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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has refused to reveal a possible time frame for Telangana state row, saying that resolving the crisis would ‘take some time.’ He said this while interacting with mediapersons on Wednesday on a flight back to India after attending the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit in Pretoria, South Africa. Acknowledging that there were [...]
BJP leader LK Advani has asked the UPA government to introduce a bill for formation of Telangana state in the winter session of Parliament, which his party was willing to support. He alleged that Telangana had still not been formed because of the “indecisiveness and paralysis” in the ruling regime at the Centre. “I hope [...]
Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani on Tuesday announced that the BJP would support the Telangana Bill if it is introduced during the winter session of the Parliament. Addressing a road show in Adilabad as part of his nation-wide Jana Chaitanya Yatra against corruption which entered Andhra Pradesh here on Tuesday, Advani criticised the UPA [...]
Teachers’ JAC ends strike – Schools and Private schools to reopen from today
Negotiations of Telangana Teachers’ Joint Action Committee with the Chief Minister of A.P. Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy were fruitful and the teachers declared that they would join duty from today. The representatives of the teachers met Mr. Parthasarathy, State Education Minister. The meeting was attended by Dy. C.M. Mr. Damodhar Raja Narasimha. Teachers demanded [...]
October 18, 2011 | More
Accepting defeat in the Banswada by-elections: Pradesh Congress Committee
Accepting defeat in the Banswada by-elections, Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana said that the winning or losing elections were part and parcel of electoral politics. Talking to reporters at Gandhi Bhavan on Monday, Botsa expressed satisfaction over party candidate Srinivas Goud securing over 30,000 votes in the Banswada by-elections. He denied the allegations that [...]
October 18, 2011 | More
Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s widow Y.S. Vijayalaxmi Monday filed a public interest litigation in the state high court seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the assets of former chief minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu. Vijayalaxmi’s move is being seen as a [...]
TRS Candidate Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy wins in Banswada Assembly by-election. Pocharam defeated Congress candidate Srinivasa Goud by a margin of 49,889 votes. TRS candidate failed to get expected majority in this by-poll in spite of strong Telangana sentiment wave across the constituency. TDP failed to field its candidate in its bastion while Congress candidate succeeded [...]
Danam ‘beats’ up Telangana supporter
Eggs hurled at Minister’s car; case under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Labour Minister Danam Nagender on Sunday lost his cool and allegedly thrashed a motorcyclist accusing him of hurling eggs on his vehicle. An incensed Mr. Nagender grabbed a baton from a constable and started chasing Shravan Kumar, an executive from Addagutta, where he [...]
October 17, 2011 | More
Danam booked under SC, ST Act
The City Police registered a case under SC, ST Attrocities Act against Labour Minister Danam Nagender and his supporters for allegedly attacking a dalit youth near Tukkaramgate here on Sunday morning. The youth was allegedly beaten up by minister’s men after a group of Telangana activists threw eggs on Nagender’s vehicle. The youth, identified as [...]
October 17, 2011 | More
Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel in their remand diary submitted to the Metropolitan Magistrate for Railways, Secunderabad have mentioned the TRS Chief K Chandrasekhara Rao and Telanana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) convener M Kodandaram as absconding. GRP has on Saturday arrested 14 persons, including KCR’s daughter and Telangana Jagruti President K Kavita for squatting on [...]
