Babhli Dam Issue

• 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...

• 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...