Seemandhara

The then Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, late YS Rajasekhara Reddy had stalled a move by the UPA government to announce bifurcation of the state in 2008 and predicted Congress' defeat both in Seemandhra and Telangana, said Sanjaya Baru, who had been media advisor to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

When Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the capital today, he was promised full support on his wish list for the Seemandhra regions, which will form the residual Andhra Pradesh when the state of Telangana is born next week.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today reached out to the BJP over the bill to create a new Telangana state by dividing Andhra Pradesh, which is to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha. Dr Singh met BJP's Rajya Sabha leaders Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu a day after the bill was passed under controversial circumstances in the Lok Sabha, with live telecast...

Law-makers were on their worst behaviour in parliament today as those supporting a new state of Telangana clashed with others who are opposed to the government's proposal to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh. 16 parliamentarians have been suspended for the unprecedented violence inside the Lok Sabha.

After the Union Cabinet cleared the Telangana Bill, BJP today said it will support the bill in Parliament as it has not changed its stand on the new state's formation.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy today urged President Pranab Mukherjee to "use his powers" to stop the bifurcation of his state to create a new Telangana state.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is sitting on a 'dharna' at Jantar Mantar in the heart of the capital, in protest against the move to bifurcate his state to create a new Telangana state.

The Congress top brass has summoned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has raised a banner of revolt over the Centre's plans to create Telangana, and the party's rebellious Seemandhra MPs to the capital in an attempt to mollify them and get them on board the state bifurcation bill. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said emphat...

The Centre's challenge to create a new Telangana state before the national elections - a move designed for electoral gain - just became a little more formidable.

Ahead of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy's meeting with leaders opposed to the bifurcation of the state, pro-Telangana leaders met him this morning and requested him to not allow protests and "political forces" to work against the formation of the new state.

The entire coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh and the southern region of the state called Rayalaseema, are shut today because of a bandh to protest against the announcement in Delhi last evening for a new Telangana state. Schools are closed, buses are off the roads and the Andhra Pradesh Congress faces the threat of a split. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar ...

The then Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, late YS Rajasekhara Reddy had stalled a move by the UPA government to announce bifurcation of the state in 2008 and predicted Congress' defeat both in Seemandhra and Telangana, said Sanjaya Baru, who had been media advisor to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

When Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the capital today, he was promised full support on his wish list for the Seemandhra regions, which will form the residual Andhra Pradesh when the state of Telangana is born next week.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today reached out to the BJP over the bill to create a new Telangana state by dividing Andhra Pradesh, which is to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha. Dr Singh met BJP's Rajya Sabha leaders Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu a day after the bill was passed under controversial circumstances in the Lok Sabha, with live telecast...

Law-makers were on their worst behaviour in parliament today as those supporting a new state of Telangana clashed with others who are opposed to the government's proposal to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh. 16 parliamentarians have been suspended for the unprecedented violence inside the Lok Sabha.

After the Union Cabinet cleared the Telangana Bill, BJP today said it will support the bill in Parliament as it has not changed its stand on the new state's formation.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy today urged President Pranab Mukherjee to "use his powers" to stop the bifurcation of his state to create a new Telangana state.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is sitting on a 'dharna' at Jantar Mantar in the heart of the capital, in protest against the move to bifurcate his state to create a new Telangana state.

The Congress top brass has summoned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has raised a banner of revolt over the Centre's plans to create Telangana, and the party's rebellious Seemandhra MPs to the capital in an attempt to mollify them and get them on board the state bifurcation bill. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said emphat...

The Centre's challenge to create a new Telangana state before the national elections - a move designed for electoral gain - just became a little more formidable.

Ahead of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy's meeting with leaders opposed to the bifurcation of the state, pro-Telangana leaders met him this morning and requested him to not allow protests and "political forces" to work against the formation of the new state.

The entire coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh and the southern region of the state called Rayalaseema, are shut today because of a bandh to protest against the announcement in Delhi last evening for a new Telangana state. Schools are closed, buses are off the roads and the Andhra Pradesh Congress faces the threat of a split. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar ...