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Telugu Desam stages protest, demands flyover near temple ghat
Vijayawada, Jun 13: Highway traffic came to a standstill for more than two hours today, when Telugu Desam Party (TDP) protested near a Durga temple, urging the union government to construct a flyover near the temple ghat on the Vijayawada-Hyderabad national highway, to ease traffic [...]
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Naidu’s announcement on Federal Front leaves partymen dismayed
Hyderabad, Jun 13: Chandrababu Naidu’s latest announcement that the Telugu Desam would be a part of the just-conceived “Federal Front”, today took senior party leaders by surprise as it currently maintains a cordial relationship with the Left. “Hundred per cent…we will join [...]
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Naidu asks JD (U) to follow “coalition dharma”
Hyderabad, Jun 13: Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu today asked JD(U) to follow “coalition dharma” after some of its leaders allegedly criticised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, widening the rift between the two parties. Speaking to reporters here, Naidu said, “some friends in [...]
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‘Chalo Assembly’ rally: OU students clash again with police
Hyderabad, Jun 13: Pro-Telangana students today clashed with police on the Osmania University (OU) campus here for the second consecutive day, demanding that they be allowed to take out a rally towards the State Assembly. Protesting students pelted stones on policemen after they were stopped [...]
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TRS, BJP disrupt AP House over demand for separate Telangana
Hyderabad, Jun 13: TRS and BJP members stalled the proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the third consecutive day today in support of the demand for separate Telangana. The TRS and BJP members went into the well of the House soon after [...]
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Musharraf arrested; remanded to judicial custody for fortnight
Islamabad, Jun 13: Former President Pervez Musharraf was today formally arrested and remanded to judicial custody for a fortnight over the 2006 killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti. Musharraf, 69, was arrested by a team from the Crime Branch of Balochistan Police. [...]
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Developments in BJP ‘closed chapter’: Sinha
Kochi, June 12 : Brushing aside as “a closed chapter” the developments in the party following elevation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today said it would not affect the prospects of the party in elections. “It is a closed [...]
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Ties with BJP: JD-U MLAs, MLCs asked to be in Patna on June 14, 15
Patna, Jun 12 : Amid speculation that it may split from NDA on the Narendra Modi issue, the JD-U leadership in Bihar has asked its MLAs and MLCs to be present here on June 14 and 15 to decide the fate of the alliance with [...]
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Another DMDK MLA calls on Jayalalithaa
Chennai, June 12 : The dissident ranks in actor- politician Vijaykant’s DMDK rose to seven after its MLA K Pandiarajan today called on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, raising speculation of his support to the ruling AIADMK in the June 27 Rajya Sabha biennial [...]
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CBI’s action was ‘planned’, alleges Ex-MoS coal
Hyderabad, Jun 12 : A day after CBI searches, former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao, who has been accused of alleged cheating and graft by CBI in its fresh FIR in the coal scam, today alleged that it was a ‘planned’ action [...]
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Students clash with police over ‘Chalo Assembly’ rally from OU
Hyderabad, Jun 12 : Pro-Telangana students today pelted stones on policemen on the Osmania University campus here following which cops fired teargas shells on them. Protesting students pelted stones on policemen after being prevented from taking out a bike-rally in support of the ‘Chalo Assembly’ [...]
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RSS says it is not interfering in affairs of BJP
New Delhi, Jun 12 : A day after senior BJP leader L K Advani withdrew his resignation following the RSS chief’s call to him, the Sangh founthead today said that it is not interfering or managing the affairs of the right-wing party. “When a senior [...]
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Standing committees submit reports to Andhra Assembly amid din
Hyderabad, June 11 : The Departmentally Related Standing Committees, constituted for the first time in Andhra Pradesh Legislature, today submitted their reports to the House amid the din created by TRS and TDP over Telangana issue and the demand to set up a steel plant [...]
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V C Shukla dead
Gurgaon, June 11 : Former Union Minister and Congress veteran V C Shukla, who suffered bullet injuries in the deadly Naxal attack that eliminated Chhattisgarh party leadership over a fortnight ago, died today after developing multi-organ failure. Shukla (84) died at 14:38 hours, said Yatin [...]
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Pak court denies Musharraf bail in Bugti killing case
Islamabad, Jun 11 : Pakistan’s former military dictator Pervez Musharraf’s legal woes continued as an anti-terrorism court today rejected his application for bail in a case over the killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation. Judge Mohammad Ismaeel Baloch of [...]
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Maha cabinet reshuffle: Six new ministers sworn-in
Mumbai, Jun 11 : Five NCP and an Independent legislator, were today sworn-in as ministers in the Maharashtra government as part of the much-awaited reshuffle. Madhukar Pichad and Shashikant Shinde of NCP and Dilip Sopal (independent) took oath as cabinet ministers. While Suresh Dhas, Uday [...]
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Telangana, demand for steel factory stall AP House proceedings
Hyderabad, Jun 11 : Telangana issue and the demand to set up a steel plant in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh today disrupted the proceedings of the State Legislative Assembly here. TRS members trooped into the well of the House as soon as [...]












