Over 60 percent of 26.6 million voters Thursday exercised their franchise in 20 Lok Sabha and 150 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh as the second and final phase of polling ended amid incidents of violence in several areas. More than 20 people were injured in clashes between activists of rival political parties while the police [...]
TIRUPATI: Congress workers, led by Tirupati Urban Development Authority chairman Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy, on Thursday closely followed Praja Rajyam Party chief and contesting candidate for the Tirupati Assembly seat Chiranjeevi as he went round some of the polling stations to inspect the polling process, PRP sources said here. Going by the unruly scenes created by [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur cast their votes at a polling station under Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. Singh and his wife, after arriving at Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport around 11 am, flew in a chopper to a temporary helipad at Khanapara. They then drove straight to the polling booth number [...]
Around 12.43% of the electorate exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in 20 Lok Sabha and 140 Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh today. Barring minor incidents, polling has been peaceful since it began at 0700 hours. “Polling has been by and large peaceful. Some minor incidents have come to our notice. [...]
Police had to open fire in the air to prevent a mob war between MLA Ravindra Reddy and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate Raghurami Reddy’s son on Thursday in Kadapa district. The incident took place when both sides had an altercation at Nagasanipalli village in Kadapa district during the second phase of polling. Police fired [...]
The Wednesday’s incident of Congress workers attacking his hotel room has taught a big lesson to Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi. He has realised that there is no point in being mild and timid in politics; and one needs to be aggressive to counter the opposition onslaught. So, when he went round the polling stations [...]
While many have been trying to figure the outcome of election-2009, there are many who are approaching the astrologists for the future. In this process, about 4-5 astrologers are said to have assembled in Hyderabad and they have worked on the horoscope of megastar Chiranjeevi as per Prasna Hora Sastram. It is heard that the [...]
PRP chief Chiranjeevi has been inspecting various booths in Tirupati,and reportedly enquired about the arrangements for the voters as well as the election staff. There was mild tension at SVN College booth when Chiranjeevi arrived there.In order to prevent any incident,the police have closed the gates when Chiru was inside the college premises.This has led [...]
The second and final phase of polling is going on today. As many as 140 assembly and 20 Parliament seats are going to the polls today. All the three chief ministerial aspirants, YS Rajashekar Reddy of the congress, Chandra Babu Naidu of the TDP and Chiranjeevi of the PRP are in the fray in the [...]
After appearing in nearly 150 films, Chiranjeevi has entered the unfamiliar theatre of politics with the hope of repeating the magic of N.T. Ramarao (NTR) in 1982 — sweeping the polls within nine months of launching a new party.However, Chiranjeevi (54) is not NTR and the political situation in Andhra Pradesh today is not comparable [...]
