The Telugu Desam Party is an Indian regional political party with influence in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu movie star N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 and has focused on supporting Telugu people. The party has won a five-time majority in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and has emerged as the most successful political outfit in the state's history. It is currently the ruling party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Sudini Jaipal Reddy was an Indian politician who was the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha of India for five terms. He represented the Chevella constituency of Telangana and was a member of the Indian National Congress. He served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the I. K. Gujral cabinet in 1998. In 1999 he returned to Indian National Congress after 21 years. In 2004 he was re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Miryalaguda Lok Sabha Constituency and then he served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Union Minister for Urban Development in the United Progressive Alliance-1. In 2009 he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Chevella constituency and served as a Union Minister for Urban Development and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas. He was the Union Minister for the Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology from 29 October 2012 to 18 May 2014.
Khammam district is a district in the eastern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The city of Khammam is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Mahabubabad, Bhadradri districts and with Eluru and NTR districts.
Bandaru Dattatreya is an Indian politician serving as the current governor of the State of Haryana since 2021. He was also the 20th governor of Himachal Pradesh and was the member of Lok Sabha for Secunderabad from 2014 to 2019. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seventeen (17) Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. Delimitation of Hyderabad Lok Sabha Constituency took place in 2008. Apart from Hyderabad constituency, there are four other Lok Sabha constituencies in and around capital city of Hyderabad -Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Chevella and Medak.
Jadcherla is a census town in Mahbubnagar district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Jadcherla mandal in Mahbubnagar revenue division. In 2011, it was upgraded from village to a census town, along with 11 other villages. It is a historical town and is known for its cultural heritage. Recently Jadcherla has been made a Municipality.
Reddy/Reddi is a surname that has independent origins in both India and Ireland.
Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy, also known mononymously as Jagan, is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Pulivendula Assembly constituency in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly. He served as the 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2019 to 2024, and is the current president of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). He is also the son of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Telangana. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.
Suresh Kumar Shivrao Shetkar is an Indian politician and a member of the 15th Lok Sabha. He is elected as the Senior Vice President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee in 2021 He belongs to the Indian National Congress political party and he represented Zahirabad constituency in Telangana. Suresh Shetkar was a Member of legislative assembly from Narayankhed constituency from 2004 to 2009.
Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. As per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order (2008), it was formed with seven assembly segments belongs to Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts.
Gangapuram Kishan Reddy is an Indian politician who serving as the 25th Minister of Coal & 45th Minister of Mines since 2024. He also served as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1980. He is an MP representing Secunderabad since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. He was first state president of Telangana BJP from 2014 to 2016, appointed again as Telangana BJP president on 4 July 2023.
Baddam Yella Reddy was an Indian communist politician from Telangana. He was one of the prominent leaders in the Telangana armed struggle against the Nizam regime.
Muthyala Stephen Raveendra is Additional Director General of Police, Greyhounds, Telangana Police, appointed on 10 July 2024. In the past, he was Police commissioner of Cyberabad Metropolitan Police from 25 August 2021 through 12 December 2023, and Inspector General of Police of West Zone also holding full additional charge as Deputy Inspector General of Police
Bayyarapu Prasada Rao was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the 1979 batch of the state of Andhra Pradesh who served as the Director General (DGP) of Andhra Pradesh Police. He was appointed in charge Director General of Police (DGP) of Andhra Pradesh on 30 September 2013. Earlier he served as the Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, he was deputed as Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India which is one of the key posts after the Union Home Secretary. After his retirement he served as Professor in Physics and Director at Bharat Institutions, Hyderabad.
P. Narsa Reddy was an Indian independence activist and politician who was a Member of Parliament of the 9th Lok Sabha of India. Reddy represented the Adilabad constituency of Andhra Pradesh and was a member of the Indian National Congress political party.
Konda Vishweshwar Reddy is an Indian engineer, entrepreneur, and politician. He is the current Member of Parliament in the 18th Lok Sabha from Bharatiya Janata Party Chevella constituency and served as a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha from Bharat Rashtra Samithi representing Chevella, Telangana. He is the grandson of K. V. Ranga Reddy after whom the district Ranga Reddy was named.
B. Shivadhar Reddy is a 1994-Batch Indian Police Service officer, from Ranga Reddy district of Telangana State. Battula Shivadhar Reddy has pursued his LL.B. from Osmania University, Hyderabad. B. Shivadhar Reddy is one of the toppers of Civil Service Examination, 1993. He is presently an Additional Director General of Police. Prior to this, B. Shivadhar Reddy has been incumbent of various positions at the district and state levels.
Anjani Kumar is an Indian Police Service officer who is former Director General of Police of Telangana. He took the charge on 31 December 2022 succeeding M Mahendra Reddy. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of the Telangana cadre. He has also served with the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1998 - 99.
Mirza Mohammed Hashim, commonly known as M. M. Hashim, was an Indian politician, member of parliament and a former home minister of United Andhra Pradesh. He represented the Secunderabad parliamentary constituency in 5th Lok Sabha from 1971 to 77 and 6th Lok Sabha from 1977 to 80. Before participating in Lok Sabha elections, he was a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1962 to 1971. He was affiliated with the Indian National Congress.
