Barely 48 hours ahead of polling for the first phase in the State, the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) Tuesday received a rude jolt in the form of a sting operation by a regional TV channel, casting doubt over the party’s credibility. Making matters worse, PRP’s women’s wing Mahila Rajyam president Shobha Rani acted high-handedly with [...]
Many heroes who intend to enter politics check if their films would affect their political careers. They take special care to not to appear in villain roles. They do Good Samaritan roles and say special dialogues to impress the masses. But this is all films effecting politics, but what if politics start effecting films? That [...]
There is no place in the earth where robbers cannot use their skills to loot people. And Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi’s train yatra is also no exception. As the train was passing through Ongole, some thieves stolen Rs 1 lakh cash, 22 mobile phones and even gold ornaments from the fans of Chiranjeevi and [...]
The Telugu Desam Party is not leaving any chance to grab victory in the elections and in the process, make some quick money. The party leadership has sent CDs containing speeches of TD’s star campaigner Jr NTR to all parts of the state, so that the local level leaders would either telecast or screen them [...]
The authorities have made all poll-related as well as security arrangements for the first phase of the poll in 154 assembly and 22 parliamentary constituencies in the Telangana region and north coastal Andhra Pradesh. As many as 31.1 million voters in these constituencies spread over 13 districts will decide the electoral fortunes of 315 candidates [...]
The Praja Rajyam (PR) received another body blow when its general secretary Parakala Prabhakar resigned from the party on Thursday after describing it as “a poisonous tree” and an “undesirable force.” Mr. Prabhakar tendered his resignation under rather dramatic circumstances. Shortly after noon, he went to the party office and left his resignation letter on [...]
Megastar Chiranjeevi has always been known as the ‘Annayya’ for many but then there is one man whom Chiru refers to as ‘Annayya’. He is none other than rebel star Krishnam Raju and now their association has got even closer with the veteran star joining the party of megastar. The ‘Annayya’ thing was shared by [...]
Posani Krishna Murali’s absence from the current political scene surely makes the politics less tasty and less spicy. He is busy with his latest film, ‘ Rajavari Chepala Cheruvu ,’ in which he is playing the lead role. He is very much labouring on the film to release it before the elections begins. When he [...]
Police have seized over 200 million rupees unaccounted money in Andhra Pradesh in a drive against splurge of black money and free liquor by politicians and their cohorts in the run up to general polls. “Similarly, more than 20 crores of rupees are under verification which have been seized during the course of checking. The [...]
Chiru-led Praja Rajyam which boasted to be different from main political parties seems to be losing its sheen with many senior leaders either quitting or going into a shell, apparently dissatisfied over distribution of tickets and their ‘purchase’. It is no surprise that poll pundits are predicting a fall in PR fortunes at the hustings. [...]
