Political theatrics and deception extend far beyond elections, as rulers use them to maintain their caste and class dominance in everyday life.
Amid the ongoing row over adulteration of Tirupati laddu, police have enforced Section 30 of the Police Act in Tirupati district for a month.
The Chandrababu Naidu government on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat Employees Association (APSEA) for alleged violations of the election code during the assembly and Lok Sabha polls held in May.
Former Andhra Pradesh minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy and former MLAs Samineni Udaya Bhanu and K. Rosaiah, who quit the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) recently, joined the ruling Jana Sena Party on Thursday.
Amid the escalating Tirupati laddu controversy, the call to free temples from government control is growing stronger.
The latest controversy over alleged adulteration of Tirupati laddu, following an allegation made by Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, has made every Tom, Dick and Harry to make nasty comments.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jana Sena Party (JSP) on Thursday demanded that former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy should give a declaration of his faith before entering Tirumala temple.
It appears YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is facing the dearth of leaders who can give new ideas to the party to recoup
Three senior YSR Congress party leaders, who resigned from the party in the recent past, are joining Jana Sena Party in the presence of deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan at his Mangalagiri party office on Thursday.
Mahesh Babu has been growing his hair and beard for SS Rajamouli's upcoming film, SSMB29.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who used to project the image of a dignified leader in the past, has now given up all his inhibitions.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's government has filled the nominated posts for 20 corporations, but those who secured these positions in the first phase are reportedly upset.
The YSRC has called on devotees across Andhra Pradesh to participate in temple poojas on Saturday, September 28, to restore the sanctity of Tirumala, which the party claims was tarnished by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.
In a swift decision, YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday announced that he would pay a visit to the Lord Venkateshwara temple on Saturday, obviously to prove that there was no desecration of temple sanctity during his regime.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the police against Tamil Nadu-based dairy firm – A R Dairy Foods Pvt Ltd – for supplying adulterated ghee to the temple in July this year.
