Seemandhara

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  Rajasekhara Reddy Predicted Congress' Defeat If Telangana Was Formed: Sanjay Baru

  The then Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, late YS Rajasekhara Reddy had stalled a move by the UPA government to announce bifurcation of the state in 2008 and predicted Congress' defeat both in Seemandhra and Telangana, said Sanjaya Baru, who had been media advisor to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

• Centre Promises Full Support to Chandrababu Naidu's Seemandhra Wish List

  When Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the capital today, he was promised full support on his wish list for the Seemandhra regions, which will form the residual Andhra Pradesh when the state of Telangana is born next week.

• For Telangana push in Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister reaches out to BJP: 10 developments

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today reached out to the BJP over the bill to create a new Telangana state by dividing Andhra Pradesh, which is to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha. Dr Singh met BJP's Rajya Sabha leaders Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu a day after the bill was passed under controversial circumstances in the Lok Sabha, with live telecast...

• First pepper spray, then gas masks in Parliament: 10 developments

  Law-makers were on their worst behaviour in parliament today as those supporting a new state of Telangana clashed with others who are opposed to the government's proposal to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh. 16 parliamentarians have been suspended for the unprecedented violence inside the Lok Sabha.

• BJP to support Telangana Bill in Parliament

  After the Union Cabinet cleared the Telangana Bill, BJP today said it will support the bill in Parliament as it has not changed its stand on the new state's formation.

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  Telangana row: President must use his powers to keep Andhra Pradesh united, says Kiran Kumar Reddy

  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy today urged President Pranab Mukherjee to "use his powers" to stop the bifurcation of his state to create a new Telangana state.

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  Telangana row: Kiran Kumar Reddy holds 'dharna' in Delhi

  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is sitting on a 'dharna' at Jantar Mantar in the heart of the capital, in protest against the move to bifurcate his state to create a new Telangana state.

• 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...

• Creating Telangana: the Centre is on the clock with new problems

  The Centre's challenge to create a new Telangana state before the national elections - a move designed for electoral gain - just became a little more formidable.

• 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.

• After Telangana announcement, bandh in Seemandhra, upheaval in Congress

  The entire coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh and the southern region of the state called Rayalaseema, are shut today because of a bandh to protest against the announcement in Delhi last evening for a new Telangana state. Schools are closed, buses are off the roads and the Andhra Pradesh Congress faces the threat of a split. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar ...