Andhra Pradesh Congress president K Kesava Rao said that he will not support Akkineni Nageswara Rao for the council seat. The reason is obvious. K Kesava Rao says that Akkinenei Nageswara Rao is a die hard Telugu Desam supporter. And how can the Congress support a TDP man? Therefore KK says that there is no way the Congress government is going to nominate ANR to legislative council under the nominated quota.
However this does not put ANR out of the race. ANR has enough friends and sympathizers in the Congress. He has well wishers even in Delhi. So don’t be surprised if ANR pulls a few strings and gets into the council. He knows that there are many people in the Congress who are against KK. And hat better way to get back at KK than by supporting ANR?
2010/11/13 5:36:46 Veteran actress Roja’s husband Selvamani has never came to media focus, since he always maintains a low profile and avoids media. But, when he recently came down to Vellore jail to meet one of his close friends Seeman, Tamil media caught him in its cameras. Seeman is a Kollywood director and an aggressive supporter of LTTE. Few months ago, in a public meeting held at Chennai, he gave a call to Sri Lankan Tamilians to kill the Sri Lankan people living around them. Ever since, he was spending behind bars for making provocative speech. Roja’s husband who is also a Tamilian and also had a soft corner for LTTE is engaged in fighting with the Tamilnadu Government for his release, but in vain. Selvamani accompanied some Kollywood directors and producers went to Vellore jail to express his solidarity to his friend Seeman. Is, this mean he too think alike his friend?
2011/1/24 0:38:07 Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Raja Gopal who is known for his high-handed behavior has once again displayed it in the on going Rachcha Banda program held by him at Chittela Village in Krishna district. He has slapped a person K.Ashok for arguing with him in the public place over bifurcation of the state issue. Ashok is said to be the follower of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and president of Kolli Charitable trust.
Is the recent shuffle of party leaders in the AICC a setback for the CM? Yes, say seasoned political observers. Digvijay Singh, with home YS shares a very good rapport has been shifted. Moily now steps into his shoes.
Two known critics of YS Rajashekar Reddy have been inducted into the AICC. Kishore Chandra Dev has been made a General Secretary and Madhu Yashki Goud has been made secretary of the AICC. Yashki is a vocal supporter of separate Talangana and is also known to be a critic of the chief minister Y S Rajshekar Reddy.
2010/10/2 8:43:44 The revolutionary singer, lyricist and die hard supporter of Maoists, Gaddar has announced that he is launching a new political party ‘Telangana Praja Front,’ to fight out for Telangana cause. He will conduct a public meeting on 9th of October at Nizam College grounds, Hyderabad in which he will announce the details of his party. He said that since the TRS is confined to upper cast people and to rich people which often diverts from its goal, makes him oblige to launch a new political party especially for the poor and lower cast people. Gaddar may lead his party as its president. This new political party will start a separate agitation for achieving statehood for Telangana. The party will take the support of Telangana scholars and others who were ignored by TRS and other parties.
Akkineni Nagewsawara Rao is reportedly very hurt by the comments made by APCC chief K Kesava Rao. KK had said yesterday that there was no question of nominating ANR to the legislative council as he is a TDP supporter. Many people in Tollywood say that the remarks were uncalled for. Even the CM YS Rajashekar Reddy is supposed to be upset by KK’s remarks.
Many say that there is no truth in KK’s remarks. ANR had lot of differences with TDP founder NT Rama Rao. And ANR has enough friends in the Congress and he can easily ask to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
A stint in Rajya Sabha would befit his stature as against a stint in the legislative council. KK’s remarks have earned him the ire of Tollywood. ANR commands respect among all sections in the industry. And they see KK’s remarks as an insult to Tollywood.
2011/12/11 14:48:55 Hyderabad, Dec 11 (INN): TDP office has vastu dosha, so do some people believe. This dosha is hampering the growth of the party and is responsible for the many a bickering is what has come to be believed.
Nandamuri Balakrishna, who visited the office, has made his intentions clear and believes that the discrepancies in vasthu are responsible for everything that is going wrong within the party.
A little bird says that the party leadership has given a patient hearing to the views of Balakrishna, who is believed to take up the correctional measures.
Though Chandababu Naidu has never expressed his views in the open nor did he made any comment on providence, Balakrishna is a known believer of astrology and everything about vasthu and divine intervention.
It is believed that Balakrishna and a big industrialist, who is a known supporter of the party, has visited the office and are likely to supervise the correctional measure to set right the vasthu dosha.
Strange it would sound, but vasthu bug has caught many. Humayun Nagar, Panjagutta Police stations along with some other buildings were changed or the inmates have serious reservations about the vasthu dosha of the buildings.
2011/10/17 8:42:26 The Supreme Court Monday was told that yoga guru Baba Ramdev suffered the wrath of the central government during his gathering at Ramlila ground in Delhi in June as he raised his voice for the recovery of black money deposited in tax havens abroad.
An apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar was told that the "whole activity against Baba Ramdev was not on the grounds of yoga but on account of his semi-spiritual activity of fight against black money".
The court was told this during a hearing on the police action past midnight June 4 evicting Ramdev and his followers. The court questioned the police over the action in which Ramdev supporter Raj Bala, 51, a resident of Haryana, was critically injured. She died in Delhi after a 114-day hospitalisation.
2012/2/18 6:56:50 To the surprise of many, the Congress on Saturday came out with the list of its candidates for Mahabunbnagar, Nagarkurnool and Kollapur Assembly constituencies for which the by-elections are scheduled to be held on March 18.
Talking to media persons after emerging out of meeting with Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at his camp Office over the selection of aspirants list, Information Minister D K Aruna and Information Technology Minister Ponnala Laxmaiah said that the party has tentatively decided to field Vijaya Lakshmi from Mahbubnagar, Damodar Reddy from Nagarkurnool and Vishnuvardhan Reddy from Kollapur constituency.
However, the ministers said that the candidates' list would be finalised on Sunday after the getting the high command's nod.
Vijaya Lakshmi is the widow of Rajeswar Reddy, the independent MLA and Congress supporter, whose death due to heart attack necessitated the by-polls.
The other seats fell vacant after Nagam Janardhan Reddy of TDP and Jupally Krishna Rao from Congress resigned from their parties and posts for the cause of Telangana State. (INN)
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday hit back again at Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan saying "creative" liberty should be used to save lives not take them.
"Creativity should be used to save lives not to take them," Ramadoss told reporters on the sidelines of a function here when asked about his reaction on Khan's recent comment smoking in public.
Khan, at a function recently, had reportedly said: "I think there should be a huge amount of creative freedom that should be allowed in cinema and arts."
Commenting on minister's remark, he said: "One should not go around and picking on small little things."
The war of words between Ramadoss, a staunch supporter of the anti-tobaco lobby in Parliament, and Khan, who supports creative liberty, began when the minister slammed the actor for smoking in public and even during a cricket match.
2012/2/17 6:52:55 YSR Congress supporter and Praja Rayam MLA Shobha Nagireddy on Friday alleged that the State Budget-2012-13 presented by Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayan Reddy in the Assembly has totally neglected former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s welfare schemes and programmes.
Talking to media persons at Assembly media point, Shobha Nagireddy stated the budget has not mentioned anything about 108 and 104 emergency services in the rural areas, the brain child of YSR scheme.
She said that the budget has also not mentioned about reimbursement of fees to students pursuing studies in professional colleges and alleged that the government was playing games with college managements and lives of thousands of students.
Though 872 mandals across the State were affected due to drought, the Finance Minister failed to mention about the welfare steps being taken up for hapless farmers, she pointed out.
Stating that the budget would not be useful for welfare of the poor, she described it as `number game'. (INN)
T agitation was not against Andhra: Chukka Ramaiah
2011/11/20 13:07:07 Senior educationist and MLC Chukka Ramaiah on Sunday stated that the agitation for Telangana statehood was not against Andhra people.
Talking to media persons after releasing his book "Vekuva Pelupulu", he said the agitation for separate statehood was against the government for not respecting the sentiments and aspirations of people of Telangana region. He said the agitation was launched mainly due to the government’s indifferent attitude and negligence towards the region in developmental works.
Chukka Ramaiah announced that he would remains a separate Telangana supporter and communist till his last breath.
The book was released by senior journalist Ramachandramurthy on the occasion of Chukka Ramaiah's 86th birthday. He penned down different things that he experienced during his morning walks which he says would benefit the readers.
Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader Bhandaru Dattatreya, Telangana People’s Front president and noted Balladeer Gaddar, and senior journalist Allam Narayana participated in the book release programme. (INN)
2011/12/1 14:41:42 Congress MLA and supporter of YSR Congress Party Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose on Thursday stated that those MLAs, who are supporting the YSR Congress party, would support the No Confidence Motion to be introduced by Telugu Desam Party against Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in the assembly session.
Talking to media persons after emerging out of an emergency meeting convened at MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy’s house at Gachchibowli, Subhash Chandra Bose said that the YSR Congress supporters’ have resolved to extend support to any party which introduces a No Confidence Motion against the Congress government. He said the MLAs took this decision after consulting YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was in Odarpu yatra at Muttluru in Guntur district, over phone.
The former minister said that the No Confidence Motion was being supported as the state government has failed to address the farmers’ issues besides ignoring welfare schemes and programmes. The emergency meeting was attended by 12 MLAs. (INN)
2012/1/26 14:44:45 Cine actor and Telugu Desam supporter Murali Mohan on Thursday called upon the cine fans associations not to create any differences between actor Nandamuri Balakrishna and Tirupati MLA K Chiranjeevi.
Talking to media persons while participating in a programme at Shamshabad Airport, Murali Mohan stated that both Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna were good friends in the film industry. He said the fans associations were unnecessarily dragging their names and creating controversy on their statements.
“The fans of actors should not resort to violence and observe restraint over media speculations,” he pointed out. He also appealed to media to act responsibly and judiciously on their statements and refrain themselves from linking the film industry to politics to get TRPs.
Responding to Nandamuri Balakrishna statement that he would contest against Chiranjeevi in the elections if the party asks him to do so, Murali Mohan said that they would never contest from the same constituency. (INN)
2011/7/20 8:49:38 The Centre was on Wednesday jolted by a suicide, attributed to the separate Telangana statehood demand, in the National Capital New Delhi.
A 23-year-old supporter of the separate statehood demand from Moinabad in Ranga Reddy district oin the outskirts of Hyderabad, frustrated over the delay in granting separate statehood to the region, was found hanging from a tree close to India Gate.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police told media persons that "We received a call around 7.30 AM about a man hanging from the tree. We brought down the victim and shifted him to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital where he was declared brought dead”.
He added that a 20 page suicide letter written in Telugu was recovered from the pocket of the victim.
The Telangana leaders have criticized the Centre over the delay in announcement of the separate statehood for the Telangana and said that such incidents should open the eyes of the centre. TRS leader E Rajendra said that the youth are sacrificing their lives for Telangana, he appealed the people not to resort to such extreme step.
Mr Rajender, former MP Vinod, TDP leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy, S Venugopalachary, Harishwar Reddy and Jogi Ramanna condoled the suicide. (INN)
The TDP chief Chandra Babu Naidu got a surprise call from chief minister YS Rajashekar Reddy yesterday. YSR had called to extend a special invitation to Babu for the launch of his son YS Jagan’s Telugu daily newspaper ‘Saakshi’.
Babu was a bit taken off by the rather unexpected call and invitation. Not only was YS asking Babu to attend the function but he was being asked to be the chief guest at the function and inaugurate the paper.
Babu is a staunch loyalist of Ramoji Rao and a supporter of Eenadu. YSR is a bitter critic of Eenadu and is running a feud with Ramoji Rao.
It is understood that YS wanted to put his bitter rival Babu in an embarrassing position by extending an invitation to Babu. Babu asked YS to give him some time before he could give his assent. YSR called up Babu again and this time Babu was well prepared. Babu thanked YSR for the invitation but declined gently the invitation to be the chief guest at the inaugural function.
Saakshi is expected to go all out against the TDP and Babu in particular. The paper is said to have collected enough ammo about the irregularities committed by the TDP regime. The information will be used in the run up to the next assembly elections.
2011/8/24 8:06:02 In protest against the inclusion of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s name in the FIR issued by of Central Bureau of Investigation in the disproportionate assets case of Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy, the Congress MP from Nellore and staunch supporter of Jagan, Mekapati Rajagopal on Wednesday submitted his resignation from Lok Sabha. He submitted his resignation to Speaker Meira Kumar.
Addressing reporters, Rajagopal stated that he submitted his resignation in the prescribed format and asked the Speaker to accept his resignation early.
Despite high court giving clear directions to the CBI not to include former chief minister YSR’s name in the FIR, the probing agency violated its directions and included his name causing heartburn to people of the state, he said. Alleging that the Telugu Desam and Congress Party colluded to tarnish the image of YSR, he described CBI probe against Jagan as political vendetta for leaving the Congress.
He said that the people of the state would teach a befitting lesson to both Congress and TDP in the by-elections for conspiring to tarnish image of YSR, who brought Congress to power for two consecutive terms.
Another MP from Anakapalle Sabbam Hari stated that he would submit his resignation by the end of monsoon session of Lok Sabha. (INN)
2011/9/2 3:39:35 Congress MP from Nellore and staunch supporter of Jagan Mohan Reddy, Mekapati Rajagopal on Friday expressed confidence that more MLAs from the ruling party would join the YSR Congress party to protest against the injustices being done to YSR’s family members.
Talking to media persons after paying floral tributes to YSR at party office to mark his second death anniversary, Mekapati Rajagopal said more MLAs are expected to resign in near future. “I cannot disclose the exact number of elected representatives who will submit resignations in favour of YSR Congress, but the number will definitely increase in the coming few days,” he said. However, he said he would disclose more details at an appropriate time.
Stating the people would never tolerate those who are maligning the image of former Chief Minister; he said that everyone was watching Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana movements closely and teach Congress party a befitting lesson in the next elections. Having failed to tackle Jagan Mohan Reddy politically, the Congress party has resorted to CBI probe in the name of court directions, he alleged.
Later, he inaugurated a blood donation camp at party office. MLAs Shobha Nagireddy and Konatala Ramakrishna were present in the programme. (INN)
Kohli fined 50 percent match fees for obscene gesture
2012/1/5 10:58:38 Sydney, Jan 5 (IANS) Indian batsman Virat Kohli has been fined 50 percent of his match fees for showing a middle finger to a section of the crowd while fielding on the second day of the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
International Cricket Council (ICC) Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle summoned Kohli before the start of third day’s play and put a level two charge on him for the obscene gesture to the crowd.
Indian team manager Shivlal Yadav accompanied Kohli to the hearing where the batsman pleaded guilty.
“This morning we received a notice from the match referee that level two charges have been framed at Virat Kohli, and the matter has been sorted,” Indian spokesman G.S. Walia said.
Kohli justified his indecent gesture by tweeting that the a section of the crowd said the “worst things” about his family as he was fielding on the boundary. India had a long fielding on day two when Australia amassed 366 runs.
Kohli found a supporter in England batsman Kevin Pietersen for his behaviour.
“ha ha ha ha ha!!! Welcome to Australia buddy!!,” Pietersen wrote. He went on to add that Australian crowds don’t even spare their own cricketers and start abusing them if they are struggling on the field.
2011/9/20 8:22:09 Nagarkurnool MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Tuesday slammed All India Congress Committee official spokesman Renuka Choudhary for making provocative statements that 80 percent of the people are not participating in the general strike being observed by Telangana groups in the region.
Talking to media persons at Gun Park, Nagam Janardhan Reddy said that all sections of people from the region are voluntarily participating in the general strike of employees. Describing Renuka Choudhary as a strong supporter of United Andhra Pradesh, he took serious objection for her comments and advised her to stop making such provocative statements. He said that the provocative statements of Renuka Choudhary could disturb law and order situation in the region.
Nagam also warned the government of serious consequences if it threatens the employees with the ESMA. He said that the state government could not use coercive methods to foil the employees' strike.
Baladeer and Telangana Praja Front president Gaddar warned that the state government would collapse if it uses force against the striking employees. He demanded that the Centre announce the formation of Telangana state without further delay. (INN)
Why Vanta Varpu when farmers are in distress: Surekha
2011/6/15 9:44:03 Staunch supporter of Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy and Congress MLA Konda Surekha on Wednesday questioned the rationale of the ‘Vanta Varpu’ at time when farmers were facing immense hardships.
Talking to media persons at Assembly Media point, Ms Surekha questioned the rationale behind the TPJAC organizing of Vanta Varpu on June 20 as part of intensified separate statehood agitation when the immediate concern should be towards the farmers who are facing immense hardships.
She also condemned the burning of YSR Congress Party flag by Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Telangana Political Joint Action Committee activists in Warangal.
“The TRS and TPJAC leaders should issue an unconditional apology for the burning of YSR Congress Party flag,” Ms Surekha said.
She added that the YSR Congress Party would take a favourable decision on Telangana after the party’s maiden plenary session to be held by the second week of July.
Ms Surekha said that she never crossed the Congress party ‘Lakshman Rekha’ and was not involved in any anti-party activities.
“No one can seek my resignation by making allegations against me for ‘anti-party’ activities. During Speaker and Deputy Speaker election, I voted in favour of Congress party. If Speaker takes action against me for these alleged anti-party activities, I will contest again and win with majority votes in my constituency,” she vehemently stated.
The MLA also challenged the PRP MLAs, who had campaigned against Congress during last Assembly elections, to resign and contest on Congress tickets. (INN)
The Supreme Court Monday was told that yoga guru Baba Ramdev suffered the wrath of the central government during his gathering at Ramlila ground in Delhi in June as he raised his voice for the recovery of black money deposited in tax havens abroad.
YSR Congress supporter and Praja Rayam MLA Shobha Nagireddy on Friday alleged that the State Budget-2012-13 presented by Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayan Reddy in the Assembly has totally neglected former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s welfare schemes and programmes.
Senior educationist and MLC Chukka Ramaiah on Sunday stated that the agitation for Telangana statehood was not against Andhra people.
Congress MLA and supporter of YSR Congress Party Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose on Thursday stated that those MLAs, who are supporting the YSR Congress party, would support the No Confidence Motion to be introduced by Telugu Desam Party against Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in the assembly session.
Cine actor and Telugu Desam supporter Murali Mohan on Thursday called upon the cine fans associations not to create any differences between actor Nandamuri Balakrishna and Tirupati MLA K Chiranjeevi.
Nagarkurnool MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Tuesday slammed All India Congress Committee official spokesman Renuka Choudhary for making provocative statements that 80 percent of the people are not participating in the general strike being observed by Telangana groups in the region.
