The latest 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, which mandates the automatic removal of the Prime Minister, chief ministers, and other ministers from their positions if they are detained for offenses punishable by five years or more for 30 consecutive days, has sparked a major debate across the country.
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y. S. Sharmila once again found an opportunity to attack her brother, YSR Congress Party president and former chief minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
A controversial proposal is tabled that could alter the structure of India’s democracy in a dramatic way.
The election for the Vice President of India is around the corner, with candidates being put forward by both the ruling NDA and the opposition.
For the past few months, reports have surfaced about differences between the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jana Sena Party (JSP) leaders and cadres at the ground level, even though, at the top level, there appears to be complete coordination between the leadership of both parties.
Apparently for the first time after the formation of Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government in Andhra Pradesh, Jana Sena Party president and deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan made the state police to register a case against TDP MLA from Srisailam Budda Rajasekhar Reddy for violating forest laws and manhandling the forest staff.
In Nellore district, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA Vemireddy Prasanthi Reddy has allegedly received a threat letter from unidentified persons.
The decision of Jana Sena Party president and Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan to conduct a huge public meeting at Visakhapatnam on August 30 has generated a lot of speculations in the political circles in the state.
Senior YSR Congress party leader and former minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy was at last released on bail from Nellore jail on Wednesday after serving judicial remand for nearly 90 days.
A few days ago, YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy made some derogatory comments on the age and ability of Telugu Desam Party president and present chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams chairman and promoter of TV5 television news channel B R Naidu on Wednesday served legal notice on Sakshi media house – including Sakshi channel and daily newspaper – for carrying alleged defamatory news about him and the TTD recently.
Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan appears to be turning his focus towards Visakhapatnam.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday strongly objected to what it described as a false narrative being spread by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and its media arm, Sakshi, claiming that the capital city of Amaravati had been completely submerged after just a few spells of rain and was unfit to serve as the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the cases filed by the YSR Congress party leaders during the previous Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy regime against against Dr Narreddy Sunitha, daughter of slain former minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy, her husband Rajasekhar Reddy and former Central Bureau of Investigation officer Ram Singh.
In a major setback to the accused in the liquor scam that allegedly took place during the previous YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh, the Vijayawada ACB Court on Monday dismissed their bail petitions.
