Telugu Rashtram- Telugu Unity

Even as all eyes were focused on the high drama involving Vijaywada MP L Rajagopal, many other leaders continued their indefinite fast in support of United Andhra Pradesh at as many 49 places across coastal Andhra and Rayala Seema regions.
Condition of one of them — Telugu Desam Party legislator D Umamaheshwara Rao — had worsened [...]

TIRUPATI: Chittoor MLA C.K. Babu launched a fast unto death at Tirupati for the cause of ‘Samaikyandhra’ on Sunday.
He threw his lot behind former TTD Board Chairman B. Karunakar Reddy who, along with other party cadres, has been leading the United Andhra stir with a hunger strike camp put up in front of the Corporation [...]

Says Centre would announce revised decision on division of State by Thursday
KURNOOL: T.G. Venkatesh, president of Rayalaseema Hakkula Ikya Vedika and MLA, indicated that the Central government would announce a revised decision on the State division by Thursday. Talking to reporters here on Sunday, he said the Union Ministers and other top heads involved in [...]

HYDERABAD: The impasse continues with no signs of any way out. Lagadapati Rajagopal and others are still on fast for a United Andhra Pradesh, Chiranjeevi embarks on a yatra for the same purpose.
Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) pooh-poohs the United Andhra movement warning that there will be a bloodbath if the Telangana process is derailed. Both the [...]

HYDERABAD: Normal life in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh remained affected as the agitations in support of a united state entered its tenth day on Saturday.
On second day of a 48-hour bandh in Krishna, West and East Godavari, Guntur, Anantapur and other districts of both the regions, sporadic violence was reported besides [...]

Congress Member of Parliament L Rajagopal, who has been on an indefinite fast in Vijaywada in support of an unified Andhra Pradesh, was taken into police custody and forcibly shifted to a hospital on Saturday, prompting his supporters to stage road blockades and demonstrations across the coastal city.
“The MP was lifted from his hunger camp [...]

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Andhra University students intensified their Samaikhya Andhra agitation on Wednesday with 10 fasting students threatening to commit suicide by jumping from the King George Hospital building on Wednesday. However, they were brought down by the police and confined to their blocks in the hospital later in the day.
The drama began at around 11 [...]

CHITTOOR: The Samaikhya Andhra movement has spread its wings to the border villages of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with activists conducting rallies, dharnas, rasta rokos and protest demonstrations in support of united Andhra.
Though the people live in Chittoor district, a majority of them are Tamilians and Kannadigas settled here long time ago. Though they are [...]

Leaders want Central Government to withdraw its commitment to carve out separate Telangana
TRS chief accused of endangering integrity of Andhra Pradesh
Government should not bow to pressure tactics, says leaders
Kakinada: Congress and Praja Rajyam Party leaders have asserted that their ‘Samaikhya Andhra’ agitation will continue till the Central Government withdrew its commitment to form Telangana State. [...]

GUNTUR: Vowing to sacrifice his life for the sake of united AP, TDP leader and former home minister Kodela Sivaprasada Rao began fast-unto-death here on Thursday. District party president and MLA Prattipati Pullarao too joined him the protest.
The leaders sat near Potti Sriramulu statue near Hindu College in the city. Speaking to reporters, Kodela said [...]

Half a century ago, on December 19, 1952, to be precise, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced the formation of a new State of Andhra. It was separated from an unwieldy and composite Madras State, which then comprised people speaking Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, along with a few other languages. Comprising mostly Telugu-speaking people, Andhra [...]