Hyderabad: Even as Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has swung into action to implement the recommendations of Dharmana Prasada Rao-led ministerial committee, Congress leaders of Telangana have slammed the report saying it was absurd to look for ways to strengthen the party without first resolving the separate statehood issue, which, according to them, is the real crux of the problem. Senior Telangana Congress leader R Damodar Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar...
12:43 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Hyderabad: With presidential poll over, the Congress high command appears to have once again focused its attention on the political situation in the state even as the Congress leaders from Telangana and Seemandhra regions are busy guessing the fate of Andhra Pradesh. AICC president Sonia Gandhi held one-on-one talks with party state affairs incharge Ghulam Nabi Azad at her residence in New Delhi on Tuesday for over half an hour....
11:04 AM, Jul 25, 2012
Hyderabad: Politics is dynamic and keeps changing. And, in politics there are no permanent enemies or friends. This seems true in the case of the TDP and TRS. The strong rivals in the Telangana region _ Telugu Desam and Telangana Rashtra Samiti _ are preparing to work together if the recent political developments are any indication. Interestingly, both the arch rivals may join hands on the Telangana issue which separated...
01:23 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Hyderabad: Is the Congress-led UPA government giving a serious thought to creating a Telangana state? The answer seems yes going by the remarks made by Union minister Jairam Ramesh that smaller states can be administered better. Telangana leaders say they have received enough hints that the central government is indeed seized of the issue and is inclined to grant statehood to the region. Jairam Ramesh, who toured Sonbhadra district of...
01:58 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Hyderabad: BJP leader and former Union minister Ch Vidyasagar Rao has called upon all pro-Telangana forces to join hands to carry forward the Telangana movement and to set a fresh deadline, September 17 (Hyderabad State Liberation Day), to the Centre for declaration of Telangana state. Addressing a press conference at the partys state headquarters here on Monday, Rao accused the Congress of adopting delaying tactics on the Telangana demand since...
01:04 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Hyderabad: The Telugu Desam leadership seems to be toying with the idea of abstaining from voting in the presidential election on July 19. The party has 11 MPs and 85 MLAs in the electoral college which consists of the elected members of the two Houses of Parliament, and the Assemblies of states and Union Territories. UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee and PA Sangma who is backed by the BJP, BJD and...
11:59 AM, Jul 14, 2012
Hyderabad: TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday said he is getting indications that formation of separate Telangana state would very soon be a reality. "There are ample opportunities for Telangana to be a reality in a short period, in August or September, as per the information we are getting," he said in Karimnagar district. He was speaking at the death anniversary of former Rajya Sabha member V Rajeswara Rao....
02:42 AM, Jul 13, 2012
Hyderabad: Dousing the hopes of Telangana protagonists who are expecting a favourable decision on separate statehood after the presidential elections on July 19, chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday indicated that a decision is not in the offing. Stating that there are wheels within wheels, he said the Congress would have to take into consideration several factors. The issue cannot be looked at in isolation. The party will take...
01:15 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Hyderabad: Differences appear to have cropped up between TJAC (Telangana Joint Action Committee) leadership and TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao, with the latter not in favour of relaunching the agitation for separate state. TJAC had decided to relaunch the agitation on August 1 and organise Telangana March on September 30 to force the Union government to announce statehood for Telangana without anymore delay. On Monday night, when TJAC leaders met...
12:15 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Hyderabad: For Telugu Desam Party (TDP), capturing power in 2014 elections, will be easier said than done. The party leaders themselves admit the difficulty given the new political factors that have come to stay like the Telanagana movement and the emergence of Jagan Mohan Reddy. But the party leaders were not losing heart. They want to build the path to power brick by brick and seem to be prepared till...
01:50 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Hyderabad: The state governments decision to release water to Krishna delta from dead storage of Nagarjunasagar Project (NSP) has triggered a water war between Telangana and coastal Andhra regions. The war is likely to intensify further since TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is planning a mahadharna in Hyderabad on Monday on farmers issues. The TRS has already demanded that Naidu should spell out his stand on release of water to...
01:05 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region may not currently be witnessing protests for separate statehood but the ongoing consultations by the Congress leadership in New Delhi has sparked fresh debate on the sensitive issue. The series of deliberations the leadership has been having with the state party leaders and even with Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan over the last one week has triggered speculation that a solution to the four-decade-old issue may finally...
12:21 PM, Jun 30, 2012
Hyderabad: Though the AICC president Sonia Gandhi is generously meeting leaders from the Congress to gauge the political situation in the state, she is said to be remaining tight-lipped on Telangana or change of guard in the state. Her stony silence on these two key issues, is making the state Congress leaders racking their brains. A senior Telangana leader, who came back to Hyderabad on Thursday after camping in New...
01:06 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Hyderabad: Amidst speculation over a possible decision on Telangana, AICC president Sonia Gandhi, in an unusual manner, is giving much of her time to state Congress leaders to take stock of the political situation in Andhra Pradesh. State Congress leaders, who used to wait for days for her appointment, are now able to meet their party supremo as soon as they arrive in Delhi. Though many of them say they...
11:01 AM, Jun 28, 2012
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leadership is racking its brains on how to deal with the surge of Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddys party in Telangana region. The TRS in its 11 years of political journey has so far not come across a force as potent as Jagan Mohan Reddy in the region. For the first time, YSR Congress has emerged as an alternative to the TRS which is...
12:36 PM, Jun 25, 2012
So far we have seen him in stereotypical roles. Krishnudu is playing a distinct one in Naa Style Nade. Just what does he do in the film? Rowdyism. "Krishnudu is playing a self-styled rowdy in the movie. Does he do bullying for good or bad? Is he a hero or a villain? All this is suspense for now", director Surendar Kapoor says. Produced by Ravi Kapoor, the film's talkie part...
09:49 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Hyderabad: Jagan Mohan Reddy's party, the YSR Congress, crushed its rivals in the Andhra Pradesh by-polls, winning 14 of the 18 Assembly seats. It is leading in one more. Meanwhile, its candidate Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy was leading in the Lok Sabha seat of Nellore, ahead by more than 50,000 votes. The Congress managed to win two seats. It fared poorly in the 16 others, coming in at third in ten...
01:06 PM, Jun 15, 2012
Hyderabad: Jagan Mohan Reddy's party, the YSR Congress has won 8 seats in the Andhra Pradesh by-polls, latest vote-counting results have revealed. The eight seats are Polavaram, Pratipadu, Macherla, Yemmiganur, Allagada, Rajampet, Rayachoti, Railway Kodur. Jagan's mother reached the Chanchalguda prison, where he is currently lodged after being arrested in connection with a disproportionate assets case, to congratulate him. YSR Congress workers burst crackers, shouted slogans and carried party flags...
11:45 AM, Jun 15, 2012
Hyderabad: Jagan Mohan Reddy's party, the YSR Congress has won two seats - Yemmiganur and Anantpur, early morning vote-counting results revealed on Friday. Party workers broke out in celebration, bursting crackers, carrying party flags and shouting slogans on the city's roads. The YSR Congress is now leading in 14 out of 18 Assembly seats. The party is also reportedly leading by a margin of 50,000 votes in the Lok Sabha...
10:52 AM, Jun 15, 2012
CAT is formed to promote talented cricketers in Telangana who are being neglected and subjected to discrimination. ...
04:50 PM, Jun 14, 2012
