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TDP coffers empty, says Naidu

HYDERABAD: The TDP's coffers are empty and Chandrababu Naidu is in a dilemma whether to field candidates in the next round of bypolls to 18 Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat."We have been in the Opposition for eight years. It is difficult for us to contest byelections," Naidu told reporters Tuesday.At one stage Naidu toyed with the idea of sitting out the bypolls as the AIADMK did in Tamil...  

Telangana: Naidu wants Cong to take decision

Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party President N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday appealed to students and youth of Telangana not to resort to extreme actions like suicide even as he demanded that the ruling Congress take a decision immediately on the contentious statehood issue. Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on Monday, Chandrababu alleged that the "indifference and indecisiveness" on part of the Congress on the Telangana issue was causing havoc in...  

News 360: Lokpal logjam continues, no consensus at all-party meet

The UPA government will now bring the Bill after a break in Budget session only after it is able to evolve consensus on the contentious aspects of the Bill. ...

Chiranjeevi, Renuka elected to RS from AP

Hyderabad: Superstar-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, former Union Minister Renuka Choudhary (both from ruling Congress) and former state Home Minister T Devender Goud of Telugu Desam Party were on Thursday declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh along with three others. The election result was announced here after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended this afternoon. The three others elected to the Upper House of Parliament in the biennial election...  

Andhra: Telangana worries for Cong, TDP

HYDERABAD: The outcome of the byelections for the six Assembly seats is being seen not only as an endorsement of the Telangana movement, but also as one that is certain to cast a long shadow on the future of main political players.In the bypoll battle, the TRS has emerged stronger: it won four seats and as a result its tally went up to 16 from 12 in the Assembly. The...  

Telangana cannot be wished away, shows bypoll

Hyderabad: The writing on the wall has become clearer for the ruling Congress and principal opposition Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh: they are facing a serious survival threat and the demand for a separate Telangana state cannot be wished away. Results of the by-elections to seven Assembly seats saw Congress and TDP, which refused to acknowledge the Telangana factor, drawing a blank today and clearly establishing that fortunes of...  

Vote for Congress for development: Andhra CM

Adilabad/Nizamabad: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has called upon the people in Adilabad to vote for the Congress if they wanted to have development in their constituency. He was addressing a public meeting in Adilabad, as part of campaigning for party candidate C Ramachandra Reddy who is contesting the by-polls. Launching a tirade against the TDP president, he said that farmers, BPL families and minorities suffered a lot due...  

TDP blasts rail budget, says injustice done to AP

Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party on Tuesday strongly criticised the hike in railway passenger fares, and decried the "gross injustice" done to Andhra Pradesh in the Railway Budget. "It's terrible that the Government of India chose to impose financial burden of several thousand crore rupees on common people by increasing railway passenger fares. The UPA government increased price of petrol and diesel 25 times in the last eight years leading to...  

AP: ex-minister's daughter forcibly married

ELURU: Maganti Ravali, daughter of former minister and TDP vice-president Maganti Babu, lodged a police here on Monday alleging that she was kidnapped and forcibly married by her engineering college mate Ghattamaneni Harish (21) with the help of some others.Following her complaint, police registered a case against six persons - Harish, his father Radhakrishna, friends Garapati Nanda, Ashok, Rayala Venkat and one Pakalapati Brahmaiah who is said to have provided...  

TDP corporator arrested for using stolen vehicle

Hyderabad: A corporator of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has been arrested on charge of purchasing a stolen four-wheeler and using it for the past two years. The Central Crime Station - a wing of Hyderabad Police nabbed the TDP corporator Thakur Raja Singh from Manglahat area in the city. According to them, he had knowingly purchased the stolen four-wheeler that belonged to Kerala state, for a sum of Rs 3...  

AP: SC order irks Cong; pleases TDP, YSRC

HYDERABAD: Issuance of notices by the Supreme Court to six ministers in the Jaganmohan Reddy's assets case could not have come at a worse time for chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy who is preparing the party to put up a respectable performance in the by-elections for six Assembly seats in Telangana and one from Andhra.All along, Congress leaders have been trying to paint Jaganmohan Reddy as corruption re-incarnate and...  

TDP pleased with Naidus inroads into Telangana

Hyderabad: Whatever the outcome of the by-elections in six Assembly constituencies in Telangana on March 18 might be, the response to Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu's roadshows is infusing new life into the yellow party. Whether the TDP candidates will win or lose, party cadre is happy on two counts: that TDP supremo is able to move freely in the region and that the large crowds waiting for Naidu...  

Andhra liquor racket: HC seeks status report

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has asked for a status report on the probe into the liquor racket in the state to be submitted in three weeks from now. This has come after CNN-IBN reported that there was a nexus between the excise officials, the police and the accused in the racket. Meanwhile, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders met Governor ESL Narasimhan on Monday demanding resignation of all the...  

I got chance to be PM twice but refused: TDP chief

Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday claimed he had twice got the opportunity to become Prime Minister but turned them down. "I got the opportunity to become Prime Minister of the country on two occasions (in the 1990s) but I refused. My focus is solely on Andhra Pradesh though we play an effective role at the national level," Naidu told reporters in Hyderabad. The former Chief...  

Andhra Budget Session begins on a stormy note

Hyderabad: The Budget Session of Andhra Pradesh Legislature got off to a fiery start on Monday with the Opposition parties staging a walk out during the customary address by Governor ESL Narasimhan to the joint session of the Assembly and Council. The principal Opposition TDP protested the Governor's "failure" to dismiss the ministers facing allegations of corruption and the overall inaction on part of the Kiran Kumar Reddy government in...  

'Cong, TDP have tacit understanding to target me'

Guntur: Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy alleged today that Congress and TDP are indulging in dirty politics to target him, "Cruel politics is going on, that only two parties should exist - TDP and Congress. A third party should not be there and to make it happen (TDP chief) Chandrababu Naidu and Congress elders have a tacit understanding," he said during his ongoing 'odarpu yatra' (tour for consoling) in Guntur...  

Cong, TDP join hands to target me: Jagan

Guntur: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy's son and Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged on Tuesday that the Congress and the Telegu Desam Party (TDP) are indulging in dirty politics to target him. "Cruel politics is going on. That is only two parties should exist - TDP and Congress. A third party should not be there and to make it happen (TDP chief) Chandrababu Naidu and...  

N Balakrishna to contest next assembly polls in AP

Paderu: N Balakrishna, actor and son of TDP founder NT Rama Rao, once again made clear his plan of joining active politics and contest the next assembly polls. Addressing a public meeting after unveiling the statue of his father in the agency area of the Paderu in the district on Sunday, he stated that he had decided to enter into active politics to serve the people. "TDP had launched several...  

AP: divided family pays tributes to NTR

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...  

Telangana rage: Jagan Mohan's convoy attacked

Hyderabad: Kadapa MP and YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's convoy came under attack on Tuesday when stones were pelted by pro-Telangana activists on the vehicle carrying him in Andhra Pradesh's Medak. Jagan Mohan was on his way to Nizamabad where he will hold a two-day fast in support of farmers when the stone-pelting incident took place. Police arrested several pro-Telangana activists for targeting Jagan Mohan. Meanwhile, Telangana Rashtra...