We have seen how former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa had introduced the culture of personality cult in her state.
It has been nearly 33 years since the Congress party under the leadership of Indira Gandhi made a desperate attempt to pull down the popularly-elected government of Telugu Desam Party founder-president N T Rama Rao in Andhra Pradesh and make her puppet Nadendla Bhasakara Rao as the chief minister, though the latter did not have enough numbers.
Producer Dil Raju hit gold with two movies this year with "Shatamanam Bhavati" and "Nenu Local". His next production to hit the screens is "Duvvada Jagannadham" starring Allu Arjun as hero.
Even as the Telangana Congress party leaders are rejoicing over the outcome of the survey they have commissioned over the prospects of the party in the next assembly elections, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has come out with his own survey to counter the Congress campaign.
Political circles in Tamil Nadu are rife with gossip that the MLAs in Sasikala camp have been offered Rs 5 crore each to vote for Palinaswamy in the ensuing trust vote in the Assembly.
No industrialist will come forward to set up industries in Andhra Pradesh by looking at the face of Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu. They will only take into consideration the incentives being offered to them, which is possible only if there is a special category status to AP.
With Bharatiya Janata Party’s strategy of remote-controlling the Tamil Nadu politics by making former chief minister O Pannerselvam boomeranging, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to have decided to find a new Governor for the southern state.
AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala had a hard time in the Central Jail here as she could not sleep and was restless at night, a party leader said on Thursday.
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao is expected to decide by this afternoon who will take oath as Tamil Nadu's next Chief Minister and, sources said, is likely to invite E Palanisamy. Governor Rao had heard competing pitches on Wednesday
When the Telangana movement was at its peak, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi leaders under the joint action committee (TJAC) used to hit the streets with agitations and rallies almost every day. The colleges were shut down and students were forced to come on to streets.
V K Sasikala Natarajan, who have been virtually ruling the AIADMK since the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, is now going to face the real jail life at Parappana Agrahara in Bengaluru.
It has become a fashion for all the major political parties to commission their own surveys among people periodically to find out their pulse. Since these are commissioned surveys, the results would be on the same lines of their expectations. Yet, such results would give them some self-satisfaction.
More than anybody else, it is Telugu Desam Party leaders who are on cloud nine over the conviction of AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala by the Supreme Court in connection with the corruption case.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to give more time to AIADMK General secretary Sasikala and asked her to surrender immediately.
The selection of popular glamorous heroine Samantha as the brand ambassador for promotion of handlooms by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government has angered the opposition.
