Hardly days after BJP senior Sushma Swaraj took a jibe at Congress to put it’s house in order before asking BJP for support to the Centre’s Telangana bill, BJP’s leaders in Andhra and Telangana came to loggerheads publicly when BJP’s MLAs Yennam Srinivas Reddy and Yendala Laxminarayana publicly accused the former party president M. Venkaiah Naidu of blatant partisanship towards Andhra. What has hitherto been an undercurrent in Telangana BJP wing burst out into open when Mr Naidu pushed for and got approved 32 amendments which diluted the rights of students and employees of Telangana even before the Telangana State is formed. However, Mr Naidu has not stopped there and is now insisting on revenue sharing of Hyderabad. The developments ...

Supreme Court bench, headed by H.L. Dattu and S.A. Bobde, heard for 1.5 hours anti-telangana arguments of those who claim the tabling the Telangana bill in Parliament is violation of India’s ‘federal’ structure. The petitioners in effect are saying what self-proclaimed intellectuals like Loksatta’s JP have been giving speeches about in last few weeks. The SC bench did not get convinced with the argument and rejected the petitioners plea as ‘premature’. It rejected the plea to direct the centre not to table the bill in Parliament. The SC clearly indicated again that it can not interfere in legislative affairs of Parliament. That would mean the SC would not interfere till the Parliament passes the bill! The petitioners can approach the ...

Chandrababu Naidu’s plans for 2014 elections have again become a matter of speculation today when a major newspaper once again bought forward one of the options he seems to be pondering – Malkajgiri Loksabha. The constituency which has good settler population has been a subject of speculation even before the CWC resolution on Telangana. Loksatta’s Jayaprakash Narayan was getting ready to contest and he reportedly was in process of having an understanding with TDP too to strengthen his chances. However, Telangana Statehood played havoc with his plans which made him stick to his Kukatpally Assembly Constituency. Off late, TDP’s moves on Malkajgiri raised eyebrows with especially one TDP backed newschannel, owned by a TDP RS member, specially focusing on the ...

As Telangana Talkies reported few days ago, BJP-TDP alliance announcement is merely a formality awaiting the issue of T Bill to be settled. Venkaiah Naidu told a media outlet “We are waiting for the Telangana issue to be settled before going for the formalities of the coalition. Andhra Pradesh is one of the most important states for us because we have strong old partners here,”. As reported by us TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu is in close touch with BJP’s top leadership over the alliance matters and strategy.

Midway through his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health Committee, Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia asked Vivek Murthy, nominee for US surgeon general, whether he had met Dr Raj Shah, USAID administrator, and the highest-ranked Indian-American in the Obama administration. No I haven’t, Murthy replied. You should, Senator Isakson advised him; you guys have the same background and same heritage, and you can learn from the great job he has done at USAID. The exchange, coming just hours after Microsoft elevated Satya Nadella as the CEO, served to highlight how people of Indian-origin are increasingly breaching the glass ceiling in the US, in areas as wide apart as industry, academia, and government. But nowhere is it as prominent as in ...