The Election Commission of India on Thursday sounded the bugle for by-elections to Nandyal assembly seat, which has fallen vacant due to sudden death of sitting MLA Bhuma Nagi Reddy.
The Telugu Desam Party government, which has been foisting cases against opposition party leaders and social activists left, right and centre, has quietly withdrawn police cases against 23 TDP leaders who were involved in various criminal charges.
The Telugu Desam Party government has decided to deal with iron hand the agitation of former minister and Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham for reservations to Kapus.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is said to be willing to join the National Democratic Alliance if Prime Minister Narendra Modi concedes his request for increase the number of assembly seats in Telangana.
Strongly condemning Telangana IT minister K T Rama Rao's outburst against senior leaders of the Congress party, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) on Wednesday described TRS as "Treacherous Robbers Samithi" and not Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
The sleuths of the Special Investigation Team of the Telangana excise and prohibition enforcement department who have been interrogating the film personalities for the last seven days have been trying all tricks to gather evidences of their drug consumption.
YSR Congress party, which has extended its support to former minister Mudragada Padmanabham in taking up padayatra demanding reservations for Kapus, has found fault with the Chandrababu Naidu government for creating hurdles for the padayatra and subjecting the Kapu leader to house-arrest at Kirlampudi.
With Union home minister Rajnath Singh throwing up his hands on increasing the number of assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states and throwing the ball into the court of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it is a tricky situation for both Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
As expected, the Andhra Pradesh police did not allow former minister and Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmanabham to take out his much publicised 'Chalo Assembly' padayatra from his Kirlampudi residence in East Godavari to Amaravati on Wednesday.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu often boasts of constructing the world-class capital city Amaravati.
It looks like Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is losing confidence of winning the by-elections in Nandyal assembly constituency in Kurnool district, notwithstanding crores of rupees he is spending in the name of development.
A tense atmosphere is prevailing in the Konaseema area of East Godavari district as former minister and Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmanabham is all set to launch his padayatra from the early hours of Wednesday.
Social media is a huge platform for getting attention of the people and also seeking vast publicity. For politicians, this is the best medium to attract people.
Maverick film director Ram Gopal Varma, who shot his mouth off on the ongoing interrogation of film personalities by the Special Investigation Team of the Telangana excise and enforcement department in connection with their alleged links with drug peddlers, is at it once again.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi government has turned Telangana into a "den of drug abuse and peddling" by adopting an "open-gate" excise policy.
