Telangana party plans to stall parliament
November 21st, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao Monday said his party along with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) would stall parliament on the Telangana ... Read more...
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Opposition plans adjournment motion on price rise Tuesday
November 21st, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The combined opposition is all set to press for an adjournment motion on price rise when the month-long winter session of parliament begins Tuesday, ... Read more...
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Speaker rejects resignation of 12 Telangana MPs
November 15th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Tuesday rejected the resignations of MPs from Telangana region, including eight from the Congress and that of Telangana Rashtra ... Read more...
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Congress core group discusses Telangana, AFSPA
November 14th, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Congress core group met here Monday to review the Telangana statehood issue and revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in ... Read more...
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Andhra speaker accepts resignations of two TDP members
November 13th, 2011 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh assembly Speaker N. Manohar Saturday accepted resignations of two lawmakers, both rebels of opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP).In a move ahead of the ... Read more...
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Congress leader continues fast for Telangana
November 8th, 2011 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 8 (IANS) Demanding separate statehood for Telangana, Congress leader and legislator Komatireddy Venkat Reddy continued his indefinite hunger strike for the eighth day Tuesday at a government-run ... Read more...
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Police end Congress Telangana leader’s hunger strike
November 6th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 6 (IANS) Congress leader Komatireddy Venkat Reddy's indefinite hunger strike for separate statehood to Telangana was forcibly ended by the police in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh ... Read more...
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Russia urges Israel to halt settlement construction
November 3rd, 2011 - 6:18 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Foreign Ministry urged Israel Wednesday to refrain from more housing construction in the occupied West Bank pending a final agreement on the status ... Read more...
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Netanyahu calls for stepped up settlement construction
November 2nd, 2011 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Nov 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for stepped up construction of 2,000 new homes for Israelis in the occupied Palestinian territories, the premier's ... Read more...
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‘Movement toward decision on Telangana after Eid’
October 31st, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday gave an assurance that "a forward movement" on the Telangana statehood demand will be made after Eid-ul-Zuha on ... Read more...
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Three legislators quit Congress, join TRS
October 30th, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 30 (IANS) In a setback for the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh, three of its legislators from the Telangana region Sunday quit the party and joined the ... Read more...
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Striking Telangana employees arrested ahead of protest
October 23rd, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Nalgonda district of Telangana as police arrested scores of pro-Telangana striking government employees heading towards Nagarjuna Sagar to lay siege to a ... Read more...
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UPA betrayed people of Telangana: Advani
October 18th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Tuesday charged the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of betraying people of Telangana by going back ... Read more...
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Congress core group discusses Telangana
October 12th, 2011 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Congress core group met here Tuesday evening to discuss political developments, including the volatile situation in agitation-hit Telangana region, party sources said, adding ... Read more...
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Telangana, Darjeeling should be viewed differently: GJM
October 11th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, Oct 11 (IANS) In a firm indication that it has put the demand for Gorkhaland on the backburner, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has said the Darjeeling and ... Read more...
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PM likely to meet Andhra governor over Telangana
October 7th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan Saturday to review the spate of protests and strikes to push ... Read more...
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UNESCO executive council votes for Palestinian membership
October 6th, 2011 - 4:02 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Oct 6 (IANS) UNESCO's executive council voted Wednesday for allowing Palestine a membership, Xinhua reported.Some 40 of the 58 members of UNESCO executive council voted for the proposal against ... Read more...
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Telangana activists damage buses coming from Andhra
October 3rd, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 3 (IANS) Pro-Telangana activists Monday forcibly stopped vehicles moving from coastal Andhra towards Hyderabad and hurled stones at private buses, damaging at least 20 of them in ... Read more...
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Brand Hyderabad takes a beating due to Telangana turmoil
October 2nd, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 2 (IANS) Brand Hyderabad has taken a beating with the ongoing turmoil for separate statehood to Telangana continuing to impact the information technology (IT) sector and new ... Read more...
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UPA seeks more time for decision on Telangana (Lead)
October 1st, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Oct 1 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Saturday said it was aware of the "gravity" of the ongoing agitation for a separate state in Telangana ... Read more...
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Minister from Telangana resigns for separate state
October 1st, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's Infrastructure Minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy Saturday resigned to protest the delay of the Congress leadership in taking a clear decision for formation of ... Read more...
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India backs Palestinian bid for UN membership
October 1st, 2011 - 9:44 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Oct 1 (IANS) India came out in all out support for a Palestinian bid for membership of the United Nations as a Security Council committee met behind ... Read more...
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Congress core committee for more consultations on Telangana
October 1st, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) The Congress core committee Friday discussed the report by party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on the demand for carving a separate Telangana state out ... Read more...
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TDP MLA resigns, joins TRS
September 29th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 29 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has received another setback with one of its legislators resigning from the party and joining the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), ... Read more...
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32 TDP legislators resign for Telangana state
September 28th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 28 (IANS) A total of 32 legislators of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from Telangana Wednesday submitted their resignations to press the demand for separate statehood to the ... Read more...
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Telangana groups to lay siege to Hyderabad in October
September 28th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 28 (IANS) Telangana groups fighting for separate statehood to the region plan to lay siege to Hyderabad in the second week of October, a top leader of ... Read more...
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Telangana temples shut for statehood
September 27th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 27 (IANS) It is not just the ordinary people in Telangana who are affected by the ongoing general strike. Even the temples have been shut by priests ... Read more...
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Telangana stir hits Karnataka’s power supply
September 26th, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 26 (IANS) People in Karnataka, including tech hub Bangalore, are in for frequent power disruptions as the agitation for a separate Telangana in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh has ... Read more...
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Hyderabad shutdown called on Sep 30, rail blockade in October (Roundup)
September 26th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 26 (IANS) The movement for separate statehood to Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region further intensified Monday with a minister and three MPs of the ruling Congress joining the ... Read more...
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Rail blockade ends in Telangana, road transport still paralysed
September 25th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 25 (IANS) The two-day rail blockade and strike by auto rickshaws in in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh ended Sunday evening but the buses of state-owned Road ... Read more...
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Congress legislator resigns for Telangana
September 24th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 24 (IANS) A legislator of the ruling Congress Saturday resigned in support of the demand for grant of statehood to Telangana region.T. Rajaiah, member of assembly from ... Read more...
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Chief minister faces power cut in Telangana heat
September 24th, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 24 (IANS) The striking employees of the electricity department in Telangana have threatened to cut power supply to the houses and offices of Chief Minister N. Kiran ... Read more...
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No Telengana means death for me: Congress’s Keshava Rao
September 24th, 2011 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 23 (IANS) Senior Congress leader from Telangana and member of parliament K. Keshava Rao Friday said if he failed to achieve separate Telangana state, it ... Read more...
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Telangana panel calls for militant struggle
September 23rd, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 23 (IANS) The Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) has asked people of the region to be prepared for militant struggle to achieve separate statehood from Andhra Pradesh.JAC ... Read more...
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Telangana on boil, strike continues
September 23rd, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 23 (IANS) The indefinite 'people's strike' in Telangana for statehood turned violent on the 11th day Friday as Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) activists attacked hunger strike ... Read more...
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