Hyderabad: The Telangana political Joint Action Committee (JAC) would meet in Hyderabad on Saturday to finalise its future course of action about the resumption of separate statehood agitation. JAC leaders, including TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who held a meeting in Hyderabad on Friday, decided to continue their talks on Saturday. The TRS president had earlier threatened to intensify the agitation from mid-January. During September and October last year, the...
08:38 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Nizamabad: YSR Congress leader YS Jagan Mohan Reddy began his fast on Tuesday night on farmers' issues at Armoor in Nizamabad district of Telangana region amid protests by Telangana supporters. Alleging that Jagan has an anti-Telangana stance, the statehood supporters squatted on the roads, burnt tyres, pelted stones on his convoy and voiced their protest in various other forms at several places while he was on his way to Armoor...
11:36 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Hyderabad: Kadapa MP and YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's convoy came under attack on Tuesday when stones were pelted by pro-Telangana activists on the vehicle carrying him in Andhra Pradesh's Medak. Jagan Mohan was on his way to Nizamabad where he will hold a two-day fast in support of farmers when the stone-pelting incident took place. Police arrested several pro-Telangana activists for targeting Jagan Mohan. Meanwhile, Telangana Rashtra...
04:32 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Hyderabad: The TRS, the Telangana political Joint Action Committee (JAC) and Congress leaders from the region on Monday voiced stiff opposition to Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's fast to be held at Nizamabad district on Tuesday. "Jagan has an anti-Telangana attitude. He never spoke in support of Telangana. He has tried to evade a clear stance on the separate statehood demand (by saying that the decision on it has...
01:52 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Hyderabad: Will YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy have to face as much an angry crowd and receive as many brickbats as TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu did in Warangal on January 6 when he visits Nizamabad district on January 10. Though the TRS leaders are saying that they will apply the same yardstick to Jagan and disturb his programme, the conviction in their voice is lacking. TRS leader...
11:06 AM, Jan 09, 2012
Warangal: Tension prevailed in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh with TRS party cadre attempting to block the convoy of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu. Naidu is touring the Telangana district as part of his farmer welfare yatra. The TRS party cadres shouted slogans and pelted stones at his convoy. They were demanding clarity from Naidu on the Telangana issue. Warangal had heavy police deployment along the route of the yatra,...
12:05 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Hyderabad: Amid high drama, police in Hyderabad on Saturday arrested a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislator who wanted to hang himself for separate Telangana state, provided Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhara Rao also joined him. M Narasimhulu, another party leader E Dayakar Rao and their supporters were arrested at Telangana martyrs' memorial at Gun Park in front of the state assembly. Earlier, holding a long rope in his...
09:35 AM, Dec 25, 2011
HYDERABAD: For chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, vanquishing the Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief in his citadel, Mahaboobnagar parliamentary constituency, appears to be his immediate goal. As by-elections for three Assembly seats from the district will be notified soon, Kiran Reddy does not want to lose the opportunity of helping the party put up a better performance in the district, thereby telling KCR, who represents Mahaboobnagar in the Lok Sabha,...
10:38 AM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: A petition challenging the continuance of N Kiran Kumar Reddy as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister has been withdrawn from the Supreme Court by MLA Venu Gopala Chary after the former won a no-trust motion last week. A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Dipak Mishra permitted counsel Sateesh Galla to withdraw the petition as "it had become infructous" in view of Reddy's victory in the motion moved by...
09:30 AM, Dec 11, 2011
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday ordered release of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Cheruku Sudhakar, declaring his detention under the National Security Act (NSA) as illegal. Acting on petitions by his wife, TRS and Telangana Advocates Joint Action Committee (JAC), the court directed the government to immediately release Sudhakar on bail. The order came two days after the state government, in an extraordinary move, issued an order...
12:55 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Hyderabad: As many as 21 legislators loyal to YSR Congress party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy will vote against the Congress government during the no-confidence motion in the assembly. The legislators including 19 of the ruling Congress party attended a meeting with Jaganmohan Reddy at his residence here to chalk out the party's strategy on the no-confidence motion moved by main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP). After the meeting, legislator P...
08:01 PM, Dec 03, 2011
Hyderabad: The winter session of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly began on a stormy note on Thursday with the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) stalling the proceedings, forcing the speaker to adjourn the house. It was trouble right from the word go as TDP members rushed to the speaker's podium seeking an assurance that he would take up the no-confidence motion moved by the party. As soon as the five-day...
10:42 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Bangalore: Jaxtr, set up by Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia and Yogesh Patel, today announced the launch of JaxtrSMS, an open texting application which allows users to send free SMSes across the world. "JaxtrSMS is completely unique in terms that a mobile user can send a text SMS to any mobile phone in the world without requiring the receiver to have the JaxtrSMS application installed on their phone," the company said...
12:05 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Hyderabad: Hailing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for pushing through a resolution in the Assembly on splitting the state, TRS on Monday demanded that the Centre give its assent to it and also carve out a separate Telangana state. "TRS welcomes the decision of the UP Chief Minister. It is a bold step. It is very good for democracy. She has also reiterated her support to the formation of Telangana....
05:06 PM, Nov 21, 2011
![]()
12/11/2011: "Telangana is a complicated issue. Creation of a separate state will not solve the problem. Solving one national issue should not create more problems. ...
11:43 AM, Nov 15, 2011
displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them.
