Wanna witness a family political drama play out in the open? Head to Andhra Pradesh this election. Its north coastal region in particular. Where Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency will see NT Rama […]
Andhra elections : All in the family
Suspense over Kamal Haasan’s constituency
Given how carefully Kamal Haasan has been known to choose his film scripts, there was considerable anticipation about the candidates his party, the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) would field in the Lok […]
Nandyal’s party-hopper now joins Pawan Kalyan
When three-time Nandyal MP SPY Reddy joined the Jana Sena on Wednesday, few eyebrows went up. After all, his three decade-long political career has been marked by party hopping. Starting his innings […]
Battle Hindupur : Actor vs Cop
Hindupur assembly constituency has been a Telugu Desam pocketborough since 1985 when NT Rama Rao won from it. He was to retain the seat in 1989 and 1994 as well. In 1996, […]
The Andhra election campaign : All work and no play
You would recall pictures of candidates of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) wooing voters during the campaign for the assembly elections last December, by lending a helping hand, albeit for the cameras. […]
Raja Singh takes on Telangana BJP
At 11:37 am on Tuesday, Dr K Laxman, the president of the Telangana unit of the BJP tweeted a couple of pictures from the State Core committee meeting at the party office […]
Gajuwaka and Bhimavaram for Pawan Kalyan
On Tuesday morning, Pawan Kalyan tweeted that the general body of the Jana Sena will decide the two constituencies he will contest from. Three hours later, the decision was out : Bhimavaram […]
How Mammootty’s YSR is helping Jagan
By B Sreekanth Naidu in Tirupati In keeping with the symbiotic relationship between Tollywood and politics in Andhra Pradesh, a recently released biopic of the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy has emerged as […]
A one-sided battle in Telangana?
Unlike the assembly elections in Telangana last year when K Chandrasekhar Rao announced his candidates three months before polling day, the Lok Sabha election has seen the Telangana Rashtra Samiti supremo in […]
A Chowkidar for India
By Tenali Rama With just two months to go before the high-profile Indian Housing Society decides on the new security agency to guard its sprawling premises, there is intense competition to grab […]
The Battle for Mandya : Nikhil vs Sumalatha
This summer, Sandalwood will fret not over a clash of films at the box-office but over a high-profile clash of two actor-turned-politicians at the electoral box-office. The scenic political theatre is Mandya […]
The line-up in Tamil Nadu
Nadu, the two main parties – the DMK and the AIADMK – have announced their candidates. Ten takeaways from the list of candidates announced by the mainline regional parties in Tamil Nadu. […]
Ex-CBI Laxminarayana joins Pawan Kalyan
On Sunday, former IPS officer VV Laxminarayana ended weeks of suspense on which political party he will join. Pawan Kalyan welcomed the 1990 batch officer of the Maharashtra cadre to the Jana […]
Modi’s #MainBhiChowkidar narrative
In 2014, as the Prime ministerial candidate of the BJP, he turned Mani Shankar Aiyer’s “Chaiwaala” jibe at him to his advantage by organising chai pe charcha all over the country and […]
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