Ahead of the second phase of land pooling for the Amaravati capital region, farmers from several villages have begun articulating two major sets of demands—enhanced annual lease amounts and clearer guarantees on social infrastructure including education and healthcare.
A massive disruption in IndiGo Airlines’ operations, which led to the cancellation of thousands of flights nationwide over the past several days, has been the big debate in the media and surprisingly, it also snowballed into a political controversy involving Telugu Desam Party general secretary and Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh.
YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Chandrababu Naidu government, alleging that the controversial Parakamani case at Tirumala is being deliberately resurrected for political vendetta despite having been settled through a judicial process years ago.
In a major development that could end years of uncertainty over Andhra Pradesh’s capital, the Central government is preparing to amend the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act to explicitly designate Amaravati as the sole capital of the state.
Asha Kiran, daughter of late Kapu leader Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, appears to be preparing for a public-facing role.
Seven years after former Andhra Pradesh minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy was murdered, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to begin the investigation into the incident all over again, sources said.
The Central government is preparing to introduce an amendment to officially designate Amaravati as the capital of Andhra Pradesh in a week or two, according to reports from New Delhi.
The Jana Sena Party has issued a formal statement alleging that certain political groups intentionally misinterpreted party president and deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan’s remarks made during his recent tour of the Konaseema region.
The ruling Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday came out with documents to show that YSR Congress party president and former chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had splurged money on his air travel during his five-year tenure.
YSR Congress party spokesman and former minister Ambati Rambabu is often criticised for talking through his hat just for the sake of publicity.
Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly deputy speaker K Raghu Ramakrishnam Raju on Monday wrote to the Secretary of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), urging immediate disciplinary action against suspended senior IPS officer PV Sunil Kumar for making what he described as politically provocative, caste-centric public comments.
In a dramatic twist to the resignation of six members of the Andhra Pradesh state legislative council last year, one of them – Mayana Zakia Khanam took a U-turn and withdrew her resignation shortly after meeting council chairman Koye Moshen Raju on Monday.
A kilogram of bananas is sold at 50 paise in Andhra Pradesh, cheaper than a matchbox, YSR Congress Party President and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Monday.
It appears several Telugu Desam Party MLAs, including a few ministers, have been non-serious in their functioning at the constituency level, despite repeated warnings
P Krishna Mohan Reddy, a hardcore loyalist of YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and was officer-on-special duty in the chief minister’s office when the latter
