Patriotic fervour gripped the State with a series of events adding colour and joy to Independence Day celebrations on Monday.
While Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao hoisted the national flag at the historic Golconda Fort, his Cabinet colleagues did the honours in districts assigned to them. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, who is also Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, hoisted the national flag at Raj Nivas, Puducherry, but flew back to the city to host the traditional ‘At-Home’ at the Raj Bhavan here in the evening.
Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar hoisted the flag at BRK Bhavan in the presence of several secretaries and Secretariat staff. The districts assigned to some of the Ministers for participation were: Sangareddy to Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Medak to Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Siddipet to T. Harish Rao, Jangaon to E. Dayakar Rao, Mahbubnagar to V. Srinivas Goud, Karimnagar to Gangula Kamalakar, Nirmal to A. Indrakaran Reddy and Nizamabad to V. Prashant Reddy.
