
Reports from German and Japanese newspapers suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ignored four phone calls from US President Donald Trump during a period of escalating trade tensions.

In a surprising development, senior YSR Congress Party leader and former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) chairman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy on Tuesday levelled serious allegations against a senior woman IAS officer who held a key role during the Jagan Mohan Reddy government.

Former minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy, once a powerful name in Ongole politics and a close relative of Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, is now facing open humiliation in Jana Sena.

YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has hitherto been confined to stating road shows as part of his plans to calling on jailed party colleagues, visiting market yards and interacting with people.

Almost all political parties in both the Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, which have representation in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, have made their stand clear on the upcoming Vice-Presidential elections scheduled for September 9.

For some, the USA is the land of dreams. For K. Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana CM KCR, it’s fast becoming a land of nightmares.

As the nomination process for the Vice-Presidential election concluded on Saturday, the political atmosphere in the country has heated up, with both the NDA and the INDIA bloc treating the contest as prestigious.

Allegations of large-scale corruption by certain Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLAs at the constituency level, along with their high-handed behaviour and controversial remarks, have become a major headache for the party leadership.

Andhra Pradesh IT and HRD minister Nara Lokesh seems to be gradually stepping into the shoes of his father and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and paving way for his anointment as the latter’s heir apparent in the party and the government.

The Crime Investigation Department of Telangana police has stepped up its investigation into the alleged misappropriation of Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) funds.

If the reports from the Telangana Congress party are to be believed, former Indian cricket captain and ex-MP Mohammad Azharuddin is going to be the Congress candidate for the upcoming by-election to Jubilee Hills assembly seat.

Jana Sena Party chief and Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan appears to be under tremendous pressure from the party leaders and cadre to step up his pace and start efforts to further strengthen the party ahead of the next elections.

It has been nearly three years since veteran leader M Venkaiah Naidu stepped down as the Vice-President of India. After that he has not been actively involved in any activity related to politics; occasionally, he appears on non-political platforms to give lectures.

In a bold and strategic move, India has decided to allow international trade settlements in Indian Rupees, aiming to reduce dependence on the US dollar.

For reasons unknown, Andhra Pradesh Congress president Sharmila has been unusually silent for the past few days.