Uma Sudhir

KCR Doesn't Rule Out Backing Congress In Case Of Split Verdict: Sources

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain and Uma Sudhir, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday May 14, 2019

K Chandrasekhara Rao, who has been meeting with various political leaders ahead of the national election results, is pushing for all regional parties to operate as a bloc, especially the parties in the south.

KCR's Federal Front Pitch Gets New Direction From MK Stalin: Sources

India News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday May 13, 2019

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's efforts to rope in DMK chief MK Stalin for a non-Congress, non-BJP Federal Front, did not go off the way he expected today.

Blog: In Stalin Meeting With KCR, The Looming Rahul Gandhi Factor

Blog | Uma Sudhir | Monday May 13, 2019

Why would KCR, as he is known, a Chief Minister who won a colossal majority in his state and is predicted to win a majority of the Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, travel to meet Stalin, an opposition leader in a neighbouring state? That too when he knows that leader is part of an alliance with the Congress that KCR had earlier distanced himself from?

"Nathuram Godse, A Hindu, Independent India's 1st Extremist": Kamal Haasan

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Uma Sudhir; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday May 13, 2019

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, whose party made its debut in the national election, said on Sunday that the first extremist in Independent India was a Hindu. Mr Haasan was referring to Nathuram Godse who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.

Hyderabad Metro Timings To Get Extended For IPL Final

Hyderabad News | Reported By Uma Sudhir, Edited By Richa Taneja | Sunday May 12, 2019

Hyderabad metro timings extended as city hosts final round of IPL championship between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) to be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Watch: Congress Left Red-Faced As Party Leaders Trade Blows At Hyderabad Event

Telangana News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Saturday May 11, 2019

Two Congress leaders came to blows at a protest meet organised by opposition parties at Hyderabad's Indira Park today, with video cameras covering every push and shove much to the party's embarrassment. The matter was resolved only after senior Congress leaders intervened, reminding those involved that the tiff was not helping the party's image in ...

Blog: In Memory Of Sreekanth, Friend, Colleague, Inspiration

Blog | Uma Sudhir | Monday May 6, 2019

I feel bereaved today. It is a big loss to me and to NDTV. And Sreekanth, we all acknowledge your contribution, not just to journalism but to positive living.

Federal Front Push? KCR Meets Pinarayi Vijayan; Talks With Stalin Soon

India News | Reported by Uma Sudhir And Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday May 7, 2019

With just two more rounds to go in the mammoth, seven-phase elections, political activity for a Federal Front is gathering steam. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, who floated the idea of a non-Congress, non-BJP Front two years ago, met his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan this evening. Another meeting has been scheduled with DMK chi...

How Odisha Looked Cyclone Fani In The Eye... And Won

India News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Sunday May 5, 2019

Just sometimes, one feels glad about everything that has changed in the last 20 years. NDTV was among the first agencies to reach Paradip after the Odisha supercyclone in 1999, even ahead of officials, to report on the widespread destruction. An estimate of the dead was eventually pegged at 10,000.

"Came Down As Home Is Shaking": Odisha Braves Cyclone Fani

India News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Stela Dey | Friday May 3, 2019

Cyclone Fani has come down heavily on Odisha barrelling through the state with wind speeds as high as 200 km per hour. In Bhubaneswar, people have come down on the roads taking shelter under shades from the heavy rain saying their "homes were shaking".

Tech Glitch, Wrong Marks Fuelled Telangana Exam Result Chaos: Probe Panel

Telangana News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Wednesday May 1, 2019

A committee formed by the Telangana government to probe discrepancies in the results of the state's intermediate exam, after 25 students committed suicide, has pointed out several glaring errors.

2 Teen Girls' Bodies In A Well In 3 Days In Chilling Telangana Murders

Telangana News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Tuesday April 30, 2019

Close to three days after the body of a Class 10 girl was found inside an abandoned well in a village in Telangana, the skeletal remains of an 18-year-old student was found in the same well. The teenager had been missing for close to two months.

Correct Score: 99, Result: 0. 25 Student Suicides After Telangana Exam Blunder

Telangana News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Stela Dey | Tuesday April 30, 2019

Telangana BJP chief K Laxman is sitting on an indefinite hunger strike to build pressure for a judicial investigation into a high number of student suicides - 25 in the last 10 days - after an equally high number of students failed in the state board's intermediate exam conducted by a private agency.

Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe To NDTV: "India Gave Us Intelligence, But There Was A Lapse"

India News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday April 23, 2019

India had shared intelligence inputs with Sri Lanka but there was a lapse in how the country handled it, Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told NDTV in an exclusive interview in Colombo on Tuesday, three days after a terrorist attack killed more than 300 people and injured over 500.

Tamil Nadu Votes Thursday: All You Need To Know

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday April 16, 2019

Tamil Nadu votes in a national election for the first time after the death of its two iconic politicians, J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi, left a vacuum that will be hard to fill. After losing its charismatic leader Jayalalithaa, the ruling AIADMK has been struggling with infighting and a fierce power struggle. This election marks many firsts for ...