Congress ahead in Andhra, first result goes to party

September 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Riding on a sympathy wave, Andhra Pradesh's ruling Congress Monday retained the Tekkali assembly seat in the by-election held last week. K. Bharati, whose husband K.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The core committee of the Congress party met Thursday to choose the next Andhra Pradesh chief minister and discuss seat sharing with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for the Maharashtra assembly polls, party sources said. The meeting of members of the party's core committee is going on, it's mainly to discuss the succession issue in Andhra Pradesh and seat sharing arrangement with NCP in Maharashtra, a party source told IANS Thursday evening.

September 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday met union Law Minister and senior leader M. Veerappa Moily amid a strong campaign by party workers in Andhra Pradesh for Y.S.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prakash Karat, general secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Thursday said that Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's death was "a big loss" for Andhra Pradesh as well as the Congress party.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress ordered party flags to be flown at half mast all over the country following the death of its leader, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, in a helicopter crash.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the departed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajsekhar Reddy as "a dynamic and tall leader of the party".

July 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Friday conveyed its unhappiness to Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee over the raw deal the state has received in the 2009-10 railway budget. The Congress government in the state feels that injustice has been done to the state as the budget proposed no new projects for the state except a superfast train between Visakhaptnam and Mumbai and development of Secunderabad and Tirupati railway stations.

May 20th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Congress leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy is all set to sworn-in as the Chief Minister for the second consecutive term today.

May 16th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh is heading for its first-ever hung assembly as initial trends show a close fight between the ruling Congress party and the opposition grand alliance led by Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Despite a disappointing performance, Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi may hold the key to power in the hung house.

May 16th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh may retain power as it was inching towards a majority in the state assembly. The results and trends at noon show the party bagged 27 seats and is ahead in 115 constituencies.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood actors Shatrughan Sinha and Jaya Prada emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha elections among a list of Indian film personalities who contested the polls. However, many, including Vinod Khanna, Nafisa Ali and Ambareesh lost.

April 23rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - The police in Andhra Pradesh Thursday placed two candidates of ruling Congress party and the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the state's Guntur district under house arrest to ensure peaceful polling. M. Venkataramana Rao, state minister for ports and airports and Congress party candidate from Repalle assembly constituency in Guntur district and his rival A.

April 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Tuesday expelled 40 rebels for six years, after they filed their nomination papers as independents for the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. APCC General Secretary Anand Bhaskar said these 40 rebel candidates have been expelled with immediate affect.

March 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Thursday named senior party leader N. Janardana Reddy as its candidate for a by-election to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Saturday said that a decision would soon be taken on inducting former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin into the party. 'Azharuddin met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other senior party leaders recently and expressed a desire to join the Congress party.