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Political 'tu-tu, main-main' or the blame game is omnipresent in our land of the largest democracy. Political parties seem to almost thrive in it. But ...

Telangana state top priority for NDA: Shahnawaz

Hyderabad: Reiterating BJP's commitment towards smaller states, former Union Minister and party's official spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday assured that NDA's first decision after coming to power at the Centre would be creation of separate Telangana state. "The party is totally committed for Telangana state and first decision of the NDA, if voted to power, would be carving out of Telangana region as a separate state," Shahnawaz told reporters here,...  

Jagan's assets' book value worth Rs 440 crore

Hyderabad: The book value of his assets may be only Rs 440 crore but YSR Congress President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is sitting on a treasure trove of Rs 16.96 lakh crore in the form of lands and mines, the Telugu Desam Party has alleged. TDP politburo member and Leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Dadi Veerabhadra Rao said on Saturday that these assets were not in...  

TDP, YSR Cong workers clash over bypoll campaign

Kadapa (AP): Tension prevailed as election campaign in Rayachoty constituency for the June 12 bypoll turned violent on Monday when TDP and YSR Congress workers allegedly indulged in firing and stone pelting, leaving one person injured, police said. Incidentally, Rayachoty is 54 kms away from Kadapa, which is the parliamentary constituency of YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy, who is under CBI custody in connection with a disproportionate assets case against...  

Jagan's mother sits on dharna, says son is innocent

Hyderabad: YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's mother Vijayamma said on Sunday that her son's arrest was nothing but a political conspiracy and accused the Congress of trying to destroy her family. An emotionally-choked Vijayamma sat on a dharna outside the CBI office in Hyderabad as soon as the news of her son's arrest started pouring in. She said, "This is a political conspiracy. My son has done nothing wrong....  

I will not bow down to Cong, TDP: Jagan

Hyderabad: YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday implored his party cadres to "maintain peace and remain calm" after his arrest by the CBI in the disproportionate assets case. A statement released by the YSR Congress read, "Anticipating an emotional outpouring by his supporters, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked his party leaders like Vasi Reddy to communicate a special message to all members of his party as well...  

Jagan Mohan arrest: BJP calls it Cong's vendetta

New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday criticised YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's arrest by the CBI, calling it an act of political vendetta by the Congress. "The timing of the arrest is questionable," BJP leader Balbir Punj said. "It looks like political vendetta. The CBI is the instrument of the UPA," he added. Meanwhile, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) welcomed the YSR Congress chief's...  

CBI to continue questioning Jagan today

Hyderabad: For the second consecutive day, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) grilled YSR Congress Party leader YSJaganmohan Reddy for over seven hours on Saturday in the disproportionate assets case and directed him to appear again on Sunday. Jagan, as the MP from Kadapa is popularly known, told reporters that the CBI sought more clarifications from him and have asked him to come again Sunday. A tired-looking Jagan came out...  

DA case: CBI grills Jagan amidst heavy security

Hyderabad: YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at the agency's headquarters in Hyderabad on Friday morning to be questioned in connection with his alleged disproportionate assets case. Jagan's vehicle was surrounded by a massive crowd when the Kadapa MP left for the CBI office on Friday morning and heavy security has been deployed in Hyderabad as his supporters...  

DA case: Massive crowd gathers as CBI grills Jagan

Hyderabad: Surrounded by supporters YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters in Hyderabad on Friday morning where he will be questioned in connection with his alleged disproportionate assets case. Prohibitory orders have been issued in Hyderabad as policy fear that Jagan's supporters could go on the rampage if he is arrested. His anticipatory bail petition was rejected on Thursday...  

Congress, TDP, CBI conspiring to arrest me: Jagan

YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy said the Congress and the TDP were conspiring to postpone the by-poll in Andhra Pradesh by inciting riots. ...

Jagan writes to PM on 'conspiracy' to arrest him

Hyderabad: Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday night wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his intervention to prevent an alleged conspiracy being hatched against him by Congress in collusion with Telugu Desam and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In the letter to the Prime Minister, the YSR Congress president alleged Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan too was being made party to the...  

Telangana: TDP ready to spell out its stand

HYDERABAD: The Telugu Desam is ready to pronounce its stand on the Telangana statehood demand if the central government seeks its opinion, Telangana Telugu Desam Forum convener E Dayakar Rao has said.Talking with reporters here on Monday, he said the TDP was committed to Telangana statehood. Our party president N Chandrababu Naidu has made it clear that he is not against the demand for separate Telangana. We are ready to...  

Never met Chidambaram on Telangana issue: TDP chief

Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu has condemned Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's claim that he met him on the Telangana statehood issue. "While making a statement on Telangana in Lok Sabha yesterday, Chidambaram noted that I met him personally (on the issue). This is totally untrue," Chandrababu said in a statement on Thursday. He alleged that the Central government that was supposed to find a permanent solution...  

Andhra: Jagan move jolts Naidu

HYDERABAD: The cold war between Nara Chandrababu Naidu and Nandamuri Harikrishna and NTR Jr has come in handy for YSR Congress Party to aggressively execute its Operation K.YSRCP is trying to lure several Kamma leaders whose affinity is for the Telugu Desam, in order to strengthen its base in Krishna and Guntur districts, a stronghold of Kammas. That seems to be the reason behind the YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy...  

AP: Liquor war chaos in Vizianagaram

VIZIANAGARAM/HYDERABAD: The normally placid town of Vizianagaram teetered on the edge of chaos on Monday with TDP and Congress workers massing in the main street as part of the ongoing war of words between TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and PCC chief Botcha Satyanarayana.Displaying a stop me if you can attitude, Naidu and his men marched on to the district collectorate, defying prohibitory orders and police barricades.Botcha preferred to stay put...  

Supporting BJP-led NDA was a mistake: Naidu

Kadapa: TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said it was a "mistake" on part of his party to extend support to the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre, and it will not be repeated in the future. "TDP has committed only one mistake in politics - that is extending support to the NDA Government led by BJP," he said, adding such a thing will not happen again. However, the...  

TDP seeks probe into land allotments in YSR tenure

Hyderabad: The Telugu Desam Party on Friday petitioned the Andhra Pradesh government demanding that a comprehensive inquiry be ordered into the irregular land allotments made during the tenure of YS Rajasekhara Reddy, in the light of the observations of Comptroller and Auditor General. A delegation of TDP legislators, led by Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Dadi Veerabhadra Rao and MP-elect T Devender Goud, met Chief Minister N Kiran...  

Jagan DA case: TDP demands action

New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday closed in on YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, filing its first chargesheet against him and 12 others in an alleged disproportionate assets case. Sources tell CNN-IBN that the CBI is unlikely to arrest Jagan this week. The 68-page chargesheet was filed in Hyderabad on Saturday. It also names suspended IAS officer and Jagan's auditor, BP Acharya. The former Congress leader, however, hit back...  

Cancel irregular land allotments in Andhra: TDP

Hyderabad: The TDP on Friday demanded that the Andhra Pradesh government immediately cancel all "irregular" land allotments made to private entities and individuals in the state between 2006 and 2011 in the light of the damning findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Addressing a press conference, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu said the allotted land should be resumed and re-distributed to the farmers, from whom, it was...