11 October 2016

Telangana gets 21 new districts from today

Telangana state on Tuesday will see the birth of 21 new districts on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra. With this, the total number of districts in India's youngest state is now 31. It had 10 districts when it came into existence on June 2, 2014. The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government says reorganisation of the districts will help take the administration to people.