Jaipal Reddy, three other ministers win, Renuka Chowdary loses

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy has said that land values have remained unaffected by the global recession and the urban land is still a source of financing. Talking to reporters here, Reddy said, "I found that in the year 2004, there was a certain value for one acre of land and in 2006-07, that value went up by 25-30 times." "If that area had been recession hit, the value of land there wouldn't shoot up," he added.

September 11th, 2009 HYDERABAD - With the central leadership of the Congress maintaining silence on the issue, suspense continues as to who would be the next chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Though the seven-day mourning period for Y.S.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Wednesday said the government is ready to offer 20 percent of the cost of mega development projects if taken up as a public-private partnership (PPP).

August 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Thursday set up a group of ministers (GoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to monitor the drought situation and the price rise front. The GoM includes Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Home Minister P.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy on Monday refuted accusations that the metro rail mishap was a result of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) pushing to complete the rail project ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2010 deadline. Speaking in Parliament, Reddy said the Delhi Metro wasn't operating under any pressure to meet the deadline.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - With barely four hours to go before Dr. Manmohan Singh is sworn in as Prime Minister for a second consecutive term, sources have revealed that along with him, 19 ministers, a majority of them from the Congress, will be sworn-in.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be sworn in for a second term along with 19 other ministers, including Pranab Mukherjee and P. Chidambaram, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Friday evening, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has announced.

May 16th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Performing beyond expectations, the Congress party swept the Lok Sabha polls in Andhra Pradesh Saturday, winning 33 out of 42 seats in the state. The ruling party bagged the majority of seats despite facing a four-party alliance led by main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the newly formed Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of superstar Chiranjeevi.

April 16th, 2009 HYDERABAD - About 13 percent votes were cast in the first three hours of polling in Andhra Pradesh where balloting was on in 22 Lok Sabha and 154 assembly constituencies Thursday. The polling booths opened at 7 a.m.

April 15th, 2009 HYDERABAD - While union minister S. Jaipal Reddy has a strong chance of being re-elected to the Lok Sabha, his colleagues Renuka Chowdhury and D.

April 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Leaders of all political parties made a last-ditch attempt to woo voters on the last day of campaigning Tuesday for the first phase of simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and the Andhra Pradesh assembly Tuesday. Loudspeakers fell silent and parties stopped canvassing at the stroke of 4 p.m.

March 31st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Over 300 candidates from different political parties as well as independents have filed their nominations for 22 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, poll officials here said Tuesday. These parliamentary constituencies along with 154 assembly segments spread over 14 districts in Telangana and north coastal Andhra Pradesh would go to polls in the first phase on April 16.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD - The Congress denied assembly tickets to four ministers and the deputy speaker of the state assembly in Andhra Pradesh while retaining almost all the sitting MPs in the list of candidates announced Saturday for next month's polls. The party has not fielded 55 sitting legislators and included 90 new faces in the list of 290 candidates for the assembly elections.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Andhra Pradesh chief minister's son and five union ministers, including Renuka Chowdhary, are in the list of Congress nominees for 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, as the party Saturday decided to field all its 31 sitting Andhra MPs for the polls. The party also named its candidates for the 290 assembly seats of the state.

March 18th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Congress Central Election Committee has finalised the names of candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, which include Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy's son Y.