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
Hyderabad: Moments after the Srikrishna committee report went public the heat was felt in Hyderabad - the epicentre of the Telangana struggle. TRS which boycotted the meeting called by home minister Chidambaram in Delhi; refused to give the centre any time and demanded tabling of a Telangana bill in the budget session of parliament. K Chandrashekhar Rao, TRS leader said, "I honestly appeal to the Prime Minister of India -...
08:20 PM, Jan 06, 2011
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party on Wednesday night announced it would not attend the all-party meeting convened by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in Delhi on Thursday to discuss Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana statehood issue. In a letter to Chidambaram, TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu said it was for the Centre to take the decision on the issue. "The Justice Srikrishna Committee that was appointed to look into the statehood...
08:17 PM, Jan 05, 2011
Hyderabad: A crisis the UPA managed to stave off in the year gone by is back posing the toughest political challenge in the new year. The centre's proposed eight-party meeting to find common ground on the Telangana tangle is in jeopardy. TRS leader K Chandrashekhar Rao said, "I would request P Chidamabaram to invite one reprenstative from each party to tell the party opinion." This TRS gambit is an attempt...
07:07 PM, Jan 03, 2011
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