Ghulam Nabi Azad Telangana Protests

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  Amid Protests, Ghulam Nabi Azad Flags Legislation Impasse In Rajya Sabha

  Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day minutes after senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad flagged three issues and demanded discussion on them. This was the second straight adjournment in two days -- yesterday, the upper house was adjourned early following protests over Cauvery waters issue by the members of AIADMK and demands on local issues by ...

• Telangana crisis: Group of Ministers discusses issues over bifurcation

  The newly-appointed Group of Ministers (GoM) on Telangana met in New Delhi on Friday for the first time and discussed a broad outline of issues relating to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in the backdrop of widespread protests against the union cabinet's decision to carve out India's 29th state.

• Telangana bandh: Congress averts crisis, but is it on the backfoot?

  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy's handling of the "chalo assembly" call given by pro-Telangana groups on Friday earned him a pat on the back from Union ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and Ghulam Nabi Azad. A bandh, called by Telangana Rashtra Samiti or TRS, to protest against the arrest of hundreds of its party workers during the "cha...

• Telangana shutdown today after hundreds of workers, activists arrested

  A day after the 'chalo assembly' agitation, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti or TRS has called for a Telangana bandh today in protest against the arrest of its workers. CPI, a strong supporter of the separate Telangana stir, however, differed with TRS in calling for bandh, saying the decision was unilateral.

• Telangana protesters clash with police; Congress leader meets Governor

  Angry pro-Telangana protesters in Hyderabad tried to break police barricades today as they made their way to Indira Park, where a large protest is being held against the Centre deferring a decision on whether Andhra Pradesh should be split to create a separate state. The protesters, who were shouting slogans, were taken away in vans by the police. ...

• Congress leaders from Telangana under pressure as Centre defers decision

  Pro-Telangana groups are angry at the Centre deferring a decision on whether Andhra Pradesh should be split to create a separate state, and they plan protests in Hyderabad, focused on putting political pressure on the ruling Congress to stick to its deadline on the matter. The Telangana Joint Action Committee or TJAC is likely to call for social bo...