Azad On Telangana

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  Amid Protests, Ghulam Nabi Azad Flags Legislation Impasse In Rajya Sabha

  Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day minutes after senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad flagged three issues and demanded discussion on them. This was the second straight adjournment in two days -- yesterday, the upper house was adjourned early following protests over Cauvery waters issue by the members of AIADMK and demands on local issues by ...

• Telangana crisis: Group of Ministers discusses issues over bifurcation

  The newly-appointed Group of Ministers (GoM) on Telangana met in New Delhi on Friday for the first time and discussed a broad outline of issues relating to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in the backdrop of widespread protests against the union cabinet's decision to carve out India's 29th state.

• Congress planning to make announcement on Telangana by end of month: reports

  The Congress government is reportedly planning to make an announcement on Telangana by the end of this month. The party hopes the announcement will douse fires raging on the ground, politically and emotionally. Unfortunately, the party seems to be inclined to jump from the frying pan into the fire, as the several flip-flops and announcements it has...

• Telangana bandh: Congress averts crisis, but is it on the backfoot?

  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy's handling of the "chalo assembly" call given by pro-Telangana groups on Friday earned him a pat on the back from Union ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and Ghulam Nabi Azad. A bandh, called by Telangana Rashtra Samiti or TRS, to protest against the arrest of hundreds of its party workers during the "cha...

• Telangana protesters clash with police; Congress leader meets Governor

  Angry pro-Telangana protesters in Hyderabad tried to break police barricades today as they made their way to Indira Park, where a large protest is being held against the Centre deferring a decision on whether Andhra Pradesh should be split to create a separate state. The protesters, who were shouting slogans, were taken away in vans by the police. ...

• Congress leaders from Telangana under pressure as Centre defers decision

  Pro-Telangana groups are angry at the Centre deferring a decision on whether Andhra Pradesh should be split to create a separate state, and they plan protests in Hyderabad, focused on putting political pressure on the ruling Congress to stick to its deadline on the matter. The Telangana Joint Action Committee or TJAC is likely to call for social bo...

• Telangana decision deferred, Govt says more talks needed with Andhra leaders

  A decision on whether Andhra Pradesh should be split to create a Telangana state has been deferred by the union government. Last month, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde had set tomorrow, January 28, as the deadline for resolving the politically volatile and emotive issue.

• More talks needed with Andhra Pradesh leaders on Telangana statehood: Ghulam Nabi Azad

  A decision on whether Andhra Pradesh should be split to create a Telangana state will miss tomorrow's deadline set by the government a month ago. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said today that more consultations were needed with leaders from the state and they would be invited to New Delhi for talks.

• Decision on Telangana may be delayed, hints Congress

  A decision on a separate Telangana state may be delayed after the Congress today seeking to buy more time to resolve the issue despite the January 28 deadline set by the Centre.

• Telangana crisis: Govt needs time, says Pranab after meeting PM, Sonia

  As the Telangana agitation entered its 26th day, Congress top brass tonight held hectic consultations on the ticklish statehood issue, ahead of Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan's meetings with Central leaders on the situation in the state.

• Need further consultations on Telangana: Govt

  Amid pressure from various quarters for an early decision on the Telangana issue, the government today said more consultations with various parties are needed on the contentious statehood demand and the exercise would take "some time" to end.

• Telangana crisis: Ghulam Nabi Azad's report calls for more talks; MPs pin hopes on Sonia

  The Congress leadership at the Centre seems to be caught in a bind over the issue of statehood for Telangana. A meeting of the Congress core group led by Sonia Gandhi ended without any major decisions yesterday. Today, more talks may take place within the Congress and with top Telangana leaders who are in Delhi.

• Congress meet on Telangana ends without any major decision

  Whether a new state of Telangana will be created remains an unanswered question. A meeting of the Congress core group led by Sonia Gandhi has ended without any major decisions. The region being debated has entered the 18th day of a strike that telegraphs the threat of a violent agitation. In this part of Andhra Pradesh, trains and buses have bee...

• Telangana issue to be discussed in Parliament on Friday

  The Telangana issue will figure in Parliament on Friday with the Lok Sabha scheduled to take up a calling attention motion on the issue.

• Have open mind on the Telangana solution: Ghulam Nabi Azad

  Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that he has a fresh and open mind in resolving the Telangana crisis; Mr Azad is talking of a "specific dialogue".