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Anumula Revanth Reddy who led the Congress to a massive victory in Telangana -- was formally picked as the chief of its Legislature Party this evening, clearing the decks for him to be the state's next Chief Minister.

Anumula Revanth Reddy, Telangana Congress chief credited with leading the party to a thumping win in the November 30 Assembly polls, will be the state's next Chief Minister.

The Congress has announced six guarantees if it comes to power in Telangana -- in what now is becoming an increasingly familiar strategy.

The Congress, which has often pitched for a grand opposition coalition to defeat the BJP in the national election due by May, is believed to have remodeled its strategy and decided to fly solo in more than one state. Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal are among them.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao described Rahul Gandhi as the "biggest buffoon in the country" in a savage take down today of the Congress president who has taken him on in rallies.

Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao will return to Chennai tomorrow, where he will meet VK Sasikala and her supporters. The state's ruling AIADMK had threatened to complain to President Pranab Mukherjee that the Governor has delayed her oath ceremony by staying away since Sunday and late on Wednesday evening, a group of 9 legislators, led by senio...

The new state of Telangana will consist of the region's 10 current districts, the cabinet has decided. This evening, it abandoned a plan to annexe two more districts.

The union government has abandoned a plan that would have made the new state of Telangana larger than originally discussed. The Centre's decision comes just hours after exit polls showed the BJP winning four of the five states that voted recently.

The government is expected on Tuesday to announce that it will proceed to create a new state of Telangana. In the two other regions of Andhra Pradesh - coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, protests against the bifurcation are intensifying.

Anumula Revanth Reddy who led the Congress to a massive victory in Telangana -- was formally picked as the chief of its Legislature Party this evening, clearing the decks for him to be the state's next Chief Minister.

Anumula Revanth Reddy, Telangana Congress chief credited with leading the party to a thumping win in the November 30 Assembly polls, will be the state's next Chief Minister.

The Congress has announced six guarantees if it comes to power in Telangana -- in what now is becoming an increasingly familiar strategy.

The Congress, which has often pitched for a grand opposition coalition to defeat the BJP in the national election due by May, is believed to have remodeled its strategy and decided to fly solo in more than one state. Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal are among them.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao described Rahul Gandhi as the "biggest buffoon in the country" in a savage take down today of the Congress president who has taken him on in rallies.

Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao will return to Chennai tomorrow, where he will meet VK Sasikala and her supporters. The state's ruling AIADMK had threatened to complain to President Pranab Mukherjee that the Governor has delayed her oath ceremony by staying away since Sunday and late on Wednesday evening, a group of 9 legislators, led by senio...

The new state of Telangana will consist of the region's 10 current districts, the cabinet has decided. This evening, it abandoned a plan to annexe two more districts.

The union government has abandoned a plan that would have made the new state of Telangana larger than originally discussed. The Centre's decision comes just hours after exit polls showed the BJP winning four of the five states that voted recently.

The government is expected on Tuesday to announce that it will proceed to create a new state of Telangana. In the two other regions of Andhra Pradesh - coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, protests against the bifurcation are intensifying.