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Andhra Pradesh

20 stories updated 4 days ago

The Supreme Court of India building in New Delhi, its white dome and red sandstone wings, with lawyers in black gowns crossing the forecourt (file photo)PoliticsSecond chance to file in 19 towns? Supreme Court puts the decision in the poll panel’s handsThe Supreme Court has not extended the nomination deadline itself. It has told Andhra Pradesh's State Election Commission to decide by 22 October whether candidates who say they were blocked in 19 municipalities get more time, and to hold final candidate lists until 25 October.Subhash 4 days agoChandrababu Naidu, Narendra Modi and Pawan Kalyan wave and greet the crowd from a flower-decked open vehicle as petals fall around them.PoliticsJana Sena’s urban test: 25 local bodies to lead, and a share above its 2024 ratioJana Sena leads the ruling alliance's challenge in four corporations and 21 towns in the 28 October civic polls, a bigger slice than its 2024 seat ratio. Telugu Scope looks at its strength, its share and the risks.Subhash 4 days agoA grey rain shaft falling from dark clouds over green trees, palms and a few buildings at Rajanagaram.Isolated to scattered rain for Andhra till 26 October as IMD tracks a new Bay of Bengal lowThe India Meteorological Department expects isolated to scattered rain over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema until 26 October, and a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal around 23 October that may intensify.Ram 4 days agoTelugu Scope card with a portrait of V. Vijayasai Reddy: party name to be announced in Vijayawada on 11 November at 11.11 am.Vijayasai Reddy sets 11 November for naming his new party in VijayawadaFormer Rajya Sabha member V. Vijayasai Reddy said on 20 October that he will announce the name of his new political party at 11.11 am on 11 November in Vijayawada.Subhash 4 days agoTelugu Scope map of Andhra Pradesh's 28 districts marking the 13 municipal corporations that vote on 28 October.AP municipal polls on 28 October: 13 corporations and 87 towns vote after a violent nomination weekAndhra Pradesh holds its first urban local body elections since the TDP-led alliance took office, with polling on 28 October and counting on 30 October. The timetable, the 13 corporations in the race, the alliance's seat deal and the flashpoints of the nomination week.Subhash 5 days agoIllustration of a goddess adorned with flowers and a trident, with oil lamps, a lit temple tower and fireworks behind herVijayadashami: from Indrakeeladri to Alai Balai, how the Telugu states celebrate DasaraFrom Kanaka Durga's daily alankarams on Indrakeeladri to Bathukamma's farewell and the exchange of Jammi leaves in Telangana, here is how Andhra Pradesh and Telangana celebrate Dasara and its last day, Vijayadashami.Subhash 5 days agoDr Chintalapudi Ashok Kumar, YSRCP in-charge for Addanki constituencyPoliticsDr Chintalapudi Ashok Kumar: the doctor rebuilding YSRCP’s ground game in AddankiFrom hospital inspections to a free medical camp at Kundurru, the YSRCP's Addanki in-charge has built his work around public health, and party workers say it is changing how the YSRCP is seen in the constituency.Subhash 6 days agoTelugu Scope graphic of the Andhra Pradesh local body poll schedule: 100 urban local bodies vote on 28 October, MPTC and ZPTC polling on 3 November and counting on 5 November.PoliticsAP local body polls: MPTC, ZPTC voting on November 3; coalition set for walkovers in several townsThe State Election Commission has notified elections to mandal and zilla parishads, completing a three-tier calendar that runs from municipal polling on October 28 to the last gram panchayat phase on December 2.Subhash 6 days agoTelugu Scope graphic with a photo of YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and the key points of his remarks on the 2023 election commissioners law.PoliticsJagan calls YSRCP’s support for 2023 election commissioner law a mistake; TDP and BJP question the U-turnThe former Chief Minister wants the Chief Justice of India restored to the panel that picks election commissioners. The TDP and BJP say the change of heart is a matter of political convenience.Subhash 6 days agoBare feet standing on cracked, dry earth.Nearly three weeks after drought declaration in 388 mandals, Andhra relief details still unclearAndhra Pradesh declared 388 mandals in 21 districts drought-hit on October 1, citing a 53.4% rainfall shortfall and El Niño. Compensation amounts and timelines have not yet been announced.Ansu 6 days ago