The Telangana protests are set to get louder in the national capital on Wednesday as seven Congress MPs will be arriving in Delhi this morning and are expected to hand over their letters of resignation to Sonia Gandhi. ...
06:39 AM, Jan 30, 2013
The Telangana crisis continues as seven Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh have said that they will send their resignation letters to party President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. The MPs, after being summoned by the party high command, will land in Delhi on Wednesday. ...
02:24 PM, Jan 29, 2013
A midnight statement three years ago on the formation of Telangana, by the then Home Minister P Chidambaram, that was aimed at ending TRS chief K Chandrashekhara Rao's fast unto death opened a pandora's box. But just a few days later the Centre went back on its word by appointing a committee headed by Justice BN Srikrishna to decide on a separate state of Telangana. ...
01:54 PM, Jan 29, 2013
The Telangana stir has intensified on Monday with activists and police clashing at Indira Park in Hyderabad. The Ranga Reddy district court has now admitted a petition against former home minister P Chidambaram and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde accusing them of cheating the people of Telangana with their statements. The court has directed the police to register a case. ...
02:23 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The Telangana stir intensified on Monday as angry Protestors clashed with the police at the Indira Park in Hyderabad, which has become the nerve centre of the pro-Telangana protests, with the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leading a 36-hour relay strike. Agitating protestors also broke barricades. ...
11:33 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Pro-Telangana activists are upset with yet another delay on the statehood issue and have threatened to intensify the protests in Hyderabad. This came after the Centre deferred the Telangana decision once again on Sunday. After a meeting of top Congress leaders, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde issued a statement saying the consultation process is still on and a final decision cannot be reached now. ...
07:41 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress incharge of Andhra Pradesh's political affairs, said that the UPA Government needs more time to decide on the issue of separate statehood. ...
09:57 PM, Jan 27, 2013
A decision on the contentious Telangana statehood demand will be delayed further with the Government and the Congress on Sunday stating that a "little more time" is needed to arrive at a final decision on the issue. ...
06:17 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Government sources on Sunday said that all options were "still open" on the issue of the Telangana separate statehood. The sources said that senior Congress leaders were likely to hold a meeting in the evening on Sunday. The meeting will be attended by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Vayalar Ravi, the said. ...
02:13 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Anti-Telangana leaders will meet Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday evening. This comes after Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday hinted that a decision on Telangana can be delayed. Azad hinted that the Congress could buy more time to resolve the Telangana issue. ...
02:49 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Hyderabad: Seeking to mount pressure on the ruling Congress, the BJP would hold a three-day agitation in Delhi from Monday in support of separate Telangana state. State BJP leaders and activists would stage a hunger-strike at Jantar Mantar in the national capital. The aim was to put pressure on the UPA government at the Centre, which failed to form the separate state as per its promise, state BJP president G...
09:43 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Rajahmundry: Andhra Pradesh Minister of Minor Irrigation TG Venkatash on Sunday said Seemandhra region has witnessed a gradual rise in investment despite the recent Telangana agitation in the state. "There is every chance for development in Seemandhra...Due to the agitation, investment in the Telangana region has decreased while investment in Seemandhra region has increasing vastly. After taking all these aspects in coming years, Seemandhra will be developed in all aspects...
08:36 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Hyderabad: In an attempt to rejuvenate the Telangana agitation for a separate state, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs will be undertaking padyatras in all districts starting Wednesday. The padyatras are slated to continue till November 21. This comes days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that a decision on Telangana would be taken on the basis of consensus and nothing would be done in a hurry to avoid any trouble....
10:10 AM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will examine a batch of PILs challenging the ongoing separate Telangana state agitation in Andhra Pradesh, where normal life has been 'paralysed' and over 500 cases of 'suicide' have been reported. A bench of Justice G S Singhvi and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai asked petitioner P V Krishnaiah to furnish details of all the three PILs filed by him on the issue so that "if...
05:38 PM, Nov 07, 2011
New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that a decision on the Telangana issue would take place after the Eid-ul-Zuha festival. According to the home minister, Congress in-charge of Andhra Pradesh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, had conveyed to different groups in the state that no movement was possible during the festival season. Azad's report on Telangana following his talks with Congress MLAs and MPs is already with the...
06:02 PM, Oct 31, 2011
HYDERABAD: At a time when the Telangana stir was at its peak, contrary to popular perception, there was a spurt in the number of foreign tourists to the city, in particular, to the heritage sites. According to the Department of Tourism, the number of foreign tourists to the top heritage sites in the city has doubled when compared to the last year. S Prabhakar, District Tourism Officer for Hyderabad and...
10:07 AM, Oct 29, 2011
Hyderabad: Over a month long strike by pro-Telangana government employees in Andhra Pradesh demanding a timeframe for the creation of a separate state was called off late on Monday evening following marathon discussions between the protestors and the government. The employees, on strike since September 13 as part of the 'Sakala Janula Samme' (strike by all sections) in support of a host of demands including a timeline for statehood to...
11:35 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: Pro-Telangana groups have called for a bandh on Monday after the state government clamped down on the agitation. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao's son KT Rama Rao was arrested on Saturday and released on bail on Sunday. TRS MP Vijayashanti was also granted bail on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh state government also warned private schools of 'de-recognition' if they failed to function normally from Monday. Rao...
08:00 AM, Oct 16, 2011
Hyderabad: A crackdown was on Saturday launched against Telangana supporters in Andhra Pradesh. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao's son KT Rama Rao and other protestors were detained by the police. This came after a rail roko led to more than 170 trains being cancelled. It was a tug of war between Telangana Joint Action Committee and the Andhra Pradesh government. While the determined protesters hogged limelight by...
07:40 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhar Rao's son KT Rama Rao, his daughter and several other pro-Telangana activists were taken into preventive custody on Saturday ahead of the three-day rail roko campaign across the state. Some protesters have also been detained for trying to block the tracks at Hyderabad's Sitafal Mandi station. On Friday, the police vowed to take tough action against protestors who resorted to violence. Over 250...
08:24 AM, Oct 15, 2011
