The Hyderabad Press Club has resolved to formulate an action plan to address journalists’ problems, pursue long-pending demands, including house sites, health cards and pensions for senior journalists.
The resolutions were adopted unanimously at the club’s annual general body meeting held at the Press Club in Hyderabad on Sunday (October 11, 2026) under the chairmanship of S. Vijay Kumar Reddy.
The meeting urged the Telangana government to immediately allot the leased land sought by the Press Club. It also decided to work with journalists' associations and unions to press for housing sites for all eligible journalists, as the government promised.
The general body called for the immediate issuance of health cards to eligible journalists and the introduction of pensions for elderly journalists. It resolved to prepare an action plan to take up these demands with the State government.
The meeting also unanimously resolved to provide immediate financial assistance of ₹50,000 to the family of a deceased club member. Senior journalist and journalist leader Devulapalli Amar was felicitated by the Press Club governing body with a shawl for completing 50 years in the Press Club. Senior journalists R. Shailesh Reddy, Dilip Reddy, R. Ravikanth Reddy and Yusuf Babu, among others, attended the meeting and raised various issues concerning the journalistic community.
Published - October 12, 2026 01:55 pm IST