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SP, Left Front, TDP try to end Parliament deadlock

New Delhi: As Parliament continues to be paralysed over coal blocks allocation, the Samajwadi Party, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India(Marxist) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders met on Thursday to discuss ways to break the deadlock. They have decided to seek support from non-Bharatiya Janata Party and non-Congress parties to help Parliament function. Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav called the continuing deadlock in Parliament a...  

AP: TDP MLAs protest at CM Reddy's office

Hyderabad: In an unprecedented move, the legislators of main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh continued their protest in the chief minister's office late on Monday night. As many as 41 members of state assembly and council were staging a sit-in in the meeting hall of the chief minister's office for over five hours, demanding a firm assurance from him to resolve the electricity shortage. Tension prevailed in...  

Cancel allocation of 142 coal blocks: Left, TDP

New Delhi: Left parties and TDP on Monday demanded cancellation of allocation of all the 142 coal blocks and a thorough enquiry into the matter and attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remarks against CAG. They also termed Singh's statement on the issue as "extremely defensive" and contained "several distortions". CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta went to the extent of accusing the Prime Minister of showing "disrespect" to the Constitution...  

AP: TDP, Cong activists clash over leader's arrest

Nalgonda: Mild tension prevailed in Haliya mandal headquarters in Nagarjunasagar constituency on Sunday when Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Congress activists clashed over the arrest of TDP leader Tera Chinnapa Reddy. Police arrested Reddy in Hyderabad on Saturday for allegedly circulating defamatory SMSes against panchayat raj minister K Jana Reddy. The TDP Nalgonda district committee had given a bandh call in Nagarjunasagar constituency denouncing the arrest of Chinnapa Reddy on...  

Naidu working on strategy to weaken Jagan

Hyderabad: In an apparent warm-up exercise for the 2014 electoral battle, which is expected to be fierce and even ugly, Telugu Desam president N.Chandrababu Naidu has begun cornering YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as he believes that the YSRC Party alone will be his partys main opponent in the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. Naidu seems to have come to the conclusion that he will have to weaken Jagan considerably to...  

'Team Anna move to go political weakened Lokpal cause'

Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu has said that Anna Hazare has "weakened" the cause of Lokpal by announcing his intention to float a political party. "I feel that Anna has weakened the Lokpal movement, which received overwhelming support from common people. He should not have announced the formation of a political party," Chandrababu said. The TDP has been a strong supporter of Anna and his fight...  

AP parties should speak on Rayalaseema: TDP leader

Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party general secretary and founder of the Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samiti Byreddi Rajasekhara Reddy reiterated that Rayalaseema too should be formed if the Centre decides to carve out Telangana from the state. Addressing mediapersons here on Wednesday, he demanded that all political parties should spell out their stand on Rayalaseema. He said political parties should make it a point if they write to the Centre seeking formation of...  

Polavaram bidders move court as Oppn slams AP Govt

Hyderabad: The controversy surrounding the declaration of the lowest bidder (L1) for Polavaram Indirasagar Project refused to die down Tuesday with two unsuccessful bidders taking legal recourse and political parties indulging in slugfest. Seeking a stay on the declaration of Soma-CGGC as the lowest bidder and challenging the process of calling the tenders for the project, CGS-Gammon-AMR joint venture has filed a petition raising technical issues, while Madhucon-Sinohydro joint venture...  

TDP hails SC's ruling on plea against Chandrababu

Hyderabad: There was jubilation in TDP office in Hyderabad on Monday afternoon after the Supreme Court struck down a petition filed by YSR Congress honorary president YS Vijaya seeking a probe by CBI and other central agencies in the assets of former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Party leaders and workers offered sweets to Chandrababu at the NTR Bhavan soon after Supreme Court justices TS Thakur and Ibrahim Kalifulla dismissed...  

SC rejects plea for CBI probe against TDP chief

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea for a CBI probe into the alleged disproportionate assets owned by Andhra Pradesh former Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu. A bench of justices TS Thakur and Ibrhahim Kalifulla while refusing to interfere with the Andhra Pradesh High Court order, however, granted liberty to petitioner YS Vijayamma, wife of state's late Chief Minister YS Rajashekar Reddy, to approach...  

AP: TRS, TDP cosying up again to each other?

Hyderabad: Politics is dynamic and keeps changing. And, in politics there are no permanent enemies or friends. This seems true in the case of the TDP and TRS. The strong rivals in the Telangana region _ Telugu Desam and Telangana Rashtra Samiti _ are preparing to work together if the recent political developments are any indication. Interestingly, both the arch rivals may join hands on the Telangana issue which separated...  

AP: TDP might abstain from presidential vote

Hyderabad: The Telugu Desam leadership seems to be toying with the idea of abstaining from voting in the presidential election on July 19. The party has 11 MPs and 85 MLAs in the electoral college which consists of the elected members of the two Houses of Parliament, and the Assemblies of states and Union Territories. UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee and PA Sangma who is backed by the BJP, BJD and...  

A TDP first: No Mahanadu this year

Hyderabad: It is official: No Mahanadu this year. For the first time since its founding in 1983 by N T Rama Rao, the TDP has decided not to hold its annual conclave this year. Speaking sombrely after the partys extended state executive meeting at NTR Bhavan on Tuesday, Chandrababu Naidu said, We could not celebrate Mahanadu in May because there were byelections. If we decide to organise it now, we...  

AP: TDP planning to win over 'leftover' SCs

Hyderabad: Like the Congress, the TDP too is trying to win back SCs who have not yet moved closer to YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. A section of SC leaders in the party have submitted proposals to the party chief on ways to win over members of the community. As it is widely felt that Malas, a sub-section of SCs are with Jagan Mohan Reddy, attempts are being made to win...  

Telangana crisis keeps TDP's 2014 hopes low

Hyderabad: For Telugu Desam Party (TDP), capturing power in 2014 elections, will be easier said than done. The party leaders themselves admit the difficulty given the new political factors that have come to stay like the Telanagana movement and the emergence of Jagan Mohan Reddy. But the party leaders were not losing heart. They want to build the path to power brick by brick and seem to be prepared till...  

Jagan takes centrestage in Andhra politics

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...  

AP by-polls: Jagan's YSR Cong crushes rivals

Hyderabad: Jagan Mohan Reddy's party, the YSR Congress, crushed its rivals in the Andhra Pradesh by-polls, winning 14 of the 18 Assembly seats. It is leading in one more. Meanwhile, its candidate Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy was leading in the Lok Sabha seat of Nellore, ahead by more than 50,000 votes. The Congress managed to win two seats. It fared poorly in the 16 others, coming in at third in ten...  

AP by-polls: Jagan's YSR Cong routs rivals

Hyderabad: Jagan Mohan Reddy's party, the YSR Congress has won 8 seats in the Andhra Pradesh by-polls, latest vote-counting results have revealed. The eight seats are Polavaram, Pratipadu, Macherla, Yemmiganur, Allagada, Rajampet, Rayachoti, Railway Kodur. Jagan's mother reached the Chanchalguda prison, where he is currently lodged after being arrested in connection with a disproportionate assets case, to congratulate him. YSR Congress workers burst crackers, shouted slogans and carried party flags...  

AP by-polls: Jagan's YSR Cong maintains lead

Hyderabad: Jagan Mohan Reddy's party, the YSR Congress has won two seats - Yemmiganur and Anantpur, early morning vote-counting results revealed on Friday. Party workers broke out in celebration, bursting crackers, carrying party flags and shouting slogans on the city's roads. The YSR Congress is now leading in 14 out of 18 Assembly seats. The party is also reportedly leading by a margin of 50,000 votes in the Lok Sabha...  

Andhra by-polls: Clash, stone pelting witnessed

Hyderabad: Fifty per cent polling was reported till 1 pm in the by-elections to one Lok Sabha constituency and 18 Assembly segments in Andhra Pradesh amidst stray incidents of violence in some areas including Kadapa, the parliamentary constituency of arrested YSR chief Jaganmohan Reddy. There were also reports of voters boycotting the poll process in nine villages. With the weather cooling down, voters queued up in good numbers at polling...