Rayalseema

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  Heavy Rain In Andhra Pradesh As Depression Over Bay Of Bengal Crosses Coast

  Due to high tidal waves, the sea was turbulent at Uppada in Kakinada. In some places, houses were damaged and trees and electric poles were uprooted.

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  For PM Modi's Birthday, Andhra Pradesh Farmers Send 68 Paise Cheques

  While wishes poured in for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he turned 67 on Sunday, a non-profit group from Andhra Pradesh used the occasion to highlight the plight of farmers in the region.

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  Polavaram Can Help Save an Eighth of Wasted Godavari Water, Says Venkaiah Naidu

  Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu has said the Polavaram project can help divert excess water from the Godavari River to the parched Rayalseema region.

• Jagan Mohan Reddy, on indefinite fast against Telangana, says Centre does not want united Andhra Pradesh

  In front of around 1500 supporters at his Lotus Pound residence in Hyderabad, YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy stepped up the anti-Telangana protests today by beginning an indefinite fast. According to sources, the 40-year-old leader's fast will continue till a huge public rally he is planning in Hyderabad on October 18.

• Police in Seemandhra put on alert after cabinet decision

  With the Union Cabinet today approving the formation of Telangana state, the police in Seemandhra region (coastal Andhra and Rayalseema) of Andhra Pradesh have been put on alert as the region is simmering with anti-bifurcation agitations for the past two months.

• Congress consultations over; Telangana decision now a matter of time?

  Will a separate state of Telangana soon become a reality? The ruling Congress seems ready to bite the bullet on the contentious five-decade-old demand. The only question perhaps left to be resolved is: how soon?

• Disappointed Telangana will make Option 5 new mantra

  For those who have been fighting tooth and nail for a new state of Telangana, today changed nothing. In Delhi, the Home Minister presented a report that outlines different options suggested by the Srikrishna Committee on the way forward for Andhra. In Hyderabad, pro-Telangana parties reiterated that they will not settle for anything less than their...

• Telangana divides families too

  Andhra Pradesh was always one large Telugu-speaking family, with marriages taking place between boys and girls of the three regions. But now the regional polarization has created divides within families as well. A NDTV correspondent spent time with a young couple, the husband from Telangana and the wife from Rayalaseema, to get a sense of their fea...

• PM calls core committee meet over Telangana

  Worried over the Telangana issue, a delegation of MPs from coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalseema met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Monday.

• Lok Sabha adjourned for the day over Telangana

  Lok Sabha was on Thursday adjourned for the day as TDP members from coastal Andhra and Rayalseema disrupted proceedings protesting against the announcement for a separate Telangana.