DIPLOMATIC PUSH

With nearly 0.3 million Telangana-ites, mostly from Hyderabad, forming Saudi Arabia’s second-largest Indian expat community, chief minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao is urging the desert kingdom to set up a consular office in Hyderabad. The MEA has already agreed to the proposal; and the ball is now in the Saudi court. KCR is pitching for more countries to open up consulates in Hyderabad, which currently has five.