The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), a key ally in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), will likely seek one amendment in the Waqf Bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha today. The TDP MPs might raise concerns over the provision in the Bill that allows non-Muslims to be on state Waqf Boards….
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has criticised Tamil Nadu politicians for “hypocrisy” over the alleged imposition of Hindi in the state. The Janasena Party chief pointed out that while these leaders oppose Hindi, they allow Tamil movies to be dubbed in the language for financial gains. “I do not understand why some criticise…
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa signs papers at Fort St. George in Chennai on May 16, 2011. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Recently, several prominent personalities paid tributes to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on her 77th birth anniversary. I had followed Jayalalithaaâs public life from the beginning. She, like me, was also once a resident…
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu took stock of the flood situation near Enikepadu in NTR district on Thursday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on September 5 (Thursday) visited the areas where the Budameru rivulet caused widespread inundation following bouts of heavy rain on August 31 and September 1….
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu with EESL delegation members at the Secretariat at Velagapudi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asserted that the State government is committed to make Andhra Pradesh as the best energy efficient State in the country. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) CEO Vishal Kapoor and his…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Saturday. Naidu sought financial assistance from the Prime Minister for debt-ridden Andhra Pradesh. Official data shows Andhra Pradesh’s public debt has risen from 31.02 per cent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in 2019-20 to 33.32 per cent in…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee interacts with the media after walking out of the NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI The 9th governing council meeting of the NITI Aayog on July 27 in New Delhi was boycotted by Chief Ministers of the Opposition INDIA bloc, barring West Bengal Chief Minister…
Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi during a meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN meetings, in Vientiane, on July 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Jaishankar meets Chinese FM Wang in Laos, pushes for urgency in resolving LAC standoff For the second time this month, External Affairs Minister…
The turn of the century brought in new challenges for Andhra Pradesh. The Telangana movement, always a potent undercurrent, continued during the 21st century, culminating in the division of unified Andhra Pradesh into two separate States â Andhra Pradesh and Telanganaâ in 2014. State leadership and its vicissitudes offered another object of interest in the…
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the âgrislyâ state of affairs and the âdeterioratingâ law and order situation in Andhra Pradesh. Reddy urged the prime minister to address the alleged atrocities and attacks that have taken place…
