New Delhi: Both houses of parliament were Tuesday adjourned till noon after an uproar over the formation of Telangana state. As soon as the Lok Sabha began itrs sitting, members opposed to the proposed Telangana state raised slogans, demanding a united Andhra Pradesh. Amid the din, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house till noon. Similar […]

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: Congress Tuesday expelled six of its MPs from Andhra Pradesh who have been protesting against the formation of Telangana in Lok Sabha. According to sources from the party, Sabbam Hari, G.V. Harsha Kumar, V. Arun Kumar, L. Rajagopal, R. Sambasiva Rao and A. Sai Pratap have been expelled from the party. These MPs […]

New Delhi:  With the process for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh entering the final phase, Telugu Desam Party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu Monday urged President Pranab Mukherjee to intervene and settle the issue amicably. Naidu told reporters after meeting the president at Rashtrapati Bhavan Monday night that as the central government was violating the Constitution, he […]

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee is believed to have sent a bill for the creation of Telengana to the Union Home Ministry.Sources declined to give details of what the President said in forwarding the bill back to the Home Ministry. Telangana protagonists believe that the President sending the bill back to the government implies that […]

New Delhi: Seemandhra Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal met Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar to convince her to accept his resignation following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Rajagopal and other Seemandhara MPs have been insisiting that the Speaker should accept their resignations. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Rajagopal will address the media at noon today. Rajagopal, […]

New Delhi:  The Centre today took the first significant step towards creation of a separate Telangana state from out of Andhra Pradesh and decided that Hyderabad will be the joint capital of the two states for 10 years.   Over two months after the Congress Working Committee put its seal of approval, the Union Cabinet […]

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 […]

New Delhi : YSR Congress leader YS Vijayamma requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to take steps to divide Andhra Pradesh till issues like water sharing, revenue sharing and funding for new capital city are taken. “We request you not to take up the issue of division of the state until a satisfactory solution is […]

New Delhi: A number of substantive issues need to addressed on the decision to carve out a separate Telangana state, Finance Minister P Chidambaram told Parliament on Monday. He added that the Home Ministry would bring a comprehensive note to the cabinet containing both substantive and procedural issues. The BJP slammed Mr Chidambaram’s statement and […]