Telangana

CWC meet to discuss reforms, Telangana, Rahul's role

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee will meet on Tuesday to take stock of the present political scenario, following the exit of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress from the UPA. While there will be a discussion on the road ahead for the Congress, the CWC chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, will also look at solving the long-standing demand of the creation of separate state of Telangana. TRS chief K Chadrashekhar...  

Andhra: TDP to soon clarify stand on Telangana

Hyderabad: The Telugu Desam Party will make its stand clear on the contentious Telangana statehood demand in the next couple of days. Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu reportedly told this to Telugu Desam rank and file at its extended general body meet in Hyderabad on Monday. Party sources said Chandrababu would complete his deliberations with TDP leaders from all the three regions in the state in the next two days...  

Allow Telangana march: Outfits tell Andhra govt

Hyderabad: A delegation of pro-Telangana organisations on Monday appealed to the Andhra Pradesh government to allow proposed 'Telangana March' on September 30 in Hyderabad demanding statehood for the region, asserting that it will be held in a "peaceful" manner. In a letter addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee, representatives of eminent citizens of Hyderabad, Telangana Development Forum and Senior Citizens Association appealed that democratic rights of the 40 million Telangana people...  

Hyderabad: Vandalised statues to be re-installed

Hyderabad: The state government is all set to reinstall the 12 statues, of that of Telugu icons from Coastal Andhra, on Tank Bund that were vandalised by Telangana activists during the Million March of the Telangana agitation in March 2010. An additional statue of Komaram Bheem of Adilabad district, who fought against the Nizams, would also be installed. The Cultural Department will take up the work from October 1 as...  

'Telangana movement propelled by people, not TRS or KCR'

BJP state president G Kishan Reddy speaks on Telangana Movement, Telangana March, etc in an interview to Express. Q) What is your view on the Telangana Joint Action Committees call for Telangana March in the city on September 30? A) The TJAC has decided the programme without consulting its political constituents. However, the BJP has extended its solidarity and decided to take part in the programme. BJP leaders of the...  

AP: Seemandhra Congress leaders seek Sonia's appointment

Hyderabad: Even though AICC emissary Vayalar Ravi made it clear that the Congress high command had not taken any decision on the Telangana issue so far, Congress legislators from the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions have sought an appointment with their party chief Sonia Gandhi to persuade her to make an immediate announcement that the state will not be bifurcated. A day after the Congress legislators from Seemandhra had resolved to...  

Andhra Pradesh: Jagan drawing up poll strategy in jail

Hyderabad: YSR Congress Party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who has been in judicial custody in the Chanchalguda prison here for nearly four months, is utilising his leisure time to prepare an action plan for the next Assembly and Parliament elections in 2014. According to a party MLA, his party is in a win-win situation whether the state is divided or not. If the sate is divided, there will a...  

Solution to Telangana problem not easy: AP CM

Hyderabad: Even as the Congress party continued consultations over the Telangana issue in New Delhi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday said finding a solution to the issue was not easy. He said that it is difficult to give a deadline for a decision on the sensitive issue of separate Telangana state. He said the Congress would first take a stand on Telangana and then the...  

AP CM expects clarity on Telangana issue soon

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday hoped there would soon be clarity on the contentious issue of statehood for Telangana from the Centre. Kiran said that the Congress should first spell out its stand on the Telangana issue based on which the union government would take a decision. "During the 1969 and 1971 agitations for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the Centre came clear on the...  

TDP sceptical of Congress' latest Telangana moves

Hyderabad: Amid the ongoing hullabaloo over Telangana issue at the Congress high command level, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is understood to have predicted that the AICC top brass would not take any decision on the issue. He is believed to be of the opinion that the Congress-led UPA government has no clarity on the states bifurcation. The TDP chief, who came back to Hyderabad on Friday after participating in...  

Telangana: Sonia to meet TRS chief today

New Delhi: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is expected to meet Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday in a bid to find a resolution to the Telangana statehood issue. Sources say that Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan will be holding a separate meet with Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Defence Minister AK Antony. Narasimhan met Sonia on Thursday to...  

Telangana Congress leaders in dilemma

Hyderabad: Telangana leaders in the Congress are caught in a cleft stick over the TJAC-sponsored Telangana March on September 30. The leaders fear that if they do not take part in the march, in which several sections of people in the region are expected to participate, they will be targeted by the Telangana agitators. At the same time, the leaders also apprehend that their party may not take kindly to...  

AP: Days of reckoning for parties ahead of Telangana meet

Hyderabad: The time of reckoning seems to have arrived for all the political parties, particularly those operating in Telangana and Andhra regions, since they in all probability would have to spell out their stand on the bifurcation of the state at the all-party meet likely to be convened in Delhi soon. While Telangana leaders in these parties are worked up and bringing pressure on their respective leaderships to support the...  

Telangana issue again rocks Andhra Pradesh Assembly

Hyderabad: The Telangana issue rocked the Andhra Pradesh state assembly for the second consecutive day on Tuesday with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) stalling the proceedings, demanding a resolution for carving out a separate state. Speaker N. Manohar adjourned the house for half-an-hour amid noisy scenes and heated arguments among members. He later held a meeting with floor leaders of all parties but it failed to end the deadlock as TRS,...  

Hyderabad: Telangana issue back on the boil again

Hyderabad: With the Telangana March still 12 days away, the separate state issue is back on the boil. Monday was Telangana Liberation Day, and separatist groups worked up quite some steam. The day began with a familiar standoff, followed by the usual pyrotechnics between the police and students of Osmania University when the latter sought to take a procession out of campus. In the Assembly, TRS MLAs kicked up a...  

Telangana: TRS-Congress merger on the cards

New Delhi: A merger with the Congress may be on the cards, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party sources said on Tuesday. They added that the merger was a pre-condition for the granting of their separate statehood demand. Sources in the Centre told mediapersons that the government reportedly wants the TRS to join it before it considers taking up the matter. TRS sources said that serious discussions were going on over...  

AP Assembly adjourned over Telangana issue

Hyderabad: The monsoon session of the Andhra Pradesh assembly began on a stormy note on Monday as legislators from various parties noisily demanded a resolution on the issue of statehood for Telangana, leading to the house being adjourned for the day. The house was first adjourned repeatedly and then till Tuesday as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) demanded...  

Telangana crisis: TRS losing grip on protests?

New Delhi/Hyderabad: In the backdrop of an international bio diversity summit taking place in Hyderabad on October 1, the Telangana Joint Action Committee has called for a huge protest march, threatening to disrupt the summit. The congress is now reaching to Actor turned politician and Rajya Sabha MP Chiranjeevi in order to diffuse the situation. Chiranjeevi, who merged his party with the Congress is now likely to get a cabinet...  

'Naxal fear stalling Telangana'

New Delhi: Giving a Red twist to the separate Telangana state controversy, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday said fear of Naxal dominance in the proposed Telangana is an issue in deciding the separate statehood. Presenting his first report card as Home Minister, Shinde said it was not a simple issue and an early decision is not possible at this stage. There are different opinions on it and we...  

Hyderabad: 24-hour auto bandh on Tuesday

Hyderabad: Telangana auto drivers in the twin cities have called for a 24-hour bandh from Monday midnight to protest against the governments decision of allowing 20,000 new autos in the city. Speaking to mediapersons here on Sunday, the Telangana Auto Drivers Joint Action Committee convener Mohd Amanullah Khan demanded the withdrawal of the GO permitting new autos. He said that in 2002, the government had restricted new autos citing limited...