Chiranjeevi And The Congress

• Election Results 2014: TDP, TRS Win Seemandhra, Telangana Assembly Polls

  TDP and TRS stormed to power with a bang in Seemandhra and Telangana respectively, while Congress ended up as the biggest loser in Lok Sabha as well as Legislative Assembly polls held in undivided Andhra Pradesh.

• Opinion: The Andhra Pradesh jigsaw puzzle in 2014

  A pact for the BJP and Telugu Desam Party's N Chandrababu Naidu could be a game-changer in Telangana.

• Andhra Pradesh's 'Dabangg' to launch party on Friday

  Chiranjeevi has competition at home. Not just in films, but in politics as well now. His younger brother and popular actor Pawan Kalyan will formally launch his political party, the Jana Sena, this Friday.

• My heart bleeds over these scenes: PM on Telangana protests in Parliament

  The proposal to divide Andhra Pradesh and carve out a state of Telangana led to ugly and embarrassing scenes in parliament today.

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  Telangana fallout: PM to decide on resignations of three Andhra Pradesh ministers today

  As the government grapples with aggressive whiplash over Union Cabinet's decision on Thursday to proceed with the creation of Telangana state, the Prime Minister will today take a call on the resignations of three Union ministers who quit office over the decision. All three ministers, K Chiranjeevi, Pallam Raju and Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy, are fr...

• Telangana row: Seemandhra leaders urge Congress to reconsider decision

  Central ministers and MPs from Seemandhra region today met senior Congress leaders Veerappa Moily and Ahmed Patel and asked them to reconsider the Congress Working Committee (CWC) decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.

• Declare Hyderabad permanent joint capital: Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi

  Appearing reconciled to the decision to carve Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, Congress leader and Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi today said Hyderabad should be made a Union Territory or the permanent joint capital of both the states.

• BJP favours formation of Telangana: Rajnath Singh

  BJP president Rajnath Singh today said his party is in favour of an expeditious formation of Telangana, and that his party will ensure the formation of a separate state if it comes to power at the Centre after 2014 elections.

• Former minister of Andhra Pradesh Vidyadhara Rao dies at 66

  Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) spokesman and former Minister Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao died of cardiac arrest at his residence in his native West Godavari district today at the age of 66 years.

• Cabinet reshuffle: A rainbow selection from Andhra Pradesh

  The largest ever representation for Andhra Pradesh in the Union council of ministers may well be an attempt to salvage the sagging fortunes of the party in the state. It is almost a rainbow selection with different communities and regions represented but it certainly cannot be seen as an attempt to address any of the immediate challenges facing the...

• Cabinet reshuffle: Andhra Pradesh gets lion's share with six ministers

  Andhra Pradesh, a crucial state electorally for the Congress, today got the maximum representation in the reshuffle of the council of ministers, with five new faces and one elevated to the cabinet rank.

• Chiranjeevi asks partymen to work unitedly for assembly polls

  Congress workers and leaders in Andhra Pradesh should work unitedly to ensure victory of the party in the next assembly elections, actor-turned-politician and Congress MP Chiranjeevi said today.

• Chiranjeevi formally joins Congress, hails Rahul as future PM

  Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi, who had merged his Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) with the Congress sometime back, on Saturday formally joined the party and hailed Rahul Gandhi as the country's "ray of hope" and future prime minister.

• Congress welcomes Chiru, upsets YSR Jr

  It is a kahaani me twist in Andhra's political theatre. Chiranjeevi and the Congress have decided to join hands.

• Chiru renders sleepless nights to his rivals

  In Andhra Pradesh, the one man who is giving sleepless nights to the Congress, Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Reddy is the rising political star Chiranjeevi.