Raghu Ramakrishna Raju. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy submitted a preliminary counter affidavit in the High Court (HC) on January 23 praying for the removal of his name from the array of respondents to the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Narasapuram MP K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju … Read more
TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Andhra Pradesh High Court on October 13 granted anticipatory bail to former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the case related to a bloody clash that took place during his recent tour of irrigation projects, at Angallu village in Annamayya district. Justice … Read more
Jana Sena Party president K. Pawan Kalyan. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Jana Sena Party (JSP) founder president Pawan Kalyan, on September 14, announced that the Telugu Desam Party-JSP combine will contest the elections in 2024. It appears that Mr. Kalyan did not make any off-the-cuff statement immediately after meeting the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national … Read more
Varudhu Kalyani. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu YSR Congress MLC Varudhu Kalyani has alleged that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu is out to cheat the people once again with fresh promises, after removing the manifesto from the party website soon after the 2014 general elections. People are no longer ready … Read more
A spat between the TDP and YSR Congress Party functionaries over the alleged sand mining issue sparked tension at Amaravati town in Pedakurapadu constituency on April 9. The TDP former MLA Kommalapati Sridhar and ruling party MLA Nambur Shankar Rao engaged in a war of words over the alleged illegal sand mining. They challenged each … Read more
When Andhra Pradesh was divided into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2014, Hyderabad was made capital of the newly formed Telangana. The then Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu wanted to make Amaravati AP’s capital. His vision was to build a world-class capital city. But in December 2019, the current CM, Jagan Mohan Reddy proposed that Andhra … Read more
Southern political parties of TRS, TDP, YSR-Congress, DMK and JD(S) top the list of regional parties with highest incomes from unknown sources. Three of these parties are also ruling the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The list also includes Odisha’s ruling BJD. BJD (Rs 50.586 cr) They have declared unknown incomes of … Read more
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday invited the YSR Congress to join the National Democratic Alliance at the Centre.”We want to expand the NDA. I appeal to Jagan Mohan Reddy, president of YSRC, to come and join the NDA. If he joins the NDA, he will be assured … Read more
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government’s gross debt burden has increased to Rs 3,73,140 crore by the end of November 2020. CAG’s latest accounts revealed that from April to November 2020 alone Rs 73,811.85 crore was borrowed from different sources as against the annual target of Rs 48,295.59 crore for the whole year. In the month … Read more
HYDERABAD: The Supreme Court has refused to stay contempt proceedings against the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh for the state government’s failure to implement the high court order to reinstate state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian turned … Read more