Chandrababu Naidu is looking different from the past. He was not the same old Babu who used to talk nonsense without cuss words.
Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar on Friday said he would conduct the panchayat elections with the help of state government personnel and had no intention to deploy Central forces.
Known for his pungent and sarcastic comments against his political rivals, YSR Congress party general secretary and parliamentary party leader V Vijay Sai Reddy on Friday came down heavily on state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar for issuing a series of orders asking for action against certain IAS officers and ministers.
In yet another move to irritate YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar on Friday suddenly transferred Praveen Prakash, senior IAS officer and principal secretary in chief minister’s office.
Former chief priest of Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala A V Ramana Deekshitulu has not given up his fight to get back his hereditary archaka post, despite being given the honorary head priest post by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government.
Panchayat elections are coming up in Andhra Pradesh. First time for ever in the history of the state, these elections are considered to be crucial by the TDP.
Students and parents of the school in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district where the mother, who murdered her two daughters along with their father, worked, are in a state of shock, disbelief and fear.
In a little relief to senior Telugu Desam Party leader and former Union minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju, the Andhra Pradesh high court on Thursday restored his trusteeship in the Ramatirtham temple in Vizianagaram district.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Adityanath Das had written a letter to the Department of Personnel and Training, Central government to refuse to take cognizance of the State Election Commission proceedings against two IAS officers.
After losing the legal battle with state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar over the conduct of local body elections in Andhra Pradesh, YSRC party president and Andhra Pradesh CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy appears to have taken the elections very seriously.
Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu claims himself to be the senior most politician in the state, if not country, with four decades of political experience behind him.
The abrupt transfer of two district collectors – Narayana Bharat Gupta of Chittoor and I Samuel Anand Kumar of Guntur –by state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar came as a blessing in disguise for them.
Ever since Andhra Pradesh state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar got a favourable judgement from the Supreme Court on the conduct of local body elections in the state, the YSR Congress party leaders have been targeting him with harsh words.
Sometimes some decisions appear to be right but they become detrimental eventually. Such decisions are generally taken in haste and desperation.
Every citizen above the age of 18 years is eligible to get his right to vote. He or she can apply for voter registration, duly giving the residence certificate or Aadhar card.
