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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicSpecial category status

Topic: special category status

Budget windfall for Naidu with Amaravati aid, Polavaram commitment. ‘TDP sold public short’ — YSRCP

As Modi govt made opposition to special category status amply known, TDP boss insisted on liberal funding essential to rebuild state including Amaravati & Polavaram, says party.

What Naidu & Nitish want in exchange for supporting BJP. Special category status tops wish list

Other common demands include greater share in Union cabinet. No objection to UCC but there should be discussions first on population control, says senior JD(U) leader K.C. Tyagi.

Jagan Mohan Reddy meets PM Modi to discuss special category to Andhra Pradesh

Reddy later also met BJP president Amit Shah and sought his support for the state's key demands.

All northeast states will get back special status if Congress wins, says Rahul Gandhi

Pointing out that northeastern states enjoyed special category status when Congress was in power, Rahul Gandhi said the Congress will block the Citizenship Bill in the Rajya Sabha.

TDP plans no-confidence motion against government, seeks opposition support

Party chief Naidu claims Centre's failure to accord special category status to Andhra has caused great hardship to its people. 

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.