It is a clear battle of egos that is witnessed in Andhra Pradesh since March 2020, when State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, a retired IAS, postponed the local body elections without any information to the State government.
It looks like a Constitutional crisis of sorts is brewing in Andhra Pradesh with all the state government employees expressing their reluctance to participate in the process of conducting gram panchayat elections, notification for which will be issued by the state election commission on Saturday.
With a just a day left for the issuance of notification for the gram panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh, state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar displayed his vengeance towards the Jagan Mohan Reddy government.
Senior YSRCP leader and Rajya Sabha member V. Vijayasai Reddy alleged on Friday that TDP supremo Nara Chandrababu Naidu has no honesty, shame or justice.
Power star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan surprised his fans by appearing in saffron robes when he came out of Sri Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala after having the darshan of the Lord on Friday morning.
The Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government’s attempt to stall the conduct of elections to local bodies by the Andhra Pradesh state election commission by moving the Supreme Court on Friday did not succeed, even as SEC Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar is gearing up for a final showdown.
In wake of some students and parents complaining about excess fees being collected by private intermediate colleges in Andhra Pradesh, state regulatory body, the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE), on Thursday warned their managements to refrain and reduce fees by 30 per cent as ordered earlier.
Even after the division bench of the Andhra Pradesh state high court on Thursday cleared the decks for conduct of elections to gram panchayats in February, uncertainty continues to prevail over the elections even now.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday flagged off a fleet of 2,500 'Mobile Dispensing Units' (MDUs) as part of the public distribution system, which will supply ration and quality rice at the doorstep of the beneficiaries across the state.
There is nothing wrong in being a Hindu in dress and look. But a sudden changeover brings many doubts.
As the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 continues with varying degrees of enthusiasm in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of various States are likely to get the jab in the second phase of vaccination for those over 50 years of age.
It is an open secret that Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been playing whatever tricks he can to get back into the good books of Bharatiya Janata Party led by Narendra Modi.
The intense battle between the YSR Congress government in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar over the conduct of local body elections in the state witnessed a dramatic turn on Thursday.
At a time when most of the Sankranti visitors have left the festival hotspots, there was a mixed response from the many tourists who visited the cockfight centres in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district recently, with some saying they were happy while a few others felt disappointed.
Senior YSRCP leader and Rajya Sabha MP V. Vijayasai Reddy on Wednesday questioned why TDP supremo Nara Chandrababu Naidu allegedly blocked a Bharat Ratna award to late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR).
