What Gifts Did Naidu Bring Nirmalaji?

IMAGE: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu showered gifts on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when he met her in New Delhi on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. All photographs: ANI Photo......

The poorest MPs in Parliament are...

YSR Congress MP Goddeti Madhavi, who won from Araku, has declared assets of just about Rs 1 lakh whereas the BJP's Pragya Singh Thakur, at 4th poorest, is worth Rs 4.44 lakh.Syed Firdaus......

Maoists guns down TDP MLA, ex-legislator in AP

Breaking a long lull in their activities in Andhra Pradesh, the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoists on Sunday shot dead a sitting MLA and a former legislator of ruling Telugu Desam......

Who is winning the fight in Seema-Andhra

The strong Bharatiya Janata Party-Telugu Desam Party combine in Seema-Andhra could upset the calculations of the YSR Congress, but the TDP's biggest problem is rebellion from within. Vicky Nanjappa......

COLUMN: India's love affair with gold

India does not regard gold merely as an investment, it is also the preferred form of hoarding tax-evaded wealth, writes Shreekant Sambrani. I had recently recounted in this space stories of Arjun......

Anji Reddy, healer extraordinaire

Dr Reddy, an innovative technocrat par excellence, led from the front the countless initiatives of his famed laboratory in discovering many effective, affordable, cures for the numerous ailments of......

What exactly are geographical indications?

The acid test for a GI product, therefore, is whether the consumers perceive it to originate from a certain geography and attribute the qualities, characteristics or reputation to that region.Latha......

Indian coffee has 4 new brand ambassadors

Coffee Board of India has signed on P V Sindhu, P Gopichand and Prabhas and Rana Daggubatti from the Baahubali star cast as brand ambassadors The Coffee Board of India is stepping out of its......

'It was good to be without a phone during the shoot'

It was her dream to become an actress and Pooja Jhaveri is thrilled that her dream has come true. Pooja began her career as a choreographer in Hindi films. She debuted as an actress in Telugu......

'It yet to sink in that I am an actor'

Rakul Preet Singh is now a much wanted heroine in Telugu films. Within a few years, she has steadily progressed in her career and is now acting with top Telugu heroes like Mahesh Babu, NTR Jr, Ram......

D Ramanaidu: From rice grower to number one filmmaker

Veteran Telugu film producer Dr Daggubbati Ramanaidu passed away into the ages on February 18. In an interview he had granted Rediff.com in September 2010, he tells us how he started making......

'I am not a fan of glamorous roles'

'I was tense the night before the shoot; I developed cold feet.' 'However, when I got up in the morning, I was confident and looking forward to playing Sandhya.' Niharika Konidela gets candid about......