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Friday, January 16, 2026
TopicAndhra pradesh

Topic: andhra pradesh

Murmurs of Naidu-Kalyan rift grow as dy CM skips review meet, evades calls, goes on temple run

Kalyan has publicly criticised govt functioning on a few occasions. TDP-JSP leaders also sparred over the succession question in January before the ministers' rankings created more discomfort.

Naidu 6th, Nara Lokesh 8th, Pawan Kalyan 10th. Why Andhra CM’s ministerial ranking upset deputy’s JSP

The performance rankings, conducted by the Naidu govt from time to time, follow last month’s TDP-JSP clash over who would succeed him as chief minister.

On TTD barring non-Hindus from temple service, Owaisi cites waqf bill to slam Chandrababu’s ‘hypocrisy’

As BJP ally TDP supported temple board's move as well as amended waqf law, Owaisi asks, ‘if only Hindus should govern Hindu endowments, why the discrimination against Muslim waqfs?'

Ripples in AP as Vijayasai Reddy, Jagan’s top aide & YSRCP’s outspoken no.2, quits politics

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Ripples in AP as Jagan’s top aide quits politics. Who is Vijayasai Reddy, YSRCP’s sharp-tongued no.2

Vijayasai is also a co-accused in CBI & ED’s disproportionate assets cases against Jagan, prime accused in a quid pro quo matter. Cases pending trial for over a decade.

25 IAS, 27 IPS transferred in big overhaul by Naidu. Wait continues for 5 IAS officers ‘close’ to Jagan

Two IPS officers who were transferred out of Tirupati following the stampede that killed six devotees earlier this month were also given postings.

As chorus for Nara Lokesh as deputy CM grows, Pawan Kalyan’s JSP sends coalition dharma message

The demand surfaced a few months after CM MK Stalin in neighboring Tamil Nadu made his son, minister and political heir Udhayanidhi Stalin the deputy chief minister.

Watch CutTheClutter: Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram dam & realities of building large-scale infra in India

In Episode 1591 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the decades of delays, cost overruns, and governance hurdles that have plagued the project.

In limbo since 2019, AP’s Polavaram dam project back in motion after Centre’s Rs 2,300 crore advance

Last year, when BJP returned to power at Centre relying heavily on Naidu-led TDP, an agreement was reached on disbursal of additional Rs 10,911 crore for project, it is learnt.

Modi govt gives its biggest ally another boost—Rs 11,440 crore revival plan for AP’s Vizag Steel Plant

CM Chandrababu Naidu calls it 'historic moment etched in steel'. Modi govt's earlier plans to privatise Vizag Steel Plant faced massive protests, especially during Andhra Pradesh polls.

On Camera

Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.