Agitations related to the demand for separate Telangana state have prompted the US State Department to caution its citizens in Hyderabad to be careful till February 4. A statement issued by the Consulate General of USA in Hyderabad said there could be also demonstrations/protests on the arrest of Owaisi brothers of MIM, that may lead to disturbances. ...
04:43 AM, Jan 27, 2013
With the Centre's deadline on the issue of Telangana approaching, Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, held one more round of talks on the issue Saturday evening. ...
09:54 PM, Jan 26, 2013
The Congress is divided over bifurcating Andhra Pradesh and creating a new state of Telangana. Several party leaders have questioned the timing and need for creating Telangana, sources say. So where does the statehood issues currently stand? Political analyst and 'Vaartha' bureau chief R Rajagopalan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Telangana impasse. ...
06:47 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Is the ban on Vishwaroopam in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh justified? CNN-IBN's senior correspondent Meenakshi Mahadevan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:53 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Congress MPs from Telangana on Friday dropped enough hints that they would quit the party if it did not honour its word on granting statehood for the region. For the record, however, they said they would wait for the Centre's decision on the issue till January 28 even as they were highly critical of AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad's statement that any decision would not be taken in haste....
03:01 PM, Jan 25, 2013
The Congress is divided over bifurcating Andhra Pradesh and creating a new state of Telangana. Several party leaders have questioned the timing and need for creating a separate state Telangana, sources say. ...
06:27 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The Congress top leadership met at party President Sonia Gandhi's residence to resolve the Telangana tangle a huddle over Telangana. ...
05:05 PM, Jan 24, 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
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed the bail plea of YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy in the alleged disproportionate assets case. Reddy had earlier asked the CBI about the details of the progress in the investigation as CBI had filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court claiming that a comprehensive chargesheet would be filed after completing the probe expeditiously. ...
11:23 AM, Jan 24, 2013
The roadblocks in the creation of a separate state of Telangana by diving Andhra Pradesh are yet to be removed. ...
07:19 PM, Jan 23, 2013
The politics and agitation for a separate state of Telangana has once again intensified. The Central Government may take a decision on the issue soon. The government is considering two options, first to make Telangana a separate state and second to constitute an Autonomous Telangana Regional Council within Andhra Pradesh. ...
02:17 PM, Jan 23, 2013
A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by a youth in Karimnagar on Tuesday, the police said. Accused Gore Rajesh, 21, a native of Kotha Kommu Gudem in Adilabad district, has been arrested, Deputy Superintendent of Police S Laxminarayana said. ...
08:52 PM, Jan 22, 2013
A man allegedly axed his wife and one-and-half-year old daughter to death at Venkatapur village following an altercation on Tuesday. The incident took place under Yellareddypet police station limits, nearly 70 kms from Karimnagar, in the wee hours, police said. ...
11:46 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Acting on a local court's directive, the police on Monday registered a case against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ram Jethmalani for his controversial remarks on Lord Ram during a function in Delhi in 2012. The court, hearing a petition filed by advocate Navin Kumar who claimed the former Union Law Minister's remarks on Lord Ram had hurt religious feelings of a particular community, had asked the Neredmet police to investigate...
10:57 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Even as the pro-unified Andhra Pradesh leaders stepped up activity in New Delhi, Telangana seeking groups on Monday threatened to launch a "militant struggle" if their demand for a separate state was not conceded by January 28, "as promised" by the Centre. Congress legislators from Telangana decided to go to Delhi on Tuesday along with ministers and MPs from the region and prevail upon the Centre to take a favourable...
06:33 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Andhra Pradesh ministers from the Andhra-Rayalaseema regions will camp in New Delhi from Monday to prevail upon the Congress high command as well as the Centre not to divide the state. "We want Andhra Pradesh to remain united. We will present our case strongly to the party high command and the Centre in a democratic manner," School Education Minister S Sailajanath told reporters after a meeting of ministers here this...
06:20 PM, Jan 19, 2013
MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was shifted back to jail after a series of tests and treatment at a hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Adilabad district, police said. The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator was shifted back to district jail in Adilabad town, about 300 km from Hyderabad, after being earlier taken to government-run Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) on complaining of severe stomach pain. ...
11:09 AM, Jan 19, 2013
As many as 14 stalls set up by Pakistani nationals were withdrawn from the ongoing All-India Industrial Exhibition in Hyderabad on Thursday, a day after a protest, demanding the removal of the stalls. ...
10:12 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Union Home Secretary RK Singh has called the Andhra Pradesh DGP and the Chief Secretary for a meeting at 2 pm on Thursday at the Home Ministry. The meeting comes amidst speculation that the government is set to make an announcement on the Telangana statehood. ...
12:43 PM, Jan 17, 2013
MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi on Wednesday denied that it was his voice in the hate speech CD, sources said. Owaisi was arrested for a hate speech made in December 2012 and the MIM leader has now said that the recording of that speech is that of someone else. The police has asked for the court's permission to get his voice sample. ...
08:29 PM, Jan 16, 2013
