Congress on Saturday released its election manifesto for Telangana, promising socially-inclusive growth with focus on jobs and social justice and a three-pronged approach for building the new state.
Popular Telugu actor N Balakrishna will contest the Assembly Election from Hindupur constituency in Seemandhra on the Telugu Desam Party ticket.
At least 13 activists of TDP and YSR Congress Party were injured in a clash outside Machunur polling station in the district during the second and final phase of elections to local bodies in Andhra Pradesh on Friday, police said.
Senior Congress leader and union Minister Jairam Ramesh will start campaigning for the party in Telangana Thursday.
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu would seek re-election from his Kuppam seat of Chittoor district in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections.
The BJP Wednesday announced its list of candidates for the Lok Sabha and assembly polls in Telangana region that includes former Union Ministers Bandaru Dattatreya, Ch Vidyasagar Rao among others.
Alliance partners Telugu Desam Party and BJP continued to grapple with the contentious issue of seat sharing till late Tuesday night.
A heavy rush for filing of nominations by candidates is likely to be witnessed in Telangana region on the last day on Wednesday.
A striking feature of the elections in Andhra Pradesh appears to be the coming-of-age of kin of political bigwigs cutting across party lines, who are ready to make a splash and set to have a greater say in the party affairs.
Actor M Vijaya Shanthi is among the 111 Assembly candidates declared Monday by the Congress for Telangana, according to a party release.
Telangana is all set to witness three-cornered contests for Lok Sabha and legislative assembly polls after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and BJP alliance, and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) as well as Congress going their own way
A good number of Muslims have joined the BJP from Rayachoty assembly constituency in the presence of party state president Haribabu and other leaders at Rajampeta, sources said here on Thursday.
The Election Commission Wednesday issued notification for polling in Telangana region on April 30, even as BJP-TDP and Congress-CPI appear to be inching closer to pre-poll alliances.
Putting on a brave face, Congress leaders from Seemandhra said here on Tuesday that the party had received over 1,000 applications for poll tickets from aspirants to contest elections.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Monday released separate election manifestos for Telangana and Seemandhra, promising to waive off farm loans.
With stalemate continuing between BJP and TDP over seating sharing in Andhra Pradesh, the state units of BJP in Telangana and Seemandhra on Monday sought the central leadership`s intervention to take a final decision on the prolonged crisis.
Although the road map for the formation of Telangana has been laid down by the UPA government, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao will be remembered by the people of Andhra Pradesh and India as the man played a key role in formation of India’s 29th state.
Yedugiri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy (YS Jaganmohan Reddy) is a master strategist with an extremely shrewd mind who has soared in politics after his father YS Rajashekhar Reddy (YSR), died in an chopper crash. The demise of his father in September 2009 changed everything for Jaganmohan Reddy.