TRS MLA meets BJP MP, creates a flutter

The expressions of discontent since the cabinet expansion last Sunday refuse to die down. The latest Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader to come out in the open in Mohammed Shakeel, MLA from Bodhan. He met BJP MP from Nizamabad, D Aravind and the meeting sparked off buzz that he may be looking to switch sides. …

No Turmeric Board in Budget will disappoint Nizamabad

One constituency that was looking closely at the Union budget speech by Nirmala Sitharaman was Nizamabad in Telangana. That's because the hopes of many in this north Telangana Lok Sabha constituency were pinned on the Finance minister announcing a National Turmeric Board with its headquarters in Nizamabad. To their disappointment, it was not to be. …

In Varanasi, Modi to face 85 Tamil and Telugu opponents

On 29 April, forty farmers from Tamil Nadu will file their nominations in Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Among them will be Deiva Sigamani, the Erode-based President of the Turmeric Farmers Association of India. This will be part of their attempt to do a Nizamabad in Varanasi. In the Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana, 178 turmeric farmers …

[Video] Chandrababu Naidu ko gussa kyun aata hai?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noF7xCxM2Xo It has been four days since the elections got over in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. But the doubts over EVMs persist. On this edition of Filter Kaapi, we discuss why Nizamabad BJP candidate D Arvind wants his own lock to be put on the strong room where the EVMs and VVPAT machines are stored. …