Why Andhra Pradesh Wants Special Status

The Telugu Desam pulled its ministers out of the Modi ministry last week. 'After the creation of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh has been left as an agrarian state.''Therefore, the special category......

A judge's journey from a village to heading the Supreme Court

Justice P Sathasivam, who will take over as the Chief Justice of India on Friday, started his academic life in a Tamil medium school. Coming from a family of farmers, his rise to the top judicial......

'There can be no Telangana without Hyderabad'

The five-decade-long agitation for a separate Telangana state may be bearing fruit with the announcement on Wednesday night by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram that the process for forming the......

Reddy-'Yeddy' battle: BJP's new headache

B S Yeddyurappa faces his biggest crisis after creating history over a year ago by becoming the first Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister in South India. His seat has been threatened by the Reddy......

Govt sees national security risk in illegal mining

The Union home ministry wants state governments to take proactive action against illegal mining as it has become a national security threat. In a recent meeting with the states, the home ministry......

Onion prices rise to Rs 30/kg

Prohibitively high onion prices haven't become an election issue yet, but failure to check speculators' greed could bring ruling parties in poll-bound Maharashtra and Haryana to tears. Onion is......

MSP to now reflect transport, marketing charges

With an eye on the forthcoming parliamentary elections, the governmentdecided on Thursday to factor in the premium paid by farmers for crop insurance as well as marketing and transport charges......

Apollo to offer telemedicine facility

The Apollo Hospital at Hyderabad has tied-up with the district general hospital, Cuddapah, to provide telemedicine facility to patients of that district.This facility will not only help in......

The villainous Sonali Bendre

Sonali Bendre will be seen in a role with negative shades in her next Telugu film, Palnati Brahmanaidu, which releases this week. The actress, who stars opposite Balakrishna, said,'This is the......