
The latest auction of 7.67 acres of land at Rayadurgam in the heart of Hyderabad fetching a staggering Rs 177 crore an acre to the Telangana government has broken all records, making one wonder whether it was a real boom in the real estate sector in Hyderabad or an artificial inflation of prices.

It took the deaths of 41 people in the Karur stampede to propel actor-turned politician Vijay to the centre stage of Tamil Nadu politics.

At a time when the RSS is looking to unite the different castes of the nation under the umbrella of Hindutva, Congressman and Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah has thrown a spanner in their works.

It is a known fact that Andhra Jyothy managing director Vemuri Radhakrishna is an out and out Telugu Desam Party campaigner.

The political doublespeak of Radha Krishna (RK), the head of Andhra Jyothy group, is once again under public scrutiny.

In Srikakulam district, public dissatisfaction is rising against the political duo — uncle and nephew, Achchennaidu and Rammohan Naidu.

The recently concluded monsoon session of the Andhra Pradesh state assembly has brought to light the fact that there is some kind of uneasiness brewing within the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP); and the party MLAs are openly expressing their discontent over the functioning of the Chandrababu Naidu-led coalition government.

Congress MLA Arikapudi Gandhi, openly challenging the HYDRAA as he fenced off 11 acres of disputed land in Gajularamaram.

Despite the Central government allocating Rs 5,936 crore for the Polavaram irrigation project in the current fiscal year, the Andhra Pradesh government has failed to utilize the funds even after six months.

Speculation is rife within the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) that senior leader and close confidant of Jagan Mohan Reddy, Dharmana Krishna Das, a former Deputy Chief Minister from Srikakulam district, has decided to stay away from contesting elections in the future.

A group of leading builders in Mumbai is planning to meet senior officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to demand a reduction in the high bribes allegedly being extorted by officials in the building proposals department.

The recent controversy over Telugu Desam Party MLA and senior Tollywood actor Nandamuri Balakrishna’s unsavoury comments in the state assembly describing YSR Congress party president and former chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy as a psycho continues to die down.

It is well known that YCP supporters used to troll TDP with the number 23, referring to the number of seats they won in the 2019 Assembly elections.

Even as the decision to hand over the establishment of government medical colleges to private firms in the name of PPP model, the Chandrababu Naidu government in Andhra Pradesh has now set its sights on privatising ration shops across the state on the pretext of modernisation, triggering fresh controversy.

Senior actor and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna’s fiery comments in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Thursday continued to send shockwaves through political circles on Friday.