articles by Dinesh Akula

Politics

'Karnataka is BJP's door to south': Amit Shah on party's poll prospects and 2019 Lok Sabha elections

During a Bengaluru roadshow, BJP chief Amit Shah spoke with Firstpost on the party's prospects in the Karnataka polls and why these elections are so central to the party's future.

Politics

Rahul Gandhi will need the support of young blood as well as veterans to tackle Modi-Shah in 2019

Goa Congress president Shantaram Naik resigned from his post, saying he was "inspired" by Rahul Gandhi's speech at the party plenary about making way for younger leaders

Politics

Pawan Kalyan slams TDP at Jana Sena's Foundation Day rally, says it changed Andhra to 'Corruption Pradesh'

Addressing a massive gathering on the occasion of his party's fourth Foundation Day, Kalyan spoke of Andhra pride and Telugu self-esteem, and threatened to launch a fast unto death if special status isn't granted to the state

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TDP's friction with BJP over neglect of Andhra Pradesh, lack of funds made exit from NDA govt inevitable

Former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee used to wait for Chandrababu Naidu, but Modi only found time to meet the TDP chief twice between 2016 and 2018

India

Watch: 14-year-old boy survives Andhra floods by hanging on to tree for 8 hours

His grit and determination to not leave the grip of the trunk of a tree for eight hours saved his life while three of his family members were washed away in floods in Andhra Pradesh.

India

Watch: People feared drowned as coracle overturns in Tungabhadra river

An amateur photographer has captured a video of the 13 people, who are suspected to have been drowned after a coracle overturned during the immersion of a Ganesh idol Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened in the Tungabhadra river near Hadonahalli in Karnataka.

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Chhattisgarh PDS scam: Raman Singh govt says the Congress has just dreamt it up

The Raman Singh government has dismissed the PDS (public distribution system) scam as a figment of the imagination of the Congress

India

Chhatisgarh police being kept on its toes by the high number of women Naxals

An eight-minute video of female naxal commandos has put the Chhattisgarh police on its toes.