Hyderabad: TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday asserted that his party would only accept formation of separate Telangana as a solution to the long-pending statehood issue in Andhra Pradesh. "No other proposal would be acceptable to us. Telangana people would reject any other proposal," he said in Hyderabad.
His reaction came amid reports that the Centre would soon come up with a solution to the contentious Telangana issue. Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday said in Delhi that discussions were going on at the highest level on the statehood issue. The TRS President expressed hope that his party would emerge as a major political force after the 2014 Assembly and general elections in the Congress-ruled state.
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01:23 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Hyderabad: Twenty two legislators belonging to TRS and BJP along with two Independent MLAs associated with them were on Monday suspended from the Andhra Pradesh Assembly for two days for constantly disrupting proceedings of the House on Telangana statehood issue. Of the total suspended members, 17 belonged to Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), three to Bharatiya Janata Party and one Independent each associated with these parties. These members stayed put in...
02:36 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Hyderabad: Apparently frustrated by the delay in the formation of a separate Telangana state, a student of Osmania University in Andhra Pradesh committed suicide early Saturday, police said. The body of Bandaru Srinivas, an engineering student, was found hanging from a tree opposite the library on the Osmania University campus. He hailed from Mahabubnagar district of Telangana region. Srinivas' friends said he was depressed over the delay in granting statehood...
06:28 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Top BJP sources said on Friday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had conveyed his decision to their party president Rajnath Singh. ...
09:22 PM, Jun 14, 2013
The Telangana protests intensify after a brief lull as pro-Telangana activists clash with police in Hyderabad. With the 2014 elections drawing nearer, parties have started promising statehood, something that has alluded the region ever since Independence. CNN-IBN's consulting editor Veeraraghav TM joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Telangana protests. Q. Do you think Congress will bow down to these protests and give statehood so that its seats do...
04:54 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Hyderabad: The Telangana protests have flare up yet again in Hyderabad as the police fired teargas shells to disperse the protesters. No injuries were reported in the teargas firing. Meanwhile, two rebel Telangana Congress MPs G Viveka and Manda Jagannath have courted arrest even as hundreds of pro-Telangana activists have been taken into protective custody. A group of protesters tried to force their way to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly but...
02:16 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Hyderabad: The action is hotting up in Hyderabad, where two rebel Telangana Congress MPs G Viveka and Manda Jagannath have courted arrest even as hundreds of pro-Telangana activists have been taken into protective custody. A group of protesters tried to force their way to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly but were stopped by the police. The members of the Telangana Joint Action Commitee were marching towards the state assembly with the...
11:09 AM, Jun 14, 2013
As pro-Telangana groups gear to march to the Assembly in Hyderabad demanding a separate statehood for Telangana, Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA KT Rama Rao says that the Congress should no more delay its decision on the issue. "The Congress has delayed by 3 and a half years already, their comittment was made then. Their delay has already costed a lot of lives and unrest in Telangana. Now let them not ...
09:35 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Hyderabad: The battle lines are drawn as the apex body fighting for separate statehood to Telangana region is determined to defy prohibitory orders and go ahead with Friday's march to the assembly to press for its demand. Police in Hyderabad have gone on high alert, imposing orders banning meetings and rallies, closing flyovers and roads leading towards the assembly building in the heart of the city. The assembly has turned...
04:57 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Police have made heavy security arrangements in Hyderabad in view of the 'Chalo Assembly' protest om Friday by deploying about 10,000 police personnel from the state and 20 companies from the central para-military forces. After refusing permission for the protest, the police have started checking vehicles at entry points to foil the attempts of the protesters to get into the city. The police have also intensified surveillance...
01:41 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Hyderabad: Pro-Telangana students clashed with the police for the second consecutive day on Thursday at the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad. The students had gathered to take out a march, when the Hyderabad Police tried to stop them. Protesting students pelted stones on policemen after they were stopped at the NCC gate on the OU campus, even as police retaliated by firing teargas shells. Two protesters have been arrested in...
02:28 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Hyderabad: A local court took cognisance of a complaint against a police official for not registering FIRs against union ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and P Chidambaram over allegations that they "cheated" people in Telangana by making "misleading" statements about statehood. The second metropolitan magistrate's court took cognisance against the station house officer (SHO) of LB Nagar police station under Section 166 (a) of the Indian Penal Code (public servant disobeying...
01:01 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Consensus seems to be eluding Congress over the issue of Telangana with Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday refusing to set any deadline for deciding the statehood issue. His statement came close on the heels of claims made by Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress General Secretary looking after party's affairs in Andhra Pradesh, that the issue will be resolved within this month. "This entire matter is under process...We...
11:30 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Hyderabad: Telangana issue and the demand to set up a steel plant in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday disrupted the proceedings of the State Legislative Assembly here. TRS members trooped into the well of the House as soon as the session began for the day and raised slogans demanding that the Assembly pass a resolution favouring formation of separate Telangana. The TDP members also stood near the Speaker's...
12:26 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday indicated that passing a resolution in the legislative assembly favouring the formation of separate Telangana state would not be possible as demanded by Telangana Rashtra Samithi and other parties. TRS reiterated today its demand for such a resolution at the meeting of Business Advisory Committee(BAC) of the assembly. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, however, reportedly said the Telangana issue was being examined...
02:55 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Panaji: Amid reports of a rift within the BJP, especially after LK Advani's decision to skip the National Executive Meeting, party president Rajnath Singh said the conclave would end on a positive note and everyone will go back "happy". In his inaugural address at the national executive meeting here, Rajnath Singh said everyone will go home "happy, energised and enthusiastic", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters. The...
06:00 PM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: No decision was taken on whether to bring an ordinance on UPA's pet legislation - Food Security - during Friday's core Congress meet. The bill is stuck in Parliament as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not allow it to be debated upon in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, which ended May 8. The BJP wanted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resign over the faulty allocations...
08:29 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Hyderabad: BJP president Rajnath Singh has asked the UPA government to table a bill in parliament to carve out a separate Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, saying his party would extend unconditional support. Addressing a public meeting in Hyderabad on Monday night, Rajnath Singh said that if the government convenes a special session of parliament to table the bill, the BJP would support it. At the public meeting at...
05:18 AM, Jun 04, 2013
Hyderabad: Seeking to mount pressure on the ruling Congress, BJP on Monday demanded that the government should move a Bill in Parliament for formation of separate Telangana or convene a special session for the purpose. "BJP will support it (the bill) fully without any condition. If necessary, you convene a special session for forming separate Telangana and BJP will support it even then," BJP President Rajnath Singh said. He was...
11:45 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi/Hyderabad: The Congress on Sunday said it will take a decision on the Telangana issue in June 2013. Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters that the party would hold some more consultations before taking the decision. Azad, who is incharge of the party affairs in Andhra Pradesh, advised party leaders from Telangana to wait for the decision. Referring to two MPs and some others who quit the...
04:16 AM, Jun 03, 2013
