Former Rajya Sabha member K. Keshava Rao, who recently joined the Congress, was appointed public affairs adviser to the government with the status of a Cabinet minister. Chief Secretary A.

Santhi Kumari issued orders to this effect on Saturday. The terms and conditions of his appointment were to be issued separately. Keshava Rao was PCC former president in undivided Andhra Pradesh.

He joined the BRS (then TRS) in 2013 and was elected to the Rajya Sabha for two terms in 2014 and 2020. His six-year tenure as Rajya Sabha member was supposed to end in April 2026 but quit the seat abruptly to join the Congress. Osmania University kicked off the state-level Common Post Graduate Entrance Tests (TG-CPGET) for 2024-25 on Saturday.

These entrance exams, which will cover 45 different subjects, will continue until July 16, with three sessions scheduled each day. On the opening day, the exams were conducted for four subjects. Out of the 7,416 candidates registered for these subjects, 6,465 appeared for the exams, translating to an attendance percentage of 87.

17. Several third-year students, led by AISF OU Council, on Saturday submitted a memorandum to university registrar Prof. P.

Lakshminarayana, pressing for the immediate release of the sixth semester exam results. The memorandum also sought provisional certificates and consolidated memos. The memorandum said that the students had achieved ranks in the CUET (Common University Entrance Test) and were in urgent need of their results to pr.