Telangana formally became the country's 29th state today but it would take a while before it is reflected in the official geographical and political map as the Ministry of Home Affairs is yet to provide boundary details to Survey of India.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu rang up Telangana Rashtra Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), who took over as Telangana's first Chief Minister today
Telangana's first cabinet has three members of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's family and no women.
K Chandrasekhar Rao took oath of office on Monday morning as the first chief minister of Telangana, India's 29th state, created at midnight yesterday by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.
- (On Family in Cabinet) Definitely that is an accusation and we will respond to it with our performance and efficiency
- (On representations of all classes) Don't judge us too early. The full-fledged cabinet strength is 18. An expansion will take place and all issues will be taken care of
- (On two Deputy Chief Ministers) That is a prerogative of the Chief Minister. He will come out with an announcement soon
- (Naidu missing) Chandrababu Naidu was invited but the arrangement was ad hoc as the state came into being today. Definitely an invitation was sent out but for reasons better known to him, Mr Naidu didn't come today
Congratulations to the people of Telangana, KCR & his colleagues. Wishing them success & we will partner with them in development.
- N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) June 2, 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed the formation of Telangana and promised complete central support to help take the state to newer heights of progress.
Congratulations to the people of Telangana. Welcome to the club #29
- Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) June 2, 2014
Centre assures complete support to the people & Government of Telangana in taking the state to newer heights of progress.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 2, 2014
Congrats to K Chandrasekhar Rao Garu on taking oath as Telangana's 1st CM. My best wishes to people for the state's development journey.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 2, 2014
Telangana's birth comes after years of struggle and sacrifices by several people. We pay our respects to them today.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 2, 2014
India gets a new state! We welcome Telangana as our 29th state. Telangana will add strength to our development journey in the coming years.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 2, 2014
K Chandrasekhar Rao, the chief of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), has been sworn in as the first Chief Minister of Telangana, India's 29th state.
TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao sworn in as the first chief minister of Telangana, India's 29th state
Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan was today sworn in as the Governor of Telangana, the country's 29th state.
At midnight, as Telangana, India's 29th state, is born, biryani and sweets will be distributed in at least 150 locations across Hyderabad city in celebration.
At the stroke of midnight tonight, India's 29th state of Telangana will be born after decades of struggle. Hyderabad has turned pink in anticipation.
Ande Sri a 53-year-old poet who has never been to school ... His song Jay Telangana will be Telangana's official song pic.twitter.com/WbHW2gdJEL
- Uma Sudhir (@umasudhir) June 1, 2014
* ESL Narasimhan will be sworn in governor of Telangana first and then he will administer oath to K Chandrasekhara Rao at around 9 AM tomorrow.
* There will be two chief ministers' camp offices in Hyderabad after June 8.
* N Chandrababu Naidu to be sworn as Andhra Pradesh chief minister on June 8.
* Both the chief ministers will not be occupying office or residence occupied by predecessors like YS Rajasekhara Reddy, K Rosaiah and Kiran Kumar Reddy.
* K Chandrasekhara Raoto work from a house in IAS/IPS officers colony in Kundan Bagh in Hyderabad.
* N Chandrababu Naidu's camp office in Hyderabad will be at the Lake View Guest House
As many as 44 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been provisionally allocated to the newly-formed state of Telangana, which will formally come into existence from tomorrow.
At the stroke of midnight, India's 29th state of Telangana will be born. Across the region, there will be celebrations to welcome the birth of the new state after decades of struggle. The new chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will take oath of office on Monday, riding on huge hopes that are bound to become big challenges.
A relatively quiet room on the ground floor of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) headquarters in Hyderabad is almost dangerously titled 'War Room'. Inside, on the eve of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, work is going on, almost in a war-like frenzy, to ensure no one from the Seemandhra region works for Telangana.
Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan has expressed hope that Chief Ministers of both Telangana and residuary Andhra Pradesh would discuss and "amicably" settle the issues concerning the two states after they formally come into being on June 2.
Amid controversy over TRS not inviting the Prime Minister for the swearing-in ceremony of Telangana Chief Minister-designate K Chandrasekhar Rao on June 2, the party has said it will invite Narendra Modi for the formation day of the state likely in mid-June.
Cautioning the TRS government, which would take reins of Telangana on June 2, against adopting a confrontationist attitude towards the Centre, Union Minister for Urban Development, M Venkaiah Naidu has said both governments should work hand-in-hand for the development of the new state.
A draw of lots was held to allot Rajya Sabha members to Telangana and residual Andhra Pradesh following division of the state.
With just days remaining for separate Telangana and (new) Andhra Pradesh to come into existence, the AP government has made provisional allocation of several buildings which would house the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council, Secretariat to the two successor states.
When Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the capital on Friday, he was promised full support on his wish list for the Seemandhra regions, which will form the residual Andhra Pradesh when the state of Telangana is born next week.
The bandh called by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to protest against Centre's ordinance transferring some villages and Mandals of Khammam district to the residuary Andhra Pradesh to facilitate Polavaram project passed off peacefully in Telangana and Hyderabad on Thursday
Telangana will formally come into existence on June 2 as the 29th State of the country, following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.