Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has no mandate for the acquisition of additional 16,666 acres of land from farmers of Amaravati under land pooling system for the expansion of the capital city, says retired IPS officer and former intelligence chief A B Venkateshwar Rao.
A fresh controversy erupted when Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami openly criticised Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu for what he called inefficient leadership during the Indigo crisis that disrupted the travel plans of lakhs across India.
Telugu Desam Party MP from Nellore parliamentary constituency Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy on Monday admitted to have helped Kaduru Chinna Appanna, former personal assistant of YSR Congress party MP and former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) chairman Y V Subba Reddy, one of the accused in the Tirumala ghee adulteration controversy.
A senior journalist heading a Telugu daily affiliated to the YSR Congress party headed by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, is believed to be making big money through real estate activities, taking advantage of his position in the media.
Former YSR Congress party general secretary and ex-Rajya Sabha MP V Vijay Sai Reddy, who has been claiming that he has been keeping away from active politics, has taken everybody by surprise by raising the issue of threat to Hindutva.
The Vijayawada police on Monday took into custody Komma Kotlu, a key associate of former Gannavaram MLA and senior YSRCP leader Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan, in connection with the case related to kidnapping of Dalit youth Mudunuri Satya Vardhan.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has suddenly lost all the popularity he had built so far.
YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will meet Governor S. Abdul Nazeer on December 17 to present one crore signatures to oppose alleged privatisation of medical colleges by the TDP-led coalition government in the state.
TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh has extended heartfelt thanks to the Telugu community in Dallas after receiving an extraordinary reception during his recent visit.
Ahead of the second phase of land pooling for the Amaravati capital region, farmers from several villages have begun articulating two major sets of demands—enhanced annual lease amounts and clearer guarantees on social infrastructure including education and healthcare.
A massive disruption in IndiGo Airlines’ operations, which led to the cancellation of thousands of flights nationwide over the past several days, has been the big debate in the media and surprisingly, it also snowballed into a political controversy involving Telugu Desam Party general secretary and Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh.
YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Chandrababu Naidu government, alleging that the controversial Parakamani case at Tirumala is being deliberately resurrected for political vendetta despite having been settled through a judicial process years ago.
In a major development that could end years of uncertainty over Andhra Pradesh’s capital, the Central government is preparing to amend the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act to explicitly designate Amaravati as the sole capital of the state.
Asha Kiran, daughter of late Kapu leader Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, appears to be preparing for a public-facing role.
Seven years after former Andhra Pradesh minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy was murdered, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to begin the investigation into the incident all over again, sources said.
