Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday hailed his Telangana counterpart K. Chandrashekhar Rao and police officers of that state for the killing of four accused of a woman veterinarian's gang-rape and murder case.
The terror and heinous crime on "Disha" in Hyderabad had given enough clue to Andhra Pradesh government to take special care to prevent such crime against women in the State.
The decision of the former Narasapuram MP and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gokaraju Ganga Raju to quit the party and defect into the YSR Congress party has raised many an eyebrow.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition against Telangana Encounter on Wednesday.
The winter session of the Andhra Pradesh state assembly which began on Monday is all set to witness the heated atmosphere with both the ruling YSR Congress party and opposition Telugu Desam Party.
Amid the nation-wide rage over rapes and growing clamour for harshest punishment to the guilty, an incident of rape of a minor girl by two youth near this temple town came to light on Sunday.
Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan’s latest avatar donning a virtual saffron robe has distanced him from his old friends – the CPI and CPI (M).
Within a week of the Telangana government effecting a steep increase in the fares of its Road Transport Corporation (RTC) bus services, the Andhra Pradesh government has also followed the suit.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is learnt to have withdrawn the orders releasing money for sprucing up his residence at Tadepalli in Guntur district to avoid unnecessary criticism.
Badminton superstar P V Sindhu, who had been appointed as a Group-I officer in Andhra Pradesh by the previous Telugu Desam Party government headed by N Chandrababu Naidu after she had won the Olympic silver medal, has now got yet another benefit from the present YSRC government headed by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
In a yet another rude shock to the Telugu Desam Party, prominent businessman from ellore and two-time legislator Beeda Masthan Rao resigned from the party and joined the YSR Congress party in the presence of chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday.
The liquor prices in Andhra Pradesh went up sharply with the imposition of additional retail excise tax by the YSR Congress party government as part of its new excise policy aimed at enforcing prohibition in the state in a phased manner.
The newly-built cosy office of the Telugu Desam Party state headquarters at Mangalagiri, which was formally inaugurated by party president and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday landed in legal troubles.
Even as uncertainty prevails over continuance of Amaravati as the capital of Andhra Pradesh, allegations and counter-allegations by the Telugu Desam Party and the YSR Congress party against each other are flying thick and fast.
It has been common for politicians to criticise one another on issues. Sometimes, the criticism crosses the limit and leads to personal attacks and abuses.
