The Telangana government on Saturday decided to hike the reservations for the socially and economically backward among Muslims to 12 per cent from the existing four per cent.
TDP MP from Chittoor, N. Shivaprasad, has raised the banner of revolt against the party leadership and said he could contest as the candidate of many other parties in the next elections.
The sudden outburst by Telugu Desam Party MP from Chittoor N Sivaprasad against party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday accusing the latter of cheating the Dalits has raised many eyebrows.
The decision taken by the Telangana government to enhance reservations for Muslims in education and employment has naturally gone down well with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Having failed to delineate a cogent and credible line on secularism, the Congress will have to articulate a new position to find its way back into political reckoning.
Reacting to a Maharashtra MLA's comments that she drinks every day, Mathura MP Hema Malini has dubbed the remarks a publicity stunt and said she did not wish to enter the controversy.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has stunned the opposition parties in the state by coming out with an attractive incentive for farmers – payment of Rs 4,000 per acre to each farmer, irrespective of the land holding, towards purchase of fertilisers.
Firebrand YSR Congress party legislator R K Roja's attack on TDP general secretary and IT minister Nara Lokesh, describing him as 'pappu' and ridiculing his oratorical skills in Telugu have not gone down well with the Telugu Desam Party.
Barely 10 days after a techie from Telangana was found hanging in his home in Seattle, his wife has reportedly attempted suicide.
A Maharashra legislator today chose to trivialise the issue of farmer suicides, and whether they are or aren't related to alcohol abuse, by scurrilously invoking other legislators', journalists' and actress Hema Malini's drinking habits.
As Sreenu Vaitla delivered two biggest disasters in the recent past, there were not many hopes on his "Mister" but it created buzz due to the pleasant first teaser. Since he claimed that he is reinventing his style of narration with this film, "Mister" has started gaining good publicity.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu received an unexpected shock from his own party MP – N Sivaprasad from Chittoor, on Friday, when he launched a scathing attack on the party leadership for cheating Dalits.
Elections are held once in five years and people will decide which party they should vote to power. It all depends on various factors, including the performance of the present government, the leadership of the contesting parties and also performance of the representatives in their respective constituencies.
Indian students will continue to be in demand in the United States as they have been gaining advanced knowledge and technical skills, experts feel.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao has claimed that his party had set a new record by enrolling 75 lakh members, thereby becoming the biggest regional party in the country.