An MLA from the CPI has shocked everyone by openly advocating that TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu would have been the ideal Chief Minister. Konamneni Sambasiva Rao said that the current problems can be solved only with a strong leader like Chandrababu at the helm...
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu says all the current ills facing the state owe their origin to the rule and policies of former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy. He pointed out that Dalit communities like Malas and Madigas had not benefited during his rule. Naid...
Actor Balakrishna reached Visakhapatnam on his way to Payakaraopeta where he will unveil a statue of NTR and also later take part in Chandrababu Naidu's padyatra.
Even a normally sedate and serious-looking politician like Chandrababu Naidu is now ready to smile, laugh and even be reduced to tears. Even as 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra is nearing its end, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu had a hearty laugh at one event, and a...
Chandrababu Naidu's padyatra will end on his birthday, April 20, in Visakhapatnam district. A grand meeting has been planned on this day. Naidu began his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra on October 2 last year from Hindupur in Anantapur district. Naidu's birthday...
Shobha Nagi Reddy once lay at the feet of Chandrababu Naidu when she was in the TDP and now that she is in the YSR Congress party, she has no right to criticise the TDP party chief, says Seethakka, TDP leader.
TRS leader T Harish Rao renewed his demands that the TDP support his party's no confidence motion against the Congress government. Harish reminded TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu of his statement during the padyatra in which he had said the Congress government nee...
TDP president Chandrababu Naidu's son Lokesh has finally decided to follow his father's footsteps and is in Kuppam, Chittoor district, for three days to meet the people of his constituency. On the first day, he met with party leaders of the region and urged th...
TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu, currently on his padayatra, is expected to make an announcement about the role of women in his party on the ocassion of women's day, at Kaikaluru in the Krishna district. The leader is trying his best to woo women voters by s...
Nara Lokesh, son of Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu, who is touring Chittoor district, said that there is no safety for the people as the government has failed on the law and order front. He said that the belt shops (country liquor outlets) are aplen...
Chandrababu Naidu continues his attacks on Jagan Mohan Reddy during his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padayatra. He mocked Jagan Mohan Reddy's partymen by saying that while people start a venture by offering coconuts at a temple, in the case of YSRCP, coconuts are brok...
TDP may go into the Budget session of the state Assembly without its party chief Chandrababu Naidu's presence. Chandrababu Naidu will continue his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padayatra across the state. To chalk out its strategy for the Budget session, the TDP is mee...
A village that is all set to give a grand welcome to the 'genext' of the NTR family. The village of Komaravolu in the Krishna district is special to the NTR family. Lokesh Naidu's grandmother Nandamuri Basavatarakam hails from this village. And in anticipation...
Komaravolu village in Krishna district is in a festive mood. The village is the native place of NTR's mother, and this week Chandrababu Naidu will be accompanied by Lokesh Naidu and Balakrishna when passing through this village on his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' pada...
Nara Lokesh Naidu and Balakrishna mingle with villagers of Komavaravolu in the Krishna district. Lokesh Naidu's grandmother Nandamuri Basavatarakam hails from this village. His father Chandrababu Naidu will be visiting this village for the first time. Naidu is...
During the 'Vastunna Meekosam Padayatra', TDP President Chandrababu Naidu appealed to the youth of Andhra Pradesh to strengthen their spirit for the fight against corruption. He also said that the Congress party had become the hub of corrupt politics.
Chandrababu Naidu scorched a dangerous path today. During his padyatra in Guntur, he asked farmers to grab anything they can lay their hand on and 'kill the Congress'. Naidu was vexed at the issues and problems being faced by farmers. Expectedly the Congress b...
Come out on to the streets and 'kill the Congress' -- That was TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu's statement at a meeting during his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra in Guntur district. This strong statement from Babu led to Congress saying the TDP chief has lost his m...
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu uses very strong words against his chief political rivals - the Congress party. Addressing farmers in Guntur during his padayatra, on the issue of distress in farming and the subsequent cases of suicides by farmers, Naidu asked them...
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu demands that water from the Nagarjunasagar dam be released to the Krishna delta. In a letter to the chief minister, Naidu said crops in the Krishna delta would be destroyed unless water for irrigation is provided immediately.
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, who halted his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' after hearing of the blasts in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar area yesterday, paid a visit to the site. He said the state government's negligence in the face of intelligence reports led to the blasts.
Chandrababu Naidu speaks at Guduru during his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra in the Guntur district. He exhorts the people to drive away the thieves who are looting the people.
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu had to give his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra a two-day break due to the start of the election code of conduct for the MLC elections. Naidu is currently on his padyatra in the Guntur district.
Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu fell off a stage, along with scores of party supporters, when the steps leading to the stage came crashing down. Naidu was held steady by his gunmen who managed to keep their charge standing even as they fell. This pr...
Chandrababu Naidu was saved from a public embarrassment during his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra at Tenali in Guntur district. Naidu was climbing a makeshift stage but the ladder couldn't take the weight of the people standing on it and caved in. Naidu suffere...
'High-tech Babu' or 'darling of the World Bank', these epithets that Chandrababu Naidu earned during his two stints as the chief minister are long gone. No one can remember them now. Specially since the TDP chief has been crisscrossing the state's countryside ...
Chandrababu Naidu and Sharmila Reddy are at each other's throats. Naidu attacked the YSR Congress party and mocked leaders who he said had to rush to (Chanchalguda) jail instead of a holy place to launch their programmes. Naidu has been enthused by TDP's good ...
In his speech during the 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padayatra, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu says Andhra Pradesh has earned a bad name across the country for corruption. He says it all started with YS Rajasekhara Reddy and continued to this day.
Chandrababu Naidu mocks the YSR Congress party chief during his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padayatra in the Guntur district. In one of what is a rare speck of humour from Naidu, he refers to the 'Jagan Mohan Reddy technique' of staying happy.
Chandrababu Naidu has covered a lot of ground on his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padayatra that began on October 2 last year. Since then he has covered hundreds of miles and except for a day or two, has not interrupted his padayatra. That has now begun to tell on his...
Chandrababu Naidu will cross over to the Guntur district for his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padayatra. The padayatra has received good response in the Krishna district, says TDP leader Devineni Uma.
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu wraps up his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padayatra in the Krishna district and will enter Guntur district today. On the last day of the tour in Krishna, Naidu asked the youth to stand up against corruption of any form.
Chandrababu Naidu has accused the Congress of shelling out money to buy votes during the cooperative elections. The Congress had secured a comfortable win in the cooperative elections held last week. Naidu was speaking during his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra ...
Chandrababu Naidu says YS Rajasekhara Reddy dismantled the power policy he had brought into force when he was the chief minister and as a result the state is facing power shortage. He said the unplanned and unscientific setting up of power projects in the coas...
TDP President Chandrababu Naidu criticised the Congress government and Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy of being extremely corrupt on account of which the people are suffering. Continuing his 'Vastunna Meekosam' programme, Chandrababu Naidu reached Vijayawada ...
Chandrababu Naidu walked just seven kilometres on the first day of the resumption of his padyatra in Krishna district. Naidu had a severe case of pain in the leg that forced him take a break of over four days. He resumed his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra in Kr...
Posters put up to welcome TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada are being brought down due to the code of conduct in force in view of the MLC elections. Naidu is expected to arrive in the city on his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra.
Chandrababu Naidu is back on the road after a rest of four days necessitated by pain in his legs. Naidu's 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra is currently in Krishna district. Since he began the padyatra from Hindupur on October 2, Naidu has taken a break due to leg...
TDP President Chandrababu Naidu's 'Vastunna Meekosam' programme has come to a halt as a team of doctors from Hyderabad have adviced him to take rest at least for a control till he recovers from joint pains and diabetes.
Questions and doubts continue to rise on whether TDP President Chandrababu Naidu's 'Vastunna Meekosam' programme will continue as the leader is still battling ill health, drawing concern from not only family but party leaders as well. It still remains to be se...
Three kids were kidnapped from the Lalaguda area of Secunderabad but two of them managed to escape. The kids were playing outside when a person offered them biscuits and took them away on a scooter. But there is no news of the missing boy.
'Is anyone of you happy?', asked Chandrababu Naidu at his public meeting in Krishna district. 'None', shouted back the people. Naidu then launched an attack on former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and the current Congress CM Kiran Kumar Reddy. He said YR...
Chandrababu Naidu, during his yatra in Krishna district, said the Congress government was responsible for the rise in prices of all commodities. He also accused that the Congress government had failed to manage electricity distribution and hence was mulling hi...
Lagdapati Rajagopal finally emerges out of his house after locking himself inside. The Congress MP from Vijaywada has been inside the house since yesterday night when he suddenly disappeared after a press conference. Lagadapati wanted to 'present' the TDP chie...
Lagdapati and TDP supporters are ready for a face-off in the Krishna district. Lagadapati Rajagopal is determined to obstruct Chandrababu Naidu's padayatra. Chandrababu Naidu is to start his padayatra from the Krishna district from Garikapdu, while at Anumanch...
NTR's son Harikrishna says it is wrong on the part of Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal to try to obstruct TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu's padyatra. Naidu's 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra enters Krishna district today.
Police get ready to arrest Lagadapati Rajagopal by moving many of his supporters and arresting some of them. Lagadapati Rajagopal is keeping the police and Congress supporters on tenterhooks. He has locked himself up inside the house in Anumanchapalli in Krish...
Lagdapati Rajagopal has been holed up inside the house of a supporter in Krishna district for more than an hour now. A posse of policemen wait outside, ready to take him into preventive custody. Lagdapati went missing from Vijayawada yesterday night, and made ...
Vijayawada Congress MP Lagdapati Rajagopal is playing politics of hide-n-seek. He is hiding inside a house and refusing to come out, even as the police wait patiently to arrest him for trying to stop the padyatra of Chandrababu Naidu in the district. Lagdapati...
Chandrababu Naidu is battling the wind, the sun and the outdoors to bring his party back to power in the state in the next elections. But his prolonged absence away from Hyderabad and party affairs has lead to party leaders having a field day. Naidu is hard at...
Chandrababu Naidu has finished the Telangana leg of his padyatra and will today enter Krishna district. Here is an analysis of the facts and figures on his padyatra through the region and also an analysis of the promises he had made, including what many feel t...
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu begins his padyatra in Krishna district from today. But since yesterday night Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal and his antics have been giving local TDP leaders, and the police, some cause for concern. Lagadapati has said he will ...
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, who has clocked more than 100 days on his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra, is now thinking of extending it by at least two months. The yatra, which began from Hindupur on October 2, was expected to end on January 26. But buoyed by th...
TDP President N Chadrababu Naidu who is in Khammam district as part of his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' programme, accused the Congress government of looting the people of Andhra by increasing the prices of every commodity and falsely accusing opposition leaders of cr...
TDP President Chandrababu Naidu who finished one hundred days of his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam', continued it to Khammam district and accused the Congress government of looting the people of Andhra Pradesh in the name of surcharges. During his tour, he interacted wi...
Chandrababu Naidu's padayatra has crossed the landmark of 100 days. Naidu started the yatra from Hindupur in Anantapur on October 2, 2012. Naidu's 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padayatra has now reached Khammam district. Seemingly looking healthy, the TDP party chief s...
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu's 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra achieves a landmark. It has completed 100 days since the start of the padyatra at Hindupur in Anantapur district. He celebrated the landmark with party workers and exhorted his partymen to take up iss...
In his two years as the Chief Minister, Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy continues to stumble and bumble and at times stand steady. He has faced and continues to face charges that the partymen are not with him, that he does not involve senior leaders in decision-maki...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has a clean image so far. But Chandrababu Naidu has dropped a bomb. He has levelled charges of corruption against the CM saying that the CM earned Rs 400 crore in a coal import scam. Naidu says APGENCO imported coal from Indone...
On his 'Vastuanna Mee Kosam' padyatra in Warangal, Chandrababu Naidu called the Congress government's rule as resembling that of Tugluq and said it was foisting false cases against Paritala Sriram, the son of TDP MLA Paritala Sunitha. During the meeting a few ...
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu's health has become a cause of concern. Naidu's 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra has crossed over 1400 kilometres, and Naidu has been complaining of issues with his feet and legs. TDP partymen are organising all faith prayer meetings. ...
While dad Chandrababu Naidu is busy with his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra, son Lokesh is busy with kickboxing. Yes, the younger Naidu is practising kickboxing daily under the supervision of an expert and has also taken up other exercises to reduce weight. The...
Years ago, when the TDP had not yet given a clear pro-Telangana stand, many TDP leaders from Telangana had quit the party and joined the TRS. Now, a week after TDP's green signal to Telangana at last week's all-party meeting, there are a few leaders ready to j...
The assent to Telangana given by the TDP at the all-party meeting in Delhi last week has buoyed support for TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu's yatra in Telangana region. His 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra in Warangal has been well-received, with a political JAC's Ga...
Chandrababu Naidu's 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' yatra has reached Karimnagar. Naidu touched upon the issue of TDP's stand on Telangana and alleged the ruling Congress was foisting false cases against his partymen.
TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu promises a relief package of Rs 5 Crores for all the weavers in the State as part of his 'Weavers Declaration'. He also demands the resignation of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy for his constant support of the...
TDP president Chandrababu Naidu, on a 'pada yatra', in Karimnagar makes many promises to the people of the district, says most of the development in the State happened when he was in power and also reveals the changes he will bring when he gets elected in 2014...
On his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra in the Karimnagar district, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu attacked the Congress and the TRS for conspiring to weaken the TDP over the issue of Telangana. Chandrababu also blamed the Congress for the worsening condition of far...
The Andhra Pradesh Congress' 'megha madhanam sadassu' at Hyderbad's LB stadium saw a galaxy of leaders deliver heavy-duty speeches. Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Congress was sure to win a third term in the State. CM Kiran Kumar Reddy's speech was punctuated by di...
Union minister and NTR's daughter D Purandareswari says she was pained at the letter written by her brother Balakrishna on the subject of installation in the Parliament of the statue of their father NT Rama Rao. Purandareswari says, soon after she saw the lett...
Balakrishna has stood fast by his brother-in-law Chandrababu Naidu against the onslaught of his other brother-in-law Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, and sister Daggubati Purandareswari, Union minister and Congress MP. Interestingly the fight within the NTR family ...
The NT Rama Rao family was split into two over the claims of who can and should claim credit for the installation of his statue in the Parliament. On one side was D Purandareswari, and the other Chandrababu Naidu and the TDP. Now to make this a contest over cl...
It is a war that is being fought within the First Family of Andhra Pradesh, and one that is neatly divided along two political parties. And letter and counter-letters are the latest weapons being deployed. It is not just about placing the statue of a Telugu ic...
Daggubati Venkateswara Rao attacks Chandrababu Naidu for trying to hold his wife, and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, D Purandeswari, responsible for the delay in putting up a statue of NT Rama Rao inside the Parliament building. Daggubati said he...
Chandrababu Naidu's padyatra has achieved a landmark. Naidu's has clocked 1111 km mark on his 'Vastuanna Mee Kosam' padyatra that began from Anantapur on October 2. Naidu's padyatra today will be across Nirmal and Khanapur constituencies in Adilabad. Naidu als...
TDP will reveal its views on the statehood issue at the all-party meeting on December 28, says Chandrababu Naidu. Chandrababu, whose 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra in now in Adilabad, said his party would never speak against Telangana. Naidu's padyatra started ...
Are the Maoists keeping an eye on Chandrababu Naidu's padyatra? His 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra will wind its way into Adilabad from Nizamabad. Although Maoist activity in Adilabad district has come down tremendously, but the recent discovery of maoist arms...
Senior Congress leader Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy says he can see only development of the State happening under the Chief Ministership of Kiran Kumar Reddy. He also spoke on the need for all Congress MLAs to remain together.
The 'tandri congress, pilla Congress' or 'mother-son' Congress party is destroying the state, says Chandrababu Naidu. His reference was to YSR Congress party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy and his mother, and the party's honorary president, YS Vijayamma. Naidu says s...
'I was never against Telangana and have never spoken against the issue of a Telangana state. I assure you that in future too, I will never speak out against Telangana', said Chandrababu Naidu. He made this statement during his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' yatra in the...
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu reaches Chevella mandal as part of his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' yatra, but this time the audience was TDP cadre and local leaders. Naidu speaks about energising his party and strengthening the organisation in rural areas.
Those who think placing a no-confidence motion is a cakewalk and that the TDP was not tabling such a motion for selfish reasons are totally wrong, says Chandrababu Naidu. Naidu was reacting to allegations made by the YSR Congress and the TRS that Naidu was wit...
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu's 'Vastuanna Mee Kosam' padyatra reaches Sarkarpet of the Parigi mandal in RR district. Naidu was welcomed with beats of 'dappu'. The leader then interacted with the locals.
Andhra Pradesh's coastal districts were hit by floods. This disaster set off a chain reaction with leading politicians attacking each other and the State government about relief works. Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Vijayamma arrived in coastal districts affected b...
Chandrababu Naidu's has had to break his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra for the third time. Naidu is taking a break again, right after he took the break to attend the funeral ceremony of his party leader Yerran Naidu. Naidu, who has expected to start from Palam...
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu arrives at the ancestral village of dead TDP senior leader Yerran Naidu in Srikakulam after a long trip from Mahabubnagar, where he was on his 'Vastunna Mee Kosa' padyatra, which he had cancelled. Naidu says whenever an issues relat...
Chandrababu Naidu says in Yerran Naidu's death, he lost a friend, a committed politician and his death in a car accident early morning today in Srikakulam is a destiny that had to be faced. Naidu also said Yerran Naidu was a deeply committed politician, sincer...