Telangana shutdown hits life in region (Lead)
March 27th, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 27 (IANS) Life across Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region was affected Tuesday due to the shutdown called by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to protest the central government's ... Read more...
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Defence units with Rs.7,000 crore investment coming up in Andhra
March 18th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) Nine defence projects involving an investment of Rs.7,000 crore ($1.3 billion) are coming up in Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy said Sunday.He announced ... Read more...
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Three held for desecration of Ambedkar statues in Andhra (Lead, With corrections in paras 10, 11)
January 28th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Police in Andhra Pradesh Saturday arrested three people for the recent desecration of statues of B.R. Ambedkar in East Godavari district as Dalit groups continued protests ... Read more...
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Three held for desecration of Ambedkar statues in Andhra
January 28th, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Police Saturday arrested three people for recent desecration of statues of B.R. Ambedkar in East Godavari district as Dalit groups continued protests in ... Read more...
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Jagan continues fast in Telangana
January 11th, 2012 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 11 (IANS) YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's 48-hour fast in Armoor town of Telangana to highlight the problems of farmers entered the second day Wednesday ... Read more...
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Telangana celebrates liberation day amid tension, arrests
September 17th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Tension gripped parts of Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh Saturday as pro-Telangana activists forcibly tried to unfurl national flags atop government buildings to mark the ... Read more...
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Two-day Telangana shutdown begins, bus transport paralysed
July 5th, 2011 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 5 (IANS) Bus transport came to a grinding halt across Telangana Tuesday as a two-day shutdown called by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) began in Hyderabad ... Read more...
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Non-cooperation movement begins in Telangana
February 17th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 17 (IANS) The non-cooperation movement in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh began Thursday to press for introduction of a bill in parliament for a separate state of Telangana.Over ... Read more...
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20 devotees from Andhra among stampede victims
January 15th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 15 (IANS) As many as 20 people from Andhra Pradesh were among the 104 devotees of Lord Ayyapa killed in the stampede at Pulmedu near Sabarimala shrine in Kerala's ... Read more...
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Osmania University still tense, TRS MP arrested
January 8th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 8 (IANS) The situation in the Osmania University campus here remained tense Saturday as sporadic clashes between students and police continued for the third consecutive day while Member of ... Read more...
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Telangana protesters lay siege to ministers, MPs’ houses
January 8th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 8 (IANS) Protests continued in Telangana for the third consecutive day Friday with protesters laying siege to the houses of state ministers, MPs and state legislators of ruling Congress ... Read more...
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Andhra Chief Minister Kiran Reddy meets Sonia Gandhi
January 5th, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy met Congress President Sonia Gandhi for over an hour today and is understood to have discussed the political situation ... Read more...
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Two killed in gas leak at Reddy’s lab
December 22nd, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 22 (IANS) Two workers of Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd were killed Wednesday after nitrogen gas leaked in the pharmaceutical firm at Bolarum on the outskirts of Hyderabad, police said.No one ... Read more...
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Carlsberg opens fifth brewery in India
December 1st, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Danish brewer Carlsberg Wednesday said it has opened its fifth brewery with an investment of Rs.128 crore in Medak in Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region.The state-of-the-art brewery ... Read more...
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TRS MP Vijayashanti arrested, released on bail (Second Lead)
July 3rd, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 3 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader and MP Vijayashanti was released from jail on bail Saturday evening, a few hours after she was arrested for making inflammatory remarks ... Read more...
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TRS MP Vijayashanti jailed for provocative remarks (Lead)
July 3rd, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 3 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader and MP Vijayashanti was arrested Saturday for making inflammatory remarks ahead of the July 27 by-elections in Telangana. A city court sent ... Read more...
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MP Vijayashanti arrested for provocative remarks
July 3rd, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 3 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader and MP Vijayashanti was arrested Saturday for making inflammatory remarks ahead of the July 27 byelections to 12 assembly seats in Telangana, ... Read more...
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MP Vijayashanti goes into hiding as police hunt for her
July 2nd, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 2 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) MP Vijayashanti Friday went into hiding as police tried to hunt and arrest her for making provocative remarks ahead of July 27 byelections ... Read more...
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Shutdown hits life in Telangana, bus services halted
May 29th, 2010 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 29 (IANS) Hundreds of commuters were stranded as government-run bus services came to a halt in Telangana Saturday after mobs attacked vehicles in several places during a daylong shutdown ... Read more...
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Seven SEZ projects approved
April 9th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Board of Approval (BOA) of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Friday cleared seven proposals, including three projects in Andhra Pradesh.
The approved proposals for Andhra Pradesh include ... Read more...
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All-party meet in Andhra to discuss Hyderabad as ‘free zone’
March 17th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court's refusal to review its order declaring Hyderabad a "free zone" for recruitments in government jobs triggered a fresh row, with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Telangana shuts down to protest Srikrishna panel guidelines
February 13th, 2010 - 10:48 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 13 (IANS) A day-long shutdown began in Hyderabad and nine other districts of Telangana region Saturday in response to a call by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of students ... Read more...
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Hyderabad building collapse toll rises to 14 (Lead)
February 6th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) The toll in Friday's building collapse here rose to 14 as one more body was retrieved from the debris as the authorities completed the rescue work Saturday, officials ... Read more...
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Toll in Hyderabad building collapse rises to 13
February 6th, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) The death toll in Friday's building collapse here rose to 13 as two more bodies were retrieved from the debris while rescue work continued Saturday.
Eighteen hours after the ... Read more...
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11 killed in Hyderabad building collapse (Third Lead)
February 6th, 2010 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Eleven construction workers were killed and four injured as a building under construction collapsed here Friday, police said.
Rescue workers retrieved 11 bodies and pulled out four workers alive ... Read more...
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Partial response to Telangana shutdown on second day (Lead)
January 21st, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 21 (IANS) For the second consecutive day Thursday, the shutdown in Telangana over the demand for a separate state hit normal life in the region. But unlike the first ... Read more...
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Three more commit suicide over Telangana
January 21st, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 21 (IANS) Depressed over the delay in the formation of a separate Telangana state, three more people committed suicide, taking the deaths to six in three days.
Despite appeals by ... Read more...
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PRP activists protest Chiranjeevi’s decision to oppose Telangana
December 17th, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician K. Chiranjeevi's decision to quit as legislator and oppose the proposed separate statehood to Telangana Thursday evoked strong protests by activists of his Praja Rajyam Party ... Read more...
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Three more commit suicide for Telangana
December 9th, 2009 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 9 (IANS) Three more people committed suicide Wednesday in support of the demand for a separate Telangana, taking to 25 the death toll since the mass movement began 10 days ... Read more...
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Violence in Telangana as TRS chief jailed ahead of ‘fast-unto-death’ (Third lead)
November 29th, 2009 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 29 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao was Sunday sent to jail for 14 days after his arrest in Andhra Pradesh's Karimnagar district before he could begin ... Read more...
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TRS chief jailed ahead of ‘fast unto death (Second Lead)
November 29th, 2009 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 29 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao was Sunday sent to jail for 14 days following his arrest in Andhra Pradesh's Karimnagar district before he could begin ... Read more...
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Andhra government withdraws case against former minister
August 19th, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 19 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has withdrawn a 2003 criminal case against former union minister A. Narendra, who was expelled from the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and joined ... Read more...
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Three villages in Andhra Pradesh stay away from polling
April 16th, 2009 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) People of three villages in Andhra Pradesh Thursday refused to vote to protest the lack of roads, drinking water and schools.
Villagers of Medepalli village in Khammam district boycotted ... Read more...
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Telugu filmstars make a beeline to polling booths (Lead)
April 16th, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) Popular actors and other Telugu film personalities, politically active or otherwise, turned out in force here Thursday to cast their votes for the first phase of parliamentary and ... Read more...
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For Andhra’s Lady Amitabh, screen image comes in handy
April 7th, 2009 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
By Mohammed Shafeeq
Medak (Andhra Pradesh), April 7 (IANS) "You know your Ramulamma, don't you?" asks actress-turned-politician Vijayashanti at every election meeting she addresses in this Lok Sabha constituency."Titti teesta (I will ... Read more...
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