Pro-telangana Protests

• Telangana row: Kiran Kumar Reddy in Delhi after being summoned by Congress top brass

  The Congress top brass has summoned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has raised a banner of revolt over the Centre's plans to create Telangana, and the party's rebellious Seemandhra MPs to the capital in an attempt to mollify them and get them on board the state bifurcation bill. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said emphat...

• 'Save Andhra Pradesh' meeting today amid Telangana bandh

  The 24-hour Telangana bandh called by pro-statehood groups began at midnight even as tension prevailed near Nizam college in the wake of a meeting by a group of employees to oppose the proposed bifurcation.

• Amid protests and resignation threats, pro-Telangana leaders meet chief minister

  Ahead of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy's meeting with leaders opposed to the bifurcation of the state, pro-Telangana leaders met him this morning and requested him to not allow protests and "political forces" to work against the formation of the new state.

• Telangana announcement: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy leaves for Delhi

  The Congress-led UPA government is expected to formally announce a decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh and create a new state of Telangana today. Anticipating protests on the ground, additional forces have been rushed to the state. Chief Minister Kiran Reddy and most members of his cabinet are headed for Delhi, as are pro-Telangana leaders from ac...

• 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...

• Pro-Telangana leaders climb Congress building in Hyderabad Assembly

  About 50 people, part of the 'Chalo Assembly' march by pro-Telangana leaders in Hyderabad, breached the security near the Andhra Pradesh Assembly today. The protesters, who reached within the 100 yards of the Assembly, were arrested by the police. Security has been beefed up in Hyderabad in the wake of the march as the Budget Session is underway.

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy urged to give permission to 'Chalo Assembly' protest

  Leaders of BJP, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and other pro-Telangana parties on Tuesday urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to allow permission to the 'Chalo Assembly' protest planned to be held on June 14.

• Pro-Telangana parties to hold protest tomorrow

  Pro-Telangana parties and organisations would enforce a 'sadak bandh' (road blockade) on the Hyderabad-Bangalore highway tomorrow though police has denied permission for the protest.

• 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...

• Pro-Telangana activists stage protests in Hyderabad, court arrest

  Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA K T Rama Rao and other leaders and activists of different pro-Telangana organisations were today taken in custody when they attempted to participate in the 'Samara Deeksha' protest at Indira Park here.

• Telangana march in Hyderabad, tension at Osmania University

  On a day a pro-Telangana march is being held in Hyderabad, the situation is tense at the Osmania University - so far, the epicentre of protests for separate statehood. The police resorted to lathi-charge and firing tear gas shells after students tried to break the security cordon as they approached the Necklace Road, the destination of today's rall...

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  Pro-Telangana protests reach Delhi

  Pro-Telangana agitation today reached the capital when hundreds of BJP cadre from Andhra Pradesh tried to march towards the Prime Minister's residence demanding a separate state, forcing police to use water cannons and tear gas shells to quell them.

• Police foil Osmania University students' bid to march towards Andhra Pradesh assembly

  Police on Thursday foiled an attempt to take out a rally to the state assembly by pro-Telangana students of Osmania University who were demanding that legislators from Telangana not vote for United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential election.

• Pro-Telangana outfits to launch statehood protests from August 11

  The pro-Telangana outfits have decided to re-launch their agitation from August 1 to step up the demand for creation of the separate state.