Yerran Naidu

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu resumed his state-wide 'padayatra' on Sunday in Mahabubnagar district after a two-day break due to the death of senior party leader K Yerran Naidu.

Former Union Minister and senior TDP leader Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, who died in a road accident, was cremated with state honours at his native Nimmada village in north coastal Andhra district this morning.

Born in a farmer's family in a remote village, Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu went on to emerge as one of Andhra Pradesh's tallest politicians. The 55-year-old, who died in a road accident in his native Srikakulam district early on Friday, was the Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) most familiar face in the national arena.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday condoled the death in an accident of former union minister and senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Yerran Naidu and described him as a "distinguished parliamentarian and personality".

Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Yerran Naidu died in a road accident in the early hours today when he was returning to his home district of Srikakulam from Visakhapatnam after attending a wedding. The vehicle he was travelling in hit an oil tanker at around 2 this morning. Seven people including 55-year-old Naidu were in the vehicle. Mr Naid...

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu resumed his state-wide 'padayatra' on Sunday in Mahabubnagar district after a two-day break due to the death of senior party leader K Yerran Naidu.

Former Union Minister and senior TDP leader Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, who died in a road accident, was cremated with state honours at his native Nimmada village in north coastal Andhra district this morning.

Born in a farmer's family in a remote village, Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu went on to emerge as one of Andhra Pradesh's tallest politicians. The 55-year-old, who died in a road accident in his native Srikakulam district early on Friday, was the Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) most familiar face in the national arena.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday condoled the death in an accident of former union minister and senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Yerran Naidu and described him as a "distinguished parliamentarian and personality".

Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Yerran Naidu died in a road accident in the early hours today when he was returning to his home district of Srikakulam from Visakhapatnam after attending a wedding. The vehicle he was travelling in hit an oil tanker at around 2 this morning. Seven people including 55-year-old Naidu were in the vehicle. Mr Naid...