 months ago

Telangana: Plan for Oil Palm in Forest Podu Land Gets Fresh Push

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A renewed push to encourage oil palm plantations in Podu patta lands in the forests — for which the state forest department has “requested” its district officials to “without fail” permit farmers for taking up various types of crops, drill bore wells and ensure electricity supply to operate them — is set to threaten the natural forest ecosystems. Despite …

Oil Water Forests Santhi Kumari State Forest Podu Oil Palm
Ranveer Singh, Atlee groove at Appadi Podu, Lungi Dance at S Shankar's daughter's wedding. Watch
8 months, 1 week ago

Ranveer Singh, Atlee groove at Appadi Podu, Lungi Dance at S Shankar's daughter's wedding. Watch

Hindustan Times  

Ranveer Singh never shies away from hitting the dance floor, be it on-screen or off-screen. Ranveer Singh dances with Atlee Ranveer and Atlee are seen dancing together to Appadi Podu. Apart from these songs, Atlee and Ranveer also danced to Lungi Dance from Shah Rukh Khan's Chennai Express. Ranveer Singh's Varanasi visit Ranveer was recently praised for his Varanasi visit …

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The Greatest of All Time song Whistle Podu: Vijay turns singer and shakes a leg with Prabhudeva, Prashanth. Watch
8 months, 1 week ago

The Greatest of All Time song Whistle Podu: Vijay turns singer and shakes a leg with Prabhudeva, Prashanth. Watch

Hindustan Times  

The first single from Venkat Prabhu’s upcoming film, The Greatest of All Time, titled Whistle Podu was released on Tamil New Year. Starring Vijay in the lead role, the song Whistle Podu song The 4-minute-47-seconds long lyrical video has been composed by Yuvan, with vocals by Vijay, Venkat Prabhu, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Premgi Amaren, and lyrics by Madhan Karky. …

Film Prashanth Venkat Prabhu Prabhudeva Vijay Turns Podu Song Whistle Podu
Pregnant Gaur Killed by Illegally Laid Power line in Khammam
11 months ago

Pregnant Gaur Killed by Illegally Laid Power line in Khammam

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A pregnant Indian gaur was electrocuted by a cable illegally drawing electricity to a borewell, from an overhead 11KV line, near Regallapadu village in Khammam district. According to forest officials, a showcause notice was issued to the electricity department for allowing illegal power lines inside the reserve forest. The patch of forest land for which podu pattas were granted, …

Forest Land
Despite podu push, BRS failed to impress forest dwellers in Telangana
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Despite podu push, BRS failed to impress forest dwellers in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The distribution of podu land pattas by the previous BRS-led government, particularly in the 11 Assembly constituencies reserved for Scheduled Tribes communities failed to elicit desired results for the party in the Assembly elections. Although the BRS government had set in motion the process of granting podu pattas in 2021, it was only in June 2023 that the then …

Congress Land Telangana Claims Forest Brs Podu
BRS Built Facilities for All Classes: CM KCR
1 year, 1 month ago

BRS Built Facilities for All Classes: CM KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday said his government will give ownership title to non-tribals for the podu land and agency land. It extended welfare schemes for all the communities in the last nine years and it is the only Telangana state which is giving 24-hour power supply in the country. He criticised the Congress for describing Rythu …

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Illegal Allocation of Podu Land Raises Concerns Over Forest Rights Act Implementation
1 year, 4 months ago

Illegal Allocation of Podu Land Raises Concerns Over Forest Rights Act Implementation

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The issues caused by the state government issuing pattas for podu land continues to raise concerns with doubts being expressed if the process under the RoFR Act Act, 2006) was exploited to grant housing plots illegally in forest land. The forest department is learnt to have sought this information as it “needed to know where and how much land …

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Adivasis to continue fight for podu pattas in Telangana
1 year, 5 months ago

Adivasis to continue fight for podu pattas in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The confrontation between the forest staff and podu cultivators is continuing, though the government launched the distribution of pattas to podu land on June 30. Adivasi leader Marasakola Sarangarao of Mamidiguda in Adilabad Rural mandal said many Adivasis had applied for certificates for 4-10 acres but had got pattas for a few guntas of land. The podu cultivators claimed …

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Files Signed at New Secretariat Still Only on Paper
1 year, 5 months ago

Files Signed at New Secretariat Still Only on Paper

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Files for schemes that were signed by the Chief Minister and his Cabinet during the auspicious time of inaugurating the Secretariat on April 30 remain on paper. The first file signed by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao pertained to the implementation of the Dalit Bandhu scheme’s second phase, to extend the benefit to 1,100 beneficiaries in each Assembly segment, …

Minister Rao Issued Signed Bc Corporation Podu Land Pattas
Ponguleti decries poor police security at Rahul's meeting
1 year, 5 months ago

Ponguleti decries poor police security at Rahul's meeting

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: A day after joining the Congress, former MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Monday alleged that the state government had failed to provide sufficient security to Rahul Gandhi during his meeting here on Sunday. He said that people could feel the difference between the enthusiasm at Rahul Gandhi’s meeting and the Avirbhava sabha of BRS, both held here. He said …

Congress Rahul Rahul Gandhi Meeting Brs Ponguleti Decries
Telangana Now Third Among States Which Have Distributed Podu Pattas
1 year, 5 months ago

Telangana Now Third Among States Which Have Distributed Podu Pattas

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A festive atmosphere prevailed in the agency areas that cover 26 districts on Friday with the state government launching the long-pending distribution of podu land pattas for tribals. With this, Telangana would stand third among states which have distributed podu land pattas for 7.14 lakh acres, after Madhya Pradesh at 9.02 lakh acres and Chhattisgarh at 8.98 lakh acres. …

Tribal Telangana Minister Harish Rao Rao Distributed
Withdraw Cases Against Tribal Podu Cultivators: KCR tells DGP, CS
1 year, 5 months ago

Withdraw Cases Against Tribal Podu Cultivators: KCR tells DGP, CS

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Giving huge relief to tribal podu cultivators who are getting pattas, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Friday instructed Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests R.M. Rao was speaking at an event after formally distributing podu pattas to some tribals at a function after inaugurating the integrated district offices complex in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district. …

Tribal Chief Rao Pattas
₹426 Cr Rythu Bandhu Funds Needed for Podu Pattas
1 year, 5 months ago

₹426 Cr Rythu Bandhu Funds Needed for Podu Pattas

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana state government will need to provide an additional ₹426,37,90,000 a year towards Rythu Bandhu cash incentive to the podu patta claims that have been approved for distribution beginning on Friday. According to a June 24 communication from the commissioner of agriculture to all district collectors, the commissioner of tribal welfare had informed that a total of 1,50,415 …

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Podu Pattas from Today, Approved Claims Include FC Act Violations
1 year, 5 months ago

Podu Pattas from Today, Approved Claims Include FC Act Violations

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The distribution of podu pattas for forest land in Telangana state set to begin on Friday, could end up creating trouble for the state forest department with sources indicating that around a third of the 1,50,415 claims that have been recently approved are for forest land patches cleared after the December 2005 cut-off date imposed by the Scheduled Tribes …

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KCR to distribute podu land pattas to tribals today
1 year, 5 months ago

KCR to distribute podu land pattas to tribals today

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao will leave for Asifabad on Friday to kick off the distribution of podu land pattas to tribals. Rao was supposed to leave for Karimanagar on Thursday evening by helicopter and stay overnight in Karimnagar before leaving for Asifabad on Friday morning, but bad weather conditions forced the Chief Minister to put off the plan. …

Forest Land Podu Land Pattas
Podu land for tribals a sensitive affair
1 year, 5 months ago

Podu land for tribals a sensitive affair

New Indian Express  

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had promised during his first stint in power to confer legal rights on tribals over podu lands. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006, legal rights can be granted only to tribals cultivating forest land before December 13, 2005. The state cannot give ownership to the tribals occupying forest land …

Centre Sensitive Affair
Bhatti slams KCR govt for not implementing law to protect tribal land rights
1 year, 5 months ago

Bhatti slams KCR govt for not implementing law to protect tribal land rights

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Senior Congress leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Monday condemned the Chandrashekar Rao government for not implementing the Forest Rights Act brought in by the Congress-led UPA government, in a bid to protect the rights of tribals over forest lands. But the BRS government has been systematically oppressing Adivasis and scheduled tribes, and conspired to deny them rights over podu …

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