Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has left it to party's Telangana unit to decide alliance with Congress and other parties for the Assembly elections in the state.

A day after dissolving Telangana Assembly, caretaker Chief Minister and TRS chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday launched his party's election campaign, seeking fresh mandate and targeting Congress party.

DMK President M.K. Stalin on Friday expressed shock that no action has been taken against Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister C. Vijaya Baskar and DGP T.K. Rajendran after CBI raids related to the gutkha scam and again demanded their sacking as well as arrest.

The Congress in Telangana received a big jolt on Friday as its senior leader and former Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy joined the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

Former Chennai Police Commissioner S. George on Friday said he has not received any money from any gutkha manufacturer.

Reacting sharply to Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao's remark describing Rahul Gandhi as the country's "biggest buffoon", the Congress on Thursday hit back calling Rao a dictator.

Nearly nine months before its term was to end, the Telangana Assembly was on Thursday dissolved by the Governor on a recommendation by the state cabinet.

Telangana Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan on Thursday dissolved the state Assembly on a recommendation by the state cabinet.

Less than four months after the Assembly election, the Congress on Monday won the most seats in Karnataka's 105 urban local bodies, pushing the BJP to the second spot, and voicing confidence that a Congress-JD(S) combine will sweep the Lok Sabha polls.

Notwithstanding the suspense maintained by his father and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, state IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao has hinted at the party eyeing early Assembly polls to cash in on its performance in the last four years.