News analysis | Speculation rife over TRS MP Srinivas planning to rejoin Congress
The Hindu
Former Congress veteran recently met senior leaders of party’s State unit
Is rebel Telangana Rashtra Samiti MP D. Srinivas planning ‘Ghar Wapsi’ to the Congress shortly? The answer seems to be in the affirmative, if the meeting of the former Congress veteran with Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president A. Revanth Reddy and working president Kusum Kumar on Thursday is any indication.
What caught political circles by surprise is the lengthy discussion the three leaders had at the residence of Mr. Srinivas in MLA’s Colony in Jubilee Hills. The Congress leaders called on Mr. Srinivas, who is recovering from a shoulder fracture.

The Centre has rejected reports that the definition of the Aravalli hills was changed to permit large-scale mining, citing a Supreme Court-ordered freeze on new leases. It said a court-approved framework will bring over 90% of the Aravalli region under protected areas and strengthen safeguards against illegal mining. The clarification follows controversy over the “100-metre” criterion used to define hills across states.












