Babhli

• Am village boy, walked 10 km to school: Pranab to Opposition

  The usually even-tempered Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was today provoked into warning the Opposition lawmakers against ridiculing his sensitivity during a debate on inflation."I am from a village... I studied under a kerosene lamp till my 10th class... commuted to school by walking, in today's terminology, 10 km everyday. Don't ridicule my se...

• PM to hold meet on Babhli dam issue

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet the Andhra Pradesh chief minister, K Rosaiah, and Maharashtra chief minister, Ashok Chavan, to find a way out of the dispute over Maharashtra's construction of Babhli dam over Godavari river in Nanded district. Andhra Pradesh has accused Maharashtra of building illegal projects over the Godavari that will aff...

• Babhli dam issue: PM convenes meeting on August 2

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting with the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra on August 2 to discuss the Babhli issue. This comes after an all-party delegation from Andhra Pradesh met the PM on July 26 to convey the state's resentment at how Maharashtra's Babhli dam would rob the Telangana region of its share of Go...

• Chandrababu gives PM 15 days to solve Babhli dispute

  Holding the Centre and Congress responsible for Maharashtra government's attitude, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday threatened to launch a mass agitation programme if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh fails to resolve the Babhli issue amicably by August 10.A day after meeting Singh as part of an all-party delegation from An...

• Back at home, Naidu clamours for hero of Babhli status

  His attempt to visit the Babhli dam in Maharashtra led to his arrest, and an unceremonious exit - the Maharashtra government forced Chandrababu Naidu onto a plane as his supporters lay down on the tarmac to register their protest. Those scenes notwithstanding, Naidu declared his excursion was "not a political drama."Now back home, Naidu is still jo...

• Babhli: Naidu's ticket to revival?

  It was a dramatic exit for TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu from Maharashtra. Amid vociferous protests by the Shiv Sena in its stronghold of Aurangabad,  just hours before he was to be shifted to Aurangabad jail, all charges against Naidu and his aides were dropped and they were forced into a plane.(Read: Maharashtra drops charges, flies Chandrabab...

• Babhli Dam: 15 years of controversy, dispute

  Just 30 kilometres from the Andhra border, lies the flashpoint of the water wars between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. The Babhli barrage, built over River Godavri, stands in Maharashtra's Nanded district. Andhra leader Chandrababu Naidu was incarcerated because he threatened to inspect the site along with 70 other men from his Telugu Desam Party...

• Maharashtra drops charges, flies Chandrababu Naidu out

  The action in the Chandrababu Naidu episode on Tuesday shifted to the Aurangabad airport, where after high drama, the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and his party men were flown out to Hyderabad. The TDP legislators  were refusing to board a 100-seater Air India plane arranged for them by the Maharashtra government and lying on the tarma...

• Water wars: Chandrababu Naidu shifted from Dharmabad to Aurangabad jail

  Security guards forced Chandrababu Naidu to leave Dharmabad in Maharashtra for a jail in Aurangabad. Naidu was transported in  a private bus accompanied by four  Maharashtrapolice vans.Naidu and several other leaders from his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) have been staying at a technical college in Dharmabad since  they were arrested last...

• TDP bandh today against Chandrababu's arrest

  The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has called for a strike in Andhra Pradesh on Monday to protest against the arrest of its chief Chandrababu Naidu.Naidu was arrested on Saturday when, despite prohibitory orders, he, along with 74 of his MPs, MLAs and MLCs, crossed over the Andhra border and entered Dharmabad in Nanded district of Maharashtra.  Naid...

• Barrage row: Andhra Chief Minister steps in

  Border politics has intensified with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah trying to end the stalemate caused by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu on the Babhli barrage issue by speaking to his Maharashtra counterpart Ashok Chavan. "I told him (Ashok Chavan) that this is not the way to treat friends from neighbouring state. He assu...