Normal life was disrupted in non-Telangana regions of Andhra Pradesh, as the bandh called by the All-Party Joint Action Committee (JAC) in support of United Andhra Pradesh began on Monday.
“We called for a complete bandh to send a message to the Centre that majority of people want a United Andhra Pradesh,” Prof Samuel, Convenor of [...]
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Posted 05 January 2010
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Also tagged: Andhra, Andhra Pradesh, Bandh, Chittoor, Hyderabad, India, JAC, Samaikhya Andhra, TDP, Telangana, Telugu, United Andhra, Vijayawada
While the growth and development of Andhra Pradesh in the last decade has been lopsided, the bifurcation of the state is not the panacea, feels a leading Indian economist.
Professor Nirupam Bajpai, director of the South Asian programme at New York’s Columbia University, says while Andhra Pradesh has done relatively better in the last ten years [...]
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Posted 22 December 2009
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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 [...]
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Posted 22 December 2009
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Also tagged: Andhra, Andhra Pradesh, Congress, Fast, Government, Hyderabad, India, Kadapa, Kodela, police, Potti Sriramulu, Protests, Rayalaseema, Samaikhya Andhra, State, Telugu, Telugus, United Andhra, Vijayawada
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 [...]
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Posted 21 December 2009
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Also tagged: Anantapur, Andhra, Andhra Pradesh, bifurcation, Centre, Formation, Government, Hyderabad, India, Kadapa, Manmohan Singh, MMS, MPs, PM, Prime Minister, Rayalaseema, Samaikhya Andhra, State, Statement, Telangana, Telugu, Telugus, Union Government, United Andhra
Summary of comments below: Except a handful of people, comments by people of all regions is that they want the state to stay united. They don’t want an Italian to assume the role of Mountbatten. We had enough damage from one partition. We don’t need another. The key question asked below is, ‘What were the [...]
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Posted 19 December 2009
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HYDERABAD: In a bid to mollify anti-Telangana protesters and pave the way for smooth creation of a separate state, the Centre is weighing the options of declaring Hyderabad a Union Territory (UT).
Sources in touch with the Congress high command said the latter avers that according Union Territory status to Hyderabad would pave the way for [...]
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Posted 19 December 2009
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Is small beautiful? Are small states better governed? Here we present a debate featuring two veteran political leaders in the wake of the Telangana statehood row.
Mani Shankar Aiyar , former minister for Panchayati Raj.
The question whether smaller states are better governed than bigger ones is irrelevant. In our experience, both large and small states will continue to [...]
An emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday night took no decision on the vexed Telengana.
Choosing to keep mum on the issue, the meet felt any decision will only trigger more protests and violence, while stressing the need to restore peace and harmony in Andhra Pradesh.
Agriculture [...]
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Posted 16 December 2009
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Also tagged: Andhra, Andhra Pradesh, DMK, India, Manmohan Singh, NCP, Samaikhya Andhra, Sonia Gandhi, Telangana, Telugu, TMC, United Andhra, UPA