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 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
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
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
With the deadline for the Centre's decision on the vexatious Telangana statehood issue approaching fast, the war of words between leaders of Telangana and Andhra-Rayalaseema regions has escalated. While Andhra-Rayalaseema leaders are brushing aside their Telangana counterparts' claims on "signals" of formation of a new state as "mere speculation," the latter aver that the former are in a state of "desperation" as Telangana state would become a reality soon. ...
06:08 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Close on the heels of all-party meeting on Telangana issue, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday held consultations with senior party leaders as it prepared to take a decision on the vexed matter by the promised month end. ...
08:05 PM, Jan 03, 2013
A bandh was being observed on December 29 in Telangana with statehood supporters staging demonstrations at various places in Andhra Pradesh. The shutdown has been called by TRS to protest the Centre's "indecision" on granting statehood to Telangana. BJP and Telangana Joint Action Committees are supporting the bandh, which comes a day after the all-party meeting on Telangana in New Delhi. ...
01:07 PM, Dec 29, 2012
The announcement was made by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde after an all-party meeting held in Delhi. ...
07:14 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader K Chandrasekhar Rao has announced a bandh on Saturday in protest against the government's approach towards the separate statehood demand. ...
03:25 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Unhappy over the outcome of the all-party meeting on the issue of statehood for Telangana, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has called for a shutdown in the region on Saturday. ...
02:04 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Unhappy with the outcome of the meeting convened by Centre on Telangana issue, TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao on Friday termed it as a "futile exercise" while announcing a Telangana bandh on Saturday to protest against the government's attitude towards the demand for a separate state. ...
02:01 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday said that a decision on the issue of separate statehood for Telangana would be taken within a month. Addressing the press following an all-party meeting on the issue, Shinde urged people to maintain calm over the matter. "I appeal the youth of Andhra Pradesh to maintain peace. The government will take a decision on this and whatever will happen will be good," he...
11:45 AM, Dec 28, 2012
Telugu people living not just in Andhra Pradesh, but all across the world await the outcome of the all-party meeting convened by the Union Home Ministry on Friday in New Delhi on the Telangana statehood issue, though political parties themselves are cynical about its outcome. ...
06:08 AM, Dec 28, 2012
Telugu people living not just in Andhra Pradesh, but all across the world await the outcome of the all-party meeting convened by the Union Home Ministry on Friday in New Delhi on the Telangana statehood issue, though political parties themselves are cynical about its outcome. ...
06:48 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Notwithstanding the high expectations that a section of Congress leaders have, the all-party meeting convened by the central government over the Telangana issue on Dec 28 is not likely to achieve any breakthrough in finding a solution to the contentious issue. ...
11:04 AM, Dec 26, 2012
