Hyderabad: Congress MPs G Vivek, M Jagannath and senior party leader K Keshav Rao, who had quit the ruling party over Telangana issue, formally joined TRS on Sunday in the presence of its president K Chandrasekhar Rao at a public meeting in Hyderabad on Sunday evening. A few former ministers and leaders from Congress, TDP and other parties also joined TRS on the occasion. Slamming Congress for not keeping its...
12:20 AM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress Core Group met in the national capital to discuss the Telangana issue and sources tell CNN-IBN that a decision is likely to be announced after the Assembly session of Andhra Pradesh gets over. The Group also held talks on the Food Security Bill. Sources say an all-party meet could be called on June 7 or June 8. The main Opposition the Bharatiya Janata Party has hit...
05:15 PM, Jun 01, 2013
New Delhi: Amid talk of a special session of Parliament, Congress top brass on Saturday discussed the way ahead on UPA's ambitious Food Security Bill in the wake of opposition's "uncooperative" attitude. In an over three-hour-long meeting of Congress Core Group, chaired by party president Sonia Gandhi with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by her side, the top leadership of the party deliberated in detail the options of calling a special...
02:27 PM, Jun 01, 2013
New Delhi: With Telangana issue returning to haunt Congress, Sonia Gandhi on Friday held deliberations with senior leaders in the wake of two sitting MPs and a prominent state leader deciding to join TRS, which is spearheading the statehood movement. Gandhi held confabulations with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and AICC general secretary in-charge for the state Ghulam Nabi Azad and her political secretary Ahmed Patel on the...
02:12 AM, Jun 01, 2013
In a setback to the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh, two Congress MPs and senior leader Keshav Rao from the Telangana region announced their decision to quit the party and to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. AP Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy responded to it and said the sensitive issue of Telangana cannot be resolved in a hurry. ...
09:20 AM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: In a major jolt to the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, Keshav Rao, the party's most prominent face in Telangana, threatened to quit along with two MPs, Dr M Jagannath and Dr Gaddam Vivekanand. Speaking to reporters, ex-Rajya Sabha MP Keshav Rao said that he had issued an ultimatum to the Congress and that ten other Congress MPs were also ready to quit along with him. Keshav Rao said...
05:52 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: In a major jolt to the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, Keshav Rao, the party's most prominent face in Telangana, threatened to quit along with two other MPs, Dr M Jagannath and Dr Gaddam Vivekanand. Speaking to reporters, Keshav Rao said that he had issued an ultimatum to the Congress and that ten other MPs were also ready to quit along with him. Keshav Rao said he will formally...
04:59 PM, May 30, 2013
Hyderabad: A 23-year-old electrician allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree on the Osmania University (OU) campus in Hyderabad on Monday for the "cause of separate state of Telangana", police said. The deceased, identified only as Bharat, was found hanging from a tree on the campus by some locals who alerted police. The deceased, a native of Huzurnagar in Nalgonda district, came here only two months ago and...
11:20 PM, May 20, 2013
Hyderabad: Three Congress MPs from Telangana region on Saturday said they would not hesitate to quit if the party leadership does not take a decision on statehood issue by May 30. The MPs -- M Jagannath, G Vivek and S Rajaiah -- met in Hyderabad and discussed the issue. Talking to reporters, Jagannath said they would not hesitate to quit the party if no favourable decision came by May 30....
05:15 PM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: Congress on Saturday said the issue of separate Telangana does not form part of the UPA's national agenda and it only concerned the state government- remarks which may cause consternation in Andhra Pradesh. "The issue does not form party of the national agenda of UPA. It definitely does not form part.... It concerns the state government", party spokesman PC Chacko told reporters at the AICC briefing. Chacko's remarks...
08:53 PM, May 18, 2013
Telangana protesters on Tuesday tried to enter Parliament compund and were arrested. ...
12:12 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Five Congress MPs from Telangana on Monday launched a 48-hour protest outside Parliament to press for their separate statehood demand. The move caused a major embarrassment to the Congress as the party is in power in Andhra Pradesh. The MPs, clad in white kurta pyjamas, carried placards which read - "48 hours diksha for achieving Telangana" and "Give Telangana and Save Democracy". The five MPs are Gutha Sukhender...
05:20 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Hyderabad: Some Congress MPs from Telangana region, who have been in the forefront of the campaign for separate statehood, would undertake sit-in on the premises of Parliament house on Monday. Congress Lok Sabha member from Karimnagar Ponnam Prabhakar said MPs from Telangana would observe the sit-in at Gandhi statue in Parliament to highlight their demand. Telangana Congress MPs have been vocal in raising the separate statehood demand, sometimes causing discomfiture...
08:25 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Hyderabad: TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday met senior Congress leaders from Telangana region, triggering off speculation that some ruling party MPs might join the Telangana party ahead of next year's general polls. The TRS president went to the residence of senior Congress leader K Keshav Rao here and held talks with him for about two hours. Congress Lok Sabha member M Jagannath was also present at the meeting....
03:30 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) would fight the Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls and the 2014 Lok Sabha elections alone, party president K Chandrasekhar Rao said on Friday. "TRS politbureau today resolved to face the ensuing elections without having alliance with any party. After elections, we will move strategically to achieve separate Telangana," he told reporters. He said the candidates for elections would be finalised next month in consultation with a...
10:50 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Hyderabad: Six persons have died in unseasonal rain in Andhra Pradesh in the past 48 years. Twenty-three persons have also been injured as rain and hailstorms hit Telangana and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh. The other majorly affected districts include Hyderabad, RangaReddy, Nizamabad and Medak. The rainfall caused crop damages in 17,925 hectares while 350 houses also suffered damage. The Met department has warned that thunder squall may occur in...
09:56 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Asserting that the Centre had never said that "it would "give or not give" a separate Telangana state, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday said that the union government would take a decision on statehood when the 'time and occasion' come. He also said that any resolution in the state Assembly (on Telangana) could be taken up only on the directive of the Centre. ...
12:40 AM, Mar 24, 2013
TRS, BJP and other pro-Telangana organisations on Thursday began a 'Sadak Bandh' (road blockade) on the Hyderabad-Bangalore Highway in support of the separate statehood demand even as police denied permission for it. ...
12:33 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The Telangana Political Joint Action Committee is set to organize a 'Sadak Bandh' on the Hyderabad-Bangalore highway today. This despite permission denied by the police. ...
09:05 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Pro-Telangana parties and organisations would enforce a 'sadak bandh' (road blockade) on the Hyderabad-Bangalore highway on Thursday though police has denied permission for the protest. Demanding that the Centre accept the separate statehood demand immediately, they would block traffic at various places along the highway in Telangana region. ...
05:01 PM, Mar 20, 2013
