BJD to hold rally near Vedanta unit

By : Hemant Mohanty | Thu, 02-Sep-2010 06:20:12 PM

Bhubaneswar: Ready to give reply over the cornered controversial Vedanta project as he received allegations of favouring it, ruling BJD in Orissa is all set to hold a rally tomorrow near the UK-based group's refinery in Kalahandi district where ... [Full Story]

My government is ready for talks with Maoists: Nitish Kumar

Source : Abhay Sharma | Thu, 02-Sep-2010 06:11:04 PM

Patna: It seems that the killing of one of the four abducted cops by Maoists Thursday didn't change anything for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as he is still saying that his government is ready for talks with the Leftwing rebels. Expressing... [Full Story]

Students group calls for Telangana shutdown Sunday

Source : IANS | Thu, 02-Sep-2010 06:11:20 PM

Hyderabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Osmania University students' Joint Action Committee (JAC) has called for Telangana shutdown Sunday to protest the government's decision not to postpone Group-I preliminary examination of the Andhra Pradesh Public S... [Full Story]

Postage stamp on YSR released

Source : IANS | Thu, 02-Sep-2010 05:05:49 PM

Hyderabad, Sep 2 (IANS) A commemorative postage stamp on Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the late Andhra Pradesh chief minister, was Thursday released on the occasion of his first death anniversary. Visakhapatnam region post master general Sharada Sampat ... [Full Story]

Sonia Gandhi braces for fourth term as Congress President

Source : Agencies | Thu, 02-Sep-2010 02:43:49 PM

New Delhi:  The process of re-election of Sonia Gandhi as Congress president was set in motion today with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi besidesseveral prominent party leaders proposing her name for the top post.The leaders who p... [Full Story]

I am not afraid of threats: Jayalaltithaa

Source : Agencies | Thu, 02-Sep-2010 02:37:42 PM

Udhagamandalam (TN): AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today asserted that she was not afraid of threats to her life, saying she had been getting threats regularly."I am not afraid of any threat to my life... I have been getting such threats regularly," she ... [Full Story]

Karunanidhi praises Advani for 'political culture'

By : R Jacob | Thu, 02-Sep-2010 01:49:51 PM

Chennai: Praising showers for showing political culture, DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi asserted that despite having differences he has shown political culture in lauding him. He was stating at the occasion of a book which ... [Full Story]

Ailing Rosaiah fails to make his presence at YSR’s death anniversary

By : V Suresh | Thu, 02-Sep-2010 01:20:48 PM

Hyderabad: Ailing with viral fever, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah, who has been advised rest by the doctors, failed to make his presence in various functions marking the first death anniversary of late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. Sources in the... [Full Story]

Sonia to be Congress president for record fourth time

Source : IANS | Thu, 02-Sep-2010 01:23:51 PM

New Delhi Sep 2 (IANS) Sonia Gandhi, 63, is set to be chosen president of the ruling Congress for the fourth time, with all party office bearers nominating her for the post Thursday. It will make her the longest serving party president in the 125-y... [Full Story]

Year after YSR's death, Andhra pays rich tributes

Source : IANS | Thu, 02-Sep-2010 11:51:19 AM

Hyderabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Thursday remembered one of its greatest leaders, late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who had died in a helicopter crash a year ago, leaving the state in shock. Rich tributes were paid to YSR - as he w... [Full Story]