Hyderabad: The CBI on Saturday registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) to probe alleged disproportionate assets amassed by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and 12 others. This follows a directive of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on November 14. The HC order had come on a petition of YS Vijayamma, widow of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajashekar Reddy. The Supreme Court had on...
11:01 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Hyderabad: The MLAs who are loyal to Kadapa MP, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, would support the no-confidence motion against the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh "if moved with sincerity" by main opposition Telugu Desam, the YSR Congress said on Thursday night. Of the 28 MLAs who had resigned in August to protest the reported inclusion of late YS Rajasekhara Reddy's name in the FIR in a case involving Jagan, 22...
10:59 PM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: The third day of the winter session of Parliament began with an uproar in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha over the issue of price rise even as the TDP gave an adjournment motion notice on price rise while the Left, too, agreed to a discussion under rule 193 that does not entail voting. Both Houses were first adjourned till noon and then till 2 pm....
11:00 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Hyderabad: Stepping up the attack on the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh, Telugu Desam on Sunday said that it lacked coherence and a purpose. Showing clippings of newspaper reports, senior party leader K Yerran Naidu said in Hyderabad that it was strange that the ministers were finding fault with the government schemes. "A minister says he felt ashamed as government hospitals lack adequate facilities. Another minister openly criticised the chief...
10:41 PM, Nov 20, 2011
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to probe into the alleged illegal assets of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu. A bench comprising justices Ghulam Mohammed and Nooti Ramamohan Rao gave these orders on a petition filed on October 17 by YSR Congress honorary President and Pulivendula MLA YS Vijaya. Vijaya, widow of...
03:02 PM, Nov 14, 2011
Hyderabad: Targetting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his comments favouring consensus on the Telangana issue, the Telangana leaders of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Sunday alleged that both Congress and TRS have "cheated" the people from the region over the statehood demand. "Both Congress and TRS have cheated the Telangana people. Congress had promised to deliver a separate state, while TRS claimed that it will get Telangana," TDP's Telangana forum...
11:11 PM, Nov 13, 2011
HYDERABAD: A feeler from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) that four TDP MLAs would join its ranks, created a flutter in the Opposition Telugu Desam Party on Wednesday. The TRS dropped the bombshell at a time when the TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu started his Rythu Porubata in Khammam district of Telangana region. The news spread that Suddala Devaiah (Choppadandi, Karimnagar dist), Hanumanth Shinde (Jukkal, Nizamabad), P Ramulu (Achampet, Mahabubnagar)...
08:15 AM, Nov 10, 2011
Hyderabad: In the wake of the recent fuel price hike, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Mamhohan Singh and the UPA government for their "lack of concern for the common man". "For every demand of farmers, the PM has been saying that he did not have a magic wand or that money does not grow on trees. But his government in AP is...
07:58 PM, Nov 05, 2011
Hyderabad: A local court on Friday directed the Chaitanyapuri police in Hyderabad to file an FIR and investigate into the allegation against TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu that he had changed his stance on the issue of separate Telangana state. A group of pro-Telangana lawyers on Friday filed a petition before the 11th Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Ranga Reddy Court Complex, contending the TDP president had released his party manifesto...
10:29 PM, Oct 28, 2011
HYDERABAD: Three years ahead of the general election, leader of the opposition N Chandrababu Naidu has decided to embark on a statewide padayatra in support of farmers' cause from November 2. It will be the first padayatra by Naidu who has been in politics for 32 years. Though Naidu took a leaf out of his bete noire the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, his padayatra will not be a continuous one...
03:08 PM, Oct 28, 2011
Hyderabad: With the movement for Telangana gathering steam, 32 MLAs from the region belonging to main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Wednesday resigned from the state assembly. It is for the second time that the TDP MLAs have sought to quit their seats in the legislature to press for Telangana statehood after the Speaker rejected their resignations in July. The MLAs handed over their resignations to the Secretary of...
09:29 PM, Sep 28, 2011
32 Telugu Desam Party MLAs have resigned on Wednesday seeking statehood for Telangana. ...
09:19 PM, Sep 28, 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: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has strongly condemned Wednesday's blast outside Delhi High Court that left at least 11 persons dead. Expressing shock and grief over the incident and loss of human lives, the TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu extended his sympathy to the injured in the attack. "It is unfortunate that the blast took place at the Delhi High Court, exposing the security lapses. The UPA government's failure...
04:36 PM, Sep 07, 2011
Hyderabad: Welcoming the arrest of Janardhan Reddy, TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said the former Karnataka minister could carry out his "illegal activities" only because of the "indifference" of the state and Central governments. "Hundreds of crores of public money was looted by the mining mafia only because of the apathy of the governments despite the Supreme Court and the Karnataka Lokayukta censuring them on illegal mining. The...
02:10 PM, Sep 05, 2011
Hyderabad: Legislators, who quit in support of Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, would meet Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker and Governor on Monday to urge them to accept their resignations. "The MLAs would meet Speaker and also Governor. We will tell the Governor about the attempts to defame late YS Rajasekhara Reddy in the FIR (of CBI over its probe into cases related to Jagan). Though the Governor is not...
10:11 PM, Sep 04, 2011
New Delhi: CNN-IBN has accessed the FIR report filed by the CBI against Congress MP Jagan Mohan Reddy. It alleges that the Kadapa MP conspired with his father the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy and other individuals and companies to "cheat the government of Andhra Pradesh in the matter of granting certain favours". The FIR also alleges that Jagan exercised influence on YSR and other government officials, who issued orders favourable...
09:32 AM, Aug 20, 2011
Hyderabad: The main opposition TDP, BJP and several Congress leaders have welcomed the Andhra Pradesh High Court's order on Wednesday directing the CBI to conduct a thorough probe into alleged disproportionate assets of Kadapa MP, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Jagan, however, alleged that the case was an attempt to corner him. "It is not correct to say that we intend to target him (Jagan). I strongly condemn his comments that...
11:25 PM, Aug 10, 2011
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam leaders from the Telangana and Andhra regions urged Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday not to target the TDP or its president N Chandrababu Naidu on Telangana statehood demand, saying that it was the responsibility of the central government to take a decision as the party had already made its stand clear on the issue. Chidambaram had told the Lok Sabha on Thursday that of the...
10:55 AM, Aug 06, 2011
New Delhi: Indicating that the UPA government is in no hurry to take a final call on separate Telangana, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday that the consultation process was continuing with political parties and it can take a "few weeks, it may take a couple of months and it may take three months," to decide on the issue. He asked the four parties TDP, YSR Congress, Congress...
09:06 AM, Aug 06, 2011
