Uma Sudhir With Inputs From Ians

• TDP-BJP deal: Hum saath-saath hain

  Talks between the TDP and the BJP for a poll alliance in Andhra Pradesh are in the final stages and they could be close to a deal. Leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) were holding the final round of talks in the national capital at the residence of Akali Dal MP Naresh Gujral.

• For brothers Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan, widening political differences

  Popular Telugu actor Pawan Kalyan, who launched a political party last week, is in Delhi and is expected to meet senior BJP leaders today amid speculation that he could tie up with the party for next month's elections.

• Two Andhra ministers, charged with corruption, finally quit

  Two senior ministers in the Andhra Pradesh government, charged with corruption, have quit the cabinet. Home Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao had been named in chargesheets issued by the CBI in the Jaganmohan Reddy disproportionate assets case.