New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assurance to Parliament on Thursday that the Seemandhra region will be granted special category State status for five years has put the UPA government in a piquant situation, as the region does not qualify for it under National Development Council (NDC) criteria. Only the Council can amend or relax […]

New Delhi: Some Union ministers from Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh today met L K Advani seeking BJP’s support for a package for the region following the decision to create a separate Telangana state. The Congress ministers were accompanied by BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu in their meeting with Advani at his residence this morning. […]

New Delhi/Hyderabad: Congress leaders from Seemandhra on Thursday urged President Pranab Mukherjee to intervene in the issue of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and take into consideration the sentiments of Seemandhra people. The public representatives from Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra) including state ministers, MPs and state legislators met the president in New Delhi on Thursday […]

New Delhi : Union Ministers from Seemandhra, who exited the government in protest against the move to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh state, are in a bind as their resignations are yet to be accepted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Congress party also appears to have given the cold shoulder to their posturing in the wake […]

Hyderabad/Visakhapatnam :  The 13 districts of coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema went for a shut down from today for the next 72 hours following a bandh call given by Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress and  various other outfits to protest the Union Cabinet’s approval of the division of Andhra Pradesh into India’s  29th new state Telangana. […]

Hyderabad: As the Congress leadership’s announcement to grant statehood to Telangana completes one month, Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions remained in turmoil over the proposed division. Protests continued unabated today in Seemandhra (Coastal Andhra plus Rayalaseema) against the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh. United Andhra supporters organised protest rallies, fasts, bike rallies, community kitchens and […]