‘CONGRESS WILL QUIT FROM MLC POLLS IF 45% FITMENT IS ANNOUNCED’

March 12, 2021

AICC national spokesperson Dr Sravan Dasoju has demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announce 45% fitment to all the government employees in Telangana and asked him to issue a government order in this regard. If that is done, the senior Congress leader has offered to quit from the MLC...

TDP DECRIES ‘ILLEGAL’ ARREST OF EX-MINISTER KOLLU RAVINDRA

March 12, 2021

TDP general secretary and MLC Nara Lokesh on Thursday slammed Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for ‘misusing’ official machinery to target and harass the Opposition TDP leaders for cheap political mileage. Nara Lokesh condemned the ‘illegal’ arrest of former Minister Kollu Ravindra saying that the adamant Chief Minister was apparently...

Lack of captive mines pushed Vizag Steel Plant into debt: Pradhan

March 11, 2021

Union Minister of Steel Dharmendra Pradhan has admitted that lack of captive mines for the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant made it debt ridden. He answered the question of YSRCP Parliamentary Party leader Vijay Sai Reddy on his request to allocate captive mines to the steel plant. Pradhan said, “RINL procures iron...

YSRCP MOBS ATTACKED TDP LEADERS, ALLEGES CHANDRABABU NAIDU

March 11, 2021

TDP president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has accused YCP leaders of resorting to deliberate attacks on the TDP cadres as they were losing confidence of getting victory if the municipal polls were held in a free and fair manner in the state. Naidu said that the ruling...

VIZAG PLANT ISSUE: JAGAN SEEKS PM’S HELP

March 10, 2021

After Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman vowed to fully privatise the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), protests have erupted in Andhra Pradesh. Thousands of VSP workers protested in Vizag in front of the steel plant gate. Roads got blocked, traffic came to a grinding halt and effigies of Prime Minister Narendra...

SANITARY PADS FOR GIRLS IN CLASSES 7-12 OF ANDHRA GOVT SCHOOLS, COLLEGES

March 9, 2021

The Andhra Pradesh government has started to provide free sanitary napkins to girls studying from class VII to Intermediate second year in government schools and junior colleges. The free distribution of sanitary napkins to schoolgirls was launched on 8 March to mark the International Women’s Day. The government seeks to...

EX-UNION MINISTER ‘SLAPS’ WOMAN, VIDEO GOES VIRAL

March 9, 2021

A shocking incident happened during TDP senior leader and former Union minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju’s poll campaign. He allegedly slapped a woman activist while campaigning for the municipal elections in Vijayanagaram town when a woman threw petals on him. This came as the big shock on International Women’s Day. The...

High-decibel Andhra municipal campaign ends

March 9, 2021

The election campaign for the ensuing municipal corporation elections in Andhra Pradesh ended with a war of words of parties. Though the elections are for local bodies, all major politicians, including N. Chandrababu Naidu, participated in it. The ruling YSRCP is upbeat following the results of the recent panchayat elections....

KTR SLAMS CENTRE FOR TAKING MANY U-TURNS

March 6, 2021

HYDERABAD: Telangana minister and TRS working president K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) slammed the Central government over taking a U-turn on setting up a railway coach factory in Kazipet in Telangana. “No promises are being implemented by the centre doing injustice to the southern states in the country,” the minister said....

ANDHRA CM LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO FACT CHECK MALICIOUS CONTENT

March 6, 2021

Hyderabad: Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy launched the AP Fact Check website and Twitter account. Speaking on the occasion, he said that malicious content is being propagated by certain individuals and certain sections of the media with an obvious vested interest, and that the government strongly condemns...