This time it is the turn of Modi Govt. to implement the infamous Chapter 8 on Telangana. Modi’s Cabinet on Tuesday discussed the Polavaram ordinance transferring 7 mandals of Khammam Dist in Telangana to AP and forwarded it to the President. The Andhra minister in cabinet Venkaiah Naidu personally carried the ordinance to the President and got it signed by home on Wednesday afternoon. And all this is done in secret, presumably to avoid a ‘law and order’ situation in Telangana! The Cabinet decided they will keep the ordinance a secret and blocked all news about it in National media. In fact, the law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad even lied to press, soon after the Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, by saying ...

Even as there is an all round confusion on the whether or not Narender Modi’s 1st cabinet meeting discussed the Polavaram Ordinance, media reports suggest the Ordinance already made it to the President. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in his press briefing after the cabinet meet that they didn’t discuss the Polavaram ordinance. The NDA is operating with utmost secrecy around the ordinance that will change boundaries of 2 states of Indian union and displace lakhs of people from their homes in Telangana. It is understood that pulls and pressures of it’s top ministers from Andhra are the reason for this. Whatever maybe the motive, there are only 2 possibilities of what could have happened with the Ordinance- either ...

Modi showed what he meant by his oft repeated belief – ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’. In the very 1st cabinet meeting, Modi’s Govt passed an ordinance instead of choosing to discuss the issue pertaining to a State’s border in Parliament. And worse, it lied about it in the press conference soon after the cabinet meet saying the issue pertaining to the ordinance wasn’t even discussed! See Ravi Shankar Prasad, the law minister lying on Camera here - The Ordinance became public news only after 24 hours when it reached the President. It is such a shame a Govt. which got such an overwhelming mandate can’t deliberate and decide in this democracy and instead chooses the ordinance path to alter a ...

Here is the trailer of ‘మన కాళోజి’. This is a film exploring the relevance of Kaloji Narayana Rao (1914-2002) in the current times, captured through his personal life and ideas of resistance. The full screening of the film is on 29th May Thursday from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM at LaMakaan, Hyderabad. There is no entry fee and all are invited. You can follow this event & interact about this on the FB page here. Mana Kaloji, was shaped with the archival interviews of his wife – Rukmini Bai, grandson –Santosh and Kaloji himself. Kaloji’s life, narrated as memories by his wife and grandson, has been juxtaposed with his own interview where he counters with his own ideas of life ...

Chandrababu Naidu is often projected by media as a hi-tech CM and we are told he is well-versed in dealing with big businesses and attracting them to invest during his rule. He often speaks how he roped in Microsoft etc into Hyderabad IT. So it comes as a shocker when he said TRS started a war room to start a war and that it is not war but peace that we need now. He further challenged that he would himself go to the war room and see what TRS would do! Someone please tell Naidu that War Room is a synonym for a brainstorming room which is well-equipped with IT and Communication means. It is a control centre or a ...