Tag Archives: Vijayawada

AP: Bandh hits life in non-Telangana regions

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 [...]

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 [...]

TDP MLA shifted to hospital

VIJAYAWADA: Telugu Desam Party MLA Devineni Umamaheswara Rao, whose health rapidly deteriorated and showed signs of cardiac complications, was on Sunday evening shifted to the NRI Hospital at Chinakakani near Mangalagiri in Guntur district despite a stiff resistance put up by his supporters.
The doctors of the Government General Hospital, where he was forcibly administered fluids [...]

Non-Telangana MPs should resign for united AP: Chiranjeevi

HYDERABAD: Parliamentarians from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions should quit their posts to mount pressure on the Centre to reverse its decision on the Telangana issue, Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi said on Sunday.
“Yes, they should resign from their posts to mount pressure on the Centre,” he told reporters in Vijayawada.
Replying to a query, he [...]

Andhra: Fasting Congress MP shifted to hospital

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 [...]

Sent to Vijayawada by cops, Lagadapati resumes fast

VIJAYAWADA: After being virtually bundled out of the state capital, Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal on Tuesday vowed to fight back and enter Telangana by undertaking a padayatra soon. Making his stand clear, Rajagopal continued his indefinite fast at the Swarjya Maidan here on Tuesday demanding the Centre to come out with a clear statement on [...]