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Agneepath - Theatrical Trailer

2011-08-29T21:00:00.001+05:30

Finally, Karan Johar and his Dharma Productions seem to have fallen in “line” with the Indian movie making – movies made for Indian audience, not overseas audience. Agneepath is the first step from them. And moreover, the team has drawn heavy inspiration from their arch-rival – Ram Gopal Varma. Watch out for the background score in the trailer; you will get the clue. The devotional chats are used

14(f) clause is deleted. What about the candidates from Zone 5?

2011-08-12T20:50:00.000+05:30

Telangana agitators are jubilant over the deletion of 14(f) clause. Do they know about the damage that will do to the Telangana candidates of Zone 5? Or, are they of opine that whole Telangana is one Zone? Hyderabad used to be as Fee Zone, which mean that any one from any corner of the state can apply for a police job in Hyderabad. As the 14(f) clause is deleted, Hyderabad will now be under Zone

Rs. 8,500 crore Health Scam in U.P

2011-08-12T00:54:00.000+05:30

Looks like it the season of scams. Thanks to the mainstream media's heavy concentration on corruption owing to Anna Hazare's fight on Anti-Corruption, many scams are getting exposed. Freshly, Tehelka has exposed Rs. 8, 500 scam in U.P. While scams are not new for the people of Andhra Pradesh (Thanks to YSR), what is shocking in this case is the following photograph. This building which is in

"Telangana Agitation is built on blatant lies"

2011-08-11T20:16:00.001+05:30

They said that it is because of Economic Backwardness. And they said that it is because of self-pride. TRS MLA Harish Rao went on to say that “Ma Telugu Talli” should be banned and the pages containing the song have to be torn from text books. So, is Telugu different from Telangana? Can you claim that your mother tongue is Telangana not Telugu? TRS has been building the agitation on blatant

AP people perceive State as more corrupt than Centre

2011-08-09T20:32:00.002+05:30

Another interesting finding from CNN-IBN,CNBC-TV18, CSDS, THE HINDU Study. Only two states people perceive the state government as more corrupt than Central government. One is Karnataka and another is Andhra Pradesh. Is this the effect of infamous Y S Rajasekhara Reddy-Gaali Janardhan Reddy nexus? Well, we think so. Click here for complete study Image Courtesy: The Hindu

Rahul Gandhi's popularity on raise

2011-08-08T20:06:00.003+05:30

As per the study by CNN-IBN & CNBC-TV18-CSDS-THE HINDU, the popularity of Rahul Gandhi increased THREE FOLDS from 2009 to 2011. Click here for complete study Image courtesy: The Hindu

Time for a decision on Telangana

2011-07-07T01:11:00.001+05:30

Political parties, especially Congress has used Telangana sentiment as a political tactic. To bring down the seemingly invincible Chandra Babu Naidu, then opposition leader Y S Rajasekhara Reddy used Telangana MPs and made them parade before President in support of Telangana state. K Chandrasekhara Rao sensed the political opportunism, resigned to TDP and jumped into the bandwagon by launching a

Don't lose the opportunity

2011-07-06T12:31:00.000+05:30

This is an era of capitalism in India. India has long moved back from Socio-Capitalism to pure capitalism.So, only time and money matters in a capitalistic society. Once you miss out the time and opportunity, they will never come back and you lose out in competition. The opportunity will never come back even if Telangana is formed. We are in golden period where India is poised to become a global

Media - the accuser, the prosecutor and the judge?

2011-06-29T20:19:00.001+05:30

“…An atmosphere has been created in the country - and this I say with all humility – the role of the media today in many cases has become that of the accuser, the prosecutor and the judge”“We must create in this country an environment in which Governments, Ministers and civil servants will not be discouraged from taking decisions in the national interest when all facts are not known, they will

CAG amendments

2011-06-29T19:56:00.001+05:30

Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) is more than a keeper of national accounts in our country where the democracy is still immature and the governments’ long-term planning is weak. It is like a watchdog on the governments’ spending in populist schemes. Though it has managed to maintain its independence and integrity like Election Commission and Supreme Court, its reports were never

What drives Regional News?

2011-06-20T09:50:00.001+05:30

The Hoot, on the tenth anniversary, released a survey on what is driving the regional newspapers. Here are the excerpts related to Andhra Pradesh. For detailed report click here or here for direct access The Ayodhya coverage saw a discernable Hindu assertiveness in the Dainik Jagran and in Gujarat Samachar. Equally, it saw the Ananda Bazar Patrika, the Telegraph, the Hindustan Times in Delhi,

Wage board is bad

2011-06-20T09:28:00.000+05:30

BJP's loss of credibility

2011-06-06T14:24:00.002+05:30

The most interesting thing in the whole episode of Ramdev Baba is how BJP trying to get into limelight. The party which has not done anything against the most corrupt politician from Karnataka – Gaali Janardhan Reddy, is now taking Ramdev’s side and ‘fighting’ against the Blackmoney. Despite numerous cases and many investigations by Supreme Court Committee and many allegations on the RAPE OF

Its a no-confidence motion against Jagan

2011-05-31T20:13:00.002+05:30

With CBN announcing that TDP will move no-confidence motion against the government, YSR Congress Party leaders are unable to decide on the future course of action. If Congress wins the majority, TDP will lose nothing. If TDP shows the same aggressiveness in the assembly during the no-confidence motion, as shown in Mahanadu, it can win back the confidence of some segments of the people. And

Thoda Action, Thoda Jackson

2011-05-27T01:36:00.001+05:30

Looks like South Films (predominantly Telugu and Tamil movies) completely took over Northern territory with the dubbed films, remade films and straight releases in some areas. After Wanted and Gajini, many films in Bollywood are being made in ‘Southern-Way’. Dabang is one such film. Ready by Salman Khan (Ready in Telugu), Force by John Abraham (Khakha Khakha in Tamil) are next big films which are

ICC World Cup 2011: Winning Moments …

2011-04-03T10:32:00.001+05:30

ETV on expansion spree

2011-03-23T18:03:00.000+05:30

After taking lead in Uttar Pradesh-Uttaranchal, Bihar-Jharkhand and Rajasthan, India’s largest regional network ‘ETV Group’ is expanding to other horizons of Hindi belt. ETV is all set to launch news channels for Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Very soon, ETV will open bureau office in Chandigarh for the new channel. There are also reports from media circles that ETV is launching channels for

TAM Ratings for the week 06 Feb, 2011 to 12 Feb, 2011

2011-02-18T19:43:00.002+05:30

Its been a while since we updated the TAM ratings in this blog. So, here are the TAM Market share for the week 06 Feb, 2011 - 12 Feb, 2011. Telugu News ----------------- 1. TV9 (19.9) (Pay Channel) 2. TV5 (15.3) (Free to air) 3. ETV2 (Pay Channel) AND HMTV (Free to air) (9.75) 4. NTV (8.6) (Free to air) 5. Sakshi TV (8.5) (Free to air) 6. ZEE 24 (7.6) (Free to air) 7. ABN (6.4) (Free to air) 8.

No takers for Sakshi writings !

2011-02-09T17:10:00.001+05:30

When a newspaper reports a scam or a scandal, it is sure that it will create ripples at least in media circles. When Eenadu came up with APIIC-EMARR scam or The Hindu came with ISRO’s alleged scam, the response from general public is good. But when Sakshi came up with allegations, on opposition, on KG Gas Basin, there is no such response from general public. Even the media people are not caring

Eenadu vs Sakshi, just another comparision

2011-01-07T17:34:00.001+05:30

The news is about the four-member Supreme Court appointed committee’s recommendation of the cancellation of a mining lease of OMC to their Obulapuram mine in Anantapur district. And Eenadu reported it as shown below And Sakshi reported it as shown below And CNN-IBN reported it as shown below Why do Sakshi, the so called self-claimed neutral newspaper, couldn’t report ‘as it is’ in the

Headline wit in the Telugu press

2010-12-23T16:36:00.001+05:30

The Telugu press often comes up with interesting headlines, and Eenadu comes out with the best. Unless explained, the innuendo can be lost in translation. There are all types of headlines and some that borrow from Sanskrit as the language has a base in this ancient language. On October 29th Eenadu said, ‘Polavaram was not given’ (Pola’varam’ ivvaledu). Polavaram is the name of a place where a

Jagan’s ‘Lakshya Diksha’ is totally a political drama

2010-12-21T15:24:00.001+05:30

Jagan’s ‘Lakshya Diksha’ is more like a political feat rather than the diksha for the sake of farmers. We knew that KCR, CBN or anyone who did/doing hunger-strike are for political gains only. But there is some kind of genuine reason behind the hunger-strikes. But Jagan’s Diksha is totally a political drama. Why the Congress MLAs has joined the diksha, when they are part of the government? Can’

Rahul Gandhi is right

2010-12-17T20:51:00.002+05:30

Opposition took one line from what Rahul Gandhi has said to US Ambassador, separated it from the complete context and started attacking him. But what did Rahul Gandhi say? Here are his words as reported by Cable in complete context Responding to the ambassador's query about Lashkar-e-Tayiba's activities in the region and immediate threat to India, Gandhi said there was evidence of some support

ETV U.P-Uttaranchal is now the number one channel in U.P

2010-11-23T23:57:00.001+05:30

ETV UttarPradesh-Uttaranchal, is now the number one channel in Uttar Pradesh. ETV U.P surpassed ZEE U.P and Sahara Samay U.P in the month of October and continues to lead the TRPs. After conquering the lead positions in Marathi and Gujarati and regaining the second position in Kannada, Telugu and Bengali, looks like ETV is strategically planning to penetrate into North India's interior regions.

Rajini should step into politics

2010-11-19T10:19:00.001+05:30

Technorati Tags: Rajinikanth,DMK,AIADMK,Tamil Nadu 1996 The then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao took up the task of strengthening Congress in Tamil Nadu. And after the 'talks' with Superstar Rajinikanth, stage was all set to announce the political entry of Superstar, in New Delhi in the presence of PVN. But Rajini backed off in the last minute for unknown reasons. And he