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Topic: YSR Congress

In 2nd year of rule, Naidu sets welfare agenda with Super Six rollout vow amid fund strain, YSRCP barbs

CM announces timeline for implementing poll promises. YSRCP calls Naidu's tenure so far ‘a year of authoritarian, deceptive governance’.

Jagan’s representative, sounding board, sobering force — Bharathi Reddy’s many roles in poll campaign

As a very public spat took place between Jagan & his sister, Andhra Pradesh CM's wife concedes electoral fight this time is rough. But she believes Jagan is 'very strong'.

No populism in YSRCP manifesto, CM Jagan reiterates determination to implement 3-capital promise

CM Jagan Reddy defends his govt's track record, citing 99% fulfilment of 2019 assurances. YSRCP leaders say manifesto exudes mutual confidence between him & people of Andhra Pradesh.

Fact Check: CBI hasn’t named Chandrababu Naidu, Nara Lokesh in Vizag drug bust case

The drug haul triggered a political fight between the YSRCP and Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP, just weeks ahead of the Assembly elections. Each party has accused its rival.

YS Sharmila meets Sonia & Rahul, fuels talk of party’s merger with Congress ahead of Telangana polls

Sharmila formed YSR Telangana Party in July 2021, following differences with her brother & Andhra CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. She called Thursday’s meeting ‘constructive’.

Panel to track MoUs, bonhomie with Ambani — how Andhra investors’ summit could boost Jagan’s image

Visakhapatnam: During a Global Investors' Summit on 3 and 4 March, Andhra Pradesh signed 378 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with investors that are expected...

‘Social justice cabinet’ or eye on 2024? What’s behind Jagan’s complete ministerial reshuffle

Of the 25 cabinet ministers sworn-in Monday, 14 are new inductees. Jagan govt has called it an attempt at 'social justice and representation'. 

Naidu ‘won’t return to Andhra assembly’ till he’s back in power, breaks down over insult to wife

In a press meet after his walkout, former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu claimed YSRCP members made personal attacks against his wife.

Why TDP’s a party in trouble: Demoralised cadre, ageing Naidu & not-yet-ready Nara Lokesh

The Telugu Desam Party is in tatters in Andhra, and its 71-year-old chief Chandrababu Naidu is grappling with such diminished status, that his visit to Delhi last week hardly created a flutter. 

The 30-year-old tradition behind TDP’s decision to not contest an Andhra bypoll

The Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party has decided not to field any candidate for the bypoll at Badvel, scheduled for 30 October.    

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.