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Chief Minister KCR might not have thought that killing the rival Congress to transform the new-born Telangana to a single party territory in India would pave the path for the arrival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He employed every trick in the book to destroy all other parties in the state.…
By-elections normally favour ruling parties as they occupy an advantageous position to influence the voters by using all resources at their command – state, men and money power. Losing a by-election for a ruling party is fraught with negative consequences. The unpalatable aftertaste lingers for a long time. The defeat…
For almost ten days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed the Bhoomi Pujan at Ayodhya, the Andhra Pradesh unit of the BJP harped on the ‘blasphemy’ committed by TTD-owned Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel (SVBC) for not airing the Ayodhya event live on 05 August. TTD stands for Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam,…
On July 25, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted that he was tested positive. Later he was shifted to a COVID hospital for treatment. It is not often that a chief minister falling ill becomes a hot topic of discussion in a neighbouring state. But, Chouhan’s tweet has…
On 29 April 2005, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to apologise to the Rajya Sabha for a cabinet minister who had skipped the Upper House during Question Hour, which is considered an important slot in the Parliament session. Question Hour is the only time the members extract official response for…
The Telangana government laid claim to the absolute ownership over the legacy of PV Narasimha Rao, former Prime Minister of India, who was incidentally the last Brahmin leader of stature from the Telugu states, especially from Telangana. The era of scholar politicians, to be precise, Brahmin politicians, who ruled the…
Gloom is palpable among thousands of families of weavers in Telangana’s erstwhile districts of Warangal and Nalgonda which produce Pochampalli Ikkat silk sarees of international repute. All the weavers have been rendered jobless for three months. They lost an income of Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 a month. For two…
An interesting drama is unfolding in Andhra Pradesh. On June 08 chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy unusually ordered a CB-CID inquiry into the charges leveled by a rural medical officer Dr P Anita Rani, who is in charge of the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Penumur, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh.…
The political atmosphere grew murkier in Andhra Pradesh for the ruling YSR Congress, which dreamed of celebrating the completion of one year by chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s government in an unprecedented way. Reddy took oath as chief minister on 30 May 2019. Unfortunately, the Coronavirus has already hobbled enthusiasm…
A well known government civil surgeon, who had raised the issue of absence of masks and PPE suits for healthcare professionals at a government hospital, has been admitted to a mental health institute in Vizag after he was publicly manhandled by the police for staging a dharna. Dr K Sudhakar…