The Andhra Pradesh government employee union has announced calling off their agitation after meeting AP Finance Minister Bugganna Rajendranath Reddy and AP Govt advisor Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy. Apparently the Employees Union received a promise in written format that the AP government will look into all the demands of the employees. …

In a setback to the YCP government, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has given a green signal to the Amaravati farmers, who led the ‘Nyayasthanam to Devasthanam’ padayatra, to conduct the public meeting in Tirupati on December 17 as had been planned by them earlier. The court asked the farmers …

The YCP government has pressed the panic button after the party MP Mithun Reddy revealed that the state was facing financial unviability. During his speech in the Parliament, the MP stressed that the state was staring at a financial crisis with meagre allocations and many unkept promises. Since the state …

AP High Court Judge Justice Bhattu Devanand condemned the remarks made by retired judge of Madras High Court Justice Chandru against the High Court. The much appreciated movie “Jai Bhim” was based on Justice Chandru’s battle against discrimination when he worked as an advocate. Justice Chandru said that the AP …

YCP rebel MP Raghu Ramakrishnam Raju and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy are at daggers drawn for more than two years and there seems to be no improvement in their relations. In what could deepen their rivalry further, Jagan Mohan Reddy was issued notices by the Telangana High Court …

YCP MLA Ambati Rambabu fumed at Jana Sena president and film actor Pawan Kalyan for criticisnig their government unnecessarily in connection with the divestment of Vizag Steel Plant. The YCP government has been doing everything to stop privatization of VSP in a democratic manner, he said. Launching a counter attack …

After having gone to the extremes in targeting the Opposition TDP by dragging Chandrababu Naidu’s wife Nara Bhuvaneswari too into muddy politics, the YCP government shifted its focus to rein in the ‘yellow media’. As part of it, the Andhra Pradesh-CID sleuths filed a ‘zero FIR’ against ABN-Andhrajyothi managing director …

Rapthadu YCP MLA Thopudurthi Prakash Reddy alleged that the TDP was planning to get Chief Miniser Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy murdered. TDP chief and Opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu said that Jagan would vanish into thin air just like his father YSR, he reminded and said that such comments reflect …

Tornadoes ripped through US South and Midwest on Friday night killing more than 100 people and destroying hundreds of houses and vehicles. As many as 24 tornadoes tore across five states. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency based on major tornado damage in multiple Western Kentucky counties. …

The fund crunch in Andhra Pradesh seems to be going through the roof what with the YCP government asking Centre’s permission to go for more loans, even after several organisations red-flagging the state for failing to clear their dues worth hundreds of crores of rupees. YCP MP Vijayasai Reddy urged …

Rajahmundry TDP MLA Adireddy Bhavani, who is also the daughter of TDP senior leader late K. Yerran Naidu, revealed how destiny pushed her into politics. Participating in a programme on a TV channel, Bhavani and Vasu, in a freewheeling chat, said that it was a love-cum-arranged marriage that brought them …

Simmering discontent in the YCP has come to a boil with an insider expressing dissent over the attitude of the party president and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. Speaking at the memorial meeting of former Chief Minister K. Rosaiah organized by Somepalli Sambaiah Foundation, Somepalli Venkata Subbaiah, son of …