Telangana Statehood

Three Congress MPs from Telangana give ultimatum to party

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 19, 2013

Three Congress MPs from Telangana region today said they would not hesitate to quit if the party leadership does not take a decision on statehood issue by May 30.

Senior TDP leader Kadiyam Srihari quits party

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 11, 2013

Senior TDP leader and politburo member Kadiyam Srihari today quit the party expressing displeasure over a host of issues, including the party's ambivalent stand on the Telangana statehood issue.

Congress MPs end agitation on Telangana issue

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 1, 2013

Five Congress MPs today ended their 48-hour agitation inside the Parliament complex demanding statehood for Telangana.

Telangana stir disrupts traffic along NH7, hundreds arrested

Press Trust of India | Thursday March 21, 2013

Over 1,100 pro-Telangana activists including leaders of TRS and TJAC were taken into preventive custody at various places in the region during the 'Sadak Bandh' (road blockade) agitation along the Hyderabad-Bangalore highway (NH-7) today.

Pro-Telangana parties to hold protest tomorrow

Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 20, 2013

Pro-Telangana parties and organisations would enforce a 'sadak bandh' (road blockade) on the Hyderabad-Bangalore highway tomorrow though police has denied permission for the protest.

Congress govt in Andhra Pradesh wins no-confidence motion

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Saturday March 16, 2013

The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh led by Kiran Kumar Reddy late last night won a no-confidence motion moved by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi or TRS and supported by other opposition parties, including Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress.

Telengana Rashtra Samiti to move no-trust motion against Andhra govt, uproar in Assembly

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh (with inputs from Agencies) | Wednesday March 13, 2013

The Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly got off to a stormy start today amidst sloganeering by Opposition members demanding statehood for the Telangana region of the state.

Resignations in hand, seven Congress members from Telangana to meet Sonia Gandhi today

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Wednesday January 30, 2013

With the decision on Telangana statehood deferred by the union government again, seven Lok Sabha members of the Congress will be in Delhi today to build pressure on their party. The members will be carrying resignation letters addressed to the Lok Sa...

More talks needed with Andhra Pradesh leaders on Telangana statehood: Ghulam Nabi Azad

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Sunday January 27, 2013

A decision on whether Andhra Pradesh should be split to create a Telangana state will miss tomorrow's deadline set by the government a month ago. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said today that more consultations were needed with leaders from the st...

Decision on Telangana may get delayed

Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday January 27, 2013

With barely a day to go before expiry of the deadline set by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde a month ago for a decision on separate statehood to Telangana, Congress sources Sunday said a resolution of the issue may get delayed.

Telangana issue: Congress Members of Parliament to meet on January 4

Press Trust of India | Sunday December 30, 2012

Congress Member of Parliament from Telangana region today said they would meet on January 4 to decide future course of action to make the Centre take a favourable decision on the statehood issue.

Telangana observes bandh a day after all-party meeting

Press Trust of India | Saturday December 29, 2012

A bandh is being observed today in Telangana with statehood supporters staging demonstrations at various places in Andhra Pradesh.

Govt promises decision on Telangana statehood within a month

Uma Sudhir | Friday December 28, 2012

A meeting called by the Home Minister to discuss statehood for Telangana today yielded not a solution, but the promise of a solution within a month. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde also promised that this would be the last all-party meeting on the ...

FDI in retail vote: Govt placates Telangana MPs with meeting on statehood issue

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Wednesday December 5, 2012

The government has called a meeting of political parties from Andhra Pradesh on December 28 to discuss Telangana statehood. This appears to be a move to placate Congress MPs from Telangana and ensure their support when Parliament votes on the Foreign...

Telangana Congress MPs set December 9 deadline

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday November 26, 2012

Members of Parliament belonging to Congress party from Telangana have set December 9 as the deadline for the party leadership to make an announcement for separate statehood to the region.