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Samaikyandhra Round Table Meeting at Tirupathi

In view of the ongoing Telangana tangle, a round table conference was held at Tirupathi by seemandhra peoples representatives and intellectuals under the aegis of Samaikyandhra Parirakshana Samithi on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by TDP's Payyavula Keshav, S Chandrasekhar Reddy, PCC secretary Naveen Kumar Reddy, several MLAs, university professors and advocates.  

Telangana Tangle: The Name Game Starts

Gone are the days when Shakespeare said "What's in a name!" But pro-Telangana activists say that everything lies in the name alone, even if the name isn't officially declared yet. Conventionally, a state is formed first and then a name is given to it. What should we do, when formation of state gets delayed? "Let's first form a name, the state will come sooner or later" - seems to be the logic working nowadays.

Seemandhra activists Oppose Vijayawada T-meet

Thanks to politicians for flaring up passions, people of both the regions of Seemandhra and Telangana are drifting apart day by day. A first-of-its-kind attempt to initiate an open debate by the protagonists of separate Telangana at Vijayawada ended amidst uproar and strong protests by those fighting for united Andhra cause on Sunday. In Khammam district, Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal faced angry protests from T-activists when he was on his way to Bhadrachalam to attend a private function.

TRS MLAs Re-submit Resignations Through Fax

Demanding separate Telangana state, legislatures of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) today submitted their resignations o Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker. The speaker has already rejected the resignations of over 100 lawmakers from the region.

Telangana Cong Delegation Reached Delhi

A delegation of the Telangana Congress leaders, who resigned from their elected posts in the first week of this month, has reached New Delhi on Monday for talks with party general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad. The 12-member team, constituted by the steering committee, will meet Azad at 7 p.m. today.

T Congress Resignations Draw Flak

The Telangana tangle is getting complicated for the Congress Party both in state as well as at the Centre. Goaded by TRS and TJAC, The Telangana region congress leaders have submitted their resignations in a bid to put pressure on the party high command and also the central government to take speedy decision towards carving out a separate Telangana state. Now the resigned Congress leaders are in a fix as neither the Speaker accepted their resignations nor the high command took a forward step in speeding up the separation process.  

Samaikyandhra Agitation is Gaining Momentum

With the latest political developments taking place at Hyderabad and Delhi, the samaikyandhra agitation for a United Andhra is gaining momentum in the seemandhra region.

TDP Dayakar Rao Blames TRS For Activists' Suicides

Telugu Desam Party Telangana Forum convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Saturday alleged that provocative speeches and the frequent false assurances by Telangana Rashtra Samithi leaders was instrumental in driving young people of Telangana region to resort to suicides. "They are giving false hopes to the people, only to be dashed by the delay in the formation of the state. This is the primary reason behind the students resorting to suicides," the TDP leader stated.  

AP Bhavan Incident Blown up by Seemandhra: KTR

A 30 year old man hailing from Telangana, Yadi Reddy, who was apparently upset over the delay in formation of separate Telangana state, committed suicide near Parliament Bhavan on Wednesday. On hearing the news, several senior leaders of TRS party rushed to Delhi to pay homage to the dead Telanganaite. The leaders wanted to keep Yadi Reddy's body in AP Bhavan for sometime.

22 July Telangana Bandh Passed Off Peacefully

Barring few incidents of violence, the day-long bandh called by the Telangana political Joint Action Committee, has passed off peacefully. More than 600 protesters were on Friday taken into preventive custody in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh for staging protests.

Yadi Reddy Last Rites at Peddamangalaram

The body of Mandadi Yadi Reddy, who hanged himself near Parliament on Wednesday, was airlifted to the city on Thursday evening. Reddy's body was taken in an ambulance to his native village Peddamangalarm. Police arrested scores of Telangana supporters who were on their way to the airport to receive his body. After arresting the media personnel and activists, police quickly transported the body via Srisailam Road, Tukkuguda, ORR and APPA to Pedamangalaram in Moinabad.

Telangana Bandh 22 July - Latest Videos

Buses of the state-owned Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) went off the roads on Friday as a daylong shutdown called by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) hit normal life here and in nine other districts of Telangana. The JAC, which is spearheading the movement for a separate state of Telangana, has called the shutdown to protest the state government refusing to allow Telangana leaders to pay homage to M. Yadi Reddy who committed suicide in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Azad Predicts T-solution in Two Months

Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad told Telangana Congress leaders not to go by media reports on the separate state issue and that no final decision has been taken on it. "Do not go by the media reports about who said what. My Beijing ramarks have been misrepresented in the media. So were the comments by Pranab Mukherjee," Azad told the leaders.

Muslims Debating Over Formation of Telangana

With the on going tussle between Telangana and Samaikyandhra protagonists reaching a point of showdown, the Telangana muslims have started discussing bifurcation of state even in mosques after the Asar (late afternoon) prayers. The muslims are debating among themselves whether the state would be bifurcated, if it happens so, what stand should muslims of the region should take up and the benifits or calamities they would be inviting.  

Telangana Congress Leaders to Meet Ghulam Nabi Azad

Telangana ministers in Delhi: Telangana Congress leaders will meet AICC leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in Delhi on Thursday to hold consultations with him on the contentious separate statehood issue.