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Widespread protests over Telangana hit Seemandhra on second day

Hyderabad: Road transport came to a virtual halt and several shops and businesses remained shut for the second day in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra against the centre's decision to create a separate Telangana state.Protestors demanding

The agitators also stopped private vehicles carrying pilgrims to the Tirumala temple at Tirupati for 'Brahmatsovam'.

Police have made elaborate security arrangements in view of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy's visit to the temple to make offerings on behalf of the state government. Student and govt employees' leaders have been taken into preventive custody.