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with the same ease now,” Chiranjeevi says as he flashes a smile, trying to overcome his awkwardness as he poses for our lensman. Clad in a white shirt and black trousers, Tollywood’s ‘most colourful’ personality, who had to forego his designer wear after turning politician, says he’s “comfortable in his new attire”. Veering him away [...]

The 1st phase of elections in Telangana and North Andhra have been over,and political parties are already into calculations as to how many their party will get.Each and every party is confident of victory and are upbeat in their moods.
The Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy says that Congress is going to get around 110 seats [...]

The elections – 2009 has seen some really drastic changes in the way the politicians have been operating when it comes to distributing money and buying vote banks. Though no one admits it, this is the darkest truth of the politics in India that note gets the vote.
However, luck has favored the authorities a bit [...]

Not being a narcissist, I was surprised by my sudden urge to look into the magic mirror. I was more surprised to see myself sitting idle in an Indiramma house and watching colour TV. Someone looking official knocked the door, entered and gave me Rs 2000.
Is this the state of affairs to come after General [...]

This temple town has been in the political limelight ever since Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi decided to contest from this prestigious Tirupati Assembly constituency.

The entry of ‘Chiru,’ as he is fondly known by his fans, has pepped up what otherwise have been a sedate contest in a constituency in which the Congress and TDP have shared [...]

The cash-rich mining district might be witnessing a bi-polar contest with the BJP and the Congress fighting tooth and nail.

The cash-rich mining district might be witnessing a bi-polar contest with the BJP and the Congress fighting tooth and nail.
On Tuesday while the BJP and Congress hit the road in the district, another bunch of supporters [...]

The Election Commission Thursday ordered repolling in 17 voting centres in Andhra Pradesh’s Mahbubnagar district following incidents of violence.
Villagers in Aiza area, who were protesting their inclusion in Alampur assembly constituency in the delimitation process, attacked polling stations and destroyed electronic voting machines (EVM). They also attacked a police station and the house of a [...]

Praja Rajyam (PR) chief K. Chiranjeevi on Wednesday asserted that his party was the only alternative before people who were vexed with the Congress and the TDP.
“Though both parties are equally corrupt, people are forced to elect one or the other for want of an alternative. Now, they have a better party to elect,” Mr. [...]