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YS Vivekananda’s murder heats up Andhra politics

The sensational killing on election eve triggered a war of words between TDP and YSR Congress
Police examining various clues on Y S Vivekananda Reddy’s murder

SIT commenced its investigation to unravel the mystery behind the incident, police sources said Saturday.
Chandrababu Naidu launches election campaign from Tirupati

Naidu claimed that the ruling TDP would win more than 150 assembly seats out of 175 and all the 25 Lok Sabha seats.
Vivekananda Reddy buried in Kadapa

YSR Congress party chief and the slain leader's nephew Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy along with other family members attended the funeral at Pulivendula town in Kadapa district amid tight security.
Former Minister joins YSRC hours after being named TDP candidate

Amaravati: Hours after being named as the party candidate for the Nellore (Rural) Assembly seat, former Minister Aadala Prabhakar Reddy shocked the ruling TDP by switching over to the opposition YSR Congress on Saturday. Reddy joined the YSRC in the presence of party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy. "I regret not having joined YSRC all these days. M
Jagan attempts to draw political mileage from Vivekananda Reddy ‘murder’: Naidu

Vivekananda Reddy, a former Lok Sabha member was found dead at his residence in Pulivendula town of Kadapa district in the wee hours of Friday.
Andhra Pradesh: Two Naxals neutralised in encounter

The encounter broke out at around 1:30 am on Saturday when the troops were out for area-specific input patrol.Â One CRPF personnel sustained bullet injuries
Jagan demands CBI probe

He alleged that TDP leadership was in power and was aware of conspiracies whenever a ‘death occurred in his family’ and demanded a CBI probe into the incident to bring out the facts.
Andhra Pradesh political scene 2019

Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party national president N Chandrababu Naidu is known for manipulative politics. Last night, he released the first list of 126 candidates for the Assembly polls with pending 49 seats besides 25 Lok Sabha seats. Earlier, though he had promised to announce the candidates well in advance
TDP releases first list of candidates for AP Assembly election

He called it "Mission 150 Plus", as the party aimed to win at least 150 out of the total 175 seats in the assembly.
YS Vivekananda Reddy murdered, say police

Hours after the 68-year-old former MP was found dead at his home in Pulivendula town of Kadapa district, police said they were treating it as a murder case and investigating from all angles.
YS Vivekananda Reddy passes away

Hyderabad: Y S Vivekananda Reddy, 68, younger brother of late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy died of heart attack at his Pulivendula residence in the early hours of Friday. He served as minister for agriculture in Kiran Kumar Reddy government in undivided Andhra Pradesh. He also represented Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency for two terms.
Former Minister Konathala to rejoin YSRCP

Visakhapatnam: Former Minister Konathala Ramakrishna has decided to rejoin the YSR Congress Party which he left after the 2014 elections. His decision comes after a meeting with his followers at his home town of Anakapalle on Thursday. Konathala will be meeting Jagan at the latter's Lotus Pond residence in Hyderabad along with his followers to f
YS Jagan to seek father’s blessings to start poll campaign

He will also start his Bus Yatra from Idupulapaya on the day for the State, which is going to witness a multi-cornered contest in the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections
Chandrabanu Naidu faces dissidence in ticket allotment

The pressure on him is so high that he had to shift his own son Nara Lokesh to Mangalagiri seat from Bheemunipatnam after Lokesh had begun some ground work.
Cash, saree worth Rs 25 lakh seized in Andhra Pradesh

Kadapa: The local police here have made a total seizure of cash and sarees worth Rs 25 lakh during ongoing checkings in view of the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the State. At Kottapalli check post, the police found one person named Vasant Kumar carrying Rs 16 lakh cash on Wednesday. He was travelling in an RTC bus from Kadapa to Prodd
Jana Sena announces first list of candidates

The suspense continues over the constituency Pawan Kalyan will choose to contest as his name did not figure in the first list.
Lokesh to contest from AP’s Mangalagiri

Ganta was somewhat perturbed when he was asked to leave Bhimili in favour of Lokesh and contest from Vizag Lok Sabha seat.
Application to delete Jagan’s name from voter list

Amaravati: The election authorities in Andhra Pradesh have received an online application for deletion of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) President YS Jaganmohan Reddy's name from the voter list. An unidentified person submitted the application on behalf of Jaganmohan Reddy to delete his vote from the electoral rolls of Bhakarapuram (134th polling st
Thota Narasimham, P Vara Prasad join YSRCP

Hyderabad: Former MP Thota Narasimham joined YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Wednesday, a day after resigning from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). "We are not getting any response from Chandrababu Naidu as we approached him for tickets. So I resigned from MP seat and from TDP party on Tuesday, he said. I was elected as MP from TDP in 2014 elections.