Amaravati, July 26 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Y.S. Sharmila said on Sunday that she was recovering after undergoing an abdominal surgery. She shared on social media that she is recovering well from the necessary abdominal surgery she recently underwent. “A big thank you to all my well-wishers for your kind thoughts and support,” she posted on social media platform X.Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu wished Sharmila a swift and complete recovery. He said that he w…
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Amaravati, July 26 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday asked the party cadres to go door-to-door to explain the achievements of the coalition government in the state.He held a teleconference with key TDP leaders and public representatives ahead of the 45-day door-to-door campaign, beginning across the state on Monday, focusing on the two-year rule of the alliance government.The Chief Minister provided guidelines to l…
Hyderabad, July 26 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday visited actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital here, after sustaining a knee injury in a film shoot last week.Chandrababu Naidu met Balakrishna, who is also his brother-in-law, at the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) and inquired about the injury and his recovery.The Chief Minister also spoke to doctors and inquired about Balakrishna’s treatment and rehabilitation pla…
Amaravati, July 20 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y. S. Sharmila on Monday demanded that the partners in the ruling coalition in the state raise the voice of farmers in Parliament. In an open letter to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, she said the MPs of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Jana Sena Party (JSP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should highlight in Parliament the problems faced by farmers in the state.She said the MPs must confront the Central government on issue…
Amaravati, July 19 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday slammed the Chandrababu Naidu government for what he termed turning the Ramayapatnam port into a scam to generate cash flows for the bigwigs of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He alleged that disinvestment in the Ramayapatnam port is at the State’s expense.The YSR Congress chief posted on X that the TDP government is offering a port on which the government is spending …
Amaravati, July 14 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh minister and YSR Congress Party leader Mudragada Padmanabham passed away on Tuesday, following brief illness. He was 73. A prominent leader of the Kapu community, the former MP breathed his last at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Tuesday evening.Born in Kirlampudi in the combined East Godavari district on January 22, 1953, he entered active politics in 1977 and was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly in 1978 from Prathipadu on a Jana Party ti…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) S.Y. Quraishi on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was once the “strongest critic” of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and had repeatedly questioned their reliability. He also recalled that it was Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu who proposed the introduction of the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), a measure that, according to him, helped restore public confidence in the EVM system….
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Since the Winter Session of Parliament last year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have steadily consolidated their position in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. This consolidation has profound implications for the upcoming Monsoon Session. A two-thirds majority in both Houses is the threshold required for constitutional amendments and certain landmark legislations. Bills relating to electoral reforms, judicial …
Amaravati, July 6 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Monday paid tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary.The Jana Sena leader called Mookerjee “one of India’s foremost nation builders, an eminent educationist, visionary statesman, and a fearless patriot whose life was dedicated to safeguarding the unity, integrity, and sovereignty of our nation.”The actor-politician posted on social media that as the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Mookerjee …
Vijayawada, July 6 (IANS) A court at Gannavaram in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district has sent YouTuber and political commentator Bachalakuri Joseph alias Prashna Raavan, to judicial custody for 14 days in the case relating to alleged derogatory remarks against the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan. Arrested for the fifth time in less than a week, Raavan was produced before a judge late on Sunday night.After hearing arguments from both the sides, the judge remanded Raavan to judicial rem…