HYDERABAD: She may have been diminutive in appearance but in the battle for statehood for Telangana she towered over everyone else. Former Union minister Sushma Swaraj, hailed as ‘Telangana’s Chinnamma’, was a staunch supporter of the statehood cause from among all Bharatiya Janata Party leaders. Her passionate plea in the Lok Sabha, as the leader of the Opposition, to the …
Nellore: Police on Thursday arrested two brothers for allegedly murdering their stepmother, their father’s first wife. The accused have been identified as Dasu Vamsi alias Vinni, 21, and Dasari Nitheesh Kumar alias Sanni, 19, of Sarvepalli village in Venkatachalam mandal. According to Nellore Rural DSP Y. Harinath Reddy, Dasari Sivaiah, father of the accused, had married one Golla Chinnamma of …
AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam appeared before the Arumugasamy Commission, which was constituted to probe the death of former Tamil Nadu CM and AIADMK supremo, J Jayalalithaa. After a long meditation in front of ‘Amma’ memorial, OPS said that the spirit of Jayalalitha spoke with him and urged him to make sure that the party didn’t come under the grasp of …
Chennai: The testimony of senior officials ruling out conspiracy by VK Sasikala or her family against late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is correct, AIADMK top leader O Panneerselvam said here on Tuesday in his deposition before an inquiry panel. During cross-examination, counsel for Sasikala pointed out to Panneerselvam that 8 top IAS and IPS officials had made a submission vis-a-vis …
On Wednesday night, a veteran politician and former AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala reportedly quit politics, days ahead of the Legislative Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu. The announcement comes a week after Sasikala, who recently returned to Tamil Nadu in February after her stint in prison, asked the “true” loyalists of former AIADMK leader and former chief minister Jayalalithaa to …