
When the Telugu Desam Party was in power in the united Andhra Pradesh till 2004, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu used to talk about Vision-2020 and his government had prepared lengthy documents as to how the state would progress under the TDP regime to emerge as No. 1 state by 2020.

The other day, Leader of Opposition and YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy made a critical comment against Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu saying that the latter had no knowledge of English.

An Indian soldier from 37 Rashtriya Rifles "inadvertently crossed over" to the other side of the Line of Control, Army sources said on Thursday but termed as "completely false and baseless" reports in Pakistani media that eight of its soldiers had been killed.

As such, the Telugu Desam Party has been reduced to an insignificant entity in Telangana with almost all the party leaders jumping into the ruling Telugu Desam Party.

Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is said to be contemplating postponement of elections to various municipal corporations and municipalities in the state.

The reports that Telugu Desam Party MLA Ramakrishna, representing Venkatagiri constituency in Nellore district had demanded Rs 5 crore bribe from a railway contractor created sensation among the people.

The Karnataka circle of income tax department has raised close to Rs 4,000 crore so far (a majority of it coming from Bengaluru) from the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS), which expires on Friday. So far, the all-India figure has been pegged at Rs 35,000 crore.

The National Council for Applied Economic Resources has placed Andhra Pradesh on top of the table of corrupt states.

The YSR Congress party on Wednesday accused Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu of encouraging criminals and extortionists in politics.

Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has mastered the art of making tall claims and defending them later to suit his needs.

It was surprising to listen to such philosophical comments from Jagan, who is a fighter to the core. However, sources say he might have received hints from the Centre that he might have to face fresh trouble in the coming days with regard to his ongoing CBI and ED investigation into quid-pro-quo cases.

Despite clarifications by its Chief Executive Officer Ravi Prakash, the rumours on sale of popular television channel TV9 continue to remain unabated.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has pushed his son K T Rama Rao into deep trouble by directly making him responsible for overseeing the demolition of illegal structures and buildings that came up on nalas, drains and tank beds.

Union Minister for Urban Development, Information and Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu seems to have developed some sort of Vyragyam (aversion) towards politics; may be because of the brickbats he has been receiving on the special category status issue.

The other day, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao made a bold statement before the media that his government would start demolishing all illegal constructions that came up on various nalas and tanks in the city that resulted in inundation of several colonies in the recent rains.