High on Dubbaka by-election victory in Telangana, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) aims to replicate that performance in Andhra Pradesh's forthcoming Tirupati bypoll.
Nearly 10 months after moving a resolution in the state legislative assembly seeking abolition of legislative council, YSR Congress party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy seems to have completely dropped the idea.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy virtually laid the foundation stone for four fishing harbours and 25 aqua hubs, which coincided with the World Fisheries Day on Saturday.
The YSR Congress party government is contemplating moving the Supreme Court challenging the status quo granted by the state high court on the construction of a state guesthouse at Kapuluppada in Visakhapatnam.
Former minister and senior Telugu Desam Party legislator from Visakhapatnam (north) Ganta Srinivasa Rao is generally considered to be an aggressive politician. He doesn’t keep quite when he is targeted by his rivals.
The Andhra Pradesh state high court is still hearing nearly 100 petitions pertaining to Amaravati, repeal of AP capital regional development authority (APCRDA) and the proposed formation of three capitals by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government.
Ruling YSR Congress party in Andhra Pradesh, which has been strongly resisting the attempts of state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar to conduct local body elections in the state in February despite Covid-19 pandemic, has stepped up attack on him with pungent comments.
Till Thursday evening, the talk in the YSR Congress party was that party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has finalized the candidature of Balli Kalyan Chakravathi for the ensuing by-election to Tirupati parliamentary seat.
Former legislator from Chittoor and Telugu Desam Party vice president D K Satya Prabha passed away on Friday, after battling for a long time with Covid-19 and associated complications at a private hospital in Bengaluru.
Whenever his political rivals tried to kick up controversy over his Christian faith, YSR Congress party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy proved that as a ruler, he is a secular leader and he gives equal importance to all religions.
The YSRCP on Friday took out a bike rally in support of safe driving and against eve-teasing.
It is quite common for political parties to make tall promises to the voters during any election – starting from crop loan waivers to free healthcare to the poor to interest-free loans to self-help groups etc.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday conducted raids on the properties of former Telugu Desam Party legislator Yarapathineni Srinivasa Rao from Gurajala in Guntur district in connection with an ongoing investigation into alleged illegal mining case.
Former MP from Anantapur and senior Telugu Desam Party leader J C Diwakar Reddy, who has been lying low following a series of cases against him and his travel firm, is back in the news with his critical comments against the Jagan Mohan Reddy government.
With just four months left for his retirement, Andhra Pradesh state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar is desperate to prove his identity by conducting elections to local bodies by hook or crook.
