Seemandhra Bandh

• BJP blocks trains in Bihar to push demand for special status

  The Centre's announcement of special status to Seemandhra - the region of Andhra Pradesh that will form the residuary state once Telangana is carved out - has evoked sharp reactions cutting across party lines in Bihar.

• Nitish Kumar's call for unique protest over special status for Bihar

  The Centre's announcement of special status to Seemandhra - the region of Andhra Pradesh that will form the residuary state once Telangana is carved out - has evoked sharp reactions cutting across party lines in Bihar.

• Seemandhra students caught in the divide

  On a bandh day, students from Guntur, Vijaywada, Machilipatnam in Seemandhra meet at a top engineering college. The reasons for the meet and their restlessness are apparent. Since the passage of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill by the Lok Sabha in a controversial way, their future seems uncertain.

• Seemandhra shuts down to protest passing of Telangana bill

  Normal life in Rayalaseema and coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh came to a halt on Wednesday on a shutdown call by YSR Congress party to protest the manner in which the bill for formation of separate Telangana state was passed in Lok Sabha.

• Bandh over Telangana Bill cripples normal life in Seemandhra

  Normal life remained paralysed for the second consecutive day in the 13 districts of the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of the state following the bandh call by APNGOs and YSR Congress against the tabling of the Telangana Bill in Lok Sabha.

• Andhra bifurcation: Partial response to bandh call in Vizag, Vijayawada

  The two-day bandh call given by the pro-united Andhra Pradesh groups in Seemandhra evoked a partial response on the second day in Visakhapatnam city.

• Telangana tangle: bandh worsens growing cynicism in Seemandhra

  Friday's bandh in the 13 Andhra Pradesh districts that are called Seemandhra had an impact, but the common man is calculating at what cost.

• KCR says Rayala-Telangana is unacceptable, calls bandh on Thursday

  KCR fronted the campaign that led to the government announcing that Telangana, one of the three districts of Andhra Pradesh, would become India's 29th state.

• Telangana turmoil: resignation threats, protests, bandhs in Andhra Pradesh

  The ruling Congress is bracing for large-scale rebellion after the cabinet on Thursday cleared major steps for carving out a separate Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh. One minister, Chiranjeevi, has quit. Others have offered to resign. A two-day bandh has been called in the 13 districts of the Seemandhra region as protests intensify; national hi...

• Telangana: Lawyers' group calls for two-day bandh in Seemandhra

  The Seemandhra Lawyer Joint Action Committee (JAC) has called a 48-hour-bandh in the 13 districts of Seemandhra in Andhra Pradesh in protest against the Union Cabinet's decision to give nod to the creation of Telangana.

• Anti-Telangana groups call 48-hour bandh in Seemandhra

  The supporters of united Andhra Pradesh today called a 48-hour bandh from tomorow in Seemandhra regions in the backdrop of the Union Cabinet's approval for formation of separate Telangana state.

• '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.

• Strike, stir in Seemandhra affect administration, normal life

  Government administration in 13 districts across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh came to a grinding halt on Tuesday as employees of all departments launched an indefinite strike demanding revocation of the Centre's decision to divide the state.

• Protests against Telangana escalate, four ministers submit resignations

  At least four ministers from Andhra Pradesh have handed over their resignations to chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy in protest against the Congress' decision to create a new Telangana state. Six party MLAs have also quit. There is a bandh in the entire coastal belt and in the southern region of Rayalaseema today. Protests have escalated in areas li...

• 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 ...