Seven-and-a-half years after its contours were redrawn following the formation of Telangana state, the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh is still lost in search of its very own capital city. As the greenfield capital city of Amaravati wallows in the doldrums, the latest turn of events has only further muddied the waters.
Even as YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is hell bent on constructing three capital cities for the state by bringing in revised legislations, the Bharatiya Janata Party has begun the campaign for building the capital city at Amaravati.
The sharp comments made by Union minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on the breach of Annamayya project reservoir at Rajampet in Kadapa district on the fateful night of November 18 has come as a major embarrassment to the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh.
Veteran Congress leader and former chief minister of combined Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah passed away due to sudden cardiac stroke on Saturday morning.
Radha Krishna, the chairman of ABN seems to have transformed as a psycho. He might have forgotten that he is a journalist and a media channel owner.
Even as the Andhra Pradesh state government employees are gearing up for a long-drawn battle from next week, there was some good news from chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday.
Nandamuri Balakrishna’s mass action entertainer Akhanda is equally pleasing masses and classes.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had imposed a penalty of Rs 120 crore on Andhra Pradesh government for constructing lift irrigation projects on Godavari without environmental clearance.
The sudden apology tendered by Gannavaram MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan to Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu’s wife Nara Bhuvaneshwari for his alleged comments against her came as a surprise to political pundits.
NITI Aayog vice-chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar and his team visited Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
A ghat road leading to famous Sri Venkateswara temple atop Tirumala hills was shut down on Wednesday after landslides damaged the road at three places, officials said.
The joy of Amaravati farmers was short-lived when the Jagan government said it withdrew the bills on three capitals only because of certain loopholes in it.
With the Central Bureau of Investigation closing in on YSR Congress party MP from Kadapa and Andhra chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s cousin Y S Avinash Reddy in connection with the murder of former minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy, the YSR Congress party appears to have decided to launch a counter-attack.
A Kamma community member spoke from the dais of an association that he is ready to donate a sum of Rs 50 lakh to eliminate two politicians in Andhra Pradesh.
The other day, Telugu Desam Party president and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu announced that he would attend the state assembly sessions again in its present term.
