Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy speaks at the passing out parade of Stipendiary Cadet Trainee Sub-Inspectors - 2012 batch at the AP Police Academy at Himayathsagar today.
A snapshot of Holi across Andhra Pradesh: at Rajbhavan, the CM's camp office, at Malaysian Township in Hyderabad, at Classic Gardens in Secunderabad, at RK Beach in Visakhapatnam, and on the streets of Warangal. The story also has snapshots of Holi being celeb...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is targeting the TRS because it filed a no-confidence motion against the Congress government, says TRS MLA Harish Rao. Harish also questioned the funds allotted to the CM's home district of Chitoor for a water supply project.
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and TRS MLA Harish Rao had an heated argument over the relative lack of development in the Telangana region. Earlier the CM had shouted back at Harish Rao after he accused the CM of neglecting the region. In his retort Harish R...
An unusually angry Kiran Kumar Reddy stopped short of thumping his thighs like actor Balaiah does in his movies. The CM got hot under the collar when he was accused by Etela Rajender of neglecting the Telangana region. He was answering to the diatribes against...
A very combative and unusually aggressive Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy replies to TRS MLA Harish Rao's diatribe against top political posts in the state being occupied by leaders from the non-Telangana region. CM says it was the Congress that made a person...
The Andhra Pradesh government decides to hand over the Hyderabad twin blasts probe to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The twin blasts rocked the capital city, killing 16 and injuring over a 100.
A man identified as Manzar Imam is arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Ranchi, in connection with the Hyderabad twin blasts case. The man is also a key accused in the Ahmedabad blast incident too. The twin blasts in Hyderabad cost 16 lives a...
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy meet the victims of the Hyderabad twin blasts. The two have already inspected the blast sites in Dilsukhnagar area. Shinde, however, refuses to make any comment to the ...
After visiting the spot of the twin blasts at Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar briefs the media. He confirms that 11 people were killed, over 80 injured, of which 5-6 were seriously injured. He also announced compensation of Rs 6 lakh rupee...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy today visited the rain-affected areas of Adilabad district and met the farmers who faced crop losses. The CM also announced compensation to the kin of those killed in the rains last week.
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will go on an aerial survey of the Adilabad and Karimnagar districts to assess the damage due to untimely rains in the north Telangana districts.
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy winds up his two-day visit to Delhi, where he had landed on Monday after he was summoned by the Congress High Command. Telangana topped the issues being discussed at the various meetings the CM had with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gand...
Andhra Pradesh and in particular the issue of Telangana featured prominently in Delhi. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy today met Sushilkumar Shinde, and is expected to meet the PM and also P Chidambaram. PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana will also be leaving for ...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today. The CM has had a whirlwind round of meetings in Delhi on Monday when he landed in the Capital by a chartered flight from Hyderabad. Reddy has met Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sonia ...
Despite being cold-shouldered many times and the state facing several issues, chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy rushed to Delhi in a special aircraft, and hence he is behaving like a 'chaprasi' says an angry CPI state secretary Narayana. CM is behaving like a ...
The political fallout of the unceremonious arrest of Congress MLA and former minister P Shankar Rao from his house and protests by Dalit groups is the topic being discussed now at a meeting of Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy and chief minister Kiran Kumar Red...
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...
MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi is holidaying abroad, when public anger against his hate speech is rising. The state and police remain as mute spectator to the events. Why the inaction against Owaisi?
As Owaisi speech sparks controversy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy says the law will take its own course. He claims that there has been no delay in the case. He says the police is doing its job in the case.
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will fly to Triupati to review the preparations for the World Telugu Conference. This prestigious conference starts on December 27 and President Pranab Mukherjee will be inaugurating it.
Who should claim credit for the 'pathakams' or welfare programmes in which crores of money is being spent by the Andhra Pradesh state government? YSR? His son Jagan Mohan Reddy? CM Kiran Kumar Reddy? The Congress party? It is the Congress programme and not tha...
Political personalities have to put up with public embarrassment from their own supporters. And when it happens in front of dozens of cameras, the personality can only grin and bear it. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy was being offered a green shawl by a mino...
The Andhra Pradesh Congress held its 'megha madanam sadassu' at the LB Stadium in Hyderabad. The event was unique for several reasons, besides of course the average party workers and Congress leaders getting their voice heard at the state level. There was no s...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy's absence from the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the legislative council to attend a sports event has invited criticism from the House of Elders. CM's absence only shows his attitude towards the seriousness of i...
There has been a change in venue, with just 20 days left for the World Telugu Mahasabha. The conference is to be attended by over 3000 delegates and as many artists. The soggy ground due to the consistent rainfall over Tirupati's Avilala lake bed forced CM Kir...
The number of people who are gunning for his head overwhelmingly outnumber those who are his close supporters. Senior ministers, Cabinet colleagues, at times even MLAs have been known to flout his diktats. And Opposition has criticised him for handling of the ...
They are all into padyatras. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy was first off the block, starting his 'Indiramma Bata', touring one district each month. Chandrababu Naidu is on his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam' padyatra. And now Sharmila Reddy of the YSR Congress party w...
Even after permission was given for the march, Telangana activists claim that the police were resorting to unprecedented preventive arrests. The activists have been given permission to hold the march between 3 PM and 7 PM.
Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma said that the Telangana march and the public meeting would be allowed only between 3 PM and 7 PM. He said that the participants can assemble at Necklace Road only from three points, namely Ranigunj, Minister's Road a...
The Hyderabad cops have objected to political parties taking out rallies in support of the Telangana march. The BJP is planning to begin the march from Martyr's Memorial at Gun Park near the Assembly while the CPI will start from Indira Park. The students of O...
Telangana supporters are gearing up to participate in the 'Telangana March' which is scheduled for 3PM on Necklace Road next to Hussain Sagar Lake, Hyderabad.
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will reach Gannavaram at the start of his Indiramma Bata in the coastal district of Krishna. The CM has a slew of programmes that would cover Vuyyuru, Nuvividu, and also other places in the district. Minister K Parthasarathi is...
He was a head constable who kidnapped the Superintendent of Police. After high drama that shook the entire police force in Andhra Pradesh, the state DGP Dinesh Reddy himself had to speak to the constable to get the SP released. The constable was promised the r...
A war of words breaks out between two Congress leaders in Andhra Pradesh. Former Minister P Shankar Rao, who swears loyalty to the Gandhi-Nehru family, targets MLC Pulla Padmavathi. This infighting within the Congress is becoming commonplace in the state.
Cumulonimbus clouds have more than once prevented CM Kiran Kumar Reddy's chopper form reaching its destination. These clouds form an air environment that could have proved dangerous to the chopper in which YSR was travelling. So what are these clouds and why a...
It is rare for Kiran Kumar Reddy to speak on Indian culture, on culture and on bringing up children with the right values. At his Indiramma bata in Kurnool, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy advises teachers and others present to treat education as the best inh...
Latest news and events from and across Andhra Pradesh and India. It brings the latest news and information to Telugu viewers. TV9 is the country's leading Telugu news channel. The bulletin contains all the top stories of the day from across Andhra Pradesh. It ...
Information minister DK Aruna briefs the media about the Cabinet meeting. The Cabinet decisions she announces include loans to womens SHGs, ACB court at Kurnool, jobs in government education and health sectors and so on.
After his Delhi visit puts an end to rumours of change in the party, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is more determined than ever to clear all the pending issues plaguing the state. Addressing the media, he said that his aim will now be to improve the conditi...
The Congress High Command has decided not to make any changes in the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet putting an end to all the rumours running in the State for sometime now. The issue became clear after Andhra Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy met Congress President Son...
There seems to be some relief for Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao as the Congress High Command has decided to adopt the wait and watch attitude towards his resignation. It is understood that Congress President Sonia Gandhi has informed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minis...
AICC observer Krishnamurthy says Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy won't be changed as he had been elected for the entire term. He also said it is for the CM to decide on the resignation of Dharmana Prasada Rao.
The state government and Union Petroleum and Gas minister S Jaipal Reddy are at loggerheads over the issue of gas allotment to the state. In the latest, a leak from the Chief Minister's office says that Jaipal Reddy didn't act on demand for allotment of gas to...
On his two-day Indira Bata tour programme of Khammam district, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy interacts with a gutsy girl who has doing her MBA, works for GVK EMRI, and is funding her studies on her own. Inspiring.
The fire accident on a train at Khammam is heartbreaking, says Congress leader Anam Vivekananda Reddy. He also informs that Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will be reaching the accident site soon. Vivekananda Reddy confirms that 30 people have died, 19 are in...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy takes the wheel of an automatic paddy sapling sowing machine in Rajampeta in Srikakulam as part of his second Indirabata programme.
The Congress has a new game plan ready to tackle debacles such as the one the party faced in the recent by polls. Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao who headed the committee formed to analyse the reasons for the debacle has said the party needed to concentrate on S...
YS Vijayalakshmi's tour of Sircilla and the police efforts to prevent TRS partymen from disrupting her 'deeksha' has brought to fore the issue of regionalism in Andhra Pradesh, and also of his own partymen branding Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy a covert of ...
Watch a Chief Minister in Encounter with Murali Krishna. This is the first major exclusive interview of Kiran Kumar Reddy. In recent months he looks like a politician who has come on his own. The CM still seems a bit uncomfortable being interviewed.
Latest news and events from and across Andhra Pradesh and India. It brings the latest news and information to Telugu viewers. TV9 is the country's leading Telugu news channel. The bulletin contains all the top stories of the day from across Andhra Pradesh. It ...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy says he invites industry to invest in Andhra Pradesh since the state is the best investment decision. The CM added he will take care of the power shortage issue at the earliest. The CM was speaking at the CII South chapter meet...
It is most ironic situation that anyone can face. More so a Chief Minister. At a public meeting, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy was blaring into the mic, saying if the state was allotted sufficient gas, there would be no power cuts. Bang, right there, the po...
Kiran Kumar Reddy is all set to put his stamp on public memory with a new programme. The Chief Minister will begin his 'Indira bata' from Rampachodavaram in tribal areas of East Godavari from July 11. This also sets to rest any talk of a change in Chief Minist...
This 7 pm discussion deals with Sonia Gandhi's escalating interest in her party's affairs in Andhra Pradesh. What actually is happening to the Congress party and its government in Andhra Pradesh? Because for the last three days, virtually all ministers, leader...
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi continue their direct meetings with leaders from Andhra Pradesh. It is a day of meetings of Congress High Command with CM Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana. CM was called since Pranab was filing his nomination pa...
Congress leaders and ministers who have landed up in Delhi are getting appointments to meet party president Sonia Gandhi, and also Rahul Gandhi. A series of meetings have taken place between Sonia and top ministers in CM Kiran Kumar Reddy's cabinet since Tuesd...