Kadapa: Andhra Pradesh Congress chief D.Srinivas appointed Makam Ashok Kumar as president of YSR District Congress Committee on Tuesday. Kumar has been named as the YSR district Congress president as the incumbent K Suresh Babu has joined the Jagan camp. His appointment assumes significance as bypolls would be held soon to the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat, which was held by …

Kadapa (Cuddapah) is considered one of the backward and perhaps also one of the most remotely situated districts of the State. One hardly realises that the tract covered by the district carries the foot prints of some of the most illustrious rulers of South India. Tipu Sultan, Haidar Ali, Sivaji, Krishnadevaraya, Pratap Rudra are some of the names associated with …

Kadapa: YSR district now acquired a unique record of having three IPS officers, including the Superintendent of Police. Congress government posted young IPS officer Vikram Jeet Duggal in Pulivendula on 10th January, in what is being seen as a bid to keep a tab on Kadapa former MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy ahead of the impending bypolls. Kartikeya, an IPS …

A political war between Congress and former MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has started for the upcoming bypolls for Pulivendula Assembly segment and Kadapa Parliament constituency. Minister for medical and health D.L. Ravindra Reddy started a campaign against Jagan’s group on behalf of the Congress and challenged the five Congress legislators who are supporting Jagan to resign from the Congress …

The byelections for the Kadapa Parliamentary constituency and the Pulivendula Assembly constituency will be conducted before June 7. Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal has already written to the Election Commission of India (ECI) in this regard and bypolls will be conducted soon after receiving orders from the Commission. The seats fell vacant after Kadapa former MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and …

Kadapa: Former Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday submitted an application to register his own party to be called ‘YSR Party’. Jagan’s uncle YV Subba Reddy handed over the application to the Election Commission on his behalf. Jaganmohan had resigned from the party after the Congress expressed anger over the episodes telecast on Sakshi television channel owned by him, which criticized

The Congress will be decimated when elections are held in Andhra Pradesh; the numbers will be far pitiable than the 1994 performance of 26 seats out of 294,” says former Congressman and Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy. A month after his exit from party the late YSR’s son talks about his way forward, which is quite the opposite from his …

PULIVENDULA (KADAPA): After the stormy exit, Jaganmohan Reddy seems to be adopting the slow and steady path for a prolonged political innings in the state. In his maiden speech after resigning from the Congress and Lok Sabha membership on November 29, Jagan told his supporters on Tuesday to be patient for three more years. “Wait for three more years

At an eatery on NH-18 that goes from Kurnool to Kadapa, a group of young Sabarimala pilgrims, all in black dhotis, is engrossed in discussing their travel plans. There is a moment of silence when one of them remarks that by the time they return home, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy may have launched his new political party. Travel plans forgotten, …

Kadapa:Kadapa MP Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, son of former Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has announced his resignation as Member of Parliament from Kadapa constituency and from the Congress party. Jagan’s mother Vijayalakshmi has also resigned as member of the state assembly. As a mark of solidarity, the Kadapa District Congress Committee (DCC) president K. Suresh Babu, and all …