It appears the stage is set for the suspension of controversial Telugu Desam Party MLA from Tiruvuru assembly constituency Kolikapudi Srinivas Rao from the party, in the wake of his tussle with Vijayawada MP Kesineni Shivanath alias Chinni.
Senior YSR Congress party leader and former Lok Sabha member from Nellore parliamentary constituency Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy, who is known for his straight talk without mincing words, has expressed view that party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had lost power due to certain leaders around him, who misguided him.
Sajjala Bhargav Reddy, son of YSR Congress party state coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, who was heading the social media wing of the party till last year, has now been shifted to Sakshi, the media house owned by party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
In yet another decision aimed at erasing the legacy of the previous YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh led by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the present Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government is preparing to take a key administrative decision — renaming the Village and Ward Secretariat system.
As expected, the Special Investigation Team of the Andhra Pradesh police on Sunday morning arrested senior YSR Congress party leader and former minister Jogi Ramesh in connection with an illegal liquor manufacturing case.
Tense scenes unfolded early this morning in Ibrahimpatnam, NTR District, as police surrounded the residence of former minister and senior YSRCP leader Jogi Ramesh.
Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Kharge has been involved in a war of words with Andhra IT Minister Nara Lokesh and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sarma over investments in their respective States.
Several people have died in a stampede at a temple in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam.
YSR Congress Party chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has started making key decisions regarding party candidates for a few constituencies.
Srinivasa Wines in Vidyadharpuram, Vijayawada, owned by prime accused Addepalli Janardhan Rao, where the excise officials detected spurious liquor early this month, was finally closed on Friday.
A court in Andhra Pradesh on Friday handed out the death penalty to five men for killing former Chittor Mayor Katari Anuradha and her husband, Katari Mohan, in 2015.
Even as Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday patted his own back for the excellent relief and rescue operations during the Cyclone Montha in the state, his predecessor and YSR Congress party President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy lashed out at him for neglecting the farming community during the cyclone devastation.
Telangana Jagruthi president Kalvakuntla Kavitha, who was expelled from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi last month after making serious comments against her cousin and former minister T Harish Rao, called on the latter on Thursday.
The latest exercise undertaken by the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government in Andhra Pradesh to restructure revenue divisions and mandals in line with the new district boundaries is said to be aimed at disturbing the vote bases of YSR Congress party.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted by the Supreme Court to probe the alleged adulteration of ghee used in the preparation of the famous Tirumala laddu prasadam, on Wednesday night arrested Appanna, former personal assistant to YSR Congress party’s Rajya Sabha member and former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) chairman Y V Subba Reddy.
