Vijayawada: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as president of the YSR Congress is concentrating his attention on minority votes in 62 assembly constituencies where they are the deciding factor in the present assembly and LS polls in the state. These constituencies, out of the total 175, have the highest and moderate voting percentages supporting 4 per cent Muslim reservations.Jagan Reddy pushed Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu into a quandary by daring the TD chief to raise the Muslim reservation issue in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the three-party...…Vijayawada: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as president of the YSR Congress is concentrating his attention on minority votes in 62 assembly constituencies where they are the deciding factor in the present assembly and LS polls in the state. These constituencies, out of the total 175, have the highest and moderate voting percentages supporting 4 per cent Muslim reservations.Jagan Reddy pushed Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu into a quandary by daring the TD chief to raise the Muslim reservation issue in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the three-party...WW…

Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday claimed to have recovered a huge amount of "unaccounted" cash during searches at the premises of a domestic help allegedly linked to the secretary of a Jharkhand minister, official sources said. Videos and photos shared by the sources showed officials of the central probe agency taking out wads of currency notes from large bags in a room. Some central force security personnel were also seen.The premises are alleged to be of the domestic help of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam's personal secretary Sanjiv Lal. ED sources said the...…Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday claimed to have recovered a huge amount of "unaccounted" cash during searches at the premises of a domestic help allegedly linked to the secretary of a Jharkhand minister, official sources said. Videos and photos shared by the sources showed officials of the central probe agency taking out wads of currency notes from large bags in a room. Some central force security personnel were also seen.The premises are alleged to be of the domestic help of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam's personal secretary Sanjiv Lal. ED sources said the...WW…

Visakhapatnam: Telugu Desam Party quitting NDA in 2018 was not a mistake, senior party leader and former Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju has said.The regional party rejoining the alliance (NDA) was justified as BJP is saying it would do "something" for Andhra Pradesh, he added.The scion of the Vizianagaram royal family said he did not retire from politics, but only chose not to contest the ongoing polls due to health reasons.His daughter Aditi is vying for the Vizianagaram Assembly seat taking on the present YSR Congress legislator Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy.Aditi is likely...…Visakhapatnam: Telugu Desam Party quitting NDA in 2018 was not a mistake, senior party leader and former Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju has said.The regional party rejoining the alliance (NDA) was justified as BJP is saying it would do "something" for Andhra Pradesh, he added.The scion of the Vizianagaram royal family said he did not retire from politics, but only chose not to contest the ongoing polls due to health reasons.His daughter Aditi is vying for the Vizianagaram Assembly seat taking on the present YSR Congress legislator Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy.Aditi is likely...WW…

Vijayawada: Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan has slammed water resources minister Ambati Rambabu for “dancing around” without listing the steps to complete the Polavaram irrigation project.Addressing a public meeting titled ‘Varahi Vijayabheri’ at Ponnur in Guntur district on Sunday, he alleged that the minister was not taking any responsibility with regard to the project even as 1.60 lakh project affected people were facing hardships.He expressed concern over the digging up of a helipad area meant for the landing of his helicopter at Ponnuru and alleged that the YSR Congress supporters were...…Vijayawada: Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan has slammed water resources minister Ambati Rambabu for “dancing around” without listing the steps to complete the Polavaram irrigation project.Addressing a public meeting titled ‘Varahi Vijayabheri’ at Ponnur in Guntur district on Sunday, he alleged that the minister was not taking any responsibility with regard to the project even as 1.60 lakh project affected people were facing hardships.He expressed concern over the digging up of a helipad area meant for the landing of his helicopter at Ponnuru and alleged that the YSR Congress supporters were...WW…

Hyderabad: The government employees who were assigned election duties participated in postal voting on Sunday across the state. Reports said the turnout was low. Of the approximately 1.58 lakh postal voters, 32,331 voters used the facility till May 4 night. Facilitation centres have been set up in each Lok Sabha constituency for the staff. In 15 Assembly segments of Hyderabad district, 1,914 personnel cast their vote through postal ballot on Sunday. Till date, 5,233 personnel have voted through postal ballots in the district. As many as 15,637 senior citizens exercised their...…Hyderabad: The government employees who were assigned election duties participated in postal voting on Sunday across the state. Reports said the turnout was low. Of the approximately 1.58 lakh postal voters, 32,331 voters used the facility till May 4 night. Facilitation centres have been set up in each Lok Sabha constituency for the staff. In 15 Assembly segments of Hyderabad district, 1,914 personnel cast their vote through postal ballot on Sunday. Till date, 5,233 personnel have voted through postal ballots in the district. As many as 15,637 senior citizens exercised their...WW…