Even as TRS and others celebrated the Centre's announcement to initiate the process for carving out a separate Telangana State, over 200 persons were taken into preventive custody after widespread protests in Rayalaseema and coastal
For the people of Telangana, it was a 50-year dream coming true with the Centre announcing its decision to initiate the process for formation of a separate state. It was around midnight that the celebrations
As Congress MLAs and MPs went on a resignation spree protesting the move to create a Telengana state, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday night held discussions with senior leaders on the developments. After the
Ahead of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss a joint strategy for the conference where pressure is mounting on major developing
Despite Centre's announcement that it will initiate the process of formation of Telengana, the proposed state could see the light of the day not before a year or two considering the logistics it would be
The Centre's decision to initiate the process for creating a Telangana state comes nine years after the last exercise to form three new states whose journey was marked by brawls in Parliament and theatrics by
With diverse pulls and pressures coming to the fore, Congress on Thursday warned that a separate Telangana could be a case of 'so-near-yet-so-far' if consenus is broken by any party at the central or state
Gorkhaland supporters called for a bandh in Darjeeling for their own state while Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh threatened to resume the agitation for a separate Harit Pradesh, as the planned statehood for Telangana
Battling a swell of political discontent on the Telangana decision, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday and stepped in to do damage control as resignations mounted and violence marred a bandh in coastal Andhra and
Inspired by the success of Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Bundelkhand Mukti Morcha has decided to launch a "massive" agitation for a separate Bundelkhand state. "We had been with the TRS in its struggle for the separate
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday strongly denounced the "unilateral decision" of the Congress to initiate process for carving out Telangana from Andhra Pradesh. Speaking to reporters in Hyderabad soon after
With the announcement of creation of a separate Telangana having its backlash in the rest of Andhra Pradesh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of party MPs from the state this evening. The
Bajaj Auto scooters will fade into oblivion from March 2010 because of the onslaught of motorbikes. Bajaj Auto has decided to stop manufacturing scooters from the next financial year. Consumers who remember India before liberalization
Andhra Pradesh plunged into a fresh political crisis on Thursday with 60 MLAs and a MP belonging to Congress, TDP and PRP from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions resigning in protest against the Centre's decision
Renowned poet, writer and critic Dilip Chitre passed away at his Pune residence in the wee hours on Thursday. Chitre, 71, was suffering from cancer, family sources said.He was one of the foremost Indian writers
Telangana or Telingana is a region of Andhra Pradesh. It literally means "land of telugus". The Telugu language originated here. It corresponds to the Telugu speaking part of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad. The
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan was on Wednesday admitted to a Delhi hospital following vomiting and diarrhoea. Balakrishnan (64) was taken to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital on Wednesday morning, hospital officials said. "He was
In what could be a major relief for central paramilitary personnel, the government will procure 59,000 light-weight bullet-proof jackets for them. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been designated as the lead force to
The two pilots, who landed the helicopter carrying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi allegedly in poor visibility in UP's Sitapur district on Monday, have been derostered to enable them to appear before the DGCA for a
India's globally acclaimed software industry is high on the terrorists' target list and sensitive installations like atomic plants and refineries located on the coastline are vulnerable to terror attacks, Union Home Secretary G K Pillai
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