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Smaller states don’t lead to better governance: Economist

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 [...]

Posted 22 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

High drama and fasting for Unified Andhra

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 [...]

Posted 22 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

T.G. Venkatesh optimistic

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 [...]

Posted 21 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Kadapa tense as mob goes on rampage

Government offices, public property damaged following Y. S. Vivekandanda Reddy’s arrest
Burning issue: MRO office which was set ablaze following Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy’s arrest at Pulivendala.
KADAPA: A tense situation prevailed on Sunday in Pulivendula and Kadapa where mobs protesting against the arrest and hospitalisation of Congress leader Y. S. Vivekandanda Reddy attacked public property on Saturday [...]

Posted 21 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Has Congress,in their attempt to appease certain people, set a bad and dangerous precedence of agreeing to create the state of Telangana?

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 [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Telugu ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

10 AU students attempt suicide

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 [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Andhra Pradesh political crisis and the role of the media

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 [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,