Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy took a jibe at the opposition parties for accusing his government of not doing enough for the people of the state. The CM, on his Indiramma Kalalu tour to Kadapa & Anantapur districts, addressed the masses, liste...
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy finished his three-day tour of Nellore district as part of the 'Indiramma Baata' programme. Addressing the masses, he said he will make changes in the fields of medicine & education in the State.
Following protests by Opposition parties against the rise in power prices, and with Congress ministers themselves showing opposition against the hike, some Congress ministers and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister call for a meeting of the government to discuss the...
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy gives the green signal for panchayat-level elections and informs public gathered at a rally in his hometown of Pileru, Chittoor. He tried to woo female voters by saying that 50 per cent of the seats are open to t...
News about changes in the State Congress Party are rampant again after Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and APCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana were summoned to New Delhi again by the Congress High Command. Many leaders in the party believe Satyanarayana would soon...
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.
Andhra Pradesh will become one of the first states where the Agriculture Minister will present an agriculture budget, separate from the general budget being presented by the Finance Minister. Today, Anam Ramnarayana Reddy will present the state budget that wil...
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 Telangana Rashtra Samithi party, which moved a no-confidence motion against Kiran Kumar Reddy government in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, has asked all Opposition parties to unite and support the motion. TRS MLA KT Rama Rao also blasted the Telugu Desam Par...
The TRS has decided to field a motion of no-confidence against the Congress government of Kiran Kumar Reddy. However, the TDP is not in favour of this decision. An angry TRS takes TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu to task over the party's stance. TRS leaders also re...
At the inauguration of the Revenue Sadassu at Mahabubnagar, a combative Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy attacked the TRS and YSRC party. He said that he has visited the district more than its MP, a reference to K Chandrasekhar Rao, the Mahabubnagar MP.
The Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly begins today with an address by the Governor ESL Narasimhan. The sessions ends on March 28. On March 18, Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayan Reddy will present the vote on account Budget. The Assembly will then re...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy faces a no-confidence motion tomorrow in the Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh state Assembly. The motion is being tabled by the TRS which claims it is seeking support from parties such as the BJP, YSRC, CPM and others. Take...
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has started for New Delhi along with the Deputy Chief Minister Raja Narasimha to meet the Congress high command in order to discuss who the best candidates are for the MLC seats available. The last day of nominat...
Congress MLAs from Andhra Pradesh along with Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and APCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana head to Delhi to convince the Congress high command to elect them for the nine corporation or MLC seats available in the state. Reports say that ab...
The Budget session of the state Assembly is a few days away. CM Kiran Kumar Reddy's Cabinet is meeting today to chalk out the strategy for the Budget session. The meeting comes after a gap of nearly four months.
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...
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.
Pawan Kumar Bansal's litmus test is here. As the stage is set for the Union Railway Minister to present his maiden Railway Budget, here are the five things that the general public needs from the Budget: safety and modernisation; better facilities, hygiene at r...
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is set to make a statement in Parliament on the Hyderabad twin blasts. Meanwhile, BJP has given a letter to the Speaker demanding suspension of Question Hour to discuss the blast in Hyderabad. The Parliament is also like...
The death toll in the twin blasts in crowded Dilsukhnagar area of Hyderabad rises to 15. The condition of six of the injured is very critical. Even though the home ministry confirmed terrorist hands behind the blast, they did not name any particular group. The...
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 ...
The death toll in the Hyderabad twin blasts is likely to rise, as those injured in the blast are in critical condition. There is an unconfirmed report that 15 people have been killed in the blast. Initial investigation confirms that the bombs were planted on b...
Eleven people were killed and more than 60 others injured in two explosions in crowded Dilsukhnagar area in Hyderabad. Reports say there were no Malayali casualties in the blast. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who condemned the blast, urged the people to remai...
Eyewitness of serial blasts that ripped through Hyderabad, claiming 13 lives and injuring many more, recount the moments of terror and mayhem that followed the blasts. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Kiran Kumar Reddy has termed the attack as an act of coward...
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...
Serial blasts shook Hyderabad today evening, near a busy market. At least 15 people have been feared dead and 50 have been injured, who have been taken to the nearby hospital. The first blast took place near the Konark theatre and the second occurred near the ...
Around 11 people have been feared dead and 50 injured in the twin blast explosions near a busy market in Hyderabad. Mumbai ATS and NSG teams will be visiting the location for investigation. Reports claim that an unexploded device was found near a footbridge in...
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 will be the last 'kiran' of the state, says Telangana Political JAC chairman Kodandaram. He was speaking at Shadnagar where the T-JAC is organsing a 'sadak bandh' on February 28 to block the national highway leading to Bangalor...
In Tirupati, Chennai, and Delhi, Tamil groups are getting ready to stage demonstrations against the visit of Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Police in Tirupati are on alert specially since Rajapaksa is scheduled to make an overnight halt at Tirupati a...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is arriving at Tirupati for a darshan of Lord Venkateswara. He will land today evening at Renigunta, spend the night there, and have darshan in the morning. But Tamil groups have opposed the visit and threaten to disrupt ...
CM Kiran Kumar Reddy has decided he wants none of the headaches in resolving conflicts between ministers of his Cabinet and party leaders when it comes to elections of chairmen in district central cooperative banks. The Congress has made a clean sweep in the c...
It is rare that the entire state Cabinet sits in while the CM is addressing a press conference. But on Thursday night, soon after the Cabinet meeting, attended by 22 ministers including the Chief Minister was over, Kiran Kumar Reddy addressed the media with hi...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Vundavalli Kiran Kumar, Congress MP from Rajahmundry is holding a huge public meeting today to celebrate the Jai Andhra agitation's 40th anniversary. But the meeting has baffled people as it comes at a time when the state is grappling with the agitation by pro...
Is there a sudden outbreak of war between deputy chief minister Damodar Raja Narasimha and chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy? The CM is on a tour to Medak district but he won't be joined by the deputy CM -- whose home district is Medak -- for reasons yet unexpl...
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.
Farmers in Chittoor district's Keeramanda village have alleged that a local mining company has been using the land allotted to them for mining granite. The farmers were allotted the land by the government and is termed DKD land. But the mining company Good Mor...
Chief Minister Kiram Kumar Reddy is all set to fill up a large chunk of nominated posts in the various quasi-government and autonomous bodies in the state. These include the posts of the chairman of the women's commission and minorities commission. The list is...
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.
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...
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...
Nearly every leader of the Opposition is on his or her feet, literally. Chandrababu Naidu, Sharmila Reddy, KCR, and so on are on padyatras. The objective: to reach out to the people, attack the Congress government for its failures, and emerge as the champion o...
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...
The two-day Hindi conclave that was conducted by India's leading Hindi news channel saw eminent personalities discuss politics, cinema, social issues and sports. Celebrities like Kapil Sibal, Nitish Kumar, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Man...
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 ...
Congress is worried about preparing itself for the December 28 meet, the date set for the all-party meeting on Telangana. This is a date that other political parties are keeping an eye out for. The all-party meeting called by the Centre would hopefully clear t...
India's biggest Hindi news channel launches a podium for eminent personalities to discuss crucial issues that the nation faces. In this conclave, discussions on politics, entertainment, cricket and social issues would be conducted in Hindi. Kapil Sibal, Nitish...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is on his Indiramma Bata yatra across Ranga Reddy district. During this yatra, he had bounties to offer to the district in the fields of medical, health, education, youth skills enhancement and milk production. He also promised...
Even as the time draws near for the start of the World Telugu Mahasabha at Tirupati, local MLA Karunakar Reddy is accusing the government of making it a Congress party function. Karunakar Reddy says it is farcical for a chief minister who can't speak proper Te...
Telugu is one of sweetest languages. How often have we heard someone say this? But is this complacency and the utter lack of awareness of our true linguistic heritage pushing us into an area where one day this language may face oblivion? At a school function i...
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 25th Southern Zonal Council meeting will be chaired by Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in Bangalore today. The meeting is expected to be attended by Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Kiran Reddy, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, Puducherry...
While Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy admits that the identification of beneficiaries of the State government's social welfare programmes has been difficult, he also says that Aadhar cards would be helpful in alleviating the lack of proper statistics. The CM ...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy says the loans taken by women self-help groups in Andhra Pradesh was the highest in the country. The CM was speaking at Narayankhed as part of the Indiramma bata programme in Medak district.
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...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, on his 'Indiramma Bata' meeting in Prakasam's Chirala, patted himself on the back. The CM said he has cleared off the fee reimbursements that were kept pending since the time of chief ministers YSR and Rosaiah. The CM said Rs ...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy arrived in Prakasam's Chirala for the 'Indiramma Bata' programme. The CM promised the fishermen that the state government would ensure that establishment of any industry in the coastal areas would not harm the interests of the ...
We have been stopped at the gates of the Chief Minister's residence by the police when we went him to discuss the Telangana March, say Telangana Congress MPs. They are angry at the CM's statement on division of the state, and also for putting restrictions on t...
Reacting to the Telangana issue Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy says that a state has to be divided only for the welfare of the people and not for mere political gains.
Telangana Congress MPs who met at K Keshav Rao's residence to take stock of the situation arising out of Sunday's Telangana March, say the state government's resorted to subterfuge to stop people from reaching the venue of the March. These MPs say they will co...
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.
In view of possible outbreak of violence during the Ganesh immersion procession, Hyderabad police has intensified security on the procession route as well as outside religious structures.
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of students, representing almost all universities in Seemandhra, has given a call for `Chalo Hyderabad' to boost the morale of Samaikyandhra sympathisers.
The Bharatiya Janata Party alleges that if Congress Telangana MPs participate in Telangana March, it would lose its value and purpose. They say if the MPs really care for a separate state, they should resign from their posts.
With the Telangana March scheduled for September 30, Hyderabad city police are on high alert to meet any kind of untoward incidents taking place. The State and the cops apprehend there may be violence by anti-social elements during the Telagnana March.
After several rounds of discussions with his Cabinet colleagues, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy agrees to permit 'Telangana March' after obtaining a written commitment from representatives of the Telangana Joint Action Committee, political parties fighting...
The Andhra Pradesh government is doing everything it can to avoid any untoward incidents during the Telangana march. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has called the DGP Dinesh Reddy and asked him not to spare anyone who disrupts peace in the city.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy's 'Indiramma Baata' programme reached Krishna district. Interacting with people, he said that he doesn't know how to lie, that the government is trying its best to supply power, and accepts that there is a huge p...
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...
Arvind Kejriwal decides to chart out his political path despite Anna Hazare's public withdrawal of support towards any political undertaking. Kejriwal claims that they had floated a survey according to which a majority of people had voted for political action....
Congress Minister TG Venkatesh rubbishes rumours about the change in the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, says Kiran Kumar Reddy will be the CM of AP till 2014. He adds that frequent changes in the political set-up will confuse the people of the State and aff...