Strange are the ways of social media these days. Anything and everything can be made controversial with social media posts, without even bothering to cross check the factual position.
Y S Vijayalakshmi, wife of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, on Friday issued a detailed clarification regarding the ongoing dispute over family assets, asserting that no formal division of properties took place until his death in 2009.
The controversy surrounding the quality and sourcing of ghee used in Tirumala temple offerings has become a major political issue in Andhra Pradesh.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted regular bail to Muppidi Avinash Reddy, a close relative of prime accused Raj Kesireddy, in the alleged Andhra Pradesh liquor scam case, according to reports from Delhi.
A day after Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y S Sharmila alleged that her uncle Y S Vivekananda Reddy was murdered over the dispute for the Kadapa MP ticket, the YSR Congress party came down heavily on her.
Senior YSR Congress party leader and former Macherla MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy was released from Nellore Central Jail on Thursday after spending nearly 99 days in custody in connection with a double murder case.
The ongoing property dispute within the Y S Rajasekhar Reddy family has taken a fresh twist, with his wife Y S Vijayamma accusing her son and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy of taking a U-turn on the transfer of shares in Saraswati Power.
Former IPS officer and Centre for Liberty (CFL) chairman A B Venkateswara Rao (ABV), who has been taking aggressive stand against Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, has dragged the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government to court in the alleged multi-crore scam in the procurement of electric transformers in the state.
There is a popular adage that there are no permanent friends or enemies in politics. This has once again proved in the case of former ministers Ganta Srinivasa Rao and Avanthi Srinivasa Rao, who displayed an unusual bonhomie, after being bitter enemies for over five years.
When land pooling for the Amaravati capital project began in 2015, the Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu appealed to farmers to contribute around 35,000 acres of land.
Whenever there is an issue of any issue of corruption or a criminal activity or even if it an an anti-party activity, involving any Telugu Desam Party leaders, the party office gives a leak to the media stating that party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has taken serious view of the issue and instructed the party leaders to take strict action against him.
The controversy over Telugu Desam Party MP Putta Mahesh Kumar Yadav’s involvement in drug haul at a late-night party in Moinabad on the outskirts of Hyderabad has caught at least four influential political families across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in an embarrassing situation, damaging their reputation.
Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai raised questions on social media over the handling of a recent drug case involving a parliamentarian.
Despite being caught red-handed for consuming drugs at a late-night party in Moinabad on the outskirts of Telangana on Saturday night, and later testing positive for the same, Telugu Desam Party MP from Eluru parliamentary constituency Putta Mahesh Kumar Yadav is still claiming that he is innocent.
Putta Mahesh Kumar Yadav, the TDP MP from Andhra Pradesh and one of the six people who were arrested after testing positive for drugs following a police raid at a farmhouse in Moinabad near Hyderabad on Saturday night, was released on bail on Sunday.
