TRS activists’ protest against Congress lawmakerHYDERABAD - Pro-Telangana activists protested outside a medical institute against a Congress Member of Parliament who has opposed the creation of Telangana. Missing MP reappears at Hyderabad hospitalHYDERABAD - Vijayawada MP L Rajagopal who is on fast over his demand for a united Andhra Pradesh reappeared at the Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here this afternoon. Dalai Lama says, ‘I am a free spokesman for Tibet’HYDERABAD - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama interacted with the media in Hyderabad on Thursday (December 18). Dalai Lama declines comment on controversial ‘child saint’HYDERABAD - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Friday declined to answer queries about a seven-year-old girl who shot into the limelight for claiming she was his childhood friend and disciple in her previous life. Chiranjeevi resigns for a united AndhraHYDERABAD - A week after the Centre’s decision to initiate the process for the formation of the Telangana State, actor-turned politician and Chief of the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) Chiranjeevi has resigned in support of a “United Andhra”. NIT-Warangal signs MoU with Swedish universityHYDERABAD - National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NIT-W), Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malardalen University (MDH), Sweden, to promote collaboration in innovation, design and engineering in embedded systems, real-time systems and software engineering. Telangana issue: Chiranjeevi to sit on fast against TelanganaHYDERABAD - The Centre’s go ahead to initiate the process for the formation of the Telangana State has stirred up a hornet’s nest. After Telangana Rashtra Samiti’s chief K Chandrashekhar Rao’s hunger strike for creation of Telanaga it is the turn of actor-turned politician Chiranjeevi who has decided to sit on fast against the move to create Telangana. Telangana issue: Chiranjeevi’s PRP splitsHyderabad, Dec 16 (ANI): The Centre’s nod to initiate the process for the formation of the Telangana State, now seems to have split actor-turned politician Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party (PRP). Telangana issue: Speculations of TDP looking for mid-term polls in AndhraTelangana crisis: Andhra Assembly adjournedHYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh assembly was adjourned today following an uproar over the Centre’s nod to initiate the process for the formation of the Telangana state. Vijaywada MP L Rajgopal taken into preventive custodyHYDERABAD - Vijaywada Congress MP L Rajgopal, who has resigned in protest against the Centre’s nod to initiate the process for the formation of the Telangana state, has been taken into police custody. Andhra Assembly to witness a stormy sessionParleys continue over separate Telangana state in Andhra PradeshHYDERABAD - Famed star of Telugu cinema and Chief of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) Chiranjeevi on Sunday met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah in view of on-going agitation over the separate Telangana state. Police arrest NTR widow for launching fast against Andhra divisionHYDERABAD - Lakshmi Parvathi, the widow of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao, was arrested by Hyderabad Police on Sunday after she launched a one-day hunger strike to protest the proposed division of the state. Telangana: Andhra Congress chief urges MLAs to withdraw resignationsHYDERABAD - D Srinivas, the Congress chief in Andhra Pradesh has insisted on the MLAs withdrawing their resignations. Andhra Congress leader urges Centre to send emissary to clear air on TelanganaHyderabad, Dec 13 (ANI): Senior Andhra Pradesh Congress leader J.C. Diwakar Reddy on Sunday urged the Union Government to send an emissary to clarify doubts raised by legislators representing the Rayalseema and coastal Andhra regions. Now, Andhra Cabinet ministers to quit over TelanganaHYDERABAD - Twenty ministers of the Andhra Pradesh cabinet hailing from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions on Saturday decided to resign to pressure the state government against initiating the process to give statehood to the Telangana region. TRS insists on having Hyderabad as Telangana capitalHYDERABAD - Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday insisted that Hyderabad would be the capital city of the proposed Telangana state. Telangana issue: Protests continue in Andhra, RayalaseemaHyderabad, Dec 12 (ANI): Shutdown and protests against the Centre’s decision to give its nod for initiating the process for the formation of a Telangana State continued for the second day on Saturday. Hyderabad to be capital of Telangana: G K PillaiNew Delhi,HYDERABAD - Union Home Secretary G K Pillai today said Hyderabad would be the capital of the proposed Telangana state, and the process for the formation of the new state would continue. TRS chief discharged from hospitalHYDERABAD - Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao was discharged from hospital on Friday, after he broke his 11-day fast unto death. Telangana issue: Shutdown in coastal Andhra and RayalseemaNEW DELHI/HYDERABAD - A shutdown has been called in coastal Andhra and Rayalseema districts today in protest against the Centre’s decision to give its nod for initiating the process for the formation of a Telangana State. 102 MLAs resign, Andhra assembly adjournedHYDERABAD - Cutting across party lines, 102 MLAs belonging to different political parties handed over their resignation letters to the State Assembly Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy this morning in protest against the Centre’s decision to initiate the process for the formation of the Telangana State. Andhra Pradesh faces major political crisis with 92 MLAs resignationHYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh state is faced with a big political turmoil, as 92 legislators have resigned from the States Assembly in protest of the Central Government reportedly giving go ahead for the formation of a separate Telangana state on Wednesday. 50 Congress, TDP MLAs resign over Centre’s nod for Telangana StateHYDERABAD - There are reports that around 50 Congress and Telugu Desam Party MLAs have resigned here in protest against the Centre’s acceptance for a separate Telangana State. TRS politburo has asked party chief KCR to end hunger strike: KCR’s sonHYDERABAD - Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TSR) leader and K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s son K.Rama Rao on Wednesday evening said that the party’s politburo has asked the party’s chief to end his hunger strike. Andhra CM arrives in Delhi, to meet Sonia over Telangana issueNew Delhi/Hyderabad, Dec 9 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosiah has arrived in New Delhi, and is expected to hold talks with Congress President Sonia Gandhi this evening to seek her decision on the Telangana issue. TRS chief critical, situation in Andhra Pradesh tenseHYDERABAD - The condition of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao continues to deteriorate and Andhra Pradesh was on the boil today. Rao’s threat to fast unto death over a demand for a separate Telangana State continues for the eleventh day today, and doctors have described his medical condition as critical. Police detain BJP activists demanding Telangana issue be raised in ParliamentHyderabad, Dec.8 (ANI): Police in Hyderabad city on Tuesday detained several people protesting to demand that the issue of autonomy for Telangana be discussed in the ongoing Parliament session. Police arrests protesting BJP activists in HyderabadHYDERABAD - Several BJP workers were arrested outside the Andhra Pradesh assembly where they had gathered to demand that the issue of autonomy for Telangana be discussed in the ongoing parliament session. |