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South Politics
Neglecting the Soil: How the TDP-JSP Alliance is Leaving Farmers Stranded Ahead of Kharif Season
As the Kharif sowing season rapidly approaches across Andhra Pradesh, the state’s agricultural community finds itself in deep distress. Despite major campaign declarations promising ...
The Grand Pension Betrayal: How the TDP-JSP Alliance is Leaving Andhra’s Most Vulnerable in Limbo
During the high-decibel 2024 election campaign, the leaders of the TDP-JSP alliance showered the electorate with lofty promises. Among the most prominent vows was ...
Plunder of the Eastern Ghats: How the Mining Mafia is Evading State Royalties Under TDP-JSP Patronage
The shocking ground realities emerging from the agency areas of Polavaram and the scheduled regions of Eluru and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts reveal ...
Corporate Looting of Education: How the TDP-JSP Alliance is Shattering the Dreams of the Middle Class
For two decades, my pen has fiercely defended the aspirations of common families in Andhra Pradesh. I have always believed that education is the ...
Power Gridlock: How the TDP-JSP Alliance’s New “No Dues” Mandate is Strangling Andhra’s Manufacturing Sector
Over twenty years of tracking the economic policies of Andhra Pradesh, We have witnessed governments balance industrial growth with corporate responsibility. However, the latest ...
Leaving Our Looms in the Dark: The Collapse of the Free Electricity Scheme and the Plight of Andhra’s Weavers
For two decades, my pen has tracked the rising and falling fortunes of Andhra Pradesh’s bedrock communities. Among them, our handloom and powerloom weavers ...
The Core Capital Encroachment: How Public Schools are Falling Prey to Corporate and Political Greed in Amaravati
For two decades, we have chronicled the evolving socio-political landscape of Andhra Pradesh. we have seen administrations build up educational infrastructure, and we have ...
The Rhetoric of Irresponsibility: Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan’s Shocking Admission on the Vizag Steel Plant Tragedy
The recent catastrophic explosion at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant—which tragically claimed eight innocent lives and left several workers fighting for survival with critical burns—has ...
The Illusion of Unity: A Marriage of Convenience
The alliance between the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Jana Sena Party (JSP) was a clear survival tactic. For the TDP, partnering with ...
The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Tragedy: A Fatal Consequence of Corporate Negligence and Political Silence
The devastating industrial disaster at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (Vizag Steel) has sent shockwaves across Andhra Pradesh. Having covered the industrial landscape of this ...
“Did Anyone in Your Family Die?”: Nara Lokesh’s Chilling Words Echo the Death of Empathy in Andhra Pradesh
There is a time for politics, and there is a time for basic human decency. But when power blinds those at the top, even ...
Mega DSC turned into Mega Scam: YS Jagan
Launching a scathing attack on the Chandrababu Naidu government over the DSC-2025 recruitment process, former Chief Minister and YSRCP President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ...













