Former Telangana Rashtra Samithi MP and presently labour minister in the Telangana cabinet Ch Malla Reddy has landed in deep trouble over the leakage of an audio tape in which he was heard demanding money for issuing party tickets for the candidates in municipal elections.
Veteran Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao has found fault with the Congress high command for not considering seniority and caste equations in the appointment of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief.
The other day, actor-turned-politician and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan issued a statement to the media, saying that his party would not contest the ongoing municipal elections in Telangana due to “strategic reasons,” but would support like-minded candidates selectively, if necessary.
The decision of the YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to form three capitals for the state with administrative capital being shifted from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam has triggered unrest not only in the farmers of Amaravati region, but also among the non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the United States and other parts of the world.
Whenever there are any elections in Telangana, the role of Andhra settlers in the state in deciding the fortunes of the candidates in various parts comes up for discussion.
Authorities in Bhainsa town in Nirmal district in Telangana on Monday suspended internet services following communal clashes which left 11 people injured.
Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana met here on Monday to discuss various issues including the latest political developments at the national level in the wake of the nation-wide protests over Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
A flash protest by women against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) triggered mild tension in the Toli Chowki area here Sunday night.
Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed in parts of Hyderabad on Friday for the 'Tiranga rally' to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
A BJP MP from Telangana has sparked a row with his "bombs for stones" threat and for offering to send those opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) to Pakistan in "brakeless buses".
It has become a common phenomenon in the Congress party in Telangana for the last five years that most of its leaders who get elected in any election are quickly jumping into the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
It is only a matter of two or three weeks that Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy will continue in his post.
The security at the US Consulate here has been beefed up in view of the rising tension between the US and Iran.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi working president and Information Technology minister K T Rama Rao, who claims to be following the footsteps of his father and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, never used to follow him in one aspect: practising religion.
After a gap of nearly four months, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is going to meet his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao again.
