A court in Pune has discharged social activist Anna Hazare in a case of alleged misappropriation of funds in the Hind Swaraj Trust, headed by him.
'Should you give a man fish, or teach him how to fish?' 'Lurking hidden in the new bout of welfarism seems to be an admission that the State can't deliver for the poor anything other than cash,' notes T N Ninan.
Sixteen years after he dethroned his father-in-law N T Rama Rao to become the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Telegu Desam Party President N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday broke his silence and said the "revolt" was only made to save the party and the state.
His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions. Siva Sankar pays tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer who passed into the ages on Friday.
Over more than a decade since the category came into its own, many brands have come to spell life insurance only as i-n-v-e-s-t-m-e-n-t. But for a business that is all about mitigating life's risks to meet life's needs, it seems to have forgotten its own foundations in evolving, in marketing itself.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday stayed all further proceedings, including arrest of Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter Kavitha.
Steps taken by the government over the past few months signal a determined effort to reform the subsidy regime.
Former Union Minister close associate of the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telegu desam Supremo N T Rama Rao, Parvathaneni Upendra, passed away at a hospital in Hyderabad on Monday. Upendra, who was on dialysis after a kidney ailment, died of renal failure.
'Somewhere in the midst of the three milestones of 1881, 1984 and 1999 are the clues that provide the answer to the troubling corrosion of Karnataka politics: The disappearance of values, the criminalisation of politics, and the complete collapse of ideology,' says Krishna Prasad, former editor-in-chief, Outlook.
Check out the Tamil actor's new look for in Ram Gopal Varma's tri-lingual.
Two days after a toddler died in a West Delhi slum cluster demolished by railways, triggering a political slugfest with ruling AAP targeting the Centre and Congress coming down hard on both.
Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu has told party workers that he would be entering into a pre-poll tie up with the NDA and has been assured that he would be made convenor.
Long before she became a political legend, there was Jayalalitha, the actress.
Ram Gopal Varma's new film Rakta Charitra will see the actor in an interesting look.
A chat with Rajendra Prasad, the actor who plays a gun-toting cowboy in this year's promising comedy, Quick Gun Murugun.
'I admire Jayalalithaa. What drove her to do and achieve what she did?'
There are 12 actresses, who are among Bollywood's busiest, working on multiple films simultaneously. Just who are they?
'KCR's plan for the future is three-pronged. He wants to see a non-Congress, non-BJP government at the Centre in 2019 so that he can become the Union minister for home or defence,' says R Rajagopalan.
It will be tough for the Congress leader to return to the Upper House from either Telangana or Andhra, where the party's presence has dwindled. But neither House will forget her.
'My passion is dancing and music. What is wrong with that?'
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday came under fresh attack from its ally Shiv Sena, which slammed it for creating a "trust deficit" by hobnobbing with the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in the run-up to the polls and asked it to mend its ways and follow the "alliance dharma".
Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu will be sworn-in as the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state at a grand event at 7.27 pm on Sunday.
'Rajkumar Hirani could have gone for the jugular but has chosen instead to play to the gallery,' says J Jagannath.
All of us have filmi shaadi favourites. Tell us yours!
The son of Telugu Desam Party founder-president and legendary actor N T Rama Rao, Balakrishna will plunge into active politics on October 24 with the Yuva Garjana being organised by the TDP.
There is no respite in the internal fight among the children of Telugu Desam founder N T Rama Rao on the question of whether TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu was right in using NTR's legacy and name in his struggle to come back to power.
Political pundits say Chiranjeevi's entry into Andhra Pradesh politics will sure alter the political equation in the state. Major parties like the ruling Congress and the Telegu Desam Party have already started working overtime to wade away the Chiranjeevi threat.
The stage is set for the Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) much-publicised mega event, 'Yuva Garjana', to be held on the National Highway between Vijaywada and Guntur on Wednesday.
An increased political role for the family members of Telugu matinee idol the late N T Rama Rao, in the Telugu Desam Party, became evident with their joint participation on Wednesday, in the 86th birth anniversary function, of the former Andhra Pradesh chief minister.
As a precursor to his political entry, Balakrishna on Friday inaugurated an 'Annadanam' (mass feeding) programme at the charitable trust named after his mother late Basava Tarakam, on Thursday. Replying to a query, he vowed to work for regaining the glory of TDP. He would participate in TDP's youth convention at Guntur later this month.
Some believe that it is unfair to compare the two. While Chiranjeevi is considered a mega star, NTR enjoyed the status of a demi god thanks to his role in hit mythological films. He had charmed the audience with his portrayal of Krishna, Rama and Karna.
The Telugu Desam Party-Bharatiya Janata Party combine stormed to power in the residual state of Andhra Pradesh, commonly known as Seemandhra, as the Congress was virtually wiped out in the assembly polls, which were simultaneously held with the Lok Sabha elections.
Chiranjeevi, who dominated the Telugu film industry for more than two decades, will be following the footsteps of the legendary N T Rama Rao who floated the Telugu Desam Party on May 28, 1982. Here's a closer look at the man.
Naidu set out on the yatra in a specially built campaign bus from Matammagudi (local temple) in a Dalit colony in Rayalapuram village in his native Chittoor district, after seeking divine blessings of Lord Venkateswara at the famed Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanam. With the next Assembly elections barely a year away, Naidu is undertaking the marathon yatra to dethrone the Congress regime led by Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy. Naidu's yatra will enter Nalgonda district from Guntur.
'The BJP will take time to come to power in Andhra.'
Union Minister of State for Mines T Subbarami Reddy, Advisor on Public Affairs Dr K V P Ramachandra Rao and Telugu Desam Party founder N T Rama Rao's son Nandamuri Harikrishna are among the six candidates who filed their nominations on Saturday for Rajya Sabha biennial elections from Andhra Pradesh slated for March 26.
From being a stuntman, then a character artiste and finally the leading man, Srihari rose in the film industry by sheer dint of hard work.
Naidu was an ABVP activist during the Emergency and was arrested and jailed.
'A fortnight ago, I met her and Boney.' 'We were laughing and joking and counting our blessings.'
