Guwahati: As the UPA government battles a series of scams, the BJP national executive beginning in Guwahati on Saturday is expected to further sharpen its offensive against the ruling alliance at the Centre on the issue of corruption. This is the first meeting of the national executive of the party after the 2G spectrum allocation controversy exploded into a major scam that saw an escalating standoff between the government and...
11:45 AM, Jan 07, 2011
Hyderabad: Moments after the Srikrishna committee report went public the heat was felt in Hyderabad - the epicentre of the Telangana struggle. TRS which boycotted the meeting called by home minister Chidambaram in Delhi; refused to give the centre any time and demanded tabling of a Telangana bill in the budget session of parliament. K Chandrashekhar Rao, TRS leader said, "I honestly appeal to the Prime Minister of India -...
08:20 PM, Jan 06, 2011
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has thrown the ball into Centre's court on the issue of a separate state of Telangana. TDP leader Mysura Reddy told CNN-IBN that Centre needs to take the final decision on the issue. "Let the Central Government decide. We will share our views after that. Committee has suggested six options. Whatever the government will choose, we will decide upon it," he said. Which of the options ...
01:19 PM, Jan 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Centre will release the Srikrishna panel report on Telangana on Thursday. But the government's plans to seek views of political parties before releasing the report has met with strong opposition. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti, which has been at the forefront of the agitation for a separate state and the Telugu Desam are boycotting the all-party meeting called by the home minister. A fresh appeal by Home Minister...
06:58 AM, Jan 06, 2011
New Delhi: A fresh appeal by home minister P Chidambaram notwithstanding, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti will sit out the meeting called to discuss the justice Srikrishna report. K Chandrashekhar Rao, TRS leader said, "The government of India itself wants to complicate the issue, we can't help it. This is quite unethical". The Telegu Desam Party and the BJP too have announced a boycott of the meeting. The report on the...
11:43 PM, Jan 05, 2011
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party on Wednesday night announced it would not attend the all-party meeting convened by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in Delhi on Thursday to discuss Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana statehood issue. In a letter to Chidambaram, TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu said it was for the Centre to take the decision on the issue. "The Justice Srikrishna Committee that was appointed to look into the statehood...
08:17 PM, Jan 05, 2011
Hyderabad: TDP may abstain from an all-party meeting convened by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi on January 6 when the Justice Srikrishna Committee report on the Telangana statehood issue will be released. The party is expected to make an official announcement in this regard tomorrow, TDP sources said. TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu met his senior colleagues and weighed the options of attending the all-party meeting in...
08:02 PM, Jan 04, 2011
Hyderabad: Police are hunting for the killer of gangster-politician Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Maddelachervu Suri, who was shot dead allegedly by an aide travelling with him in the same car. Police on Tuesday denied reports that Bhanu Kiran, the suspected killer who was also Suri's close associate, had been arrested or that he gave himself up. A police officer said they were still looking for him. Suri, 39, was shot...
12:59 PM, Jan 04, 2011
Hyderabad: A crisis the UPA managed to stave off in the year gone by is back posing the toughest political challenge in the new year. The centre's proposed eight-party meeting to find common ground on the Telangana tangle is in jeopardy. TRS leader K Chandrashekhar Rao said, "I would request P Chidamabaram to invite one reprenstative from each party to tell the party opinion." This TRS gambit is an attempt...
07:07 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Hyderabad: The prime accused in the murder of TDP MLA Paritala Ravi was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Monday evening, the police said. Maddelacheruvu Suryanarayana Reddy, alias Suri, was seriously injured in the attack and rushed to the Apollo Hospital in Jubilee Hills where he succumbed at about 8 pm, doctors attending on him told reporters. The 39-year-old was brought in an unconscious condition to the hospital at around...
06:49 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Hyderabad: The Congress MPs called off their hunger strike on Tuesday after the Andhra Pradesh government agreed to withdraw all cases against Telangana protestors. The Kiran Kumar Reddy government has agreed to withdraw all the cases filed against Telangana agitation protestors following pressure from it own MPs and MLAs on the issue. Now a battle has began between the political parties in Hyderabad to take credit for the governments decision....
03:10 PM, Dec 28, 2010
Hyderabad: With the movement for a separate Telangana gathering momentum again, Andhra Pradesh appears to be heading for another round of political uncertainty. Hunger strikes, boycott of examinations, campus unrest and street protests are back as the Srikrishna committee is set to submit its report to the central government. The indefinite hunger strike by Congress MPs from Telangana demanding withdrawal of cases against those who took part in the campaign...
12:05 PM, Dec 28, 2010
Hyderabad: TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu has appealed to President Pratibha Patil to prevail upon Andhra Pradesh and central governments to provide liberal input subsidy to calamity-hit farmers in the state. In a letter handed over to Patil at Rashtrapati Nilayam (Presidential retreat) by TDP and Left leaders on Saturday, Naidu claimed more than 150 farmers either committed suicide or died of heart attack in the last 15 days in...
08:06 PM, Dec 25, 2010
Hyderabad: TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu was discharged from the hospital on Saturday. The former Andhra Chief Minister on Friday called off his week-long hunger strike. The TDP leader was arrested and moved into Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad a week ago. Naidu had begun the fast to demand higher compensation for rain-affected farmers, in a bid to reboot his anti-rural image. ...
06:27 PM, Dec 25, 2010
Hyderabad: TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu, on Friday broke his fast, after eight days. On Thursday, he was shifted to the ICU as his health worsened. The TDP leader was arrested and moved into Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad eight days ago. The former self-styled CEO of Andhra Pradesh had begun the fast to demand higher compensation for rain-affected farmers, in a bid to reboot his anti-rural image. ...
07:20 PM, Dec 24, 2010
Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary Jayalaithaa on Friday appealed to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to give up his fast, saying his life was far too precious to be sacrificed at the altar of 'cut-throat' politics. "I would like to point out that your life is far too precious to be sacrificed at the altar of cut-throat politics. You have to be around to take up many more...
02:31 PM, Dec 24, 2010
Hyderabad: It's an image reboot for the former self-styled CEO of Andhra Pradesh. Chandrababu Naidu as Chief Minister was accused of ignoring rural Andhra, but now, 6 years after he lost the top job in the state, he is starving himself both for better compensation for farmers, and political goodwill. His condition has been deteriorating ever since he began his indefinite hunger strike for the cause of farmers eight days...
07:33 AM, Dec 24, 2010
Hyderabad: TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu's condition became critical on Thursday and he was shifted to the ICU. His condition worsened with his indefinite hunger strike entering seventh day on Thursday. Naidu has been admitted to the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad and doctors attending the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh say his condition has worsened. Naidu has been fasting to demand better a compensation package for...
11:53 PM, Dec 23, 2010
Hyderbad: Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu's condition has worsened with his indefinite hunger strike entering seventh day on Thursday. Naidu has been admitted to the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad and doctors attending the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh say his condition has worsened. Naidu has been fasting to demand better a compensation package for rain-affected farmers in the state. On Monday, police forcibly took...
12:16 PM, Dec 23, 2010
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the issue of alleged suicides by farmers hit by natural calamities in Andhra Pradesh would be looked into. The assurance was given by the Prime Minister to a delegation of seven opposition parties which met him to draw his attention to the plight of farmers in the southern state, CPI leader AB Bardhan told the reporters after the meeting. The delegation...
06:03 PM, Dec 22, 2010
