The South Reports

Home » States » Andhra Pradesh

  1. The different faces of the Telangana protest

    Posted by
    / January 28, 2013 / 3 Comments
    The Anna Hazare of the Telangana movement at Indira Park in Hyderabad Spandana, 19, first year college student raising pro-Telangana slogans. A very talented and graceful dancer Gautam, a B.Com student getting `ready for battle’ at the protest venue Mamata, a government employee at the protest venue. She is also...

  2. The Owaisis arrest – spreading hate among Muslims?

    Posted by
    / January 25, 2013 / 3 Comments
    Written by the Committee for Release of Political Prisoners The last fortnight or so have witnessed high political drama in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh that has been rife with the speculations of the formation of a Telengana State. Meanwhile there is also news of heavy lobbying from the...

  3. Kiran’s hand to mouth politics

    Posted by
    / January 17, 2013 /
    Kiran Kumar Reddy has hit upon the formula to win elections. Or so he thinks. Convinced that the way to a man or woman’s vote in Andhra Pradesh is through his stomach, the chief minister has embarked on selling rice at one rupee a kg at PDS outlets. The pilot...

  4. Akbar’s right to defence

    Posted by
    / January 17, 2013 / 6 Comments
    I am a tad surprised at the manner in which certain sections of the Bar questioned the propriety of Senior Advocate and former Advocate General DV Sitha Ram Murthy appearing for Akbaruddin Owaisi in the recent writ petition. It is strange that a set of lawyers raised the question in...

  5. Kiran baiter quits his MLA seat

    Posted by
    / November 29, 2012 /
    Peddireddy Rama Chandra Reddy resigned from the Andhra Pradesh assembly today, since his demand that the chief minister should be replaced was not met by the Congress leadership. Reddy who has a long-running feud with Kiran Kumar Reddy (both hail from Chittoor district) had said he will resign by November...

  7. Cyclone Nilam threatens the TN-AP coast

    Posted by
    / October 30, 2012 /
    The coastal districts of Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh too are bracing for a cyclone – Cyclone Nilam. The deep depression which had formed in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclone and will make landfall on Wednesday between Nagapattinam and Nellore. At landfall, the wind speeds are expected...

  8. Who’s in, who’s out from Andhra Pradesh

    Posted by
    / October 26, 2012 /
    Chiranjeevi : In Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy : In Balram Naik : In Krupa Rani : Should we? Renuka Chowdhary : Well … Do we have space for her? I mean, as in two ministers from Telangana … N Yellaiah : Well … K Sambasiva Rao : Naa … too pro-United....

  9. Pawan Kalyan’s film upsets Telangana leaders

    Posted by
    / October 21, 2012 /
    Pawan Kalyan starrer `Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu’ continues to irk the Telangana activists. Even after director Puri Jagannadh of Pokiri fame deleted some `objectionable’ scenes, the TRS wants the film to be banned. A state government committee recommended some more cuts in the film. Telangana votaries say some dialogues insult...

  10. Telangana marches into Hyderabad

    Posted by
    / September 30, 2012 /
    It was a show of strength with thousands of Telangana supporters marching into Necklace Road in Hyderabad on Sunday. This came in the backdrop of the Centre refusing to take a decision on the contentious issue of statehood to Telangana, in the wake of protests from people of the other...

Archives