BC Cell Meeting at NTR Bhavan

TDP leader Errabeli dayakar rao Comments on babli

Daily News Gallery - NOV 29

MLC Gorle Haribabu resigns from Praja Rajyam party

In what is considered as the first blow, though a small one, to the Praja Rajyam Party, MLC Gorle Haribabu from Srikakulam district has resigned from the party.
He sent a fax message to party chief Chiranjeevi today and is likely to meet him tomorrow to explain to him why he had to quit the party.
According [...]

MLA distributes plates and glasses to students in nellore

MLA Anam Vivekananda Reddy distributed steel plates and glasses for the students who are taking midday meals (MDM) in various government schools, at Parameswari Kalyana Mandapam in the city on Saturday.
Mr. Reddy distributed plates and glasses for 2,000 students of VR High School, CAM High School and Sunku Changanna High School. Speaking on the occasion [...]

BC leaders criticise Minister, officials

The leaders of Backward Classes Welfare Association faulted Minister in-charge of Kurnool Kasu Venkatakrishna Reddy and officials for skipping the 118th death anniversary of Jyothirao Phule here on Saturday.
Callous attitude
Talking to reporters here on Saturday, the Association leader Seshaphani and others said the Minister and officials stayed away from the programme despite the government declaring [...]

TDP criticises fuel pricing policy in Karnool

TDP district president Byreddy Rajasekhar Reddy criticised the union government for not rolling back the prices of petroleum products despite fall in crude oil prices on the international market.
Talking to reporters here on Saturday, Mr. Reddy along with CPI (M) district secretary T. Shadrak and CPI district secretary K. Ramanjaneyulu said the prices of crude [...]

YSR opens revamped Press Club

Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Saturday inaugurated renovated premises of the Press Club here. The club was done up at a cost of over Rs.20 lakh .
The Chief Minister presented certificates and cash rewards to the children of Press Club members who scored more than 75 per cent in Intermediate, SSC and seventh [...]

YSR calls for restraint

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has exhorted people of all faiths to observe restraint in the light of the terrorist attacks on Mumbai and maintain unity to counter such threats.
Addressing the Youth Congress leaders and activists who conducted a rally “youth against terror” to protest against the terrorist attacks on Mumbai here on Saturday, [...]

TDP will stage dharna to protest Babli project

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will stage a dharna on December 1 in Nirmal protesting the Babli project on Godavari river in Maharashtra.
Inaction
Party leaders will expose the State government’s inaction on the issue during the dharna, said Kadiam Srihari, TDP general secretary and Polit Buro member.
Evident
Addressing a meeting of party workers at district level, Mr. [...]

Any national can get voter ID card!

At a time when terrorists are striking at will in the country, the admission by the chief electoral office that the nationality of those opting for registration as voters cannot be checked has given rise to apprehensions that illegal Pakistanis and Bangladeshis with `anti-national interests’ could easily get voting rights.
According to sources, once such illegal [...]

State to raise NSG-like forces

In order to strengthen the security system in the backdrop of the Mumbai terrorist siege, the state Cabinet on Saturday decided to start new security wings on the lines of National Security Guards (NSG)__ the state security guards and district security guards. The Cabinet also took a decision to strengthen the marine security forces [...]

Failure of intelligence, says CPI

Stressing the need for unity among people to curb the menace of terrorism, speakers at a meeting organised by the Krishna district unit of the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO) to condemn the terrorist attack on Mumbai city here on Saturday conveyed their condolences to the martyrs of the attack.
AIPSO Krishna district secretary [...]

State neglecting weaker sections: TDP

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) alleged that the State Government was neglecting the welfare of the weaker sections of the society. At a function organised to pay tributes to Mahatma Jyotirao Phule on his 118th death anniversary, the party alleged that the State Government had even failed to pay scholarship amounts to students belonging to [...]

‘Chalo Assembly’ by ryot bodies on December 4

All-party farmers’ organisations will organise ‘Chalo Assembly’ on December 4 to press their demands.
Telugu Rytu, the farmers’ body of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), today met at the NTR Trust Bhavan.
Seeking Rs 5,000 compensation from the Government for groundnut and cotton farmers who lost their crop due to spurious seeds, the Telugu Rytu demanded that [...]

YSR says Chevella project will change Telangana

Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy exuded confidence that only he has the capacity and courage to complete the prestigious Pranahita-Chevella lift irrigation project in the coming four years.
Pranahita-Chevella project was taken up with an estimated cost of Rs 38,500 crore which would provide water to 16.50 lakh acres in upland areas of Karimnagar, Adilabad, [...]

Spending on BCs has boosted State: YSR

Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy today claimed that no State in the country had progressed as much as Andhra Pradesh in the last four years, thanks to the huge amount spent by the Government for the uplift of the Backward Classes.
Marking the 118th death anniversary of Jyothirao Govindrao Phule, the chief minister, PCC president [...]

NRI TDP Meet

Daily News Gallery - NOV 28

CBN Participating in Minority cell dharna

TDP protest on terror in Warangal

Lok Satta unit to elect its leaders to its wrangal district committee

The Lok Satta district unit plans to hold elections to its district committee in January.
The party’s district unit president P. Kodandarama Rao said nominations would be accepted from December 24 and the elections would be held on January 4, 5, 6 and 7. The results would be announced on January 9.
Mr. Kodandarama Rao said the [...]

All parties should focus on terrorism: Dattatreya

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State President Bandaru Dattatreya has appealed to all Opposition parties to launch a united campaign to bring pressure on the Central Government to address the threat to the nation from terrorist elements.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Mr. Dattatreya said the Opposition parties had launched several united campaigns, but only [...]

YSR to launch ‘smart card’ scheme in vijayavada tomorrow

For the first time in the country, monthly pensions for the aged, widows and physically challenged in Krishna district will be distributed through ‘smart card’ system from December. Under this, beneficiaries of these pensions would be given special electronic cards, by using which they could withdraw their pension from ATMs.
Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy will [...]

Voter ID, ration cards to be issued by year-end in east godavari

Joint Collector K. Sasidhar has stated that the administration in East Godavari will complete issue of voter ID cards and ration cards before December 31.
During a surprise visit on Friday, the Joint Collector inspected the progress pertaining to voter ID cards at the Sub-Collector’s office.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Sasidhar said that in Peddapuram and Rampachodavaram [...]

CPI to stake claim for Khammam Lok Sabha seat

The Communist Party of India, as part of the seat adjustment with the CPI(M) and Telugu Desam, would contest the Khammam Paliamentary constituency besides four Assembly seats in Khammam district, according its district secretary Kunamaneni Sambasiva Rao on Friday.
Addressing a news conference,. he said that the party It would organise mandal-level council meetings from December [...]

Insurance employees meet Chiranjeevi

A delegation of All India Insurance Employees Association on Friday submitted a memorandum to Praja Rajyam party president Chiranjeevi seeking his intervention to stall a legislation proposed by the Centre to increase the limit of Foreign Direct Investment in insurance sector from 26 to 49 per cent.
The employees informed Chiranjeevi that the Bill was likely [...]

Lifer for TDP leader, 5 others in murder case

Six persons including TDP leader in Tadipatri constituency, Maheshwar Reddy, were sentenced life imprisonment by the Sixth Fast Track Court at Gooty in the district on Friday, in a murder case dating back to July 1997.
According to the information, an advocate from Pedda Vaduguru village, Sivaprasada Reddy, practicing in Gooty courts was waylaid and attacked [...]

BSP councillor is vice-chairperson of the Vizianagaram Municipality

Lenka Mohan (36th ward) of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has been declared elected in the election held to the post of vice-chairperson of the Vizianagaram Municipality on Friday. The election scheduled on November 11 and 12 was postponed due to lack of quorum.
In the voting conducted by Presiding Officer S. Swamy Babu, 23 councillors [...]

Chief Minister promises to transform Telangana

Chief Minister Y. S. Rajaskhara Reddy on Friday urged the people to re-elect the Congress Party to complete major irrigation projects like Pranahita–Chevella in the next five years.
Addressing a public meeting here after inaugurating a 400 KV sub-station at Kodakandal and laying the foundation stone to canal works of Pranahita –Chevella, Dr. Reddy said [...]

More seats for BCs: Chiranjeevi

Claiming full credit for making Mahatma Jyotirao Phule a household name, Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi on Friday said his party would allot more number of seats to those from the Backward Classes than any other political party in the next elections.
Addressing a largely-attended meeting, he said that the ideals and thoughts of great people like [...]

Telugu Desam cries foul on Yellampalli issue

Ramakrishnudu says he will reopen the hearing as the action of Congressmen is against Assembly rules

Drama marked the Public Accounts Committee meeting on Friday when the Congress members chose MLC K. Bapiraju as chairman for the day and declared that there was nothing objectionable in Yellampalli project.

This happened reportedly even as the two TDP members, Nagam Janardhan Reddy and Sudhakar Rao, protested their ‘undemocratic move’.

YSR lists steps for BC welfare

Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Friday said by increasing the budgetary allocation for Backward Class students from Rs. 348 crore in 2004 to Rs. 1,300 crore now, the government showed that it believed in deeds and not merely words.
Speaking at a function organised by the BC Welfare Department to commemorate the death anniversary [...]

CPI(M) Polit Bureau meet starts today

Finalising electoral understanding, terror attacks in Mumbai and the impact of the global economic crisis and its management are issues that will be discussed at the two-day Polit Bureau meeting of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) starting here on Saturday.
Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are the two key States in which the CPI (M) [...]

Need for small states

The demand for separate States of Telangana and Vidharbha has been under consideration of successive Governments for some decades. Today, it has gathered urgency with the BJP promising the creation of Telangana with 100 days of being voted to power. Since the demand for smaller States has been raised by others also, the Central Government [...]

Party high command seized of Telangana issue - K Keshava Rao

Reiterating that the Congress high command was seized of Telangana issue, Rajya Sabha member and AICC spokesperson K Keshava Rao today said that the party was not ready to seek alliances with other parties for the ensuing elections. “I have not spoken to TRS president K Chandrasekhara Rao for the last six months. It [...]

PRP open to alliances: Chiranjeevi

Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) founder Chiranjeevi said that his party was ready for an alliance with any party. Asked about possible alliance with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), he said his party was ready for alliance with any party, provided it come forward to work with PRP.
Speaking to reporters here today, he said that hurling of [...]

Opposition flays terror, blasts Centre

Condemning the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, all the Opposition parties on Thursday held the Union Government responsible for failing to prevent the outrage.
Speaking to reporters here, Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) founder Chiranjeevi even went so far as to say that the Navy had failed to keep a vigil on terrorist movements.
Sounded on the reintroduction of [...]

Jogaiah gets isolated in PrajaRajam

The “soul-searching” letter written by Mr Ch. Harirama Jogaiah recently to the Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi appears to have ruffled quite a few feathers within the party. Despite Chiranjeevi’s statement that Mr Jogaiah was a fatherly figure to him, the veteran politician is being increasingly sidelined by the party leaders after his letter embarrassed the [...]

Devineni comments on YSR regarding subhabul farmers

Daily News Gallery - NOV 27

The story on telanagana

Yerram naidu comments on UPA Governments failures

TDP Vijayaramarao response on Mumbai Blasting

Praja Rajyam to challenge stay on political roadshows

The Praja Rajyam Party has decided to approach court to vacate the stay order on political roadshows in the State.
“In a democracy, it is the right of a political party to go to the people in different forms to explain to them their respective stand on various issues,” PRP spokesperson and party in-charge for [...]

Left, TDP to stage dharna on Dec.2 in Vijayavada

The two Left parties and the Telugu Desam Party would jointly stage a dharna in front of the Head Post Office in One Town in the city on December 2 seeking reduction in the prices of petroleum products. Another dharna would be staged in front of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at Machilipatnam the same day [...]

KCR offers prayers at Kaleshwaram

TRS president and Karimnagar MP K. Chandrasekhar Rao offered prayers at the ancient Sri Kaleshwara Muktheeshwara Swamy Devasthanams in the interior Kaleshwaram village of Mahadvepur mandal on Thursday.
Situated on the borders of the district adjoining Chhattisgarh State, this temple is known for its scenic beauty along the shores of Godavari and Indravati.
Mr. Rao made his [...]

Cases against TDP MLA, ZP vice-chairman in kadapa

Rayachoti police registered a case against TDP MLA of Rayachoti S. Palakondarayudu, his son S. Prasad Babu, TDP leader Mahesh Naidu and 69 others in connection with the group clash in ‘Rythu Protsahaka Utsavalu’ a couple of days ago, on a complaint lodged by Zilla Parishad vice-chairman M. Devanatha Reddy.
Four cases were registered on the [...]

Minister, MLA at loggerheads over irrigation scheme in elluru

The West Godavari District Irrigation Development Advisory Board meeting held at Sitampet in Nidadavole mandal on Thursday witnessed a spat between Minister for Minor Irrigation Maganti Venkateswara Rao and ruling party MLA from Chintalapudi Ghanta Muraliramakrishna over the proposed scheme which intended for diversion of Yarrakalva water into the Tammileru.
The scheme is proposed to be [...]

MIM condemns Mumbai attacks

All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president and Hyderabad MP, Asaduddin Owaisi, has condemned the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
He said, the attacks proved that security agencies were caught napping while the terrorists carried out daredevil attacks in Mumbai. The killing of Hemant Karkare in the incident was certainly ‘suspicious’, as the ATS was probing the Malegaon blasts.

‘Leave statehood issue to high command’ - Keshava Rao

Congress Member of Parliament K. Keshava Rao opines that it is better to leave the issue of separate Telangana to the high command and wait for its decision.
Mr. Keshava Rao said at a press conference here on Thursday that he was optimistic that the high command would take a positive decision on the issue. “Let [...]

CPI (M) stages dharna in sangareddy

Demanding that second gas agencies should be sanctioned at Sangareddy and Patancheru towns, scores of women led by CPI (M) leaders B. Mallesham, M.V. Prasad and B. Nageswara Rao on Thursday held dharna before the Civil Supplies Commissioner office at Hyderabad.
According to a release here by Mallesham and Nageswara Rao, they were forced to [...]

YSR’s picture on website defaced

Unidentified cyber offenders defaced the picture of Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy figuring in the home page of the State government’s portal ( www.aponline.gov.in) as also the descriptive lines underneath, late on Wednesday night when high voltage drama was taking place in Mumbai.
The offenders introduced abusive words against the Chief Minister in place of [...]

Medak gears up for YSR’s visit

As the stage is set for the visit of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to the district on Friday, the administration has completed all arrangements.
To impress Mr. Rajasekhara Reddy, the officials made arrangements to present five initiatives before him. They are – Manjira Sanitation, Grama Darshini, Mana Ooru, Arogya Kshemam and Manjira Samkshema Bata.
With an [...]

TDP leaders on fact-finding yatra

There was a huge gap between claims by the Congress government on the implementation of several welfare schemes and their reach to the genuinely needy sections, leaders of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) observed on Thursday during their visit to several villages in Kalyanadurg mandal as part of ‘maha prasthana yatra’ launched by polit bureau member [...]

YSR condemns terror attacks on Mumbai

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has condemned and expressed shock over the “senseless killing of innocent people” in “obnoxious” terrorist attacks in Mumbai, “the financial nerve centre,” on Wednesday night.
Talking to mediapersons here on Thursday, Dr. Reddy, who was waiting for an appointment with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said it was a time [...]

V P Singh’s ‘Mandal’ policy changed political landscape

It was two decades ago, almost to the month — October 11, 1988 — that the troika of V P Singh, Arif Mohammed Khan and Arun Nehru came
together to form Janata Dal.
The date was symbolic — it was the birthday of Jayaprakash Narayan, whose movement against corruption led to the first change in government at [...]

City cops sound high alert

In the backdrop of the Mumbai terror attack, the City Security Wing (CSW) of the city police fanned out 27 teams to scour crowded places on Thursday. The teams are scanning star hotels, shopping malls, railway and bus stations.

Theatre and shopping mall managements have been sent a special alert to carry out frisking at entrances. Star hotels were put on high alert and bomb disposal squads with sniffer dogs rushed to these places on Wednesday night itself.

K Keshava Raos son acquitted in realtor murder case

The II Additional Metropolitan Sessions judge on Thursday acquitted Kancharla Venkateswra Rao alias Venkat Rao, the son of Congress leader K Keshava Rao, in the sensational realtor Prashant Reddy murder case.
The case dates back to September 9, 2007, when sub-inspector Sreenivas of Jubilee Hills police station received information from Venkat Rao’s wife about a firing [...]

Chiranjeevi offers blood for Mumbai victims

Telugu superstar-turned-politician Chiranjeevi Thursday offered to provide blood from his blood bank for the injured in Mumbai terrorist attacks.
He wrote to the Maharashtra chief minister and chief secretary offering blood from Chiranjeevi Blood Bank here.
‘We are ready to make required quantity of blood available for the treatment of the injured,’ the actor told reporters. Chiranjeevi [...]

TD all set for Left wheel drive

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu today sealed his alliance with the Left by driving to the office of the CPM here and conferring with party State secretary BV Raghavulu for over one-and-a-half hours.
Yesterday, Naidu had met CPI leaders K Narayana and Suravaram Sudhakara Reddy at their office in Himayatnagar here and thanked them for deciding [...]

TRS urges Congress to spell out Telangana stand

Alleging that Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy was trying to sidetrack the Statehood issue, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi Legislature Party today demanded that the Congress make clear its stand on Telangana.
Addressing a press conference at the TRSLP office here, Assembly Floor Leader E Rajender and MLA T Harish Rao lashed out at the chief minister [...]

Chiru, KCR put off plans

Chiranjeevi and K Chandrasekhara Rao have decided to not have any more roadshows with the AP High Court restraining political parties in organising them and subject people to untold suffering. Praja Rajyam Party and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) who have chalked out elaborate roadshows for their leaders have put them on hold till the final [...]

Tightrope walk for TD on seat-sharing

Notwithstanding its alliance with the Left, the main Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is wary of sharing seats with the Left in the next Assembly elections. The alliances are finalised basing on ideologies or the needbased principle. However, allocating seats demanded by the Left will really be a difficult task for the TDP, when [...]

lukewarm response for Chandrababu Naidu in Visakhapatnam district

The road show by Telugu Desam party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu received a lukewarm response from the people in Visakhapatnam district today.
Unlike during his recent 110-day Meekosam rathayatra, the turnout this time was negligible.
The people’s response belied the party’s expectations.
Evidently, the local leadership failed to mobilise enough people for his latest visit.
In comparison, massive gatherings [...]

AP HC: Order on road shows a setback for parties ahead of polls

The interim stay on road shows given by Andhra Pradesh High Court has come as a dampener for major political parties gearing up to organise road shows in a big way to woo voters, ahead of the 2009 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state.
A Bench, comprising Chief Justice A R Dave and Justice [...]

Roads are for journeys, not jamborees: Lok Satta Party

Welcoming the stay given by the High Court on political parties’ road shows, the Lok Satta Party today pointed out that roads were meant for travel by people and not for demonstration of leaders’ strength.
The party has decided to file an affidavit in the High Court supporting the ban on road shows.
“Notwithstanding minor inconvenience to [...]

Polling goes hi-fi: digital media and India’s election

Technology’s role in the US election has further endorsed its relevance in India’s own election dialogue
Much has been written about US President-elect Barack Obama’s use of digital campaigning and fund-raising that involved YouTube, blogs, social networking sites, online petitions, Google and Yahoo groups and more conventional email lists to build and sustain support.
In India, in [...]

TDP - CPM Chandrababu comments

Daily News Gallery - NOV 26

Chandrababu Vijayanagaram Mahadharna

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TDP, PR eyeing BC votes

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Praja Rajyam (PR) are eyeing backward class vote bank in Kurnool Parliament constituency.
While the TDP proposed to field a BC candidate for Parliament, PR is closely watching the moves of the TDP to bring into its fold the unrepresented BC communities.
Valmiki (Boya) is a predominant community in Kurnool Parliament [...]

Other States emulating our schemes: Jagan

Andhra Pradesh is developing rapidly on agriculture and industrial fronts and other States are emulating its unprecedented schemes for the all-round development of all sections of people, YSR Foundation chairman Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy said on Wednesday.
At a meeting of Congress functionaries on Yerraguntla market yard premises, he said that government was completing irrigation projects under [...]

Kodela defends tie-up

Telugu Desam Party senior leader Kodela Sivaprasada Rao has hit back at detractors terming the alliance between Telugu Desam Party and the Left parties as ‘opportunistic’. Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, he said the TDP had entered into an alliance with the Left parties to protect the ‘larger interests of the State’ and [...]

TDP-Left alliance historic blunder, says Parakala

The Communist Party of India and CPI (Marxist) cementing a pre-poll alliance with Telugu Desam Party is a historic blunder, said Praja Rajyam Party leader Parakala Prabhakar.
The PRP leaders Mr. Prabhakar and Ramachandraiah, who came here on Wednesday for opinion gathering on the formation of district committee and constituency-level committees, hoisted a flag at the [...]

‘YSR capable of bulldozing Sonia decision’

Telangana Rashtra Samiti leader T. Harish Rao has alleged that Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy is capable of bulldozing the decision of AICC president Sonia Gandhi on Telangana statehood.
At a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr. Harish Rao said the manner in which the Chief Minister was making statements on the statehood raising new [...]

TDP, CPI(M) to work in tandem

Two days after clinching an alliance with the CPI, Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu drove down to Makineni Bhavan to meet CPI (M) State Secretary B. V. Raghavulu on Wednesday to cement the relationship with the Left parties.
In what appeared to be an attempt to rub salt into the wounds of political parties [...]

Congress MLA threatens to quit

Alleges protocol violation at the inaugural of Gundlakamma irrigation project
Dara Sambaiah levels serious charges against two of his party legislators
Alleges that DCC chief and Ongole MLA are sitting over some of his proposals
HYDERABAD: Santhanuthalapadu legislator Dara Sambaiah has hinted at resigning from Assembly membership as well as the Congress.
He contended here on Wednesday that he [...]

YSR a hurdle for Telangana: Gadar

Balladeer Gadar on Wednesday said that Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was the main hurdle in the creation of separate Telangana. Speaking to reporters at Medak, Mr. Gadar, who came here to inaugurate two-day programmes of Telangana Samskritika Samakhya, said that he would not align with political parties striving for votes in the name of [...]

KCR to file plea on road shows’ ban

The Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday said, his party will file a review petition on the ban order on political road shows in the State. He accused the State government of throttling the voice of Opposition by getting the interim orders from the High Court banning political road shows. The concurrence [...]

The show must go on?

Tamasha or an opportunity for people to meet their leaders? Roadshows may be viewed differently, but they make for an interesting
campaign phenomenon in state politics, one that has scored over public meetings over the years.
Whether these shows have a ‘captive’ audience remains a debatable issue, but, the state’s first such show was a compulsive crowd [...]

YSR seeks Rs 18K cr bailout

Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Wednesday requested the Centre to bail out Andhra Pradesh from the financial crisis the state
is facing by seeking an urgent financial assistance of Rs 18,000 crore to tide over the state’s fiscal crisis caused by a huge shortfall in revenue receipts.
In meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, finance [...]

Coalition ‘difficulties’ hindering consensus on Telangana: YSR

Congress on Wednesday refused to take a stand on the raging Telangana statehood demand in Andhra Pradesh and said “coalition difficulties” were hindering the party from arriving at a consensus on the issue.

Chief Minister Y S Rajasekara Reddy said the Telangana issue was “very high” on the thinking process of the Congress High Command.

“Telangana issue is under the purview of the High Command. Whatever decision they take is acceptable to us. After the 2004 elections, the Congress is not in a position to appoint second SRC.

PRP district panels to be formed in a week

The Praja Rajyam has decided to have district and constituency committees in a week’s time. Party president Chiranjeevi gave directions to his managers to this effect while participating in an interactive session with district incharges, coordinators and monitoring committee members today.
The party also decided to form legal, youth’s, women’s and farmers’ wings but did not [...]

CPI(M) chalks out strategy to defeat BJP, Cong.

In its bid to forge an “electoral alternative” to BJP and Congress, the CPI(M) Polit Bureau would give finishing touches to its poll strategy in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in New Delhi this weekend as its top leaders held parleys with their BSP, TDP and JD(S) counterparts.
While the CPI(M) said it would go [...]

YSR’s film in December

Chief Minister YS Rajashekar Reddy will appear on the silver screen in a full length role. The film titled ‘Gokaraju’ is being produced by Y Sonia Reddy, daughter of CC Reddy. Arun Prasad is the director. The shooting for the film is over and the post production works are now going on.
Ace comedian and Guinness [...]

kodela comments on congress and PRP in guntur

TRS MP’s plea to YSR on Babhali

Lok Sabha member B Vinod kumar of TRS Tuesday appealed to Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy to take steps on a war-footing to prevent Maharashtra from constructing the Babhali barrage on the Godavari.
The MP also wanted the State Government to prevent Maharashtra from constructing 11 other projects on the river which he said were illegal. [...]

‘YSR Government sold lands worth Rs 1-lakh crore’

The Rajasekhara Reddy Government has sold lands worth about Rs 1-lakh crore dirt cheap to private parties in the name of industrialisation and employment generation, Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu has said.
Addressing a district-level meeting of his party workers here Tuesday before leaving for Vizianagaram where he was to participate in the Maha Dharna, [...]

Will KCR take the road towads BJP or TDP?

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhara Rao has been keeping his cards close to his chest and playing the waiting game to perfection, particularly regarding tieups with other parties in the run up to the general elections. Will he go the BJP way? Join the TDP’s grand alliance? Or will he return to [...]

Showmen have little to say but lot to show

The AP High Court has thrown a wet blanket on the political parties which have been vying with one another to prove their strength.
Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, Praja Rajyam founder Chiranjeevi and Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhara Rao have all been conducting roadshows in a warm up [...]

Chiru is the biggest loser

The interim orders of the High Court putting a temporary ban on the road shows have come as a big shock and disappointment to Chiranjeevi. The PRP is hardly two months old and the party needs the road shows desperately to reach out to the people.
The court order comes in the wake of several deaths [...]

Ban on road shows in Andhra hits political parties

The ban imposed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on road shows has come as a setback to the political parties in the state that were
gearing up for polls next year.
The court passed interim orders on Tuesday while hearing a public interest petition filed by a voluntary organisation, seeking a ban on road shows for [...]

No Money With TRS Now!!

hy just the common man? Even politicians and political parties also seem to be financially affected by the global economic slow down. A lot of money for the TRS in the past so many years had been pumped by the Telangana sympathetic NRIs. The NRI’s had trusted the TRS and supported it in a big [...]

Mahila Congress leader lodge complaint against Roja

Former actress and TDP mahila wing president RK Roja’s comments against Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s `flying kisses’ to the audience during his recent road show attracted the ire of Mahila Congress leaders. Rangareddy district Mahila Congress president K Sumati Mohan Monday lodged a complaint with the Cyberabad police stating that Roja’s comments are [...]

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Vundavalli Arun Kumar response against Narayana’s comments

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TDP General body meeting at NTR bhavan