Amrutha Vasireddy

AMARAVATI: The Iftar party organised by Jaganmohan Reddy led Andhra Pradesh government snowballed into a major controversy after it was revealed that the cost of the event was Rs 1.8 crore. TDP supporters slammed the state government on social media platforms for spending this much amount on Iftar. "Jagan govt spent Rs 29 lakhs for the lunch of 15 thousand people who attended his swearing-in ceremony. But now why this Iftar party costs crores of money?" read one post.

HYDERABAD: The defeat of Kavitha, daughter of Telangana chief minister and TRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao, in the Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency came as a big shock for TRS party cadres in entire Telangana state. Now, the voters have given another big shock to Kavitha and CM KCR in the local body election results. While TRS proved its grip in these elections, the party candidate lost in Kavitha's native village Potangal in Navepet Mandal. BJP candidate Raju won this seat with 90 votes.

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh's chief minister-designate Jagan Mohan Reddy's friends and former classmates from Hyderabad Public School are beaming with pride after his party's emphatic win in the recently-held assembly elections. Jagan achieved his goal, nearly a decade after he aspired for the top post in the state following the death of his father and then chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, in a helicopter crash.