Here is Part I.
In February 2010, 4% reservation to socially and economically backward Muslims provided by the YSRs government was revoked by the High court. The state government filed a petition in the Supreme Court and was able to restore the reservations to Muslims.
In March 2010, the state faced a serious power crisis. State government’s [...]

Exactly a year ago, Congress party has formed the state government in Andhra Pradesh and YS Rajashekar Reddy had sworn in as the chief minister for the second consecutive time. In the one year span, Congress government had to face numerous natural and man-made adversities. Here’s a look back at the major accomplishments and failures [...]

It was only six weeks ago that Maoists had massacred 76 CRPF jawans in Dantewada. Yesterday, the Maoists blew up a civilian passenger bus killing 16 SPOs (Special Police Officers) and 15 civilians. With the second major attack against the police, the Maoists have made their intentions clear and unambiguous. They want the combing operation [...]

Recently, Allahabad High Court ruled that a non-Muslim bride must convert to Islam to marry a Muslim. If the bride does not convert, the bride’s marriage with a Muslim man would be void. There is nothing new or sensational about this as this was and is being practiced by Muslims all over the world.
In fact, [...]

As quoted by P Chidambaram, “Caste is a divisive factor and we are nowhere near establishing a casteless society”. Caste seems to have become an integral part of our society. Even when we want to, our leaders and elected representatives do not want us to distance ourselves from caste. The newly proposed caste based census [...]

17 months after the 26/11 incident in Mumbai, Ajmal Kasab’s trial has come to an end and almost 86 criminal charges filed against him were upheld. However, those who were accused of abetting Kasab were acquitted. Kasab was found guilty by Judge ML Tahaliyani for conspiring for murder of 159 people, murdering 7 people and [...]

It was only five days ago that the JMM has voted against the cut motion in the parliament. Reacting aggressively to this, BJP, an ally of JMM in Jharkhand, decided to withdraw support to Shibu Soren’s government. Today, BJP has put its decision of withdrawing their support on hold after Shibu Soren offered to resign [...]

In almost all the countries, lawmakers take an oath to protect and uphold the country’s laws of the constitution. But are the lawmakers being true to their oath? Or are the lawmakers themselves breaking the laws? Physical assault is definitely against the law in all the countries. Now, if a lawmaker physically assaults another lawmaker, [...]

The State Human Rights Commission received a complaint from 3 social activists against a reality show that was portraying children in an obscene manner. The parents of the kids have in-turn appealed to the SHRC chairman that they found nothing wrong or derogatory about the reality show. But SHRC chairman, Justice Subhashan Reddy, reprimanded the [...]

Today, Andhrajyothy newspaper took a direct dig at the owner of Surya newspaper alleging that he was resorting to blackmailing. Andhrajyothy alleged that Nukarapu Suryaprakash Rao, owner of Surya newspaper, demanded money from Kaleshwar baba to not publicize his illegalities. Naturally, Surya newspaper alleged that this is a conspiracy against them.
When there are more than [...]