
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao came under wrath of the Opposition parties for failing to highlight the problems faced by the state during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time to Telangana on Sunday.

The Centre might concede the demand for special category status to Andhra Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is learnt to have indicated this to the Telugu Desam Party MPs at the end of the recent meeting.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his maiden visit to Telangana on Sunday to inaugurate Mission Bhagiratha, the flagship programme of the Telangana government.

Mohammad Nayeemuddin alias Nayeem, who has been giving sleepless nights to the police for over two decades, has finally been killed in a police encounter at Shadnagar in Mahbubnagar district on Monday.

A suspected terrorist has been reported killed on the outskirts of Hyderabad in an operation carried out by the local police and the National Investigation Agency or NIA.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "love and blessings" for the state.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must show in action what he said in words on cow vigilantism.

At least four women were raped and modesty of nine outraged every day on an average between 2012 and 2015 in the national capital, according to data compiled by the Delhi Police regarding crimes against women.

The central government has agreed to extend a three-phase financial package to Andhra Pradesh after the conclusion of the monsoon session of Parliament.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has admitted that he cannot compete with his Telangana counterpart in development at least for another two years.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has been in politics for over four decades and he has held several positions including that of Cabinet minister and BJP president.

Notwithstanding the ruckus created by the Congress, the YSR Congress party and even the Telugu Desam Party members in Parliament, the NDA government is unlikely to take a decision on special category status to Andhra Pradesh immediately.

At a time when the Congress party is making a hue and cry over the special catetory status to Andhra Pradesh, so as to get at least partial political mileage in the state, its own Rajya Sabha member and Megastar Chiranjeevi seems to be little interested in the episode.

The NDA government headed by Narendra Modi would have faced major embarrassment on Friday, had the Rajya Sabha taken up voting on the private member bill introduced by Congress MP K V P Ramachandra Rao seeking special category status to Andhra Pradesh.

Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is a man of very few words. Even when he was the Prime Minister, he hardly used to speak in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha, except when it was extremely necessary. But, when he spoke, he used to speak with substance.