
The Central Bureau of Investigation is said to be seriously probing into the links of Chennai-based sand mine contractor Sekhar Reddy in Telugu states, particularly with politicians in the ruling Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh.

These days, officials of the Andhra Pradesh government, irrespective of the department they represent, are very much scared of one telephone number.

It is now more or less a known fact that the Telugu Desam Party has any future in the Telangana and it has been acknowledged as an Andhra Party. Yet, party president N Chandrababu Naidu is making desperate attempts to infuse life into the party in Telangana, so that it can survive at least on paper.

Less than two weeks after J Jayalalithaa died, her party has announced that her closest aide, Sasikala Natarajan, will replace her as the chief of her party, the AIADMK.

Those who know the style of functioning of Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu say he does not allow any second rung leadership to grow in the party, since he is a very insecure politician.

The way the Telugu Desam Party activists went on rampage and rigged the bye-elections at Kanaganapalli mandal praja parishad in Anantapur district on Wednesday showed that the dreaded Paritala regime is back in the district.

The much-awaited English daily --- Telangana Today – to be published by Telangana Publications Limited, promoted by Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, is going to hit the stands at last on Friday.

Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been hoodwinking the Centre by producing fudged figures with regard to expenditure of funds released by the Centre for various works.

Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu seems to have become an big irritant for the managements of various commercial banks, so much so that they are now said to be avoiding attending his meetings of late.

Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu's mania for publicity has been exposed at the national level by noted Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan.

Sharad Pawar celebrated his 76th birthday on Monday, and his supporters had planned week long programmes to mark the big day. But the NCP chief skipped both Mumbai and Baramati, and, instead, chose to bring in his birthday with some close friends and family in Goa.

The Congress party is trying to make use of every opportunity to get back its glory in Telangana and come to power in 2019 elections by cashing in on the anti-establishment among the people.

The YSR Congress party headed by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy appears to be gaining strength gradually with senior leaders from other parties joining one after the other.

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who has been under constant attack from the Opposition parties for his failure to implement election promises, is learnt to have decided to use the forthcoming Assembly session as a platform to explain the achievements of his government in the last two and a half years.

Former Secunderabad MP and senior Congress leader P V Rajeshwar Rao, second son of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao died after brief illness in Hyderabad on Monday.