The Telugu Desam Party on Saturday asserted that it would not come in the way if the Union government decides to carve out Telangana state.
The CBI, probing alleged illegal mining and irregularities in allotment of mining leases to Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), today questioned a senior lady IAS officer in connection with the scam, after conducting a raid at her house this morning.
Seeking to mount pressure on the Centre towards acepting the demand for separate statehood, Telangana Congress MPs Saturday threatened to join the ongoing agitation and go on an indefinite fast.
Hours after state Governor E S L Narasimhan landed in New Delhi today for a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow, the Congress high command has summoned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to the national capital to find a solution to the ongoing crisis over Telangana.
The Centre on Friday summoned Andhra Pradesh governor ESL Narasimhan for a discussion on the troubled Telangana region in the midst of speculation that President's rule might be imposed in the state. HT reports.
The Telangana Political Joint Action Committee (JAC) on Friday postponed the `rail-roko' agitation, earlier scheduled for October 9 to 11, to October 12, 13 and 14.
The general strike in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh entered its 25th day today as the impasse continues over the demand for a separate state.
Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan has been asked to rush to New Delhi by the Prime Minister's Office in the wake of fast-paced political developments in the state over Telangana issue.
The ongoing 'struggle' for Telangana has sparked a turf war within the main political parties in Andhra Pradesh.
The Centre has agreed to supply 800 MW of power from the Eastern Grid to Andhra Pradesh that is facing an unprecedented power crisis as a direct result of the ongoing indefinite general strike by Telangana protagonists.
TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu today said the Congress should take responsibility for the current instability and uncertainty in Andhra Pradesh.
Road transport between the Telangana and Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh Tuesday came to a standstill with protestors, demanding a separate state of Telangana, blockading the national highway connecting the towns of Vijayawada and Hyderabad.
Intensifying their struggle, Telangana activists on Monday cut off the region’s transport links with the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
Former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law BV Srinivasa Reddy, arrested in the illegal mining case, will have to remain behind bars as a special court on Monday extended their judicial custody till Oct 17.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded Monday as buses coming from coastal Andhra towards Hyderabad were stopped at the border of the Telangana region in view of threats from groups fighting for a separate Telangana state.