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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicAndhra politics

Topic: Andhra politics

Architect of Telugu media landscape & Padma Vibhushan awardee, Ramoji Rao also shaped Andhra politics

Founder of Eenadu newspaper, head of ETV Network and the man who created Ramoji Film City died Saturday at the age of 87. His last rites were performed with full state honours.

‘My sisters part of Naidu conspiracy,’ says Jagan, asks Kadapa-Pulivendula voters to pick YSR successor

Before filing nomination from hometown Pulivendula, the CM also accused Congress of discrediting father YSR’s reputation. Andhra Pradesh votes for LS & assembly polls on 13 May.

Sharmila ‘is also YSR’s blood’, but in family bastions Kadapa & Pulivendula, brother Jagan is supreme

Though Viveka murder case is hot topic again in YSR family home-turf, locals appear disinclined to vote on its basis. Some also dismiss Jagan-Sharmila rivalry as a 'family matter'.

Why Jagan’s loyalists are urging his sister Sharmila to adopt the name Morusupalli

Ever since she took over as Andhra Congress chief, Sharmila has been facing fierce backlash, especially on social media where CM Jagan's supporters are using the #MorusupalliSharmila.

Chandrababu Naidu’s wife starts Andhra tour today, will campaign against ex-CM’s ‘illegal arrest’

Nara Bhuvaneswari will also speak to public about CM Jagan’s ‘vendetta politics’ & console families of people who allegedly died of shock following Naidu’s arrest.

Chandrababu’s son says TDP chief’s life under threat. ‘Jagan govt trying to give him steroids’

Nara Lokesh makes allegation day after he said Amit Shah 'sees Chandrababu's arrest as a bid to frame BJP'. He had met the home minister Wednesday.

Andhra CM’s new outreach campaign is ‘Why AP needs Jagan’. TDP’s counter slogan: ‘Why AP hates Jagan’

YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy addressed 8,000 party leaders in Vijayawada, encouraging them to win all 175 seats and said campaign will be conducted in 2 phases between 1 Nov & 10 Dec.

Andhra CID arrests Naidu, names him ‘prime conspirator’ in Skill Development Corporation ‘scam’

YSRCP govt has accused ex-CM Chandrababu Naidu of being main beneficiary in Rs 371 crore 'scam' involving a purported deal with Siemens for skill development projects.

BJP is riding two horses in Andhra Pradesh — courting Chandrababu Naidu, but Jagan still in sights

BJP is cosying up to Naidu's TDP in Andhra Pradesh while intensifying criticism against 'friendly' Jagan. But BJP is also wary of losing support from Jagan's YSRCP in Parliament.

Political realignment in Andhra? What’s behind BJP’s attack on ‘friendly’ Jagan govt, talks with TDP

There is also speculation that the BJP-YSRCP sparring may just be a 2024 poll gimmick, with the ruling party in Andhra 'wanting to break perception that it is unofficial ally of BJP'.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.