KCR tries to mollify Vijayashanti

Monday 23, 2009

HYDERABAD: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao met film actor Vijayashanti at her residence here on Saturday evening in an apparent bid to mollify her as she was reportedly unhappy with the constituency offered to her by the party for contesting in the elections.
He drove to Ms. Vijayashanti’s house in Jubilee Hills minutes [...]


Congress MP Candidates List for 2009 Parliament Elections

Monday 23, 2009

The list of MP Candidates contesting for Congress Party from the state of Andhra Pradesh for 2009 parliament Elections has been released.
Most of the sitting MPs ( Members of parliament) were cleared in the list. Manda Jagannadam was given nagarkurnool seat, Purandare swari is given visakhapatnam, chittoor to Tippeswamy, Narsapuram to K.Bapiraju, panabaka laxmi [...]


Jr NTR: ‘Chiru Said CBN Becomes PM’

Monday 23, 2009

Jr NTR has been using logic and digging history to convince the people those are attending his road shows. Freshly he recalled a statement given by Chiranjeevi on Chandrababu in the year 2002.
“While NTR brought glory to ‘Teluguvaadi Atmagouravam’ in National Level, it is Nara Chandrababu Naidu who took the pride of Telugu to international [...]


Andhra Assembly Elections on April 16 and 23

Monday 23, 2009

Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections will be held in 2 phases in April. Andhra Assembly Polls will be held on April 16 and 23. Loksabha elections will be held simultaneously along with Assembly polls. Counting of votes will be held on May 16. Election code of conduct will immediately come into effect.
Election notification: March 23.
Andhra Assembly [...]


Congress drops K, K candidates for TD and PRP

Monday 23, 2009

The Congress leadership seems to have taken serious look into the social background of every candidate in its selection for the Assembly and Lok Sabha seats. The party leadership is understood to have considered the social combinations and tried to accommodate those who have been with the party rather than giving representation to the castes [...]


TDP may allot 70-75 to BCs as promised

Monday 23, 2009

It seems the Telugu Desam party is forced to make changes in its plans to give 100 seats to BCs as it promised at the BC Garjana in Warangal a few months back. According to party insiders, it will stick to its stand of giving 33 percent seats to BCs but in terms of numbers [...]


Political novices in fray for Lok Sabha in Telangana

Monday 23, 2009

Congress party is fielding rank newcomers and political novices in eight out of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana.
This situation has been forced by the refusal of senior party leaders to enter the fray despite appeals by Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. Party leaders acknowledge the fact that many seniors flatly refused to [...]


Polling will be held for 22 LS, 154 Assembly seats

Monday 23, 2009

Arrangements have been made for filing of nominations by candidates on Monday when the Election Commission will formally issue the notification for holding elections in 22 Lok Sabha and 154 Assembly constituencies in North Coastal Andhra and Telangana regions.
These constituencies will go to the polls in the first phase on April 16.
The EC on Sunday [...]


This election is all about the States

Monday 23, 2009

You may not have heard of Rammanohar Lohia, whose birth centenary year begins on this very day, and his brand of indigenous socialism. But the quotation reminds us of the importance of democratic accountability in between elections. It also invites us to go beyond the usual questions such as “Kaun banega pradhan mantri?” to ask [...]


Match begins; Who is the winner?

Monday 23, 2009

The election process has been set in motion. With the issuance of poll notification on Monday, tension has started mounting up in all political parties. Compared to all the other parties, the Congress is sitting pretty by announcing the list of candidates well in advance and Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is oozing [...]