A kidney selling scam has come to light in Andhra Pradesh, involving a 31-year-old auto-rickshaw driver named G Madhu Babu from Guntur. Madhu Babu was reportedly duped into selling his kidney for a fraction of the promised amount. This distressing incident highlights the growing problem of illegal organ trade and exploitation of financially desperate individuals.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has instructed its Members of Parliament (MPs) to be present in the Parliament from 11am onwards tomorrow for the election of the Lok Sabha Speaker.

The actor-turned-politician has been allotted Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Environment, Forests, and Science and Technology portfolios.

As per sources, Pawan Kalyan may swear in as Deputy Chief Minister.

Political faces of Andhra Pradesh are on foreign trips to get over from the frenzy of electioneering.

Tamanna Simhadri, a transgender contestant from the Pithapuram assembly segment in Andhra Pradesh, is set to challenge formidable opponents in the constituency, such as Janasena founder Pawan Kalyan of the NDA and YSR Congress Party's Vanga Geetha.

Besides state polls, including Pithapuram, nominations were filed from Kakinada & Bapatla LS constituencies too.

As far as Lok Sabha and assembly elections are concerned, the alliance among Bharatiya Janata Party-TDP-Jana Sena in Andhra Pradesh is forged with an aim to end the rule of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. However, problems for Naidu does not end with this.

Of the total of 175 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the TDP-JSP Combine announced seat-sharing for 118 constituencies in its first official list. This has allowed the partners to make space for BJP if it decides to officially join forces. There is still suspense over the saffron party joining the alliance.

Despite a disastrous tryst with politics more than 15 years ago that ended on a rather ignominious note, Chiranjeevi (68), who has starred in over 150 movies in a career spanning four decades, is still popular among masses and is widely respected for his philanthropic activities.

At a time when both the opposition parties are required to put up a united fight to dislodge the YSR Congress government headed by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the differences have cropped up over assessing their mutual strengths at the ground level.  

Pawan Kalyan, who entered politics way back in 2014 but remained inactive for the most part, belongs to the Kapu community, a numerically strong and influential social group constituting nearly 20% of the state’s population.