As pro-Telangana groups gear to march to the Assembly in Hyderabad demanding a separate statehood for Telangana, Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA KT Rama Rao says that the Congress should no more delay its decision on the issue. "The Congress has delayed by 3 and a half years already, their comittment was made then. Their delay has already costed a lot of lives and unrest in Telangana. Now let them not ...
09:35 AM, Jun 14, 2013
The legendary actor and former Chief minister of Telugu Desum Party Dr NT Rama Rao's statue has been unveiled at the Parliament today. The event was a conglomeration of politicians, family members and celebrities from the Southern film industry who participated at the event. Meera Kumar, speaker of Lok Sabha unveiled the bronze statue. The statue stands 9 feet 3 inches tall. The event was prestigious as Prime minister Manmohan...
05:25 PM, May 07, 2013
Hyderabad: Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan was presented with N T Rama Rao National Film Award set up by the Andhra Pradesh government. "I have no words to express my extreme gratitude for this very very warm welcome....I feel very honoured and very humbled to receive this recognition from Andhra Pradesh government," Bachchan said after receiving the award from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy here. Extending greetings for...
04:44 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Amitabh Bachchan was selected for the NT Rama Rao National Award for his contribution to cinema. ...
12:14 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Produced by Dil Raju, actor Shruti Hassan is finalized as the heroine of MLA. ...
12:04 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Former CM of Andhra Pradesh and legendary actor NT Rama Rao's statue has finally earned a place in the Parliament complex. ...
05:57 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder N.T. Rama Rao's son and popular Telugu actor N. Balakrishna Saturday said he would soon enter active politics. Balakrishna, however, made it clear that TDP chief and his brother-in-law N. Chandrababu Naidu would be the chief ministerial candidate in 2014 elections. Talking to reporters here, he denied that there are any differences within the NTR family. "People will teach lesson to those trying to create...
06:13 PM, Jul 14, 2012
Hyderabad: The by-elections to one Lok Sabha and 18 Assembly constituencies that saw the 15-month-old YSR Congress party make a near sweep, has given rise to the "Jagan phenomenon" in Andhra Pradesh politics. So much so that everyone is now seeking to liken him to NT Rama Rao, who re-wrote the political history of the state by forming the Telugu Desam Party in 1982. It will, however, be preposterous to...
03:47 PM, Jun 15, 2012
Hyderabad: Rich tributes were paid to Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.T. Rama Rao on his 16th death anniversary on Wednesday. NTR, as he was popularly called, was an actor-turned-politician and one of the most popular leaders in the state's history. The growing differences between the family members of NTR were evident on the occasion as they paid their tributes separately at NTR Ghat...
01:43 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party founder president N T Rama Rao's widow Lakshmi Parvathi was on Friday evicted from the house she was living in since the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's death 15 years ago. Armed with court orders and the help of police, NTR's son T Ramakrishna evicted her from the house on Road No. 13 in the posh Banjara Hills neighbourhood in Hyderabad. Ramakrishna said the civil court...
06:34 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Hyderabad: The winter session of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly began on a stormy note on Thursday with the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) stalling the proceedings, forcing the speaker to adjourn the house. It was trouble right from the word go as TDP members rushed to the speaker's podium seeking an assurance that he would take up the no-confidence motion moved by the party. As soon as the five-day...
10:42 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Anantapur: Telugu actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, son of former chief minister late NT Rama Rao, on Sunday announced his inclination to contest the next Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. The actor, who today participated in a Tollywood cricket match held for charity, told reporters that he would take a plunge into active politics to serve the people. The Nandi award-laureate, who has acted in Telugu blockbusters like 'Goppinti Alludu', 'Narasimha Naidu' to...
05:02 PM, Sep 11, 2011
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party workers wrecked cinema halls, resorted to violent protests and stalled the screening of Ram Gopal Varma’s "Rakta Charitra" alleging that the film shows TDP founder NT Rama Rao in poor light. Shatrughan Sinha plays the role of NTR in the film. The protests have forced the filmmaker to consider removing three of the so-called objectionable scenes from the film. ...
02:03 PM, Oct 23, 2010
She launched a one-day hunger strike to protest the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh. ...
03:54 PM, Dec 13, 2009
London: Rupert Murdoch's News International hailed the guilty verdicts in the cricket spot-fixing case on Tuesday and paid tribute to an investigative reporter dubbed the "fake sheikh" who helped expose the scandal. Mazher Mahmood's story in August last year in the now-defunct News of the World tabloid led to the convictions of three Pakistan players for their involvement in the betting scam. The convictions struck a blow from the grave...
04:59 PM, Mar 14, 2008
Kolkata: The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI)'s working committee will meet here on Saturday, apparently to discuss issues related to the Indian Premier League and the India-England series. However, according to a Cricket Association Bengal (CAB) official, there is no cricketing agenda up for discussion. "Unless a working committee member raises a cricketing topic, there will be no discussion. Only administrative matters will be part of the agenda," the official said....
04:09 PM, Mar 13, 2008
