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When Jawaharlal Nehru announced the formation of a united Andhra Pradesh, he commented, “an innocent girl called Telangana is being married to a naughty boy called Andhra. It is their choice to continue or to get separated.” Today the people of Telangana say that the innocent girl can no longer stay married to the naughty boy. Several proponents of the movement say that it is high time their ’state’ is given back to them. Dr Srinivas Raj, one of the leaders of the Telangana... (more...)

Dismissing the charge of ‘flip-flop’ on the part of Centre on Telangana issue, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said the January 5 meeting of political parties from Andhra Pradesh is to devise a “mechanism and roadmap” on resolving the problem. “The January 5 meeting is the first step in the consultations. In the first step, we have called the recognised parties in the state to devise a mechanism and a roadmap (on the issue,” he told a press conference,... (more...)

News4u-News Desk-The Joint Action Committee formed to spearhead the demand for separate Telangana received a boost on Sunday with the main opposition Telugu Desam agreeing to join the panel, even as Congress leaders from Telangana have decided to meet on 29th December to discuss their participation in the JAC. The JAC asks the Centre to announce immediately the time frame to initiate the process for the formation of separate Telangna state. The Committee calls for a total Telangana bandh on Wednesday... (more...)

The all-party Telangana joint action committee has extended its support to the students and called for a shutdown in the region on 30 December Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh police have denied permission for a mass convention planned in Hyderabad by students and politicians campaigning for a separate Telangana state. The students’ joint action committee at Osmania University had called Telangana supporters from across Andhra Pradesh to march to the state capital for a convention on 3 January if... (more...)

NEW DELHI: The crisis in Andhra Pradesh showed no signs of ebbing with the 13 pro-Telangana ministers, who have put in their papers, refusing to  join work till the Centre puts in motion the process to form a separate state. The Centre, which has been struggling to find a way out of the tricky political situation, has mooted the formation of a “task force” — a group comprising politicians, bureaucrats and members of the civil society — to address the demand of statehood. But Congress leaders... (more...)

Alleging that false cases are being foisted against those agitating for separate Telangana, the all-party Joint Action Committee, spearheading the agitation for a separate state, on Monday asked Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah to withdraw all such cases. “According to the statistics given by the state government, 824 cases have been booked in Telangana, 3,600 people have been put in jail whereas, only 263 cases registered in coastal Andhra (where people are opposing Telangana) and 1,527... (more...)

Property prices in Vijayawada have spiked nearly 20 per cent in one month as realtors have shifted their focus to the coastal city, anticipating that it would become the capital of Andhra Pradesh if a separate Telangana  is carved out of the state. Although both Telangana and Samaikyandhra agitators are still fighting over the status of Hyderabad, many builders are showing a keen interest on ‘construction activity’ in Vijayawada, said Giridhara Prasad Gupta, a real estate businessman. And... (more...)

Hyderabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Pro-Telangana activists Sunday attacked the office of Geeta Arts, a production firm owned by well-known film producer Allu Arvind, who is also the general secretary of K. Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party (PRP). Raising slogans of ‘Jai Telangana’, a group of protesters attacked the office at the posh Jubilee Hills and hoisted a banner of ‘Telangana Youth Joint Action Committee’ on it.  Police reached the scene and arrested the protesters.  The... (more...)

The Telangana activists raised slogans against actor Junior NTR at the Khursheedja College in Hussaini Alam, where he was shooting for his film Brindavanam, on Saturday. The actor was present at the shooting site, at about 2 pm, when the incident took place. The movie is being directed by Vamsi Paidipalli and produced by Dil Raju. Mr Raju said the TRS activists could not enter the college as local police personnel were guarding the college. The crew was able to finish shooting without any problems.... (more...)

  Steelmaker Corus has confirmed that it is cutting 3,500 jobs worldwide, including about 2,500 in the UK. The announcement comes after Corus, like all steel firms, has seen a substantial fall in demand. Corus, a subsidiary of India’s Tata Steel, currently employs 24,000 people in the UK and 42,000 worldwide. It said it would be “mothballing” a facility at Llanwern near Newport, south Wales, and was trying to sell a majority stake in its Teesside site. Corus... (more...)